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Friday, July 3, 2009

FOR FAMILIES

Prices listed where available.

Performances

"CIRCUS!" Friday at 10 and 11:30, Saturday and Sunday at 11:30 and 1, and Wednesday-Thursday at 10 and 11:30 through Aug. 2. Christopher and MayField Piper present the "Grandest Show on Strings." Glen Echo Park, Puppet Co. Playhouse, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. 301-634-5380 or http://www.thepuppetco.org. $10.

FURIA FLAMENCA AND ANTONIO ROCHA Friday at 10. Audiences can learn about the history and culture of Spain through flamenco. Storyteller Antonio Rocha performs after Furia Flamenca. Wolf Trap National Park, Children's Theatre-in-the-Woods, 1551 Trap Rd., Vienna. 703-255-1868, 877-965-3872 or http://www.wolftrap.org. $8 for Furia Flamenca only, $10 Furia Flamenca and Antonio Rocha.

"LYLE THE CROCODILE" Friday at 1:30, Sunday at 12:30 and 3:30, Tuesday-Thursday at 10:30, through Aug. 9. A family's friendly pet crocodile, Lyle, is shipped off to the zoo by an angry neighbor whose cat is frightened by the reptile. Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda. 301-280-1660 or http://www.imaginationstage.org. $10-$21.

THE BANJO MAN Friday at 10:30. The Banjo Man performs folk- and bluegrass-inspired children's songs accompanied by his five-string banjo. Jammin' Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 or http://www.jamminjava.com. $5 for children, free for adults.

MR. SKIP Friday at 5, through Oct. 2. The guitarist performs family-friendly tunes. Marvelous Market, 303 Seventh St. SE. 202-544-7127. Free.

"YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN" Friday at 7, Saturday at 11, 1:30 and 4, Sunday at 11 and 1:30, Monday at 10:30, and Thursday at 7 through Aug. 8. Based on the Charles Schulz comic strip and the book by Clark Gesner. Glen Echo Park, Adventure Theatre, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. 301-634-2270 or http://www.adventuretheatre.org. $15, $12 children.

MILKSHAKE Saturday at 6. Singer Lisa Matthews and guitarist Mikel Gehl perform music inspired by their kids. Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600, 800-444-1324 or http://www.kennedy-center.org. Free.

"THE MONKEYS OF DANYANG" Sunday at 12:30, through Aug. 16. Three mischievous monkeys steal food and cause trouble--until they meet an old man even trickier than them. Synetic Theater, 4041 Campbell Ave., Arlington. 800-494-8497 or http://www.classika.org. Best for age 4 and older. $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

ALDEN PHELPS Monday at 10:30. Phelps specializes in playing the guitar and singing silly songs such as "My Mommy's a Pirate." Gaithersburg City Hall, 31 S. Summit Ave., Gaithersburg. 301-258-6350 or http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov. Free.

MISS BELLE Monday at 10:30. Isabelle Chester plays guitar and sings original children's songs and favorites in English and Spanish. Jammin' Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. 703-255-1566 or http://www.jamminjava.com. $5 for children, free for adults.


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