Local Comedy Club Presents Live Stand-Up Show Tonight On Zoom
Silver Spring based Improbable Comedy will be hosting a live virtual stand-up show tonight at 8:30PM on zoom. According to their website, Improbable Comedy aims to book more women, LBGTQ+, BIPOC, and immigrant comedians as well as comedians with disabilities.
MoCo Native’s Short Film Selected for Matt Groening Fellowship Program
MoCo native and Wootton High School graduate Demetri Tzamaras has worked on a few notable movies including Spider-Man: Into the SpiderVerse, The Minions, and Secret Life of Pets.
5/17 Update: Swingers DC opens on Friday, June 18th
Beyond MoCo: Swingers Coming to DC
Brian Nicholson, a MoCo Native, is the Youngest Krispy Kreme General Manager in Company History
Krispy Kreme recently opened a new shop at a Columbia Heights in Washington DC with general manager Brian Nicholson leading the way.
Enterprise Purchases $29,600 in Gift Cards to Local Restaurants for its Employees
On March 5th, Enterprise Rent-A-Car gifted all 80,000 of it’s employees (full and part-time) a $100 gift card to a local restaurant for Employee Appreciation Day. That included 296 of its workers here in Montgomery County.
Julius West Middle School to Donate Over 350 Bags of Food to Families in Need
Mike Edwards, a Julius West Middle School social studies teacher and team leader, organized a food drive for families in need in the Julius West cluster.
St. Patrick’s Day Events in MoCo
Below are some of the scaled back events going on in town this year for St. Patrick’s Day.
Hundreds of fans packed City Place Mall (now Ellsworth Place) in Silver Spring for a free Rihanna concert in 2005. At the time, ‘Pon De Replay’ was her biggest hit. We were told officials from either the mall or the concert were offering freebies to get people inside for the up and coming singer’s concert. Photos below by Sara Feldman Kuhn.
It didn’t take long for Rihanna to find more success and eventually become one of the most popular entertainers in the world. With sales of over 250 million records worldwide, Rihanna is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. She has earned 14 number ones and 31 top-ten singles in the United States.
Representatives from the MCPS Business, Management and Finance Program Advisory Committee will be present and serve as judges, mentors, or supporters. Established entrepreneurs will bring greetings and words of inspiration and encouragement to our student entrepreneurs. Chick-fil-A is the primary sponsor of the MCPS Business Pitch Challenge and will provide cash prizes for the three winning teams for a maximum of $1,000. The Co-Sponsor, Educational Systems Federal Credit Union, will provide the medallion for our students and coaches as well as a trophy for the winning school.
Vintage MoCo TV Commercials
Take a look below at an assortment of old school Montgomery County commercials we found on YouTube from the 70’s, 80’s & 90’s!
Remembering Sir Walter Raleigh Inn
Sir Walter Raleigh Inn is fondly remembered for being a not-so-expensive steak house with a great salad bar that was included with your meal. Suitable for a homecoming dinner or birthday celebration, the Montgomery Village location (now the site of CVS), closed back in 2005. What many people might not know, is that Sir Walter Raleigh had multiple locations throughout the DC Metro area.