What's Happening

Children and Teens

"CINDERELLA" --10 and 11:30 a.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and 10 and 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays, through May 29. A 45-minute puppet production of the popular fairy tale. Puppet Co. Playhouse, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. $8. 301-320-6668.

Concerts

PERSIAN MUSIC SOCIETY JAM --7-10 p.m. Friday. The group performs a free show, concluding this year's series on the first Friday of each month from February to May. Montgomery College, 51 Mannakee St., Rockville. Free. 240-567-5209.

"BSO SOULFUL SYMPHONY: SAY AMEN SOMEBODY" --8 p.m. Friday. Darin Atwater conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in gospel works by composer Donald Lawrence. The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. $18-$55. 301-581-5100.

MOZART FESTIVAL --7 p.m. Saturday. Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez conducts the combined choirs of Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ, St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church and the Washington Conservatory of Music in a performance of "The Coronation Mass," "Ave Verum Corpus," "Laudate Dominum" and the Piano Quartet in G Minor; proceeds benefit a community outreach program for the homeless; a reception and art exhibit follow. Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ, 1 Westmoreland Cir., Bethesda. Freewill offering requested. 301-229-7766.

"BALALAIKA! FROM ST. PETERSBURG TO KIEV" --7:30 p.m. Saturday. Balalaika artist Andrei Saveliev and domra player Eugenia Tochenaya perform solos and in groups with other Russian folk instrumentalists. Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, 6125 Montrose Rd., Rockville. $20; seniors in advance, $18. 301-881-0100 or 703-549-2010 or http://www.balalaika.org.

"CARMINA BURANA" AT STRATHMORE --8 p.m. Saturday. Marin Alsop conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Choral Arts Society and Peabody Children's Chorus in a performance of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" and Barber's "Medea's Dance of Vengeance." The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. $21-$84. 301-581-5100.

MONTGOMERY COLLEGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS --2 p.m. Sunday. Stephen Czarkowski conducts a performance of Fauré's "Requiem," Barber's "Adagio for Strings" and Dvorak's "New World Symphony." Montgomery College, Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center, 51 Mannakee St., Rockville. Suggested donation, $10. 240-567-5209.

"BSO SUPERPOPS: A CHORUS OF HITS" --8 p.m. next Thursday. Pops conductor Jack Everly leads the orchestra and Baltimore Choral Arts Society in an evening of Broadway tunes and classical choral favorites. The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. $15-$84. 301-581-5100.

Dance

"THE DETERMINING FACTOR" --8 p.m. tomorrow-Saturday. Edgeworks Dance Theater performs the work addressing issues of gender, sexuality and spirituality. American Dance Institute, 1570 E. Jefferson St., Rockville. $25; students and seniors, $15. 301-984-3003 or http://www.americandance.org.

Dancing

CONTRA AND SQUARE DANCING --7:30 p.m. tomorrow. The Friday Night Dancers presents caller Herschel Nelson and the music of Sugar Beat; includes some waltzes; contra dance lesson, 7:30-8:15 p.m. Glen Echo Park, Spanish Ballroom, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. $9. 301-634-2222.

SWING DANCING - LEGENDS NIGHT --9 p.m.-midnight Saturday. Music by Bill Hancock, Daryl Davis, Steve Wolf, Dave Chappell and Barry Hart; swing lesson at 8 p.m. Glen Echo Park, Spanish Ballroom, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. $15. 301-634-2222.

WALTZ DANCE --3-6 p.m. Sunday. Waltz dancing to the music of Squeeze Bayou. Folk and Cajun waltzes with swing, Cajun two-step and polka; lesson at 3 p.m. Glen Echo Park, Spanish Ballroom, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. $8. 202-238-0230, 301-634-2222 or http://www.WaltzTimeDances.org.