The Connection

Ongoing

Fiber Art Exhibit. Through May 30. Gallery hours at Friendship Heights Village Center, Friendship Gallery, 4438 S Park Avenue, Chevy Chase. Works by needlepoint artist Penny Bender, felt artist Keira An and other fiber art by members of the G Street Doll Club will have their work displayed. Free. Call 301-656-2797.

“Pot” Luck: The Art of the Table. Through May 31. Saturday and Sunday, 12-6 p.m. at Glen Echo Park’s Popcorn Gallery, 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo. The Glen Echo Park Partnership is launching an exhibition of teacher and advance student ceramic work. Free. Visit www.glenechopark.org.

“More Than Dessert.” Through May 31. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Glen Echo Park’s Park View Gallery, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Artist Jennifer Kahn Barlow’s work will be on display. Free. Visit www.glenechopark.org.

Elizabeth Laurel Korson. Through May 31. Saturday and Sunday, 2-6 p.m. at Glen Echo Park’s Stone Tower Gallery, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Korson’s work, inspired by Maine, will be on display alongside her woodblock prints. Free. Visit www.glenechopark.org.

“Mirror to the World.” Through June 1, 1-4 p.m. on Saturdays; 1-8 p.m. on Sundays at Photoworks Gallery, 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo. Find five picture stories highlighting people from all over the world. Admission is free. Visit wwww.glenechophotoworks.org.

“Rare Plants and Lunatics.” Through June 1. Library hours at Bethesda Library, 7400 Arlington Road, Bethesda. Artist Sandra Perez works with neo-primitive ink to create images of folk tales and magic. Free. Visit http://www.sandraperezramos.com/illustrations/.

“Birds of the Deep Water.” Through June 6. 12-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday at Waverly Street Gallery, 4600 East-West Highway, Bethesda. Artist Evelyn Jacob has created digital imagery depicting waterfowl in flight and with water. Admission to the gallery is free. Visit www.waverlystreetgallery.com.

Children's Storytime. Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 4801 Bethesda Ave., Bethesda Listen to employees read modern and classic children’s stories. Free. Visit www.store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/4824850-21.

Adult Singles Night. Saturdays, 9 p.m. at at Benny’s Bar & Grill, 7747 Tuckerman Lane, Potomac. Find a DJ, open dance floor, and other singles. No cover charge. Visit www.bennysbargrill.com.

Kid’s Cooking Classes. Last Saturday of each month, 10 a.m. or 11 a.m. at Dawson’s Market, 225 N Washington St, Rockville. Children ages 4-6 may take a simplified cooking class at 11 a.m. after older children learn to make meals and snacks at 10 a.m. Admission is $5. Visit www.dawsonsmarket.com.

Friday/May 29

Celebration of Leadership. 6 p.m. at Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, Bethesda. Retiring Leadership Montgomery CEO and Founder Esther B. Newman, will be honored with an “Outstanding Leader Award.” Tickets are $150. Visit www.leadershipmontgomerymd.org.

Totally Tango! 7 p.m. at The Arts Barn & Kentlands Mansion, 311/320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg. Watch a tango performance and then take a workshop. Tickets are $35 per individual, $60 per couple. Visit www.gaithersburgmd.gov.

Thursday-Saturday/May 28-30

The Front Row. Various times at various locations near Bethesda Row. On Thursday, watch “Dior and I.” On Friday, attend a book signing and fashion show. On Saturday, find trunk shows and sales from Bethesda Row retailers. Admission is free, but $29 buys a VIP ticket for all three days and a $49 ticket buys a front row seat at the fashion show. Visit www.bethesdarow.com.

Saturday/May 30

Relay for Life. 12 p.m.-12 a.m. at Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County, 9601 Medical Center Drive. Raise money and awareness to support cancer research by walking or running the relay. Also find live entertainment. Free. Visit www.relayforlife.org/rockvillemd.

MoCo’s Got Talent. 5-9 p.m. at the Filmore, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. Montgomery County middle school and high school students will perform. Free. Visit www.montgomerycountymd.gov.

The Art of Luis Bitencourt. 6 p.m. at Zohra Salon, 11325 Seven Locks Road, Potomac. Former mathematician, Luis Bitencourt’s Brazil-inspired art will be on display. Free. For more information visit www.luisbitencourt.net.

“Murder at the TonyLou Awards.” 7 p.m. at The Gaithersburg Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg. “Murder at the TonyLou Awards” is a an audience participation murder mystery. Tickets are $40 and limited to 99 people. Visit www.rlt-online.org.

“Fauré’s Requiem.” 8 p.m. at The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. Soprano Julie Keim and baritone Andrew McLaughlin will perform alongside the National Philharmonic. Tickets are $28, children 7-17 are admitted for free. Visit www.nationalphilharmonic.org.

Benny Goodman Tribute. 9 p.m. at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Halley Shoenberg with the Tom Cunningham Orchestra and YazooZazz vocal trio

pay tribute to the swing musician on his 106th birthday. Tickets are $18. Email tom@tomcunningham.com.

Motown Show. 9 p.m. at Benny’s Bar & Grill, 7747 Tuckerman Lane, Potomac. Charles Lee leads a night of Motown music. $15 at the door. Visit www.bennysbargrill.com.

Saturday-Sunday/May 30-31

Washington Folk Festival.12-7 p.m. at Glen Echo Park, at 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Seven stages will host cultural performances, vendors will sell traditional crafts and food. Free. Visit www.washingtonfolkfestival.org.

Sunday/May 31

Gandhi Brigade Youth Media Festival. 12-8 p.m. at Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans Plaza, One Veterans Place, Silver Spring. See photography, video, art, and performance based on social justice. Free. Visit ww.gandhibrigade.org.

Feria de Seville. 12-6 p.m. at Strathmore Gudelsky Gazebo, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. Find Flamenco performances, traditional spanish food and wine and more. Free. Visit www.strathmore.org.

Broadkill River Press Reading. 2-4 p.m. at The Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh St. Broadkill River Press authors will read excerpts from their novels and host a reception and book signing afterwards. Free. Visit www.writer.org.