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Hollywood East Cafe’s Janet Yu to Speak at Smithsonian Seminar: Food for the Body and Soul: Advocating for Community through Culinary Traditions

Published May 6, 2022 at 3:00PM | Updated May 6, 2022 at 11:00PM

A previous version of this article contained a typo in Janet You’d name that had since been corrected.

Chef Janet Yu, owner of Hollywood East Cafe in Wheaton will speak at Food for the Body and Soul: Advocating for Community through Culinary Traditions. This free series through Zoom requires registration and is a collaboration among two Smithsonian museums and Smithsonian Associates offers fresh insights into American culture, past and present, through the lens of food. Each program is hosted by Smithsonian moderators and features a guest chef who prepares a recipe and explores the history and tradition behind its ingredients, culinary techniques, and community meaning. The chefs also shed light on their personal stories and their activism and advocacy in and around the Washington area.

Events

1st Annual California Wine Festival to be Held at Downtown Crown Wine & Beer

By MCS Staff

Published May 6, 2022 at 9:57AM | Updated May 6, 2022 at 2:44PM

The first annual California wine festival will take place later this month at Downtown Crown Wine & Beer (303 Copley Place) in Gaithersburg. The event goes from noon until 3pm […]

MCPS

Churchill Lacrosse Coach Jeff Fritz Celebrates 300th Career Win

By MCS Staff

Published May 6, 2022 at 9:36AM

Yesterday Winston Churchill High School in Potomac celebrated Jeff Fritz’s 300th victory as head lacrosse coach at the school.

Churchill welcomed Montgomery County Councilmember and alumnus Andrew Friedson to the school’s game against Sherwood High School. At halftime Councilmember Friedson presented his old lacrosse coach with a Proclamation from Montgomery County for Coach Fritz’s 300th career win.

Gaithersburg

Gaithersburg Man Wins $100,000 On Scratch-Off Ticket He Bought in Poolesville

By MCS Staff

Published May 6, 2022 at 8:01AM

“Sure, other games have million-dollar jackpots, but $100,000 is a ton of money to me, a giant prize, and this game has a lot of them,” he said.

The loyal player was stunned when he saw the matches that suggested his $30 scratch-off was one of the game’s top-prize winners. “I examined the ticket six or seven times to be sure.” Still not satisfied, he scanned it another six or seven times using the Lottery app on his phone. “I kept coming up with a $100,000 win every time and every way I checked. It was so exciting, and such a relief.”

Arts

City Grants Supports Takoma ARTery; A New Artist Directory That Feature Local Artists

By MCS Staff

Published May 6, 2022 at 6:18AM

Takoma Park’s Arts and Humanities Division has partnered with the Takoma ARTery to promote the work of local artists through a new online artist directory at takomaartery.com. Per the City of Takoma Park: The volunteer-led artist collective was organized during the COVID-19 pandemic to connect local artists and help them share their work with the public. Artwork displays have filled storefront windows in downtown Takoma Park and at the Historic Takoma building at the Takoma Junction. The City’s Arts and Humanities Coordinator Brendan Smith also helped organize a previous grant to support the group’s start-up costs and its first art fair last summer outside the Takoma Park Community Center.

Takoma ARTery artists have reported not only sales but also a broadened sense of connection and support from other artists and residents, according to ARTery co-founder Eleanor Landstreet. “The financial and staff support from the City have helped transform the ARTery from an innovative pandemic-related arts project into a vibrant artist community, which is boosting the creative economy and small businesses run by artists,” Landstreet said.

Montgomery Parks

Mother’s Day Activities in Montgomery Parks This Weekend

By MCS Staff

Published May 6, 2022 at 6:05AM

Give Mom the gift of parks for Mother’s Day weekend (May 5 to 8, 2022)! Below you’ll see Montgomery Parks’ Picks to show one of the most important people in your life just how much you care.

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MoCoSnow

Temperatures May Not Reach 55° At Any Point This Weekend; Rain Expected Fri-Sun

By MCS Staff

Published May 6, 2022 at 5:55AM

Tomorrow we’ll be a week into May, but it may not feel that way as temperatures aren’t expected to go higher than the low 50s at any point this weekend. Rain has moved into the area and is likely to fall off and on throughout the day today with temperatures getting to about 60°.

This weekend will bring more rain and temperatures are likely to remain between 40° and 54° on both Saturday and Sunday. We’ll see a slight warm up on Monday after the rain clears out and highs reach the upper 50s and then a slow climb throughout the week before highs are once again in the 70s by the end of the week.

Downtown Silver Spring

Sports Bar & Restaurant to Take Over Old Urban Winery Location in Silver Spring

By MCS Staff

Published May 5, 2022 at 4:18PM

Ivela Sports Lounge will be moving in to 949 Bonifant Street Suite A, the previous location of Urban Winery, in Silver Spring. Urban Winery opened in the location back in 2015 and remained there until they closed the location to move to 2315 Stewart Ave, a bigger space in late 2020. The new winery is temporarily closed due to construction.

Not much information is currently available on Ivela Sports Lounge, but permits are up in the windows and construction is coming next. Ivela Sports Lounge LLC was incorporated in June 2021 by Legesse Negash, according to filing documents.

Gaithersburg

Senator Nancy King Secures $2.5 Million in Bond Funds for Montgomery Village

By MCS Staff

Published May 5, 2022 at 2:37PM

According to a report by Mike Conroy of the Montgomery Village News, District 39 Senator Nancy King provided an update on the recently finished Legislative Session, and her success in securing bond funds for the community. Per the report, Senator King, who is also a long-time Village resident, noted she was grateful for the partnership she has with MVF staff and was thrilled to bring the funds to Montgomery Village.

“Senator King said after the Federal stimulus and a new tax on online purchases, the state was able to extend significantly more bond funds than in previous years. As such, she was able to secure $2.5 million in state bond monies for projects in Montgomery Village.

DC Sports

Washington Commanders Announce the Return of the Marching Band for the 2022 NFL Season and a “Revamped Arrangement of the Fight Song”

By MCS Staff

Published May 5, 2022 at 12:06PM

The Washington Commanders have announced that the team will be bringing back the marching band along with a “revamped arrangement of the team’s fight song.” Per the Commanders: Building on 85 years of tradition, and with the team’s first-ever Music Director at the helm, the 2022 Commanders Marching Band will combine old and new traditions as the team heads into the inaugural season of the Washington Commanders. Interested musicians who believe they have the ability to take the field with the 2022 Commanders Marching Band can submit video auditions through May 23, 2022.

Today the Washington Commanders announce the official return of the marching band for the 2022 season with an open invitation for musicians in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia (DMV) area to audition to be part of the inaugural Commanders Marching Band. The 60-person ensemble will feature musicians from across the DMV and will be composed of woodwind, brass and percussion instruments, and debut at the Commanders Training Camp this summer.

Poolesville

‘Plan The Future of Poolesville’ Visioning Event

By MCS Staff

Published May 5, 2022 at 11:10AM

Per the Town of Poolesville: “HELP SHAPE THE TOWN’S FUTURE!” Join the Planning Commission and Comprehensive Plan Consultants for an interactive visioning event and share your hopes for the future of the Town of Poolesville. This hands-on event will help us to identify the community’s aspirations and goals for the future.

WHAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? Over the next few months, the Town of Poolesville will be working on its 10-year update of the Comprehensive Plan. The purpose of the plan is to provide a roadmap for the Town’s next twenty years, touching on topic areas that include land use, transportation, housing, water resources, economic development, and several others. The document contains goals, objectives, policies, and recommendations, as well as a community-wide vision and an action plan to help prioritize future projects.