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Mixed Unity, a youth coalition and movement of peers organized to prevent youth violence and promote peace in the county, will be holding its first Peace Summit from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Montgomery College's Takoma Park campus.

Mixed Unity, which formed last year after the shooting death of a Montgomery Blair High School freshman, provides opportunities for youth leadership and community organizing to create alternatives to youth violence.

The morning session will focus on preventing violence among youth while the afternoon events will include dancing, an open mic performance and live music. For more information, e-mail mxdunity@gmail.com.

Local radio, TV personality

to screen forthcoming DVD

Barry Richards, a former radio and television personality of the 60s and '70s, will be appearing at the American Film Institute's Silver Theater at 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

Richards will be hosting the premiere screening of his forthcoming DVD "The Barry Richards TV Collection Volume I." The DVD features classic live performances by Alice Cooper, Humble Pie, Little Richard, Bob Seger, Muddy Waters, Rory Gallagher, Richie Havens and other highlights from Richards' earliest TV shows from 1970-1971.

Richards will be on hand to introduce the shows and answer questions following the screening.

Advance tickets may be purchased on the Web at

www.barryrichardsshows.com.

Primary school

to hold open house

Calvary Lutheran School, a K through 8 school, will have an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday.  The public is welcome to come take a tour and meet the staff. Calvary is located at 9545 Georgia Ave. in Silver Spring. For information, call 301-589-4001, Ext. 204, or e-mail mgall@celcs.org.

Flu clinics visit

Silver Spring senior centers

In preparation for flu season, two flu clinics will come to local senior community centers in October. From 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Suburban Hospital's Community Care program is sponsoring a flu and pneumonia clinic at the Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center at 1000 Forest Glen Road in Silver Spring. Call 240-777-8085 to arrange an appointment. Participants must take their Medicare Part B card.

From 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 27, Adventist Healthcare will hold a flu clinic at the Long Branch Senior Center at 8700 Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring. Flu shots are $25 and pneumonia shots are $35 and are available at a walk-in clinic on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants must take their Medicare card or pay in cash or by check if not covered.

Walk the red carpet at

Long Branch anniversary party

The Long Branch Senior Center at 8700 Piney Branch Road will hold a "Hollywood Hit Parade" to celebrate its 15th anniversary from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday.

Be a star for the day as the center rolls out the red carpet for the anniversary party. All the stars will be out dancing with DJ Good Vibrations playing hit tunes from the past through the present. Participants are encouraged to wear elegant attire.

A luncheon will be prepared by Barbara Dodson and Co. and consist of hot hors d'oeuvres, oven-fried chicken, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables and more. Make reservations with Dodson and pay in advance by Tuesday. The cost is $8.

For more information, call 301-431-5708.

New art exhibits

at Takoma Community Center

Two new exhibits, a showing of D.C.-native Luis Scotti's silk screen paintings and Takoma Park resident David Camero's Yare mask installation, will be on display in the Atrium of the Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Ave., until Nov. 11.

The exhibits opened at the beginning of October, but residents and art-lovers are encouraged to attend an official opening ceremony beginning at 6 p.m. Friday in the Atrium.

For more information please contact the Takoma Park Arts and Humanities Commission at 301-891-7224 or by e-mail at ahc@takomagov.org.

Regional Center looks

for volunteers for service day

The Silver Spring Regional Services Center, in conjunction with the Montgomery County Volunteer Center, is encouraging organizations and individuals to be a part of Montgomery County's 23rd Annual Community Service Day, the weekend of Oct. 24.

What has began as "Community Service Day" in Montgomery County 22 years ago has become a national day of service known as "Make a Difference Day." This year this day is part of President Obama's "United We Serve" national campaign. Right now groups can develop their own projects to be completed in just a few hours or reach out to other nonprofit organizations needing help. 

The Montgomery County Volunteer Center has resources available to help group leaders get started. To find out about resources on organizing your own self-directed service project, visit the Volunteer Center at www.montgomerycountymd.gov/

volunteer or call 240-777-2600 or 240-777-2620 for voice mail only.

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to identify their projects now and enter it into the Volunteer Center's online database,

www.1-800-volunteer.org, and create a new "Opportunity". 

For more information contact the Volunteer Center at 240-777-2600 or e-mail volunteer@montgomery

countymd.gov. 

Library to hold

college prep workshop series

The Takoma Park Maryland Library, 101 Philadelphia Ave. in Takoma Park, will host a series of experts to help college-bound students with everything from selecting the best college to financing options beginning with a presentation by Herm Davis at 7 p.m. Tuesday focusing on tips for financial aid and other money options for higher education. Another seminar by Ilhan Cagri at 7 p.m. Oct. 20 will feature SAT advice and preparation.

Students must register to attend the programs by logging on to the library's Web site, www.takomapark.info/library/index.html, or by calling 301-891-7259.

Festival to bring generations, cultures together for fun

Downtown Silver Spring invites you to Intergeneration International Festival, or IIFEST, a free outdoor festival which will serve as vehicle for generations and cultures to learn about one another in an interactive environment. 

IMPACT Silver Spring will be a participant in the Heritage Hut, where intergenerational people of diverse cultures will come together to share and build awareness of their culture and learn about the cultures of others.

The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 17 on Ellsworth Drive in Downtown Silver Spring.

Festival organizers are looking for youth and adults to volunteer at the Heritage Hut or other activities. For more information, contact Noelle Haile at Noelle@impactsilver

spring.org or 301-495-3336.

Raise your glass and funds,

for Takoma Foundation

A beer-tasting and reception will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Cady Lee Mansion, 7064 Eastern Ave. in Washington, D.C., to benefit the Takoma Foundation nonprofit.

The event, which will be "nuclear free and organic" in keeping with the nature of Takoma Park, will feature food, live music from area groups, a book signing by professional beer-taster and expert Chris O'Brien, and, of course, beer.

Admittance will cost $35 and donations to the foundation are accepted. The Takoma Foundation supports a number of community grants aimed at bettering the city and community.

For more information, please visit the foundation's Web site at www.takomafoundation.org.

Silver Spring Zombie Walk

Some of Silver Spring's best and brightest "braaaaaaaaaaaains" have once again pulled together to organize the second annual Silver Spring Zombie Walk beginning at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Quarry House Tavern, 8401 Georgia Ave. in downtown Silver Spring.

The restless undead, ghouls, monsters and interested area residents will show up at the tavern in their best zombie costumes. Once the horde reaches critical mass or enough innocent bystanders are infected, the Michael Jackson hit "Thriller" will be played on the juke box.

The horde will stumble out of the tavern around 9:10 p.m. to shamble, limp, crawl or otherwise walk to the AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road for a showing of the comedy-horror masterpiece "Shaun of the Dead" beginning at 10 p.m.

Zombies are also invited to meet at McGinty's Public House, 911 Ellsworth Drive, at midnight after the movie for "zombie shots" before returning to their graves for the night.

For more information, please visit the event's Web site,

www.silverspringzombiewalk.com/.

Holy Cross Hospital to give free cancer prevention screenings

Holy Cross Hospital, 1500 Forest Glen Road in Silver Spring, is providing information, free cancer screenings and links to follow-up treatment, if needed, to community members who are uninsured or underinsured.  All community members are encouraged to come and learn about cancer through a variety of health education lectures, hands-on health exhibits and free screenings, held from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 24 at the hospital. 

No pre-registration is required and screenings are provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

Sign up begins at 8 a.m.

The following screenings will be provided: Clinical breast exam, pap smear, digital rectal exam, prostate examination, prostate-specific antigen, bone density, blood pressure, body composition and carbon monoxide exposure.

For more information on cancer education and screening day, please contact Kimberley McBride at 301-754-7149.

Send Silver Spring news to Staff Writer Jason Tomassini and Takoma Park news to Staff Writer Jeremy Arias at The Gazette, 13501 Virginia Manor Road, Laurel, MD 20707. The fax line is 240-473-7501. Tomassini can be reached at 240-473-7559 or jtomassini@gazette.net; Arias can be reached at 240-473-7564 or jarias@gazette.net.