The Silver Spring Penguin

I’ve gotta schlep to Rockville for an update on Silver Spring’s new library, so dig this weekend’s event calendar in the meantime. More posts drop this afternoon.

Friday

7:00 p.m. The Calliope Arts and Theatre Company present “Jump at the Sun: A Tribute to Zora Neale Hurston“. This free program includes an introduction to the novelist’s life experiences, excerpts from her work, and the short comedy “A Gift for Zora” by Leon Levenson. Hit it at Space 7:10 at Kefa Cafe (963 Bonifant St).

8:00 p.m. The Silver Spring Stage (10145 Colesville Rd) presents “Third”, a drama by Wendy Wasserstein. Tickets are $13 to $18 each.

8:00 p.m. The Spooky Action Theater performs two plays by Samuel Beckett: “Krapp’s Last Tape” and “Ohio Impromptu”. This event takes place at Montgomery College’s Black Box Theatre (Philadelphia and Chicago Aves, Takoma Park). Admission is $15 per person ($5 for students).

10:00 p.m. Piratz Tavern (8402 Georgia Ave) hosts an opening-night party for the vampire film “Twilight”, plus absinthe tastings and performances by the Mortifera Gothic-fusion dance and dark-arts troupe. There’s no cover, but keep your ID handy.

10:00 p.m. Get your musical-multimedia groove on at Loda, South Silver Spring’s weekly rump shaker. The party drops on Gallery Lounge (1115 East-West Hwy). Ten bucks and convincing ID get you through the door.

Saturday

9:30 a.m. The annual Thanksgiving parade travels north on Georgia Avenue at Sligo Avenue, to Silver Plaza on Ellsworth Drive. This event is free and open to the public.

12:30 p.m. The state transit administration holds an open house and public hearing to discuss the Purple Line mass-transit project. This free event takes place inside Falcon Hall (7600 Takoma Ave, Takoma Park) on the Montgomery College campus.

2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. The Spooky Action Theater performs two plays by Samuel Beckett: “Krapp’s Last Tape” and “Ohio Impromptu”. This event takes place at Montgomery College’s Black Box Theatre (Philadelphia and Chicago Aves, Takoma Park). Admission is $15 per person ($5 for students).

8:00 p.m. The Silver Spring Stage (10145 Colesville Rd) presents “Third”, a drama by Wendy Wasserstein. Tickets are $13 to $18 each.

Sunday

2:00 p.m. The Spooky Action Theater performs two plays by Samuel Beckett: “Krapp’s Last Tape” and “Ohio Impromptu”. This event takes place at Montgomery College’s Black Box Theatre (Philadelphia and Chicago Aves, Takoma Park). Admission is $15 per person ($5 for students).

6:30 p.m. The District’s Sonic Circuits Festival unleashes live experimental music and digital video art with Parisian group Video Love, and local artists Dead Violets. Hit it at the Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center (8230 Georgia Ave) with $5 for the guy at the door.

Photo courtesy of Flickr user Permanently Scatterbrained.