Montgomery Community Media

Award-winning author John Edgar Wideman will receive the Award for Achievement in American Literature at the 25th annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival on Saturday. For the second year in a row, due to the pandemic, the festival will be streamed virtually from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival started in 1996, in honor of […]

During November, the Montgomery County Remembrance and Reconciliation Commission  urges residents to reflect on the county’s past, including the fact that at least three men were lynched here in the late 1800s. As part of the remembrance, six pieces of artwork will be projected onto eight buildings in downtown Rockville. The locations are close enough […]

Best known for his role as Theo Dimas in Hulu’s most popular comedy series premiere ever, “Only Murders in the Building”, James Caverly will play Professor Harold Hill in Olney Theatre Center’s American Sign Language and English production of Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man.” The show will close out its 2021-2022 season running from June […]

There are plenty of places in or near Montgomery County to have some spooky Halloween fun. Here’s a list of some haunted forests and houses, live theatre and movies for the scariest time of the year. Haunted Forests and Houses Field of Screams Maryland Features a hike through the Super Trail and a visit to […]

Montgomery College’s Arts Institute will partner with Grammy Award-winning artist, producer and sound engineer Larry Mitchell to offer two Zoom workshop/master classes on Oct. 26. The first session, Tips for Livestreaming Music, will be at noon and the second session, Guitar Master Class, will happen at 4 p.m. The classes are free and anyone may […]

The Gaithersburg Book Festival is seeking entries for the annual poetry contest which is open to all high school students in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. The deadline to submit is Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. The contest will recognize four poets for first through third place and a fan favorite poem at the Gaithersburg Book Festival […]

Las Bibliotecas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery reabrirán su sucursal de Germantown el sábado 16 de octubre. La sucursal se cerró el 24 de abril por renovaciones, como parte del programa de actualización de la biblioteca. Los funcionarios del condado dicen que la biblioteca de Germantown renovada “incluye nuevos escritorios ergonómicos de circulación, renovación de […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries will reopen its Germantown branch on Saturday, Oct. 16. The branch was closed on April 24 for renovations as part of the library refresh program. County officials say the refreshed Germantown library “includes new ergonomic sit-stand circulation and information desks; renovation of the public restrooms; new paint, carpet and other floor […]

The Olney Theatre, as well as other parts of Montgomery County, lies on unceded land that is the ancestral home of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe. In honor of that as well as National Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday, theatre members currently are showing, “The Thanksgiving Play,” which was written by a Native playwriter. The theatre […]

The Garden of Lights returns to Brookside Gardens for its 23rd year on Nov. 19. The walk-through holiday light display was canceled in 2020 due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. The light display features more than one million colorful LED lights shaped into hand-crafted, original art forms of flowers, animals and other natural elements. […]