What's Happening in Bethesda - March 10, 2011

[Howard Hartman]

A Playful Weekend in Town Play In A Day When:  Sat., March 12 at 8pm          Where: Imagination Stage,              4908 Auburn Avenue            What:   A one-of-a-kind theatre             experience! Tickets on sale now at bethesda.org! Theatre companies will write, direct, rehearse and perform original play in just 24 hours.  Participating theatre companies include Adventure Theatre, Ganymede Arts, Imagination Stage, Olney Theatre Center, Round House Theatre, and Woolly Mammoth Playground Playwrights.    Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at bethesda.org. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door beginning at 7pm.   Get your tickets today for the hilarious, spontaneous theatre mash-up. Reserve seats today!    Bethesda Art Walk   The Bethesda Art Walk takes place Friday, March 11 from 6-9pm. Check out what galleries are featuring this month!  Gallery 360 - Photographs of Atacama, Chile, by Alan Sislen Alan Sislen, a Bethesda-based artist, showcases the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. Fraser Gallery - Water & Land, photographs by Lee Goodwin Solo exhibition of landscape photography by Washington, D.C.-based Lee Goodwin. Waverly Street Gallery - International Symmetry, Photographs by Don Bandler Bandler is drawn to composing a photo that reflects texture and grain of objects, and the interaction of people and places. Upstairs Art Studios - Abstracts & Acrylics Work by members Sheryl Staren, who works with mixed media to create original abstracts; and Cookie Kerxton, who employs both acrylic and prints. Orchard Gallery - Salon March Show Work by 12 local artists: Sharon Doran Callagy, Matthew Clark, Cathy Abramson, Mary Hawhkins,   Songmi Park, Marion van Ruiten, Haydeh Rastin, Irene Tsai, Violeta Fiorino, Elba A. Molina, Elaine Burch Taylor & Wendy Plotkin-Mates.   More info.  For more information, please visit www.bethesda.org or call (301) 215-6660. Save the Date Bethesda Literary Festival  April 15-17   Bethesda Fine Arts Festival  May 14 -15   Bethesda FRESHFARM Market  Saturdays, May - Oct.     New to Bethesda  Bubby's NY Deli  Francesca's Collections  Geste' Wine & Food  Tout de Sweet Pastry Shop  Velovoom  Visit bethesda.org for a list of all the restaurants and retailers in the downtown. Use bethesda.org on your mobile phone for quick info on the go, too!

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