Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts is the home stage for several performing arts companies in Annapolis, but it’s rare when their performances overlap.
That’s just what’s happening this weekend.
Annapolis Opera will stage Leonard Bernstein’s one-act opera, “Trouble in Tahiti.” He was on his honeymoon in 1951 when he began composing this portrait of a troubled marriage, a series of scenes composed with lines of popular music that explore American materialism and loneliness.
The evening will includes spoken word performances and songs from Bernstein’s repertoire in a first act. “Trouble in Tahiti” will follow after a 15-minute intermission.
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The cast includes baritone Tim Mix as the husband, mezzo-soprano Alice Chung as the wife and a jazz trio that opens the show, Amanda Densmoor, Patrick Kilbride and Rolfe Dauz.
The production has just two shows, 7:30 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $28 to $100 plus taxes and fees, with discount seats available for students.
An Opera Insight discussion of the opera precedes each performance, and a post-performance talk Sunday will feature all five performers. A separate talk about Bernstein’s legacy is set for 3 p.m. Saturday.
The discussions are free, but registration is requested.
Meanwhile, upstairs
8 p.m. Friday
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Compass Rose Theater premieres its winter production, “Proof,” on the same night on its third-floor stage.
Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, “Proof” tells the story of Catherine, who spent years caring for her unstable father, a renowned mathematician, and what happens after his death.
It features Sydne Lyons as Catherine, Beth Amann as Claire, Julian Borris as Hal and J.R. Hontz as Robert.
The show runs weekends through Feb. 9, with performances Friday nights and at 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. General admission is $55 plus fees, with discounted ticket available for seniors, active-duty military, students and children under 10.
Decolonizing dreams
Noon-3 p.m. Saturday
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Artist Muse Dodd of Severn will lead audiences through shared trauma with “Decolonize Your Dream!” — a program at Banneker Douglass Tubman Museum for MLK Day.
Participants are asked to share a short video clip, image or sound to explore the present and future through Dodd’s use of moving images, performance and sound.
Free, but registration required.
Six-hour run
8 a.m-2 p.m. Sunday
Annapolis Striders will host the Eternal Winter Run at Greenbury Point Nature Center, a low-key run on the 2½-mile loop near the nature center.
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Runners can do the whole six hours, or any shorter portion. There are no course marshals or aid stations.
Registration is $25, paid to the Annapolis Light House homeless shelter. Runners can opt to bring five items from the shelter’s urgent needs list.
MLK and Annapolis
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday
Historic Annapolis will open its Museum on Main Street to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the diverse history of Annapolis.
The museum weaves local Black history throughout its main exhibition, “Annapolis: An American Story,” the special exhibit “The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Annapolis Activism,” and a reading area stocked with children’s books about the Civil Rights figure.
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Guided tours are offered at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. General admission is $7, but the museum is free for HA members, children 7 and under and SNAP/WIC recipients. Registration is recommended.
Skating days
10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday
When schools close, hours expand at the Quiet Waters Park Ice Rink to accommodate students looking for fun. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is no different.
The rink is normally open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 3 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Skating costs $7 for adults, $6 for seniors 60 and older, and $6 for children under 12. Skate rentals are $3 and lessons are available. The rink is closed most Tuesdays. Admission to the park is an additional $6 per car.
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Winter show
11 a.m.-5 p.m. through Jan. 25
Baltimore artist Christopher Winslow took the Best in Show award at the Maryland Federation of Art winter show.
His work “Terra Vagas,” an oil portrait of a friend, was selected as the top juried award from 279 entries submitted by 45 members. The winning work and 66 other entries are on display at the museum’s Circle Gallery.
“Beauty is central to many of the selected works, underscoring the transcendent ‘openness’ of aesthetic experience, regardless of personal perspective,“ wrote juror Robert Brinkerhoff, a professor of Illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Admission is free, but the artworks are for sale.
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