Things to do in Baltimore this week: Weezer, a big-screen 'Wizard' and Nature For All

Weezer and Pixies The alt rockers who gave us &#8220;Beverly Hills&#8221; and &#8220;Pork and Beans,&#8221; hot on the heels of the release of their &#8220;Black Album,&#8221; take to the stage &#8212; along with the Pixies and Basement &#8212; at Royal Farms Arena, 201 W. Baltimore St. 7 p.m. March 17. $29-$129. royalfarmsarena.com.Emilio Estevez in &quot;The Public,&quot; the opening-night feature of the Annapolis Film Festival, March 21-24 in Annapolis.Annapolis Film Festival Running March 21-24 at venues throughout Annapolis and presenting more than 70 features, documentaries and shorts, this lovefest for independent cinema includes something for every cinephile. Opening night March 21 offers a screening of writer-director Emilio Estevez&#8217;s &#8220;The Public,&#8221; starring himself along with Alec Baldwin, Christian Slater and Jena Malone in the story of what happens when a Cincinnati librarian offers his building as a homeless shelter on the coldest night of the year (7:30 p.m. at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, 801 Chase St., $50). Weekend offerings range from a documentary following nine students as they compete in an international science fair (&#8220;Science Fair,&#8221; 10 a.m. Friday at Maryland Hall) to a comedy about a woman unlucky in love who creates a movie about her misfortunes (&#8220;In Reality,&#8221; 8:45 p.m. Saturday at Maryland Hall, 7:15 p.m. Sunday at Annapolis Elementary School, 180 Green St.) to a shorts program featuring the work of local filmmakers from Maryland and D.C. (12:30 p.m. Sunday at Annapolis Elementary). Surely, you&#8217;ll find something to see, and discover, and rave about. Tickets for most films are $13-$15. annapolisfilmfestival.com.Unpub 9 is set for March 22-24 at the Delta Hotels Baltimore Hunt Valley Inn.Unpub 9 Get a look at, even try out, scores of what could be the next big thing in board games. More than 100 game designers are set to be on hand, along with two special guests, designer Rob Daviau and artist Kwanchai Moriya. 5 p.m.-2 a.m. March 22, noon-2 a.m. March 23, noon-10 p.m. March 24 at the Delta Hotels Baltimore Hunt Valley Inn, 245 Shawan Road. Free. unpub.net.The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents &quot;Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix&quot; In Concert at the Meyerhoff March 22 and 24, and at the Music Center at Strathmore March 23.&#8216;Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix&#8217; In Concert The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performs Nicholas Hooper&#8217;s score live while, onscreen, Harry and Dumbledore struggle to convince a skeptical Hogwarts, and a nasty new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, that Voldemort really is back. 7:30 p.m. March 22 and 3 p.m. March 24 at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St. $45-$85. Also 3 p.m. March 23 at the Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane in North Bethesda. $45-$85. bsomusic.org.Baltimore Old-Time Music Festival A weekend highlighting &#8220;some of the brightest old time musicians, singers, and dancers in the country.&#8221; (Expect lots of fiddle and banjo.) Kicks off March 22 with an 8 p.m. concert ($25-$32) featuring Ken &amp; Brad Kolodner, Bruce Molsky and his Mountain Drifters, the Corn Potato String Band and The Local Honeys. The next day&#8217;s schedule, beginning at noon, includes a host of workshops and performances ($23-$60 for the day), culminating in what organizers promise will be a &#8220;wild&#8221; square dance at 8 p.m. ($10-$15, includes a 7 p.m. workshop). At the Creative Alliance, 3134 Eastern Ave. creativealliance.org.&#8216;The Broadcast Business, Then and Now&#8217; The Baltimore Museum of Industry, 1415 Key Highway, opens its renovated communications gallery, &#8220;Tap. Talk. Text.&#8221; with a forum featuring local broadcasting professionals discussing what they do and how the public takes the information in. 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. March 21. Free. thebmi.org.&quot;The Wizard of Oz&quot; plays on the big screen at The Senator March 20 and 24-26.&#8216;The Wizard of Oz&#8217; Happy 80th anniversary to Dorothy and Toto, the Scarecrow and the Wicked Witch of the West, up on the big screen where, trust us, they belong. Magical, in the most unassailable sense of the word. 7:30 p.m. March 20, 10 a.m. March 24, 1 p.m. March 25 and 9:30 p.m. March 26 at The Senator, 5904 York Road. $7-$10. thesenatortheatre.com.&#8216;Saving Sea Turtles: Preventing Extinction&#8217; Scientist Sylvia Earle narrates this look at an environmental near-catastrophe from 2014, when more than 1,200 sea turtles washed up on a Massachusetts shore, and saving them required a joint effort involving 10 states and 21 institutions, as well as the federal government. Part of the Docs from the Docks film series. 7 p.m.-9 p.m. March 21 at Brown Advisory, 901 S. Bond St. in Fells Point. Free. &#8220;Docs from the Docks 2019&#8221; on facebook.com.Kat Edmonson performs March 22 at The Soundry in Columbia.Kat Edmonson The Texas-born singer-songwriter, whose vintage pop mixes more traditional jazz with popular music from a range of eras, performs at The Soundry, 10221 Wincopin Circle in Columbia. 8 p.m. March 22. $25-$32.50. thesoundry.com.Nature for All The National Aquarium, 501 E. Pratt St., hosts a dialogue on &#8220;challenges, trends and progress&#8221; in conservation, with featured speakers Tamara Toles O'Laughlin, executive director of the Maryland Environmental Health Network, and Juan D. Martinez, vice president of strategic partnerships, Children &amp; Nature Network, a group working to increase access for children to nature. 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. March 19. $10-$15. aqua.org.

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