Sligo Creek is a lifeblood for wildlife, an important tributary in our watershed, and a source of inspiration for two photographers and a mixed-media artist who will share their work in the Celebrating Sligo Creek exhibition. Please join us for the opening reception on June 15 where you can meet the artists Julius Kassovic, Lynn Alleva Lilley, and Steven Robinson. … Read More
Washington Adventist University invites Takoma Park residents and their friends to join our esteemed music faculty in this FREE concert open to the public! Join us as we explore music written and arranged for different sets of string duos. This unique performance features every instrument in the string family and highlights these distinct sonorities through music from across the centuries. … Read More
Washington Adventist University invites Takoma Park residents and their friends to join our esteemed music faculty in this FREE concert open to the public! Join us as we explore the music of Schumann, Sarasate, and Handel in a program that delights the heart and ears alike. The performance, appropriate for all ages, will run about an hour. Afterwards, audience members … Read More
Takoma Park will host a “Wellspring of Poetry” reading on June 1, city officials announced.
Kick off summer with your ears open! This family-friendly “pops” concert features hissing “cats” and barking “dogs,” plus familiar mid-century classics including an excerpt from Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. The NIH Community Chorus will perform a set of American songs, and the NIH Community Orchestra will salute Cole Porter in a fun medley, too! Free admission, donations accepted for NIH … Read More
S.S. B&O R.R. Station Open House, Sat., 5/6/23, 10-2 P.M. FREE! 8100 Georgia Ave. at Sligo, S.S. 20910, 301-495-4915 10-2 P.M., Explore S.S.’s Historic Station, Step on Board All Ages: Family Friendly, Bring Your Inner-Child! Take a self-guided Tour outside and inside the vibrant Station. “Train Spot” under Station’s rear canopy! Locomotives Galore! Wave at the Engineers! Feel the Trains’ … Read More
The Hexagon nonprofit political comedy troupe will make its post-pandemic return at a new location in Silver Spring on Friday evening.
Takoma Park will hold a poetry reading to mark April as National Poetry Month, city officials announced.
This biennial show at the Kensington Town Office (formerly Armory) is a true celebration of all things “quilt!” Join us as we display over 200 of our members’ quilts. As past visitors know, our Artisan Boutique is THE place to shop for unique and beautiful gifts you won’t find anywhere else (bags, covered journals, household items, etc.). Take advantage of … Read More