*Here are the special events, movies, live music, theater, talks, etc coming up in the next 10 days – in Greenbelt Maryland, plus choice events in nearby College Park, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, Bowie, Laurel and Riverdale. All Prince George’s Proud!
Friday, November 5
ON STAGE at the Greenbelt Arts Center
“Cymbeline” by William Shakespeare opens (its first live performance since March of 2020!) 8 pm. Adapted & directed by Erin Nealer. They’ve taken a page from The Princess Bride to capture the magic of Shakespeare’s text and included a narrator pair – a father and son – reading the story of King Cymbeline and his court.
Cymbeline is one of Shakespeare’s final plays, and it will remind Shakespeare-savvy audience members of classic moments from his greatest hits, and the larger-than-life characters will draw in new Shakespeare fans, as well. Cymbeline is the only Shakespeare play the Rude Mechanicals have never performed – and it’s a perfect way to welcome back live theater! Join them for a sweeping fairytale complete with knights, long-lost princes, brainwashed kings, and murder. Through it all, the clever Princess Imogen and her devoted husband Posthumus fight for true love, justice, and truth.
Three performances only – today, Saturday, and Sunday. No Sunday matinee.) Tickets: $24 General Admission; $22 Senior/Military; $12 Child/Student. Tickets will only be available on-line here and must be purchased in advance. Tickets will NOT be sold at the door. Buy Tickets
At the Old Greenbelt Theatre
“Passing” opens, 5 pm. In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who’s passing as white.. TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!
At AMC-8 at Beltway Plaza
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Saturday, November 6
At Beltway Mall Plaza on Greenbelt Road
This popular party space behind Beltway Plaza Mall is BACK! Click to make a reservation.
At the Old Greenbelt Theatre
“Passing” at 8:30 pm.
“The Last Duel” 5:00 pm
ON STAGE at the Greenbelt Arts Center
“Cymbeline” by William Shakespeare at 8 pm. Scroll up to Nov 5 for info.
At St. Hugh’s Church
At Joe’s movement Emporium in Mt. Rainier
Uncle Funsy Productions presents: Wombat Drool
The hit of 2015’s Capital Fringe Festival comes drooling back in a newly revised and safely socially distanced performance. We all need a few Wombats back in our lives. This show is spent nearly four decades at the National Zoo, many of them as a small mammal biologist. After that, he founded Uncle Funsy Productions, purveyor of things theatrical. He has written numerous sonnets, including one in 45 minutes for WNYC’s The Next Big Thing, songs for the mercifully short-lived Fidel’s Marching Marimba Band, three novels for nobody in particular, and numerous scientific papers.
At AMC-8 at Beltway Plaza
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Sunday, November 7
At the Old Greenbelt Theatre
“Passing” at 5:30.
“The Last Duel” 2:00 pm
ON STAGE at the Greenbelt Arts Center
“Cymbeline” by William Shakespeare at 8 pm. Scroll up to Nov 5 for info.
At AMC-8 at Beltway Plaza
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At the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at UMD
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Tickets: regular $30, senior $28, student $20.
Monday, November 8
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Tuesday, November 9
At the New Deal Cafe
New Deal Open Mic with Tom Woycheck-Gleason – sign-ups begin at 6:30 pm. Performers will typically have 3 songs or fifteen minutes on the stage. (7 to 10pm)
At the Old Greenbelt Theatre
FREE film with a guest speaker! Post-screening discussion led by filmmaker Ellie Walton and poet Sami Miranda.
At AMC-8 at Beltway Plaza
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Wednesday, November 10
At AMC-8 at Beltway Plaza
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Thursday, November 11
At AMC-8 at Beltway Plaza
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Friday, November 12
At the Old Greenbelt Theatre
The theater is open; no info yet about films or times.
At Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mt. Rainier
Gridlock Dance presents Veritas. 8 pm. Veritas is a multimedia dance performance about how truth can be silenced, distorted, or erased entirely by American mass media. Featuring original music and projections, Veritas calls into question for each audience member how willing they are to defend the truth in their own lives. Tickets and more info.
Performance is repeated Saturday and Sunday Nov 13 and 14.
At AMC-8 at Beltway Plaza
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Saturday, November 13
At the New Deal Cafe
La Unica – 8:30 – 11:30 A pan-genre party band with melting pot grooves that uniquely integrates contemporary and traditional elements of Latin and Irish music with a fusion of rock, funk and soul to convey an experience that is defining the genre of New American Roots!
At the Old Greenbelt Theatre
The theater is open; no info yet about films or times.
At Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mt. Rainier
CreateBAE Art Show Join us for a creative experience featuring the DMV’s leading artists and performers. CreateBAE Art Show, in partnership with ArtBae, will feature over 15 art vendors, an open mic, notable poets, music, live painting and good vibes. Tickets.
At AMC-8 at Beltway Plaza
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Sunday, November 14
At Beltway Mall Plaza on Greenbelt Road
Grand Re-Opening of this popular family/party location. 2-6 p.m. Free entry, hosted tour, and more!
At the Old Greenbelt Theatre
The theater is open; no info yet about films or times.
At AMC-8 at Beltway Plaza
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Monday, November 15
Online OR In Person at the New Deal Cafe
Reel and Meal at the New Deal: 7-9 pm on Zoom or IN PERSON! Presented by the Utopia Film Festival. Lesson Plan is a riveting film documenting a 1967 World History class experiment designed to demonstrate how easily the Nazis used group dynamics to achieve group control prior to and during World World II. Some of the parallels to our own political realities are unmistakable. More information and pickup dinner plans!
Reel and Meal is a monthly film series at the New Deal Cafe exploring vital environmental, animal rights, and social justice issues. Admission to the film is always free, sponsored by several Greenbelt community organizations. Contributions are gladly accepted to cover each month’s donation to a non-profit organization.
Coming up November 19-22: Utopia Film Festival!
Greenbelt’s 17th Utopia Film Festival presents documentaries, feature films, shorts and animation which creatively explore the personal, social, political, cultural and environmental issues which challenge humanity’s never-ending quest for a better world. The program includes 27 films with subject matter ranging from health to comedy, farmers to politics, militia to poetry, LGBTQ issues to voting rights. Art and music feature as well, along with a number of historical documentaries.
Venues are the historic Old Greenbelt Theatre and the New Deal Cafe. A number of filmmakers will be present for Q & A sessions after their movies are screened.
Utopia is an all-volunteer project of Greenbelt Access Television( GATe). Tickets are $7 for a 2-hour block, which may include more than one film. See utopiafilmfestival.org for ticket and schedule information. Film info here. Tickets here.
On-Going
Online from the Greenbelt Arts Center
Old-Time Radio Series: “Dracula”
Greenbelt’s Old Time Radio presents an adaptation of Orson Welles version of Bram Stoker’s great novel ‘Dracula’. Featuring: Carrie Brady, Alan Brownstein, Carly Brownstein, Karen Fleming, Mel Gilpin, Rob Glass, Tom McGrath, Pamela Northrup, Peter Orvetti, and Shawn Perry. Director/Editing – Rikki Howie Lacewell. Stage Manager – Pamela Northrup.
In Bowie
The Old Town Bowie Grille has a calendar full of live music, outdoors when weather permitting and indoors when it’s not..
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