Maryland Community Newspapers Online
Free H1N1 vaccination clinics (providing nasal and injectable spray) will be held for all children and young adults, including public and private school students, ages 6 months to 24 years old, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, Nov. 4, Nov. 11 and Nov. 18. The clinics will be held at Northwood High School, 919 University Blvd. West in Silver Spring; Northwest High School, 13501 Richter Farm Road in Germantown; and Rockville High School, 2100 Baltimore Road in Rockville.
Health officials recommend that everyone consider receiving an H1N1 vaccination. Clinics for the general public will be held at a later date. Dates and locations for those clinics will be posted when information is available. In addition to local health departments, retail locations and some private physicians will be receiving the H1N1 vaccine, as well.
Montgomery County's flu hot line at 240-777-4200 is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Takoma Park focuses
on spooky fun
Looking for a frighteningly fun time this Halloween? Look no further than the city of Takoma Park's annual Halloween Costume Contest and Parade.
Beginning at 4 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Carroll and Laurel avenues in Old Town Takoma Park, pumpkins, witches, super heroes and other costumed kids and adults will gather for the costume contest. Categories will include most original, funniest and scariest for six age groups: ages 2 and under, 3- through 4-year-olds, 5- through 7-year-olds, 8- through 10-year-olds, 11- through 12-year-olds and a category for teens and adults.
Immediately following the contest, participants are encouraged to take part in a costume parade at 4:45 p.m., following a Takoma Park fire truck up Carroll to the fire station, then left down Philadelphia Avenue to end at Piney Branch Elementary School, 7510 Maple Ave.
Contest winners will be announced at Piney Branch during
an after-party, with refreshments beginning at 5:15 p.m. to wrap up before it gets too late; the perfect event to get ready for a long night of trick-or-treating.
Conflict resolution workshop
Safe Takoma Inc. will hold a workshop for Leadership in Conflict Resolution from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day from Nov. 7 through Nov. 11 at the Montgomery College Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus, 7600 Takoma Ave. in Takoma Park.
Participants will learn skills from experienced peer mediators Kathryn Liss and Monika Megyesi that will help with cooperation, trust-building and how to better deal with conflict nonviolently. The event is for registration only, and costs $200 for participants 24 years-old or younger and $400 for those 25 years and older. The event is free for residents of the Takoma neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C.
To register, please contact STI Vice President Faith Wheeler at 202-882-7565 or by e-mail at fewdcc@
gmail.com. The registration form is available online at http://safetako
ma.org/TakomaTryPeace.Nov09.pdf.
Little monsters
to mash downtown
If you've secretly suspected your children were little monsters, now's your chance to show it off. A "Monster Mash" children's Halloween event, featuring Halloween music, a scavenger hunt, hay rides, a costume contest and a pie-eating contest will be held right before trick-or-treating, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in downtown Silver Spring. The event will be held at Silver Plaza at Ellsworth Drive between Georgia Avenue and Fenton Street.
Fundraising event to benefit patients with alopecia
"Alopecia Style," a fundraising event held for women suffering from alopecia areata will be held 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, sponsored by the Silver Spring-based Diahna Lynn Wig and Hair Studio and the national nonprofit organization Bald Girls Do Lunch. The event will be held at 1434 Fenwick Lane in Silver Spring.
Alopecia areata causes women to lose their hair and affects 5 million Americans.
Proceeds from Alopecia Style will fund future lunch/discussion programs of Bald Girls Do Lunch in the state. The event costs $55 for tickets at the door. A raffle for a luxury wig will be held, with tickets costing $25 each or five tickets for $100. Several stylists will be attending the event to give attendees beauty consultations.
Attendees can register online at www.baldgirlsdolunch.org.
Federal judge to speak
at Montgomery College
Judge Jane R. Roth of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit will address students and interested community members beginning at 11 a.m. Nov. 4 in the Performing Arts Center of Montgomery College's Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus, located at 7995 Georgia Ave. in Silver Spring.
Roth will talk about peace, justice and interactions with the law during the presentation, which is free and open to the public to attend.
For more information, contact Dr. Francine Jamin, director of the Paul Peck Institute for American Culture and Civic Engagement, at 240-567-1385 or by e-mail at francine.jamin@
montgomerycollege.edu.
New music series
to jazz up Silver Spring
"Jazz on the Avenue," a weekly jazz program in Silver Spring will begin from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 4 with a performance from the Greater U Street Jazz Collective. The series will be held at El Golfo Restaurant, 8739 Flower Ave. in Silver Spring. The event will have a $5 cover charge. There is free parking around the restaurant.
Photo exhibit and walking tour at Silver Spring B&O station
The Silver Spring B&O Railroad Station, 8100 Georgia Ave., will host an open house and reception from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 7, and photographs taken of the station from 1945 through 1987 will be on display in a new exhibit.
The photographer, former B&O operator Robert B. Davis, began photographing the station at the age of 16 to compile the artwork that will be on display in the exhibit. Davis was also featured in a PBS documentary, "Last Stop Silver Spring," that will air again in November.
In addition to the exhibit, a walking tour of Georgia Avenue will depart from the station at 10 a.m. led by Silver Spring Historical Society President Jerry A. McCoy.
For more information about the exhibit, please contact Judith Christensen, the executive director of Maryland Preservation, Inc., by e-mail at judith.christensen@starpow
er.net. For more information about the walking tour, including fees for non-historical society members, contact McCoy at 301-537-1253 or by e-mail at sshistory@yahoo.com.
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.
Bollywood comes to Silver Spring
Dhoonya Dance Performance Company (DDPC), an area South Asian dance troupe, will hold its second annual show "BOLLYB!END 2: A Night at the Bollywood Awards," 8 p.m. Nov. 7 at Montgomery College's Takoma Park/Silver Spring Performing Arts Center at the intersection of Georgia Avenue, Burlington Avenue and East-West Highway in Silver Spring. The performance celebrates the glitz and glamour of India's most popular film genre through dance and will feature classic Bollywood pieces along with fusion numbers that incorporate hip hop, belly dancing and other popular dance genres.
The theme for this year's BOLLYB!END builds around the Bollywood Filmfare Awards, which is India's equivalent to the Oscars. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Dress attire is formal.
Senior center program defies age
Montgomery County's Holiday Park Multiservice Senior Center is hosting a program on "Age Defying Fitness," presented by Carole Lewis, Ph.D., a nationally-acclaimed physical therapist, author and teacher, at 1:15 p.m. Nov. 9. The free program is taking place at the center, 3950 Ferrara Drive in Wheaton.
Lewis is a well-known leader in the field of geriatric rehabilitation and an adjunct full professor at George Washington University School of Medicine. Some of the topics that will be discussed include: the aging process and the importance of staying active; the body's capability for repair and renewal; and how to get the most from your body for the rest of your life.
Lewis will also hold monthly individual fitness screenings at Holiday Park beginning Nov. 18. For more information, or to sign up for an individual screening, call 240-777-4999.
County Executive to hold town hall meeting
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) will hold a town hall meeting 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at Takoma Park Middle School, 7611 Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring. The event is free and open to the public. The meeting will be videotaped by County Cable 6 for future airing on the channel.
Sign-language interpreter services will be provided upon request at least 72 hours prior to the event.
For more information about the town meeting or the cable television program schedule, call 240-777-6507.
IMPACT looks to spark shared value between businesses and community
This year, IMPACT Silver Spring is bringing the community an opportunity to gain insight into some practical strategies for strengthening the relationships between business and community in a difficult economic climate. IMPACT will join government and business officials for a breakfast conversation at the IMPACT Now! event 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Nov. 12 at the American Film Institute's Silver Theater and Cultural Center at 8633 Colesville Road in Silver Spring.
To learn more about the event and sponsorship opportunities, contact Noelle Haile or Lianna Levine Reisner at 301-495-3336.
Roundtable to discuss music's role in civil-rights movement
Montgomery College will host "Music of the Movement: A Sustaining Voice," a special discussion about the music that shaped America's civil-rights movement, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at Montgomery College's Takoma Park/Silver Spring Performing Arts Center at the intersection of Georgia Avenue, Burlington Avenue and East-West Highway in Silver Spring. Free and open to the public, this event will feature civil rights leader and Georgia Congressman John H. Lewis, singer/composer and cultural historian Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, ethnomusicologist Dr. Portia Maultsby, and "The Hip Hop Wars" author Dr. Tricia Rose in a roundtable discussion about the music of the civil-rights movement. The Bowie State University Gospel Choir will also perform.
Presented by the Maryland Humanities Council, "Music of the Movement: A Sustaining Voice" is the culminating event of a two-year initiative, which used the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination as an opportunity to examine his legacy and ask "Where are we 40 years later?" as individuals, as communities, and as a nation on issues of race relations. "Music of the Movement" will provide an overview of the music of the era, examining the way field hollers and spirituals were transformed into protest songs, and how contemporary music continues to shape efforts for social justice. Emmy Award-winning news anchor Maureen Bunyan of WJLA-TV will serve as the evening's program moderator.
Registration is required for the event. Go to www.mdhc.org to register.
"Music of the Movement" is presented free, thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Maryland Division of Historical and Cultural Programs, The Montgomery College Arts Institute, The Paul Peck Humanities Institute at Montgomery College, and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County.