Senior Olympics seeking participants

‘‘The motto of the MSO is to participate is to win,” said Edward P. Wroth, the event’s executive director, who will lead the presentation in Takoma Park. ‘‘Our goal is to get every active adult, 50 years or older, thinking about doing something physically active and thinking about doing something that in turns gives them physical activity out of the house.”

Wroth will provide information and answer questions at the July 24 presentation. Among the 19 activities and 16 sports in the event are archery, badminton, bowling, cycling, football, Frisbee and softball throw, golf, horseshoes, lawn bowling, line dancing, racquetball, 5K and 10K road races, softball, table tennis, and track and field.

‘‘It’s really more of a fun competition,” Wroth said.

For registration and more information, go to www.mdseniorolympics.org, e-mail info@mdseniorolympics.org, call 240-777-8080 or mail to Maryland Senior Olympics, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown, MD 20874.

Local Catholic youthto travel to Australia

Teens and young adults from several Montgomery County Catholic parishes will be in Australia through Friday to join Pope Benedict XVI and 225,000 others in celebrating a series of events surrounding World Youth Day. Parishes represented by the 25 participants include Our Lady of Sorrows in Takoma Park and St. Camillus parish in Silver Spring. The group also includes four seminarians.

Takoma⁄Langley Crossroads workshop

A workshop to review preferred concepts on the future design of the Takoma⁄Langley Crossroads will be held 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Langley Park Community Center, 1500 Merrimac Drive. The concepts, which aim to increase walkability in the area, are the result of several community meetings held in June. For more information and to view the concepts, visit www.mncppc.org⁄tlc and click on ‘‘Presentations.” Call Ilona Blanchard at 301-891-7205 for more information.

Exhibit at Heliport Gallery

The exhibit ‘‘Heads, Torsos, Legs” will be on display at Gateway’s Heliport Gallery through Aug. 9. The show is based on a revised version of the surrealist game ‘‘Exquisite Corpse,” where a piece of paper is folded three times and three different people each draw a portion of a figure without seeing the previous person’s work.

The closing reception will be held 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 9. Gallery hours are 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. The Heliport Gallery is managed by the Gateway Georgia Avenue Revitalization Corporation and is located at 8001 Kennett St., Suite 3. Call 301-562-1400 or visit www.gatewaycdc.com for more information.

Silver Spring church troupe performs in Laurel

The Tent Troupe, a traveling tent theater of high school performers from St. Luke Lutheran Church in Silver Spring, will have two performances Thursday in Laurel. A children’s matinee at 1:45 p.m. will feature a number of classic short stories, fables and folk tales. The 7:45 p.m. show is ‘‘The Curious Savage” by John Patrick. Both shows are free; donations will be accepted at intermission. The two performances will go on rain or shine at the Montpelier Mansion grounds off Route 197 and Muirkirk Road. Call 301-588-4363.

Friday Night Spotlighton Silver Plaza

The Woodside Kids Chorale will perform ‘‘The Fantasticks” 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday on Silver Plaza. The event is part of Downtown Silver Spring’s ongoing series, Friday Night Spotlight. Silver Plaza is located in downtown Silver Spring on Ellsworth Drive. The event will be canceled in the case of inclement weather. Call 301-587-0867 or visit www.downtownsilverspring.com for more information and details about future events.

Baby loss support group offered in Spanish

A free monthly support group for parents or family members who have lost a baby through miscarriage, pregnancy loss, stillbirth or infant death is being offered in Spanish by the Washington Adventist Hospital.

The Empty Arms, Aching Heart support group meets 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of each month, at 7600 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park, floor LL2, Conference Room B. The first meeting will take place July 24. Call 301-891-5487 for more information or to register for the group.

Silver Spring residents awarded Daytime Emmy

Edward Deleon, who lives in Connecticut Avenue Hills, and Jean Kaplan Teichroew, of North Woodside, received Emmy awards in the Outstanding Children’s Series category at the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in New York on June 13.

Deleon and Teichroew were recognized for their work as executive producers of ‘‘Greatest Inventions With Bill Nye,” an educational program on the Discovery Channel that features television personality Bill Nye.

Local musicianat Takoma Park library

Singer and songwriter Eliza Newlin Carney will lead a sing-along 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Takoma Park Maryland Library. The program is aimed at children age 8 and younger, and will spotlight Carney’s original songs from her CD ‘‘Love Flows Down.” The library is located at 101 Philadelphia Ave. Call 301-891-7259 for more information.

‘Science in the Cinema’

A free film festival sponsored by the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Science Education called ‘‘Science in the Cinema” will run every Wednesday night through Aug. 13 at the American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring. Featured films will have medical or science themes. The film today is ‘‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” the true story about a man who suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed. Guest experts will take questions from the audience following the screenings. Tickets are first-come, first-served at the theater’s box office on the day of the show. Topics in upcoming weeks will include schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder. The theater is located at 8633 Colesville Road. Call 301-495-6700 for more information.

African-American Health Fair at Montgomery College

An African-American Health Fair will be held 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Montgomery College's Takoma Park⁄Silver Spring campus, Charlene R. Nunley Student Center, 7625 Fenton St., Silver Spring. Free health screenings and testing will be available. Call Chinelo Nwanko at 301-628-3453 or Michelle Markey at 301-628-3435.

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