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Here are some of our weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar: Friday, December 4 Glen Echo’s Holiday Art Show & Sale is open today from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. The Puppet Co. Playhouse presents The Nutcracker for the 27th year. Families will enjoy this Washington tradition in Glen Echo Park. Performance at 10:30 a.m. […]

Gallery B “VAC Revealed” exhibit  opens Tuesday, Dec. 2nd and is presented by the Montgomery County Public Schools Visual Art Center (VAC). The exhibit includes original artwork created by the program’s 22 seniors as well as teachers Mygenet Harris and Jane Walsh. The show also celebrates the 40th anniversary of the creation of the MCPS Visual Art […]

The Fourth of July is just around the corner and there are lots of places to go to see the fireworks in Montgomery County. The county’s Department of Recreation will host fireworks displays at the Maryland Soccerplex in the South Germantown Recreational Park and at Albert Einstein High School in Kensington. Find out more here.

For Oscar Rivera, 20, going to college was an “expensive” idea. He attended Rockville High School and then joined ACES- Achievement Collegiate Excellence and Sucess program designed to assist thousands of at-risk youth who are underrepresented in college. Rivera will graduate from Montgomery College in 2016. Rivera will graduate from Montgomery College in 2016. On […]

The Achievement Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES) program was designed to assist thousands of at-risk youth who are underrepresented in college. On Tuesday, June 16, educators, county officials, and relatives will gather to recognize these students’ hard work, dedication, and achievements at Strathmore in Bethesda. ACES, launched in 2013, is a collaboration is between Montgomery […]

It is going to be steamy out there today! Here are five things to know today, June 11th, in Montgomery County: 1. Air Quality Alert: Be careful. It is a code orange air quality alert day today. 2. Homicide Investigation: Montgomery County Police have a suspect in custody for a homicide that happened in Silver Spring yesterday. 3. […]

The annual Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Latin Dance competition was recently held at the Music Center at Strathmore. Dozens of energetic dancers took the stage to compete in both couple and team categories. MCPS-TV has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.

As we come to the close of high school graduations, let’s remember our multi-talented students. Some of these students are from Einstein High School’s Visual Arts Center program. MCPS-TV visited their showcase earlier this spring. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming. A few of the pieces in the […]

Montgomery College finalized hiring the academic coaches for the Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES) program, the Nighttime Economy Task Force subcommittee members are ready to draft their findings, and Wheaton business owners say a music venue is needed. Trending stories in video: Montgomery College finalized hiring the academic coaches for the Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES) program. Its designed […]

Montgomery College finalized hiring the academic coaches that will help launch a collaborative educational program in the 2013-2014 school year. The Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES) program is designed to assist thousands of at-risk youth who are underrepresented in college. “The students that we’re really talking about serving are students that are first-generation college students, students that have English as […]