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_Photo=8718>Update: Due to the event being snowed out, the information for "The Race" has been updated.

The Music Center at Strathmore will celebrate its five-year anniversary with "Luck Be a Lady" at 8 p.m. Friday in the Concert Hall, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. Cabaret and comedy star Jim Caruso, as master of ceremonies, will introduce Broadway's Julia Murney, Emily Skinner and Rachel York, who will perform a best-of-Broadway program, including songs by Sondheim and Kinder & Ebb. Tickets range from $26 to $66. Concert-goers are invited to enjoy a slice of anniversary cake in the lobby before the show. Call 301-581-5100 or visit www.strathmore.org.

Sonata fest

Virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell (top) and his longtime recital partner, pianist Jeremy Denk (above), will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday in a Washington Performing Arts Society recital in the Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. The duo's program will feature sonatas by Bach, Saint-Saens, Schumann and Ravel. Tickets range from $47 to $105. Call 202-785-9727 or visit www.wpas.org.

Viennese table

The Symphony of the Potomac, under the direction of Joel Lazar, will perform contrasting works by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, the masters of the Viennese classical musical tradition, at 3 p.m. Sunday at Georgetown Preparatory School's Figge Theatre, 10900 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda. Tickets are $15 at the door, $10 online or by phone, and free for ages 18 and younger. Call 301-984-6390 or visit symphonypotomac.org.

Race relations

Arts Alive Theatre presents "The Race," John Milosich's autobiographical play, at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, and Saturday, Feb. 13, and 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, at the Montgomery College Performing Arts Center's Theatre 2, 7995 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Milosich portrays himself and a host of characters in questioning his position of racial and social privilege, and challenging the apathy and prejudice that characterized his blue collar upbringing. Admission is free, but reservations are recommended. E-mail milodoestherace@yahoo.com or visit mildoestherace.wordpress.com.

Footworks, fancy free

The Institute of Musical Traditions presents the Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble at 8 p.m. Friday in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. The ensemble fuses live music, comedy, song and percussive dance forms — like clog, step and tap — that have roots in a variety of cultures. Tickets are $25, $20 in advance. Call 301-754-3611 or visit www.imtfolk.org.

OPENING

"I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change," opens Friday, Damascus Theatre Company at Arts Barn, Gaithersburg, $16-$18, 301-258-6394, www.gaithersburgmd.gov/

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"Peter & the Wolf," opens Saturday, Imagination Stage, Bethesda, $10-$21, 301-280-1660, www.imaginationstage.org.

Last Chance

"Journey's Past & Forward," resident artist Blair Anderson's inaugural exhibit, closes Saturday, SilverWorks Studio & Gallery, Glen Echo Park, 301-634-2228, www.silverworksglenechopark.com.

"Death & the Maiden," closes Sunday, Silver Spring Stage,

$18-$20, 301-593-6306, www.ssstage.org.