Spinning Wheels

Friday, June 1, 2007

Spinning Wheels

Watch Olympic medalist Bobby Julich and other world-class professional cyclists speed through Arlington's Clarendon neighborhood Saturday morning in the 10th annual CSC Invitational, taking 100 laps around a 1K course. Proceeds benefit Paralyzed Veterans of America. Viewing is free. Registration is still open for racers in two amateur events.

CSC INVITATIONAL Saturday, races start at 8:25 a.m. around Wilson Boulevard and Highland Street,

Arlington (Metro: Clarendon); the Men's Pro

Invitational starts at 12:25. 703-351-7200 orhttp://www.cscinvitational.com.

Tasty Grapes

Sample the finest products of Virginia vineyards and listen to music on three stages by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Soulive, Jon Cleary and other bands at the 26th annual Vintage Virginia wine festival Saturday and Sunday at Bull Run Regional Park in Centreville. More than 50 wineries will offer their best and conduct seminars on wine tasting and wine selection, and more than 100 vendors will show their arts and crafts. Tickets cost $25 at the gate; ages 2 through 21 and designated drivers pay $14 (younger than 2 free).

VINTAGE VIRGINIA Saturday and Sunday from 11 to 6 at Bull Run Regional Park, 7700 Bull Run Dr., Centreville (at Interstate 66, Exit 52). 703-266-4636 orhttp://www.vintagevirginia.com.

Singin' in the Glen

Magpie, Linn Barnes & Allison Hampton, Amadou Kouyate, Reuben Musgrave, Robert Lighthouse and other local folk and blues musicians perform on seven stages Saturday and Sunday at the 27th annual Washington Folk Festival, sponsored by the Folklore Society of Greater Washington at Glen Echo Park. There will also be storytelling and other activities for children and a small crafts fair. Admission is free.

WASHINGTON FOLK FESTIVAL Saturday and Sunday from noon to 7 at Glen Echo Park, 7300

MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. 202-546-2228 or 301-634-2222, orhttp://www.fsgw.org.

Go Play in the Street

Local musicians, dance troupes and other entertainers take to the streets at the 13th annual Imagination Bethesda children's festival Saturday outdoors in downtown Bethesda. The Joy of Motion Dance Center, Tappers With Attitudes, Los Quetzales and other groups will perform all day, and strolling balloon artists, jugglers and face painters will mingle with the crowds. Adventure Theatre, Imagination Stage, Round House Theatre, Strathmore and other organizations will host exhibits and interactive workshops. Admission is free.

"IMAGINATION BETHESDA" Saturday from 11 to 4 in downtown Bethesda along Woodmont Avenue

between Bethesda Avenue and Elm Street (Metro: Bethesda). 301-215-6660 orhttp://www.bethesda.org.

New on Stage

Artistic Director Michael Kahn directs "Hamlet," Shakespeare's tale of murder most foul, ghostly intrusions and youthful indecision, opening Tuesday at the Shakespeare Theatre. Tickets cost $19 to $64.50 during previews through June 10, and $30.50 to $76.25 for later shows.

"HAMLET" Tuesday through July 29 at the

Shakespeare Theatre, 450 Seventh St. NW

(Metro: Gallery Place-Chinatown, Navy

Memorial-Archives). 202-547-1122 orhttp:// www.shakespearedc.org.

Three divorced women in a New England village cast spells to make their dream man show up -- and he does -- in "The Witches of Eastwick," the musical comedy adapted from the novel and the film, opening Tuesday at Signature Theatre in its first American production after a smash run in London. Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer directs. Tickets cost $38 to $63.

"THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK" Tuesday through July 15 at Signature Theatre, 2800 S. Stafford St.,

Arlington. For tickets, 800-955-5566; for

information, 703-820-9771 or

http://www.signature-theatre.org.

Balanchine by Farrell

The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, founded by George Balanchine's star ballerina, dances some of his masterworks and an excerpt from Maurice Bejart's 1966 "Romeo and Juliet" in two programs opening Wednesday at the Kennedy Center. The shows include the Washington premieres of two works reconstructed as part of Farrell's Balanchine Preservation Initiative. Tickets cost $29 to $84. See story on Page 20.

SUZANNE FARRELL BALLET Wednesday through June 8 at 7:30 and June 9-10 at 1:30 and 7:30 at the Kennedy Center Opera House, 2700 F St. NW (Metro: Foggy Bottom-GWU, with free shuttles). 202-467-4600 (TDD: 202-416-8524) or

http://www.kennedy-center.org.

Symphonic Fun

Lucie Arnaz and Robert Klein sing music from "They're Playing Our Song," the Broadway hit they starred in nearly 30 years ago, Friday and Saturday at the Kennedy Center during the National Symphony Orchestra's final pops concert of the season, "They're Playing Our Song -- Again!" Marvin Hamlisch will conduct his own songs and music by Irving Berlin, Cy Coleman and more. Tickets cost $20 to $80.

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Friday at 7 and Saturday at 8 at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 2700 F St. NW (Metro: Foggy Bottom-GWU, with free shuttles). 202-467-4600 (TDD: 202-416-8524) orhttp://www.kennedy-center.org.

Ten-time Grammy Award-winning singer and "body percussionist" Bobby McFerrin conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Friday at Strathmore in Bethesda and Saturday at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore. The program includes light classics by Mendelssohn and Mozart and McFerrin's own improvisations. Tickets cost $21 to $80.

BOBBY McFERRIN AND THE BSO Friday at 8 at the

Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda (Metro: Grosvenor-Strathmore); and Saturday at 8 at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore. 877-276-1444 orhttp://www.baltimoresymphony.org.

Afternoon on the Bayou

The New Orleans Social Club headlines the 18th annual Louisiana Swamp Romp, an afternoon of Cajun, zydeco and blues sounds, Sunday at Wolf Trap. They'll be joined by Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Sonny Landreth and Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie. General admission tickets cost $25.

LOUISIANA SWAMP ROMP Sunday at 2 in the Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park, 1551 Trap Rd., Vienna. For tickets, 877-965-3872; for information, 703-255-1868 orhttp://www.wolftrap.org.

-- Compiled by Barry Barriere