This week’s events feature several community meetings on school construction, the Purple Line and other topics, an online discussion with the county executive, film screenings, live music in several local venues and a Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts baseball game, among others.
The Silver Spring Civic Building was buzzing with activity this past Sunday. On the second level, the faces of the Silver Spring Time Bank volunteers greeted visitors. What wasn’t picked up in the exchange was donated to CREATE Arts Center.
Foulger-Pratt has signed its first tenant for Inventa Towers, the former Discovery headquarters building, according to a company press release.
Friday, May 3 Opening Night, “Richard III” from Lumina Theatre, Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, 8641 Colesville Rd., $8-$18, 7 p.m. First Friday at the American Legion!, Cissel-Saxon American Legion Post 41, 905 Sligo Ave., 7 p.m.-midnight Saturday, May 4 Scout Day at the Medical Museum, National Museum of Health and Medicine, 2500 Linden Lane, 10 a.m.-noon WABA Adult City … Read More
The Highwood Theatre is leaving its current location at 914 Silver Spring Ave. for a temporary space where its classes and rehearsals will be held beginning tomorrow (May 1), according to an announcement on the organization’s web site.
Fans of vinyl records can celebrate that music medium and all that surrounds the culture of LPs during the second annual “Just for the Record-A Vinyl Day” Saturday, April 27 at the Silver Spring Library.
StoryCorps has parked its mobile recording studio on Veterans Plaza and is now booking appointments for residents who want to record their stories for posterity and possible broadcast.
The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County has issued a call for submissions of works to be considered for addition to the county’s Contemporary Works on Paper Collection. The council is specifically looking to purchase original, unframed, two-dimensional works such as paintings and drawings in various media, photographs, mixed media and limited-edition prints. The selections will be juried by … Read More
The Pennyworth Thrift Shop will reopen this weekend (April 13 and 14) in a new location after a four-month hiatus, according to board member Lesley Rogers.