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Photographer Phil Fabrizio will auction this photograph of Seaside, N.J., now on display at the Arts Barn, with proceeds going to the American Red Cross to benefit Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.

Photography and Watercolor Exhibit at Arts Barn

The photography of Howard Clark, Phil Fabrizio and Richard Weiblinger and watercolors by Vian Shamounki Borchert and her students are on display at the Arts Barn Gallery now through Jan. 21, 2013. Viewing hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. ? 5 p.m. and Saturday, 1:30 ? 5:30 p.m.

Clark?s digital archive covers many cities in Asia, Europe, the United States and Canada. He favors landscapes, architecture, animals, flowers, monuments and night scenes. Clark enjoys producing panoramas that include up to 100 individual exposures stitched together by computer software; moody photos involving fog or outdoor lighting are another hallmark of his collection. View his work at www.HClarkPhotos.com.

Fabrizio, a freelance event and sports portrait photographer, lives in North Potomac and has operated Sugarloaf Photography since 1985. He began concentrating on news event photography in 2003. Fabrizio, a Town Courier staff photographer, is a U.S. Senate press photographer and member of the Senate and House of Representatives News Gallery. His Arts Barn exhibit focuses on cityscapes and street portraiture, while staying true to his roots in ?action portrait? sports photography. Twenty-five percent of the proceeds of work sold at the Arts Barn will go to Operation Second Chance Inc.. Follow Fabrizio on Twitter at @Photoloaf or www.photoloaf.com.

Self-taught creative artist Weiblinger is an avid photographer who transforms objects into images that progress from ?everyday? to art. Favorite themes include vibrant flowers, unique still lifes, colorful maritime images, scenery and wildlife. Creative lighting in many of his images gives his subjects a dream-like, surreal quality. View his work at www.weiblingerphotography.com.

Borchert is an award-winning contemporary artist who has shown both internationally and nationally. Her expressionistic and abstracted art illustrates a poetic mood and a thoughtful journey into the world of painting. She teaches adult classes in watercolor and acrylic painting and drawing at the Arts Barn; this exhibit showcases the work of Borchert and five of her watercolor students.

For more information visit www.gaithersburgmd.gov/artsbarn.

?The Polar Express? Arrives

The Gaithersburg Community Museum will host readings of the holiday classic ?The Polar Express? on Dec. 11 and 18 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. as part of its new program, Destination Gaithersburg ? StoryTime Station. Admission is $3 per child, adults and infants are free. Strollers are not permitted inside the Museum.

The Museum is located in the restored 1884 B&O Railroad Station complex in Olde Towne. Each child who attends a ?Polar Express? reading will take home a special keepsake.

Advance purchase is recommended; space is limited. To purchase tickets online, visit www.gaithersburgmd.gov/recxpress. Purchase tickets in person at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park, the Arts Barn, the Community Museum, or at the door if available. For more information, call 301.258.6350 or visit www.gaithersburgmd.gov/museum.

Explore Life Lessions with ?The Arkansaw Bear?

In partnership with Montgomery Playhouse, the Arts Barn presents ?The Arkansaw Bear, a play by Aurand Harris. The show runs on Saturdays and Sundays at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. through Dec. 23. (There is no 2 p.m. performance on Dec. 16.) Admission is $16, $14 for city residents, and $9 for children through grade 12.

?The Arkansaw Bear? blends realism, fantasy, pathos and humor with music, magic and dance. Saddened because her grandfather is in the hospital and gravely ill, Tish runs to her ?special tree.? There, in a world of fantasy, she meets the World?s Greatest Dancing Bear. He is old, like her grandfather, and is running away from his own imminent mortality. In trying to help him, she begins to understand the meaning of both life and death, which helps her to cope with her own sadness.

For more information and tickets call 301.258.6394 or visit www.gaithersburgmd.gov/theater.

Choir Music at Kentlands Mansion

During the Music at the Mansion concert series at the Kentlands Mansion, enjoy songs of the season from the Middle Ages through the Baroque with ?Nowell: Arise and Wake!? featuring chamber choirs Carmina and Illuminare on Dec. 14 at 8 p.m.

Carmina, known for its gorgeous tonal balance, is devoted to exploring the diverse musical styles of early music. Illuminare, Carmina?s women?s ensemble focuses on early vocal repertoire composed or arranged for women?s voices.

Admission is $25, $23 for city of Gaithersburg residents. Purchase tickets by phone at 301.258.6394, online at www.gaithersburgmd.gov/kentlandsmansion, or at the adjacent Arts Barn Ticket Office. Seating is limited; advance purchase is recommended.

Holiday Weekend at Blackrock

On Dec. 15 ? 16, BlackRock Center for the Arts will hold two holiday performances.

?It?s a Wonderful Life: Live from WVL Radio Theatre,? on Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. is a 1940s ?live broadcast? of Frank Capra?s film that takes the audience back to the Golden Age of Radio. In a fictional radio studio on a snowy winter night, the professional voice actors are unable to get to the studio due to a blizzard. A small but intrepid band of employees manage to create the dozens of movie characters and scenes using just their voices and a sound effects table. This uplifting story of struggle and triumph shows the power of a community to weather financial storms. Tickets are $39 and $42.

?A Ceremony of Carols,? on Dec. 16 at 3 p.m., is a classical choral performance with an audience sing-along and will feature the National Philharmonic Singers with harpist Rebecca Smith. This Sunday matinee is family-friendly; BlackRock offers a 50 percent discount for tickets to children up to age 13, with a 25 percent discount for students age 14 ? 24. Tickets are $23 and $25.

Purchase tickets for both shows at www.blackrockcenter.org or at 240.912.1058 (Tues. ? Sat., 12 ? 5 p.m.). Groups of 10+ get a 10 percent discount.

Source: http://www.towncourier.com/2012/12/06/arts-entertainment-17/

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