Montgomery Community Media

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 16. and it’s National Boss’s Day and National Feral Cat Day. Consider celebrating both holidays by adopting a feral cat for your boss. What could go wrong? Here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1.PG County Dept. of Corrections Recruitment Event: WorkSource Montgomery is hosting a recruitment event at 11002 […]

Here’s five things to know today, Nov. 15, in Montgomery County: 1. Transportation Priorities?: Monthly meeting of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board. They will review the results of an analysis that looked at a set of 10 initiatives to determine if they addressed regional transportation challenges, such as congestion and safety.  A new northern bridge crossing […]

Silver Spring nonprofit organization Docs in Progress will be moving to a new location in the new year. The organization released the following statement about their decision to move: “As downtown Silver Spring, Maryland has blossomed in tandem with our growth of our nonprofit organization, we knew there would only be so much time before […]

Here are five things to know today, May 2, in Montgomery County: 1. It’s officially National Teacher Appreciation Week. 2. The City of Gaithersburg is hosting it’s eighth annual Active Aging Expo today at the Activity Center at Bohrer today. 3. The Montgomery County Board of Education will be holding a closed session today at […]

MCM hosted a youth media workshop organized by the Gandhi Brigade and presented by Erica Ginsburg Executive Director and Co-Founder of Docs In Progress, with Sam Hampton, Teaching Artist and Co-Founder of Docs In Progress on January 9. This  3 hour workshop  included some Youth media sample videos and discussion about them ,  a documentary from Docs In […]

Docs in Progress recently hosted its annual “Community Stories Festival” showcasing our local community through the power of documentary filmmaking. This year’s free festival included salons, workshops and screenings in Silver Spring and Takoma Park. You can find out more in this MyMCMedia extra featuring interviews with the executive director of Docs in Progress, Erica […]

The Community Stories Festival, which takes place Nov. 14 – Nov. 18, will feature two nights of screenings of films about local people and places as well as filmmaking workshops and interactive storytelling sessions. Organized by Docs in Progress, a Silver Spring based arts nonprofit, this five-day event will be held at several venues around […]

Chamoda Films Our Documentary is about Dolci Gelati Café, which is a gelato shop. Gelato is Italian ice cream, and holy moly is it good. We all had a great time filming and editing, and we are very proud with the finished result.

Three Musketeers films Our documentary is about Howard Connelly and the sculptures that he creates. It is also about the Takoma Art Project and the sculptures that Howard, and the other artists send in each year. This year the theme was Please Sit On the Art. We had a great time in Takoma Park, and […]

Trolley Boys Film   Our documentary is about the National Capital Trolley Museum, where trolleys are displayed, ridden, and talked about. Some of the volunteer staff members there shared information with us about the historic museum, along with sharing their own experiences dealing with trolleys. We had a fantastic time meeting the staff, shooting different […]