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A New troupe in town

American Dance Institute's first resident dance company, ADI Chamber Ballet, will present its premiere performances at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at ADI, 1570 East Jefferson St., Rockville. Washington Ballet's Rui Huang, Jared Nelson and Corey Landolt will dance with the new group in a program that features three ballets by resident choreographer Runqiao Du, an original work by Nelson and the wedding Pas de Deux from "Don Quixote." Tickets are $20, $10 for students, seniors and children. Call 301-984-3003 or visit www.americandance.org.

A (Le)grand winner

Michel Legrand (left) — virtuoso pianist, composer of more than 200 film scores and winner of multiple Oscar and Grammy awards — will perform with singer Mario Pelchat (right) at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. A quartet of musicians will accompany the duo in a mixture of Legrand's classic movie tunes, Hollywood hits and French "chansons." Tickets range from $27 to $70. Call 301-581-5100 or visit www.strathmore.org.

Welcome back Edgar

The American Center for Puccini Studies will present Giacomo Puccini's opera "Edgar: The Lucca Edition" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Greenridge Baptist Church, 21925 Frederick Road, Boyds, and at 4 p.m. Sunday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 4101 Norbeck Road, Rockville. This four-act version of Puccini's tale of renunciation and redemption was last heard in the composer's hometown of Lucca in September 1891. Tickets are $25, $20 for seniors and students. Call 301-528-4305 or visit PucciniAmerica.org.

Go ga-ga for gifts

The gift shops of 16 area museums — including The Kennedy Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Shakespeare Theatre and The Textile Museum — will bring their wares to the 20th annual Museum Shop Around at Strathmore from Thursday through Sunday at the Mansion at Strathmore, 10701 Rockville Pike North Bethesda. The shopping festival starts at 10 a.m. daily, and is open until 8 p.m. Thursday, 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $8. Call 301-581-5100 or visit www.strathmore.org.

Got goat?

Absurdist dramatist Edward Albee's "The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?" is on the Silver Spring Stage, 10145 Colesville Road, through Nov. 22. The play features wry dialogue and unsympathetic depictions of modern life. Shows begin at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 22. Tickets are $20, $18 for seniors and ages 18 and younger. Call 301-593-6036 or visit www.ssstage.org.