Young Artists of America has announced plans to open a new state-of-the-art rehearsal facility in the heart of Rockville Pike, marking a major milestone for the Emmy Award-winning nonprofit and the local arts community.
Entertainment
Just days after driving around Silver Spring and personally picking up fans to preview his new album, J. Cole has announced that he is bringing The Fall-Off world tour back to Maryland.
When legendary local journalist Brandy Simms wished Arsenio Hall a happy 70th birthday on Facebook, he also asked a great question… “Who remembers an episode of Hall’s late-night talk show that was filmed right here in Montgomery County?” That curiosity sent us digging into one of the more fun and unusual TV moments in local history.
Rapper J. Cole is in Montgomery County and offering local fans a once in a lifetime listening experience. In a post shared on Wednesday night, J. Cole said he is currently in Silver Spring and invited fans in the area to ride with him in his Civic to listen to his latest (and possibly last) album, The Fall-Off.
Season 5 of the true crime podcast Betrayal is drawing national attention while telling a deeply personal story rooted in Montgomery County.
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Two Montgomery County artists are among the finalists competing in this year’s Bernard/Ebb Songwriting Awards, as Strathmore marks the competition’s 10th anniversary with a live concert and awards ceremony later this spring.
Silver Spring rapper and songwriter She-unO and Clarksburg ninth grader Saanvi Purohit were selected from a competitive field representing Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The finalists will perform original music on Friday, April 24 at 7:30pm at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, where winners will be announced following live performances and feedback from industry judges.
A simple question posted in a large Facebook group dedicated to growing up in Maryland quickly turned into a wide-ranging debate over history, culture, sports, and entertainment: who is the most “legendary Maryland-born celebrity?”
A single photo of a very round squirrel sparked a lively discussion in a local Montgomery Village Facebook group after resident Mary Shewan shared the image and joked that the animal may have eaten too much bird seed.
Montgomery County Public Libraries is celebrating the 10th anniversary of MoComCon this March, marking a decade of one of the county’s most popular fandom-focused events.
A Montgomery County educator with roots stretching from Montgomery Village to Damascus has built one of the region’s most-followed platforms focused on UFOs and unidentified aerial phenomena, turning a long-standing personal curiosity into a rapidly growing digital project with a national audience.
Nearly 40 years ago, the WWF (now WWE) ran a house show at Frederick Community College in Frederick, Maryland, in January 1988, just a couple months before WrestleMania IV. Lifelong Montgomery County resident Gus Moshovitis remembers taking the 30-minute drive to watch some of his favorite superstars go at it in one of the smaller venues you’d catch the WWF in at that time.