COMMUNITY • BY MORGAN FECTO Inside Shampoo, Inc, a hair salon on

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COMMUNITY • BY SAMANTHA BORTNIKER Two new festivals and a market are in Takoma Park's future. This May residents will be able

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT • BY MORGAN FECTO “Today’s prophet must look good in a suit and tie, and speak well at cocktail parties,” says the character Todd from Tom

COMMUNITY • BY MORGAN FECTO “We are looking for new blood, we are looking for new

PHOTOS • BY JULIE WIATT For 25 years or so Takoma Park has celebrated the winter solstice with a mummers play and dance performance at the town gazebo and

In the mid-1990s, Montgomery County leaders were tasked with revitalizing Silver Spring but early on realized that there was no input of opinions from the diverse residents. Traditional

STAYCATION • BY JAMIE LEE If it rains on the day of your trip to Harpers Ferry or Annapolis, check out these strictly indoor staycation destinations. First, there’s plenty

ART • BY DARLENE REYES The Washington Printmakers Gallery (WPG) is currently holding Ex Libris, an Exhibition of Prints by Chinese Artists. The exhibition features 180 prints, all by artists

Stuck on the notion that documentaries are stuffy and boring? Docs in Progress can change your mind. Docs in Progress is a nonprofit organization founded in 2004 by Erica

MUSIC • BY DARLENE REYES With gypsy musicians as parents, she has the wandering spirit that is key to folk music. The Institute of Musical Traditions, Takoma Park's folk music

The challenge was to create something “tree-like”. The Old Takoma Business Association (OTBA) is holding the reCYCLE The Art of Tree Project public art exhibition in Old Takoma Park

EVENTS • BY JAMIE LEE The Silverdocs are coming back to Silver Spring! This year marks the documentary festival’s tenth year.  From June 18 to 24, one-hundred-and-fourteen films will be

EVENTS • DARLENE REYES The Silver Spring Town Center is holding its fourth annual Silver Spring Blues Festival on June 16 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. To help

MUSIC • BY ABI ROME "Seven master artists, seven traditions, one extraordinary collaboration."  That was the tag line on the flyer for the CD/DVD Release Concert of the newly

"Milkshake," an independent film production is now filming in and around town. The film is a coming of age comedy set in 1990s Takoma Park. Not coincidentally, that's when

EVENTS • BY DARLENE REYES Start the summer off right enjoying live performances, games and international food. Washington Revels is holding its annual summer solstice celebration, SunFest, on June 10