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Bethesda Painting Awards Exhibition

Gallery B 7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda

The Bethesda Painting Awards, founded in 2005, is downtown Bethesda’s annual juried art competition that exclusively honors painters from Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Eight artists have been selected by the panel of judges to exhibit their artwork June 2026 at Gallery B. There will be an opening reception Friday, June 12 from 6 –...

Josiah Henson Student Exhibit

Josiah Henson Museum and Park 11410 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda

French school student exhibit and website "Footsteps Toward Freedom: Honoring Local Lives" at the Josiah Henson Museum. The exhibit, opening on June 4, will be available for viewing through Sept, 2026. Museum open Fridays to Sundays.

$5 – $7

The Puppet Co. Presents “The Little Prince”

The Puppet Co. Playhouse 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo

A touching adventure of a peculiar child from a tiny planet scarcely larger than himself. Stranded in the Sahara Desert, a plane-wrecked aviator meets a child that reminds us all how to see the world like a kid again. See why this beloved story is the most translated work of fiction in history. Written by...

$18

Pete the Cat: A Live Rock Musical

Imagination Stage 4908 Auburn Avenue, Bethesda

Life is a really, really, really big adventure as Pete the Cat and the Biddle family rock out in a fast-paced, globe-trotting musical based on the smash hit book series....

Ongoing

Sally & Tom

Round House Theatre

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog) delivers a “hilarious and harrowing nesting doll of a play” (The New York Times) in Sally & Tom, a bold, whip-smart theatrical rollercoaster. A scrappy theatre group is staging a play about Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson, with the playwright playing Sally and her partner directing and playing Tom. What could...

Tools for the End-of-Life Journey

Washington Metro Oasis at Macy's Home Store 7125 Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda

Participants are invited into a compassionate conversation about the inner experience of dying.

$5

Open Mic @ The Writer’s Center

The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda

Prose, poetry, and spoken word Open Mic @ The Writer’s Center! All writers are welcome to come and share 4-5 minutes of their latest work. Sign-up starts at 6:45pm, and...

Jesse & Joy El Despecho Tour

The Music Center at Strathmore

Soaring harmonies, heartfelt ballads, and chart-topping Latin pop hits.