Montgomery Community Media

November 7 and 30:  Youth Basketball Montgomery County Recreation offers basketball for all ages, starting with youth in grades K-2, 3-8, and 9-12. Increase balance, coordination and fine motor skills while learning the fundamentals of basketball! Noncompetitive beginner league emphasizes basic skills, good sportsmanship, and fun! Teams are assigned to the closest available gym. Program […]

Montgomery County is blessed to enjoy great cultural, ethnic and religious diversity within its population.  This provides ample opportunities to learn and grow from each other. Recently, the residents and employees of Riderwood, the Erickson Living retirement community in Silver Spring, hosted Around the RiderWORLD.  The event was a lively celebration of the diversity found […]

In this MyMCMedia documentary, students at Stedwick Elementary School in Montgomery Village incorporated their third grade curriculum into the creation of an original opera. Watch their journey and their story here:

Do you like to dance? Dr. Martin Swetnick does. A retired physicist, this Silver Spring resident leads a popular, Latin dance class for seniors at the Riderwood community every Monday morning. It’s a one-hour workout, featuring a variety of Latin dances and music. His students say they look forward to the class all week as […]

Gospel music, the American art form that gave rise to jazz, blues, R&B, and rock and roll, will be celebrated at the 8th Annual Jubilation Day Gospel Extravaganza on May 31 from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Gaithersburg concert pavilion. Performances of Christian music and worship by local and regional choirs, choruses, quartets, dancers, and […]

Connecting musicians is the goal of one of the newest “flash” concepts to reach Montgomery County. Flashmobs where large groups of people gather to surprise the public and dance in a busy area has become a trend over the past few years. But now, one local organization has brought musicians into the mix and for […]

For more than 60 years, Dale Music Company, Inc. in Silver Spring has been a staple in the community for music lovers, known for its vast collection of sheet music. In June, owner Carol Warden said Dale Music will close its doors for the last time at 8420 Georgia Avenue, citing a changing economy and […]

You are never too old to fall in love. That’s the true life adage of a Gaithersburg couple – in their eighties- who met several years ago online. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports.

There was a big turnout for the  Executive’s Ball on Nov. 24 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. This year’s theme: “Party Arty: A Night for Creativity and Fun.” By the Numbers: Over 90 individual and corporate organizational sponsors. 950 attendees (last year there were approximately 850). Over $300,000 will be distributed […]

Taking the stage at the fifth annual Silver Spring Blues Festival, Montgomery County Councilmember George Leventhal gave an enthusiastic endorsement of Silver Spring Town Center Inc., a privately funded nonprofit, working to improve the quality of life in Silver Spring. Take a look.