Arts
Per Montgomery County: “Improbable Comedy will fill Downtown Silver Spring with laughs with its SPRUNG! Comedy Festival from Thursday, Feb. 7, through Sunday, Feb. 11, at the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre. (more…)
Per Montgomery County: “Painter Bob Ross once said, “There are no mistakes . . . just happy accidents.” On Tuesday, Jan. 30, Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. will embrace that theme as it presents its free online Winter Arts Salon: Happy Accidents.
Free tickets are now available for the annual MCPS Dance Showcase, which will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9 at James Hubert Blake High School (Monday, Feb. 12. snow date).
“The Greatest Night in Pop,” is an upcoming Netflix documentary (available to view on January 29th, trailer below) that revisits the moment when 46 of the biggest names in pop music, led by Michael Jackson, came together for a single night to record a song to raise money for African famine relief. The documentary is directed by Bao Nguyen, who was born and raised in Silver Spring, MD., and graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 2001.
The City of Gaithersburg’s Cultural Arts Advisory Committee invites individual artists and art organizations to submit applications to exhibit in the City’s art galleries during the Fiscal Year 2025 season. (more…)
Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, a Montgomery County native and 2011 graduate of Good Counsel in Olney, stars as young Celie in the remake of The Color Purple, which is now out in theaters. The actress held a private screening that was attended by many Good Counsel staff members at Regal in Germantown (video below).