Thursday, January 25, 2007

Today

CLOSING The Local Landscape Montpelier Arts Center's exhibition featuring the landscapes of 11 artists, including Lou Gagnon, David Hicks and Elzbieta Sikorska, plucked from the Maryland State Arts Council's Visual Artists' Registry, ends today. Free. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Montpelier Arts Center, 9652 Muirkirk Rd., Laurel. 301-953-1993.

FILM Heeere's Johnny! Prepare for a month of chills (and cinematic genius) when the American Film Institute kicks off a retrospective for the late director Stanley Kubrick tomorrow. The series opens with "The Shining," beginning tomorrow at 9:25 p.m., and "Spartacus," Saturday at 5:30. $6.75-$9.25. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring. 301-495-6720.

SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL The Sounds of Love and Comedy The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra teams with Shakespeare Theatre Company actors to perform "The Merry Wives of Windsor," the opera by Otto Nicolai, and Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet" overture. $43-$80. 8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. 301-581-5100.

CONCERT The Sounds of Bulgaria The Bulgarian State Opera, a cooperative of sorts with performances staged by the country's major opera houses, visits Montgomery College to present the wedding farce "Le Nozze di Figaro." $40; seniors and students $38. 8 p.m. Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center, 51 Mannakee St., Rockville. 301-279-5301.