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Cultural evolution

The Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company will take the stage of Montgomery College's Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center, 51 Mannakee St., Rockville, at 8 p.m. Friday. The company, led by artistic director Myroslav Vantukh, performs traditional Ukrainian folk dance in the spirit of founder Pavlo Virsky, who was committed to preserving and developing his culture's folk choreographic art. Tickets are $40, $38 for seniors and students. Call 240-567-5301 or visit www.montgomerycollege.edu/PAC.

Turkey trek

A 50-foot helium balloon of Stewie dressed as Darth Vader will make its debut in the 12th annual Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade, which will kick off the holiday season at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in Silver Spring. More than 100 parade units – floats, clowns on motorcycles, dance troupes, marching bands – will start at Sligo and Georgia avenues, proceed north on Georgia and turn right onto Ellsworth Drive. Early risers who want to watch the parade balloons being inflated are welcome to come to the Georgia Avenue underpass near Sligo Avenue at 7:30 a.m. Call 301-565-7300 or visit www.silverspringdowntown.com.

They are the world

"Chasing Sparks," the Jeremy Kittel World Band's new CD, will be celebrated with an Institute of Musical Traditions concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville. Kittel, U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion and a member of the Grammy Award-winning Turtle Island Quartet, plays with guitarist Kyle Sanna, percussionist Mathias Kunzli and cellist Nat Smith. Their music combines the "drive of Celtic fiddling, spontaneity of jazz, soul of bluegrass, layered melodies of Eastern Europe, intricacies of chamber music and rhythms of Africa and Latin America." Tickets are $22, $18 in advance. Call 301-754-3611 or visit www.imtfolk.org.

Afternoon ‘Delight'

Musical Arts International's fall concert, "Triple Delight," will feature violinist Jonathan Carney (above), the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's concertmaster, as well as cellist Pei Lu (right) and pianist Li-Ly Chang at 3 p.m. Sunday in Calvary Lutheran Church, 9545 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Pieces by Beethoven and Schumann are on the program. Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors and students. Call 301-933-3715 or visit www.musicalartsinternational.org.

Good conduct

Philippe Entremont will play a dual role in the Washington Performing Arts Society concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. As the Vienna Chamber Orchestra's lifetime honorary conductor, he will lead a program of music by Mozart and Haydn, and as piano soloist, he will play Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor. Tickets range from $25 to $75. Call 301-581-5100 or visit www.strathmore.org.