Montgomery Community Media

What is a logo? Why is it important to a company? What does it represent? These questions we pondered as we thought about our company name, Take Off the Mask Kids Opera Company. Each student drew a pictorial representation of our company name and composed a written defense proving its potential and significance in representing […]

Motown hits were playing in the background. Our table was set high on a patio that overlooked the Western Maryland Rail Trail. The late afternoon appetizers were about to be served as Denise and I sat looking at the sunlight as it played with the changing autumn leaves. We were at BuddyLou’s Eats, Drinks and […]

On this episode of Connecting Our Community host Pat Shoemaker discusses sign language and the hearing impaired with the Rev. Dr. Raymont Anderson. Dr. Anderson has multiple degrees and has specialized in sign language. His chorus group, Believe, performs all around the area for both the deaf and hearing communities.   The Center for Living the […]

Did you ever go to a movie or even watch one on TV? You turn on the TV, or whatever you use to watch shows and movies and sit through it totally intrigued with the effects and things that just didn’t seem possible, and wonder how do they do that.  You know it isn’t real […]

Kathi Stanhope introduces us to Balou, a pit bull mix who is looking for a good home. For more information, call 240.773.5900 or visit Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center.

We are Take Off the Mask Kids Opera Company.  On the first day of school when the class was presented with the mask and I asked, “How will the mask help in our learning this year?” Jasmine G suggested a powerful metaphor that has informed our instruction and our decisions as a company ever since. […]

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce held its first program in their new Entrepreneur Breakfast Series on Thursday, October 8 at the Montgomery College, BioScience Education Center in Germantown. The first series was entitled “Are Entrepreneur’s Born or Made”. “Every successful business started with one or two people have the courage to start. So we wanted […]

Don Mooers hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. His guests include Gilberto Zelaya, Stuart Rosenthal, Henry Hailstock and Jane de Winter. Topics discussed this week include training poll workers on the new voting machines, the October issue of The Beacon Newspaper, hearing loss, and the recent controversy over the school’s use of […]

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) conducted a “Ribbon Cutting” Ceremonyfor Ted’s Montana Grill on Monday, October 5. This is Ted’s first Maryland location, third in the D.C. area and 46th location overall. They are located in the Downtown Crown shopping center at 105 Ellington Boulevard in Gaithersburg.   Those that attended the ceremony were […]

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) honored its “Chamber Stars” at the Business Networking After Five event on Thursday, September 17. The event was held at and sponsored by Smokey Glen Farm Barbequers, Inc. in Gaithersburg. The GGCC is recognizing Chamber Members who have been members for 10+, 20+ & 30+ years. It’s their way […]