HOLIDAY ART SHOW
Local artists Jing Jy Chen, Winnie Coggins, Cher Compton, Nancy Davis, Diane Dunn, Ann Eid, Elaine Weiner-Reed and Kathleen Schuman, offer gorgeous and functional pieces holiday shoppers this weekend’s farmhouse show. Choose from pottery, Oriental brush paintings, watercolor and mixed water media, oils, pastels, prints, fine art photography, acrylics and jewelry. Noon to 5 p.m. 13726 Clarksville Pike, Highland. 301-854-3478.
WHO’S IN TOWN
Canadian Rock Hall of Fame guy and smooth jazz guitarist Rik Emmett of the band Triumph still shines after three decades in the music biz. Hear his solo chops tonight. 7 p.m. $35. Rams Head OnStage, 33 West Street, Annapolis.
MUSIC
Guitarist-singer Woody Lissauer plays originals and covers for the brunch crowd. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free; food sold separately. Harvest Table, 1000 Hull St., Baltimore. 410-837-0073; www.myharvesttable.com
Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel, the wife and husband music factory known as Mates of State, perform tracks from their fifth full-length album, Re-Arrange Us, released in May. Openers Brother Reade and Avocado Happy Hour dazzle. 8 p.m. $12 to $15. The Ottobar, 2549 N. Howard St., Baltimore. 410-662-0069; www.theottobar.com
KIDS
Have you ever wondered how you can identify a tree with out its leaves? Find out how the Patapsco Valley forest has changed through time and some cool facts about Maryland trees. You’ll walk half a mile, so dress for the weather and bring your hiking boots. For all ages. 10 to 11 a.m. $2. Area 600, 3001 Marriottsville Road, Marriottsville. 410-461-5005.
AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Authors Sarah Achenbach and Bill McAllen discuss their new book “Spirit of Place: Baltimore’s Favorite Places.” 2 p.m. Free. Central Branch, Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore. 410-396-5430; www.prattlibrary.org
LECTURE
Benjamin Zucker, a prominent local collector and president of the Precious Stones Company, New York, shares intimate stories about his collection, which supplements the “Bedazzled” exhibition. At today’s lecture, “A Mysterious Wedding Ring: Tracing Personal Jewelry Histories,” hear his insights into the role gems and rings have played throughout the history of jewelry design. 2 p.m. Free. Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St., Baltimore. 410-547-9000; www.thewalters.org
FILM
Jewish Museum of Maryland hosts a screening of “Children of the Sun,” winner of the Best Documentary award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. The movie traces the kibbutz movement from its utopian beginnings to its disintegration. A discussion follows. 3:30 p.m. $5 to $15. Jewish Museum of Maryland, 15 Lloyd St., Baltimore. 410-732-6400; www.jewishmuseummd.org
THEATER
Picnic – A Summer Romance takes viewers back to 1953, in a small Kansas town, Labor Day weekend. Madge and her younger sister Millie are looking for a little more fun, and then Hal Carter drifts into town. See what happens next! Through December 21. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. $15 to $18. Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre, 817 St. Paul St., Baltimore. 410-752-1225; Spotlighters.org
Fuddy Meers, a short-run play, follows Claire, a girl with a rare form of psychogenic amnesia which causes her to wake every morning with a blank slate. Through December 7. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday (except Nov. 28 to 30); $5 to $15. Merrick Barn, Johns Hopkins University, Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore. 410-516-7159
EVENTS
Meridian Belly Dance hosts a hafleh, a traditional performance showcasing a variety of belly dancing styles. 5 p.m. $5. Minas Gallery, 815 W. 36th Street, Baltimore. 410-732-4258; www.minasgalleryandboutique.com
Budding filmmakers, it’s time to get cracking! Filmsters hosts a seminar on interviewing and creating documentary films from raw footage. 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. $200. Filmsters, 107 Annapolis Street Suite J, Annapolis. 410-263-3023
Celebrate diversity and cheer on competitors at the fifth-annual Miss Full-Figured Metropolitan Competition and Fashion Show. 6:30 p.m. $25 to $50. Sheraton Hotel in Columbia, 10207 Wincopin Circle, Columbia. http://missfullfiguredmetropolitan.eventbrite.com
