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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Get Out: Taste of Wheaton, Yard Sale, Animal Sanctuary Run
Check out our weekend picks for activities and events in and around Wheaton.
Here are some suggestions for fun activities for the weekend of May 19-20: The Taste of Wheaton Festival is Wheaton's biggest annual event, attracting people from all over Montgomery County and beyond to sample the food sold in small "tastes" by Wheaton's eclectic range of restaurants. Area nonprofits and local businesses (including Wheaton Patch!) will set up booths and give away freebies. Come and enjoy the live music, and be sure to bring the kids. Where: Downtown Wheaton, on the Triangle parking lot on Reedie Drive When: Sunday, May 20, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Greater Glenmont Civic Association is holding its first-ever community yard sale on Hathaway Drive this Saturday. Where: 12700 block of Hathaway Drive When: Saturday, May 20, 9 a.m…
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Library To Host Wheaton Architecture Lecture Saturday
A University of Maryland professor will give a talk on Saturday afternoon at Wheaton Library.
Dr. Isabelle Gournay, an associate professor in the school of architecture at the University of Maryland in College Park will deliver a lecture titled, "WTOP and Beyond: Modern Architecture and Wheaton," at Wheaton Library on May 12. The free lecture, which was organized by the Wheaton Library and the Wheaton Redevelopment Advisory Committee, begins at 2 p.m. For more about the WTOP building's historical significance, see the latest blog post from Montgomery County Historic Preservation. Fans of local blogger Dan Reed on Just Up the Pike may be interested to know that Gournay was his architectural history professor. What do you think are some of the most interesting buildings in Wheaton? Tell us in the comments.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Kennedy, Einstein Students Awarded at Congressional Arts Competition
Work by high school artists from the 8th District is on display at VisArts in Rockville through May 17.
A John F. Kennedy High School student and Albert Einstein High School student received awards in the Congressional Art Competition for High School Students, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Christopher Van Hollen Jr.'s office and on display in Rockville through May 17. This is the 10th year that Van Hollen (D-Dist. 8) of Kensington personally congratulated the young artists, presenting them with certificates of participation and recognition in the national competition, which began in 1981. An awards ceremony on April 30 at VisArts included competition participants, their families, teachers and competition sponsors and organizers. The juried exhibit of 95 selected entries is on view in the Kaplan Gallery at VisArts in Rockville. More than 260 …
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Friday, May 4, 2012
Kennedy Student Wins Art Prize
Natithorn Bhusri received the Jane E. Lawton Memorial Award in the 31st annual Congressional Art Competition.
Natithorn Bhusri, a senior at John F. Kennedy High School, won the Jane E. Lawton Memorial Award for his charcoal and chalk drawing titled, "First Wave." Bhusri was one of 15 winners announced by Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen in the 31st annual Congressional Art Competition for high school students on April 30 at VisArts in Rockville. More than 260 students from 25 schools within the Eighth Congressional District participated in the competition. Bhusri's artwork was one of 95 entries selected for the exhibition on display at VisArts through May 17. Abby Ingersoll Gilbertson is Bhusri's art instructor at Kennedy. The Jane E. Lawton Memorial Award is named for the late Delegate Lawton and was established in 2008. Bhusri's artwork …
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Local Voices: Rock 'N' Roll in Public Schools
Check out the latest post from our Local Voices section.
Have you checked out our Local Voices section lately? Sean D. Robinson from Wheaton's own Chuck Levin's Washington Music Center writes about bringing rock 'n' roll into the curriculum at Montgomery County Public Schools. Students from Wheaton High School will be participating in a benefit concert this weekend at The Fillmore in Silver Spring to raise funds for new instruments. Read more of Robinson's post. Are you interested in blogging on Patch? Learn more about how to get started.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Get Out in Wheaton: Weekend Picks for May 4-6
This weekend you can go to a plant sale, a farmers' market opening, a community yard sale and an arts festival.
Looking for fun weekend activities in and around Wheaton? We’ve got the list. If you would like to add your own, create an event on the Wheaton Patch community calendar and let us know in the comments section below. Native and Edible Plants Sale Brookside Gardens is hosting a native and edible plants sale this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. What are you planting in your garden this year? Upload your green thumb photos to our image gallery. Farmers’ Market If you’ve been craving fresh fruits and vegetables, the Wheaton Farmers’ Market opens downtown this Sunday, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Also for sale will be grass-fed meat from Frederick County for the carnivores, according to the market’s Facebook page. Yard Sale The Glenmont Forest …
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Last Chance: Apply for Visual Arts Awards
Don't miss this extended deadline.
Parents, is your child a high school senior with talent in the arts? The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) is still accepting applications for the 2012 Ida F. Haimovicz Visual Arts Award. If your child is graduating in 2012 from any public or non-public high school in Montgomery County, then he or she is eligible. The prize? $3,000 cash prize and solo exhibition space. The deadline? Extended to this Friday, May 4.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Wheaton Writer Joins 'Listen To Your Mother' Cast
Jean Winegardner will share her experiences parenting a child with autism.
You may know her as the writer of the Wheaton Patch's weekly White Knuckle Parenting column. But Jean Winegardner, mother of three, also publishes her own blog, called Stimeyland, and actively participates in the D.C. area blogging community. And this Sunday, one week before Mother's Day, Winegardner will join other D.C. area writers onstage to share her story about the challenges and joys of motherhood. [Get daily and breaking news email updates by signing up for free newsletters from Wheaton Patch.] "Listen To Your Mother" or LTYM is a national event that started two years ago in Madison. Local groups apply to hold the show in their hometowns, and then they make it their own by recruiting local performers and donating a portion of the …
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Where Should Montgomery Art Association Go Next?
The MAA must vacate its gallery in Wheaton Mall because Westfield needs the space for the incoming Costco. The final art exhibit ends April 29.
Update, April 26: Patch talked with Cathy Hirsh, the president of the Montgomery Art Association, about where the association will go next now that it must vacate its gallery space at the Wheaton Mall to make room for the new Costco. "At this point, I'm considering all options," Hirsh said. "We're flexible. We can do a lot with different kinds of spaces." The MAA proved that creative adaptability when it came to Wheaton Mall in December 2010. "We fixed up this space," Hirsh said. "It wasn't ready for use as a gallery or a store." [Get daily and breaking news email updates by signing up for free newsletters from Wheaton Patch.] After the last art show ends April 29, the artists will come and pick up their artwork as usual, but no one will …
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