The Silver Spring Penguin

Penguin staffers are getting up really early this Saturday to hit our annual team-building retreat. It’s always a good time — lots of rope climbing, a couple rounds of paintball, all topped with a fireside singalong and S’mores. Kumbayah!

If you prefer to bond locally, check out these events:

Friday

5:30 p.m. Acoustic band Jelly Roll Mortals drops tunes on South Silver Spring’s Arts Alley (8030 Georgia Ave). The outdoor gig is part of the weekly Arts Alley Fridays series of free performances.

8:00 p.m. The Silver Spring Stage (10145 Colesville Rd) presents the Pulitzer prize-winning play “Dinner With Friends”. Tickets are $15 to $18 each.

10:00 p.m. Event producer 88 rolls out “Loda”, a music-and-multimedia event, at Gallery Lounge (1115 East-West Hwy). Hit the bouncer with $10, convincing ID and a smile.

Saturday

9:00 a.m. Freshfarm holds its weekly farmers market on Ellsworth Drive, between Fenton Street and Georgia Avenue. There is no admission fee.

12:00 p.m. Maryland’s Terps load the bus and haul ass to Clemson for an ACC match against the Tigers. Take a right turn at South of the Border, or catch it on WDCA-TV My20 (WJZ-TV if you get your feed from Baltimore).

1:00 p.m. The county’s arts and humanities council holds its annual Magical Montgomery fair by the fountain on Ellsworth Drive. Check it out for free until 7:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m. Graffiti artists Tim Conlon, Dave Hupp and Cory Stowers put on a graffiti how-to outside the Pyramid Atlantic community-arts store (821 Wayne Ave). The demo and euphoric fumes are free and open to the public.

8:00 p.m. Electronica musician Arthur Loves Plastic hosts a listening party and laser-light show at the Montgomery College planetarium (7651 Fenton St). This free gig won’t have refreshments, so handle your business before the show.

8:00 p.m. The Silver Spring Stage (10145 Colesville Rd) presents the Pulitzer prize-winning play “Dinner With Friends”. Tickets are $15 to $18 each.

Sunday

12:00 p.m. The Rock Creek Sports Club (8325 Grubb Rd) hosts a fundraising workout to benefit 16-month-old Demitry Behram Farely, whose father died recently in a motorcycle accident. Your $40 donation goes straight to the kid.

4:00 p.m. Bluegrass singer Wayne Taylor performs old-timey Appalachian hymns at the Grace Episcopal Church (1607 Grace Church Rd). This gig is free and open to the public.

4:15 p.m. The Skins battle all that is evil in this world — the Dallas Cowboys. Pack your ten-gallon hat and assless chaps and head south, or tune into Fox.

Photo courtesy of Flickr user Tiny White Lights.