Staycations, part 3: Action and Adventure!
If the skies have cleared and you want some adrenaline pumping through you, check out these staycation destinations: Sandy Spring Adventure Park at Sandy Spring Friends School is where you can be Tarzan for a day. The park is “an aerial …
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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
HEALTH: Takoma marijuana dispensary approved by D.C. Department of Health
HEALTH • BY DARLENE REYES Two years after Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray signed the “Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Amendment Act of 2010” details about the
ENVIRONMENT: Toxic lawns initiative tangled up in vines
ENVIRONMENT • BY DARLENE REYES Lawn pesticides may do more damage than just killing weeds. Catherine Cummings and Julie Taddeo started the Safe Growth Initiative as concerned citizens. They were
EDUCATION: The Dream is up for debate this summer
EDUCATION • BY DARLENE REYES President Barack Obama’s June 15 statement on immigration policy, not surprisingly, evoked mixed responses, but it has also caused some confusion for local
ART: Where politics fails, art prevails
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
Documentary Filmmakers’ Lifeline
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: Gabrielle Louise returns to Takoma Park
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
ART: Trees spring up
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: Damn right we’ve got the blues
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
ARTS: DanceAfrica celebrates 25 years
ARTS • BY DARLENE REYES This weekend celebrates the dance and music of the African Diaspora at Dance Place in nearby Brookland. The celebration, which is estimated to draw
