Five Things to Know for July 12 in Montgomery County

We’ve finally made it to Friday! Here are five things to know in Montgomery County for Friday, July 12.

1.  Brookside Gardens Turns 50: It’s official — Brookside Gardens has been around for half a century. Join Montgomery Parks in celebrating Brookside Gardens’s fiftieth anniversary today at 9:30 a.m. at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton.

For five decades, Brookside Gardens has been a place to make memories, from a first date to grieving a loss.

You are invited to Brookside Gardens' Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration this Friday at 9:30 am.

Free, but please register: https://t.co/g40TIclbM9.#BrooksideGardens50 pic.twitter.com/O9Uz1NbWRL

— Montgomery Parks (@MontgomeryParks) July 10, 2019

2.  Public Safety Awards Breakfast: The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce is honoring forty Upcounty police officers, special operation teams, firefighters, and paramedics this morning. Stay tuned for MyMCMedia’s coverage of the event.

3. Blues Beatles: A Brazil-based Blues Beatles group is remixing some of The Beatles’ classic hits with traditional blues arrangements. They’ll be playing at AMP by Strathmore in North Bethesda tonight at 8 p.m. Get tickets to the show here.

4. Chautauqua 2019: Maryland Humanities’ 25 season for Chautauqua living history continues tonight at Globe Hall in the High Technology Building at Montgomery College in Germantown at 7 p.m. Tonight attendees will learn about Grace O’Malley, the 16th century Irish Pirate Queen. Here’s more information.

Meet Grace O'Malley, a 16th century Irish Pirate Queen, at this year's Chautauqua on Friday, July 12. Join us for this free event at #montgomerycollege Germantown Campus, Globe Hall at 7 p.m. Free parking. https://t.co/vVASbFat1Y pic.twitter.com/uErgUTl60I

— Montgomery College (@montgomerycoll) July 8, 2019

5. Rockville Town Square Summer Concert: Tonight Scott Kurt and Memphis 59 are performing at the free outdoor summer concert at Rockville Town Square from 6 to 9 p.m.

Summer Concerts Return to Rockville’s Town Square June 7

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About Deirdre Byrne

Deirdre Byrne is a social media coordinator for Montgomery Community Media. She can be reached at dbyrne@mymcmedia.org or on twitter at @DeirdreByrneMCM.

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