The county’s Department of Transportation is seeking public comment on preliminary proposals developed for of the Dale Drive Pedestrian Facility Improvement Project. The department presented several concepts and their potential impacts on the area, which covers the stretch of Dale Drive from Georgia Avenue to Colesville Road, during a Feb. 12 meeting. That presentation was part of on an ongoing … Read More
Friday, March 1 Bud Skelton Band & Jam, Cissel-Saxon American Legion Post 41, 905 Sligo Ave., 7 p.m.-midnight. Improv Comedy Night, The Highwood Theatre, 914 Silver Spring Ave., $11, 8-9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2 Montgomery County Master Gardeners, Silver Spring Library, 900 Wayne Ave., 10 a.m.-1 p.m. B&O Railroad Station Open House, 8100 Georgia Ave., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Kids Sing … Read More
The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County will be adding to the Montgomery County Contemporary Works On Paper Collection thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts’ Art Works Grant Program. The collection is part of the county’s public art collection, which currently includes more than 550 prints, drawings and watercolors from regional artists. THE NEA awarded AHCMC … Read More
CREATE Arts Center, the Silver Spring-based provider of arts education and therapy services, will hold its first-ever fundraising gala this spring, according to Linda Marson Cox, the group’s executive director.
Silver Spring’s third downtown brewery will hold its grand opening at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 3, according to cofounders Brett Robison and Christian Layke.
About 100 residents, transit advocates and others attended a town hall in Silver Spring last night to hear about proposed budget and service changes for the Metro system from representatives of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The meeting was organized by the County Council’s Transportation and Environment Committee, chaired by Councilmember Tom Hucker (D-District 5), who noted it was … Read More
Friday, Feb. 22 Green Matters Symposium from Montgomery Parks, Silver Spring Civic Building, $85-$99, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. D.C. Blues Society’s 4th Friday Happy Hour, Cissel-Saxon American Legion Post 41, 905 sligo Ave. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Pechakucha Volume 15: The Edge Of Reality, Silver Spring Civic Building, $25, 7-9:30 p.m. Improv Comedy Night, The Highwood Theatre, 914 Silver Spring Ave., $11, 8-9:30 p.m. … Read More
Montgomery Parks is surveying residents within all five Regional Service Centers to help determine possible options for future dog parks. The surveys are part of a Dog Parks Site Suitability Study currently underway and ask residents of each area to choose from a set of locations determined by parks staff. Each study area was defined as within a half-mile radius … Read More
The Baltimore/Washington office of The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Montgomery County, from 1 AM through 7 PM Wednesday.