Culture and Recreation, Events

‘Grapes’ and Gallery Shows, This Month at the Civic Center

Public Information Office

December 28, 2023
5:01 pm

Rockville Civic Center Park, home to the historic Glenview Mansion and F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, is located at 603 Edmonston Drive.

Rockville Little Theatre presents “The Grapes of Wrath” 8 p.m. Jan. 26 and 27 and Feb. 2 and 3; 2 p.m. Jan. 28 and Feb. 4.

This quintessential American story of hope and survival follows the Joad family’s epic journey from the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma to the promised land of California. A soaring affirmation of the human spirit, “The Grapes of Wrath” provides the perfect canvas for an examination of a nation in search of itself. By Frank Galati, from the novel by John Steinbeck

Directed by John Bartowiak and Pauline Griller-Mitchell. Tickets cost $22, $20 for students and seniors. For more information, visit fscottfitzgerald.showare.com/Grapes.

Now Showing at the Glenview Art Gallery
The City of Rockville’s Arts Division and the Rockville Art League present “Portraits: Creatures Great or Small,” a show of varied media, on exhibit from Sunday, Jan. 21 through Friday, Feb. 16.

Meet the artists 1:30-3:30 p.m. Jan. 21.

The ADA-accessible gallery, on the second floor of Glenview Mansion, is open 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and closed on official city holidays.

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