Local Theatre Group Hosting a 30-Hour Live Streaming Event
Adventure Theater MTC Academy will be hosting a 30-hour streaming event on their YouTube channel beginning this Sunday at 2PM.
Arts
Quilts and the Stories They Tell Now at Sandy Spring Museum
Quilts and the Stories They Tell is the latest exhibit at the Sandy Spring Museum (17901 Bentley Rd).
Lunar New Year Celebration This Saturday at Westfield Wheaton
This Saturday at noon there will be a scaled back Lunar New Year Celebration at center court in Westfield Wheaton (Wheaton Plaza).
MCPL Black History Month Event Schedule
Montgomery County Public Libraries is celebrating Black History Month with special events throughout February.
Montgomery County’s 2021 History Conference Begins Tonight
The 15th annual Montgomery County History Conference begins tonight at 7PM with a special trivia event hosted by The MoCoShow’s Alex T. The event will be held over the next nine days and feature a keynote speech on Wednesday by Kevin Levin, discussing confederate monuments and race.
New Netflix hit show Bridgerton created by Watkins Mill Alum Chris Van Dusen
By Madison Tringone
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“Remember that guy that used to paint at Rio?” We sure do. If you ever walked through Rio between 2000-2016, you probably spotted George Petridis working on one of his beautiful paintings with a lot of his other artwork on display in the atrium of Rio just outside of the movie theater. For over 15 years, Petridis displayed his art and worked on new pieces surrounded by the bustle of the Rio crowd– often interacting with those who stopped to enjoy some of the work he had on display.
You’d be surprised to learn that Petridis didn’t actually live in MoCo, though he spent much of his time here while his art was on display at Rio. He was born and raised in Athens, Greece and didn’t pick up art until later in life while he was looking to become a cardiologist and fell in love with the daughter of a prominent artist in Belgium, who introduced him to painting. After participating in a show in Paris, he decided his passion would become his career and he joined his brother in Toronto, Canada.
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O.A.R. Embraces Their Rockville Roots
It was 2014 and the band O.A.R. was releasing its eighth studio album. After becoming an international success and touring all around the world it seemed fitting to go back to where they started and name their album “The Rockville LP,” after their hometown in Montgomery County, MD.
Afshan Mizrahi is a published children’s author from Montgomery County. The book she published, Fairyland Horror, was written while she attended Mill Creek Towne Elementary School, an MCPS school in Derwood.
While in 5th grade, Afshan had a creative writing assignment where she needed to write a short story and draw pictures. It was then that Fairyland Horror came to life.
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This Montgomery County native is an accomplished musician, a New York Times Best Selling author, and Twitch streamer. Born in Rockville, Maryland, he grew up in the West Deer Park neighborhood in Gaithersburg. He also worked at Joe’s Crab Shack in Rio and performed there a few times when he started off.
Originally under the name Psychological, he started performing professionally in 2009. As to why he called himself that, he said, “ I just loved this word because it was about the mind and I knew that’s what I wanted my music to consist of; something that really challenges the mind.” Years later, he would rise to international fame and receive 2 Grammy nominations.