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U.S. Navy Band The group’s Brass Quintet ensemble performs as part of a weekly summer concert series. The Thursday shows run through Aug. 25. 6-7 p.m. Rockville Town Square, Maryland Avenue and East Middle Lane. 240-314-8620. www.rockvillemd.gov/events. Free.
Best of the 48 Hour Film Project Audiences can see the top films created during the frantic competition held earlier this month, which gave filmmakers just 48 hours to write, edit, shoot and score a short movie. Organizers selected the 26 entries that will screen, with half showing at 7 p.m. and the other half at 9:30 p.m. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring. 301-495-6720. www.afi.com/silver. www.48hourfilm.com . $11, seniors $9.
Art at BlackRock This mixed-media exhibit of works by Jessica Beels, Carl Dahlke and Leila Holtsman features paper sculpture, photography, prints and other pieces. Closes Thursday. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Terrace Gallery, 12901 Town Commons Dr., Germantown. 301-528-2260. www.blackrockcenter.org. Free.
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Films of Alfred Hitchcock The second part of AFI Silver’s retrospective of the director focuses on his early Hollywood movies. Among this week’s offerings is “Strangers on a Train” (1951), a thriller about men agree to trade murders (Friday-Saturday at 7 p.m., Sunday at 2:45 and 9:45 p.m., Monday at 9:45 p.m., June 2 at 7 p.m.); and “Rope” (1948), an ambitious attempt to present a film about covering up a murder as if it were one unbroken shot (Saturday at 1 p.m., Tuesday at 9 p.m., Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., June 2 at 9:10 p.m.). Through June 30. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring. 301-495-6720. www.afi.com/silver. $11, seniors $9.
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars The name isn’t a joke: this group’s members met in a refugee camp after fleeing the country’s civil war in the late 1990s. The act released “Rise and Shine” last year. 8 p.m. Montgomery College, Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center, 51 Mannakee St., Rockville. 240-567-5301. www.montgomerycollege.edu/pac . $18, seniors and students $16.
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“George and Martha: Tons of Fun” This musical about the adventures of two best friends is based on the “George and Martha” series of children’s books by James Marshall. Kathryn Chase Bryer directs Joan Cushing’s adaptation. Saturday at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., closes Saturday at 4 p.m. Imagination Stage, Lerner Theatre, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda. 301-280-1660. www.imaginationstage.org. $10-$22.
Rockville’s Hometown Holidays The annual three-day Memorial Day celebration gets funky this year with headliner George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic (Sunday at 6:30 p.m.). Folk rocker Bob Schneder, Silver Spring rock band the Lloyd Dobler Effect and local dance groups are also scheduled to perform. Visitors can also try food at Taste of Rockville on Saturday and Sunday (1-10 p.m., taste tickets $1.25); check out an arts and crafts festival on Saturday and Sunday (1-8 p.m.); and watch a ceremony and parade on Memorial Day (ceremony at 9:30 a.m., parade at 10:30 a.m.). Visit the Web site for a complete schedule. Saturday-Sunday 1-10 p.m., Monday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Rockville Town Square, between Rockville Pike, East Middle Lane, North Washington Street and Beall Avenue. 240-314-8620. www.rockvillemd.gov/events. Free admission.
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