The Arts Barn in Gaithersburg is hosting its Spring Artisan Market on Sunday, May 5, 2024, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at 311 Kent Square Rd.
Everclear, the alternative rock band whose career spans four decades and many memorable hits, will headline the City of Rockville’s Hometown Holidays Music Fest on Memorial Day weekend at RedGate Park.
Select MCPL libraries have solar eclipse glasses and take home activities available on a first come, first served basis. Link for MCPL events to see if your library is participating can be found here.
The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District has announced the 2024 Bethesda Film Fest which will be held at the Bethesda Row Landmark Cinema this year on Friday, April 5th and Saturday, April 6th. Screenings will be at 7pm both nights, and followed by a Question & Answer session with the filmmakers.
The 12th annual Bethesda Film Fest will feature five short documentaries by regional filmmakers.
Montgomery Parks is recognizing Autism Acceptance Month with a family event at Wheaton Regional Park. The community is invited to participate in a free, family-centered event that will feature hands-on, sensory-friendly activities for all. Activities include story times, face painting, arts and crafts, exercise demonstrations and more.
Songkran Thai festival takes place on Sunday, April 14th from 9am until 4pm at Wat Thai Washington DC (13440 Layhill Rd. Silver Spring, MD). The festival will feature Thai food, Thai cultural shows, and Thai souvenirs.
Rachel Chavkin, a stage director perhaps best known for directing the musicals Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812 and Hadestown, was recently honored by having 48th St. in New York renamed Chavkin Way on March 20th. She is a 1998 graduate of John F. Kennedy High School in Silver Spring.
The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District and Bethesda Urban Partnership are seeking artists for the Signal Box Public Art project. Fifteen signal boxes located throughout downtown Bethesda have been selected for artistic vinyl wraps to adorn the boxes.
Saturday Night Live’s Heidi Gardner will no longer be performing at the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center at Montgomery College in Rockville on Friday, March 22 due to changes with the schedule of a project she’s working on, according to a recent report by mymcmedia. Instead, she will be replaced by fellow cast member James Austin Johnson, known for his impression of former president Donald Trump. Tickets for the event are $25 ($23 for seniors, and $5 for students w/ ID) and can be purchased at www.montgomerycollege.edu/pac.
Beginning April 1, The Compass Atelier will no longer be just a single classroom– it will become a Compass Art Center. The Compass Atelier shared an announced on social media that it will be moving into 10335 Kensington Parkway in Kensington.
Montgomery County native Steven Rales won an Oscar for Best Live-Action Short Film as producer of the film, “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.” Rales was born in Bethesda in 1951. He founded Danaher Corporation in 1984 with his brother Mitchell Rales (part owner of the Washington Commanders and founder of Glenstone), where Steven Rales is chairman of the board.
