H A P P Y T H A N K S G I V I N G ! !
Scroll down to the bottom to connect via the
websites of all area arts organizations and learn about other offerings.
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Friday, November 27, 7:00-10:00pm
COLD TURKEY JAM: ACOUSTIC AND UNPLUGGED – RISE UP
SINGING
Electric Maid
268 Carroll St. NW DC (across from Takoma metro)
Bring your Thanksgiving leftovers and other food
and drink and a song or two (a copy of the brand new "Rise Again
Songbook" with 1200 NEW songs will be brought along) and your musical
instruments, song books, and voices to the Electric Maid on Black Friday
evening and join in the Cold Turkey Jam! (This WAS planned with Phil Fox on
September 20, 2015 after his stroke but before he left us and is continuing his
stead). Bring some cash donations to keep the Electric Maid going, if you can.
The Electric Maid sound man is on vacation, so this will be an acoustic and
unplugged song circle.
Cost: No admission charge, but please leave a donation
to help pay for keeping the space open. There will also be a free item table, a
sort of PWYC yard sale table. Donations will go to helping this great neighborhood
performance and meeting space keep going strong. Song circle led by Severn
Savage.
History: Several years ago, Phil Fox began the Black Friday tradition
of the Cold Turkey Jam. Phil is no longer with us, but the Cold Turkey Jam
lives on as a good time and a way to keep that leftover turkey carcass from
taking up a week's refrigerator space. Join us for a night to be thankful for
music, food and fellowship and for a place to gather to enjoy them. Phil would
have wanted you to come, so we hope to SEE YOU THERE
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A R T E X H I B I T
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through December 4
ART EXHIBIT rise + fall – work of Adjoa Burrowes
and Lendeh Sherman
Opening reception on Sept 18, 6:30-8pm
Betty Mae Kramer Gallery (open 9am-6pm Mon-Fri)
Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring, MD
(Parking at 801 Ellsworth Dr., across the street)
The Betty Mae Kramer Gallery is pleased
to present rise + fall, an exhibition of
new works by Adjoa Burrowes and Lendeh Sherman. Organized by Kramer
Gallery Curator Amina K. Cooper, rise + fall addresses
current social and environmental issues through exploratory
mixed media processes and installation based works. Kramer
Gallery is managed by the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County.
Visit www.creativemoco.com/riseandfall for
more information about the exhibit
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Thursday, December 3, 5:45 and 6:30pm (two
25-minute shows)
JUMP START WITH THE ARTS -- FAMILY FUN NIGHT OUT
AT EL GOLFO
featuring THE GRANDSONS JR!!
Upbeat American mix of rock, swing, New Orleans
R&B, country, and Latin music
El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
Wammie Award Winners! Best Children’s
Artists of the Year
Presented by Silver Spring Day School and Class
Acts Arts
With support from El Golfo Restaurant and Carpe
Diem Arts
$5 cover charge for adults: includes a ticket for
a free dessert or drink (including Margaritas!)
Children FREE
15% of food and drink sales will benefit Silver
Spring Day School
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Thursday, December 3, 7:30-11:00pm
BENEFIT EVENT @ FILLMORE for Montgomery County
Renters Alliance
featuring WEST AFRICAN MUSIC: CHEICK HAMALA DIABATE
Fillmore
8656 Colesville Rd.
Silver Spring, MD
The Renters Alliances celebrates 5 years of
service to the renter community – promoting the cause of renters rights and
community health and stability.
TICKETS: Available at all levels including $25
"affordable housing" tickets and free tickets for those who cannot
afford to pay. Everyone is invited to attend. Proceeds from the event will help
support the Renters Alliance outreach, education and advocacy work.
Friday, December 4, 8:00pm
TAKOMA ENSEMBLE & NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC
SINGERS: HOLIDAY CONCERT
633 Sligo Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Jump start your holiday season with music from
the Baroque to right now. The concert includes an opportunity for the audience
to sing along on favorite carols. Featuring music of Durante, Torelli,
and McDowall along with premieres of three works by local musicians; Alistair
Coleman, a multi-talented young musician currently attending Walt Whitman High
School who has received many awards for his work; Virginia composer and George
Mason University alum Peter Gjon Kadeli; and National Philharmonic Singer Ed
Rejuney. The concert concludes with favorite carols by the choir, including
Stille Nacht and our ever-popular Carol Sing with the Twelve Days of Christmas.
TICKETS:
$25/15/10/kids free
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Saturday, December 5, 11am and 1pm
CATHY FINK & MARCY MARXER with special guest
BILL HARLEY!
WINTER FAMILY CONCERT – 30th
ANNUAL
Seekers Church
276 Carroll St. NW
Takoma, DC (across from Takoma Metro, near
Busboys & Poets)
TICKETS: Tickets: $12 advance, $15
door.
All tickets are general admission.
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Saturday/Sunday, December 5-6 and December 12-13
-- 2:00pm and 7:00pm shows
SHAKESPEARE’S “AS YOU LIKE IT” c/o LUMINA STUDIO
THEATRE
Directed by David Minton
Music direction: Wendy Lanxner
Boys will be boys, so the old saying goes. But
this wasn't the case at the original Globe Theatre nor do we find it in
Lumina's gender bending production of AS YOU LIKE IT! THE COURT is thrown
into chaos when the tyrannical Fredericka assumes command of that notable
fashion empire. The ousted CEO Duchess Senior and her loyal staff
re-group in the abandoned Arden Theatre occupied by radical feminists. There
the banished Rosalind and Orlanda seek to find themselves and each other.
As the various couples search for identity and true love, Shakespeare's
brilliant comedy reconciles the foolery of outward appearances and the wisdom
of the heart.
Saturday, 12/5 -- 2PM Green Cast -- 7PM Blue Cast
Sunday, 12/6 -- 2PM Blue Cast -- 7PM Green Cast
Saturday, 12/12 -- 2PM Blue Cast -- 7PM Green
Cast
Sunday, 12/13 -- 2PM Green Cast -- 7PM Blue Cast
TICKETS: $8-15 @ www.BrownPaperTickrets.com
-- Search As You Like It!
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Saturday, December 5, 12:00 – 4:00pm
TAKOMA PARK ALTERNATIVE GIFT FAIR – 17th
ANNUAL
Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church
310 Tulip Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
(corner of
Tulip & Maple), three blocks from the Takoma Metro Station
Easy Shopping, Meaningful Giving
Bring the whole family and start the holiday
season with a lift and a renewed sense of what holiday giving is all about.
Come talk with 16 locally-based charitable organizations about their amazing
work in our city, our region and the world. Gifts you can buy for friends
and family this year include:
- A week of fresh, local veggies to a
low-income family,
- An African drumming workshop for incarcerated
youth,
- A Four-day College visit for a DC girl of
color
Prices start at $5.
All gifts are tax-deductible and
include a certificate to drop into a holiday card.
¯ A supervised Children's Corner with
a visit from Santa And the PLAY LADY,
¯ Cookie decorating for the home bound
(delivered by Meals on Wheels),
¯ A tasty sweet and savory bake sale
¯ A raffle with great prizes from
local businesses
¯ Live music all afternoon from local
musicians
¯ A Serenity Corner with free seated
shoulder/back massage!
100% money donated for gifts goes
to the charities at the fair
Checks, cash and credit cards are welcome.
Sponsored by Takoma Park Presbyterian Church; Sun
Trust Bank; Takoma Park Child Development Center; Girl Scout Troop 1456; Let’s
Play America; Takoma Old Town Business
Association; Alternative Gifts of Greater For information or to
volunteer, contact Mimi Iklé-Khalsa, Fair Director
www.aggw.org
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Saturday, December 5 through Sunday, December 13
(Family Friday Dec 11—25% off youth tickets)
WASHINGTON REVELS presents THE CHRISTMAS REVELS:
A MEDIEVAL CELEBRATION OF THE WINTER SOLSTICE
Lisner Auditorium
Washington, DC
Revel with us and with our beloved king, a
mysterious woodland queen, a pair of fools, and an unexpected guest. As the
Winter Solstice calls us all together, meet us in a special place that
straddles the majestic and the mythical realms. The townspeople gather with
court and forest folk, new and old traditions find common ground, and a deeper
community emerges. Join us and find the true heart and spirit of the holiday
season as we bid goodbye to the old year and celebrate the birth of the new.
Amidst it all, enjoy rousing traditional music,
powerful medieval songs, ethereal chants, seasonal carols, rollicking tunes on
early instruments, familiar rounds, folk and courtly dances, a madcap “12 Days
of Christmas,” the eerily hypnotic Abbots Bromley horn dance, a topsy-turvy
“Lord of Misrule,” and an evocative mummers’ play.
Join our cast of over 100, ages 8 to 85, for this
one-of-a-kind evening of seasonal celebration and merriment. Sing along and
dance in the aisles with us, and join the over 10,000 people who make our Christmas
Revels part of their holiday tradition each December!
Washington Revels’ flagship production, The
Christmas Revels, is a festive celebration of the Winter Solstice and the
return of sun and light after the “shortest day.” Through music, dance and
drama, it draws on traditions and rituals from many lands, peoples, and eras —
medieval, Renaissance and Victorian English, French, Russian, Roma (Gypsy),
African-American, Scandinavian, American Appalachian, Native American,
Renaissance Italian, Québécois, medieval Andalusian (Sephardic, Arabic and
Spanish), southern Balkan (Bulgarian, Greek and Thracian Turkish), Irish, and
more.
TICKETS: www.RevelsDC.org
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Monday, December 7, 7:00-10:00pm (fundraising
dinner starts 5:00pm)
KARAOKE KIDS EVENING AT EL GOLFO
Benefit for New Hampshire Estates Elementary
School & Oak View Elementary School
El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
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Wednesday, December 9, 7:30pm
THE GRAPEVINE STORYTELLING SERIES with CATHY FINK
& TIM LIVENGOOD + OPEN MIC
BusBoys & Poets
235 Carroll St. NW DC (half block from Takoma
Metro)
Come hear great storytelling at The Grapevine
Storytelling Series! We will have two featured tellers drawn from our own
neighborhood: Cathy Fink and Tim Livengood. With Open Mic, too, so come and put
your name in the hat! Follow us on Facebook to keep up with future events.
Invite friends and family to join us, too! The more we build, the more we can
keep bringing you great storytelling!
TICKETS: Free admission -- but we ask for a $10
donation per person if you can afford it. Feel free to donate more!
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Wednesday, December 9, 7:30pm (wine & cheese
@ 7pm)
SONG WORKSHOP with SUZANNAH PARK (of Starry
Mountain Singers) – c/o Carpe Diem Arts
Takoma Park, MD (address will be sent with RSVP)
An evening of harmony singing. Suzannah will be
teaching some of her favorite Appalachian ballads, shape-note hymns, South
African protest songs, a Georgian lullaby, weaving together sacred and secular
songs from a wide range of community singing traditions.
Donation: $10-40 (sliding scale)
RSVP: BusyGraham@gmail.com
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Thursday, December 10, 7:30-10:00pm (7:00-7:30
intro workshop)
SILVER SPRING CONTRA DANCE – SECOND THURSDAYS
Band: Terpsichore (Elke Baker, Liz Donaldson,
Ralph Gordon)
Caller: Clinton Ross
Great Hall of the Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Free parking at 801 Ellsworth Dr. (across the
street)
No need for a partner, and no experience
necessary. All ages welcome.
Great combination of fun and exercise!
Refreshments provided.
FREE TO FIRST-TIMERS AT SS DANCE
$10 general admission
$8 FSGW, BFMS, CDSS members & Revels
$5 students and those with no income
Contacts: RachaelErichsen@gmail.com
Bob Mathis: talibob@starpower.net /
Jeff Kenton: jmkenton@verizon.net
Presented by Carpe Diem Arts c/o Class Acts Arts
-- in partnership with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington (FSGW),
Silver Spring Town Center Inc. (SSTCi) and the Montgomery County Department of
Recreation’s “Be Active Montgomery” initiative.
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Friday, December 11, 7:30pm (doors open 7:00pm)
SIOBHAN QUINN & MICHAEL BOWERS, LEA MORRIS,
JOY IKE
Carroll Café @ Seekers Church
276 Carroll St. NW DC (across from Takoma metro)
Our holiday gift for you: three world-class acts
for the price of one! LEA is one of the region's best vocalists,
songwriters and recording artists. Siobhan Quinn and Michael
Bowers paint dynamic and colorful stories with rich original, contemporary
and traditional music; and Joy Ike's percussive piano-playing and
soaring vocals give homage to her African upbringing. This promises to be
a soulful and electrifying evening.
TICKETS: $18 advance / $20 door
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Saturday, December 12, 2:00-5:00pm
TAKOMA PARK BOOK FAIR
Trohv
232 Carroll Avenue.
Takoma Park, MD
Celebrating extraordinary local authors! Visit
Facebook to learn more.
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Saturday/Sunday, December 12-13 -- 2:00pm and
7:00pm shows
SHAKESPEARE’S “AS YOU LIKE IT” c/o LUMINA STUDIO
THEATRE
Directed by David Minton
Music direction: Wendy Lanxner
Boys will be boys, so the old saying goes. But
this wasn't the case at the original Globe Theatre nor do we find it in
Lumina's gender bending production of AS YOU LIKE IT! THE COURT is thrown
into chaos when the tyrannical Fredericka assumes command of that notable
fashion empire. The ousted CEO Duchess Senior and her loyal staff
re-group in the abandoned Arden Theatre occupied by radical feminists. There
the banished Rosalind and Orlanda seek to find themselves and each other.
As the various couples search for identity and true love, Shakespeare's
brilliant comedy reconciles the foolery of outward appearances and the wisdom
of the heart.
Saturday, 12/12 -- 2PM Blue Cast -- 7PM Green
Cast
Sunday, 12/13 -- 2PM Green Cast -- 7PM Blue Cast
TICKETS: $8-15 @ www.BrownPaperTickets.com
-- Search As You Like It!
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Saturday, December 12
SAM GLEAVES AND SI KAHN – with special guests
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer and Rickie Simpkins
Seekers Church
276 Carroll St. NW
Takoma, DC (across from Takoma Metro)
Sam & Si are 50 years apart, but share a love
of Appalachian music, songwriting and social justice. They both write powerful
songs. Sam's new CD, AIN'T WE BROTHERS has just been released and has
garnered some great attention on NPR.
TICKETS: $20 advance, $25 door. Students (with
ID) & Children: $15 advance, $20 door.
BUY TIX
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Sunday, December 13, 4:00pm
SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK: CELEBRATING THE HOLYDAYS
Opening set c/o Strathmore Children’s Chorus
Strathmore Music Center
N. Bethesda, MD
The internationally renowned and locally beloved
all-woman, African-
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Thursday, December 17, 7:30-9:30pm
POETRY AND MUSIC – THIRD THURSDAYS
Presented by We Are Takom
Takoma Park Community Center
7500 Maple Avenue
Takoma Park, MD
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Friday, December 18, 7:30pm
DOWNWIRE @ EL GOLFO
Featuring Roger Coleman, Tom Kaufman, Bob Hirshon
& Bruce Allen
Bring your dancing shoes!
Great Rock ‘n Roll and Soul!
Fabulous food too!
El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
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Saturday, December 19, 9:00am-3:00pm
FENTON STREET MARKET
Cynthia Farrell-Johnson will have a booth there
Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring, MD
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Monday, December 21, 6:30-8:30pm
REVELS-CARPE DIEM COMMUNITY SING
531 Dale Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20910
December theme: Celebration of the Solstice and
the Season
· 6:30-7:30pm – Songs for Families
· 7:30-8:00 – Birthday songs for November;
social time, refreshments
· 8:00-8:30 – Harmony singing from diverse
song traditions – for teens and adults
Bring refreshments, instruments and songs to
share if you wish.
Free admission. Donations appreciated.
Parking info: www.RevelsDC.org
Presented by Washington Revels and Carpe Diem
Arts
Info: jrasi@revelsdc.org / 301-587-3835
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Monday, December 21, 7:00-10:00pm (fundraising
dinner starts 5:00pm)
KARAOKE KIDS EVENING AT EL GOLFO
Benefit for Eastern Middle School
El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
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Wednesday, December 30, 7:30-9:30pm (LAST
WEDNESDAY of every month)
Greater U. Street Jazz Collective
El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
Cover charge: $5 – gives you free Margarita or
any other drink, or dessert
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Thursday, January 7, 2016 -- 5:45 and 6:30pm
(two 25-minute shows)
JUMP START WITH THE ARTS -- FAMILY FUN NIGHT OUT
AT EL GOLFO
featuring ERIC MARING: Music-Making and Fun with
Mr. M!
El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
Presented by Silver Spring Day School and Class
Acts Arts
With support from El Golfo Restaurant and Carpe
Diem Arts
$5 cover charge for adults: includes a ticket for
a free dessert or drink (including Margaritas!)
Children FREE
15% of food and drink sales will benefit Class
Acts Arts/Jump Start outreach to low-income preschools
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Friday, January 8, 7:30pm (doors open 7:00pm)
BUMPER JACKSONS
Carroll Café @ Seekers Church
276 Carroll St. NW DC (across from Takoma metro)
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Thursday, January 14, 7:30-10:00pm (7:00-7:30
intro workshop)
SILVER SPRING CONTRA DANCE – SECOND THURSDAYS
Band: David Wiesler and David Knight
Caller: April Blum
Great Hall of the Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Free parking at 801 Ellsworth Dr. (across the
street)
No need for a partner, and no experience
necessary. All ages welcome.
Great combination of fun and exercise!
Refreshments provided.
FREE TO FIRST-TIMERS AT SS DANCE
$10 general admission
$8 FSGW, BFMS, CDSS members & Revels
$5 students and those with no income
Contacts: RachaelErichsen@gmail.com
Bob Mathis: talibob@starpower.net /
Jeff Kenton: jmkenton@verizon.net
Presented by Carpe Diem Arts c/o Class Acts Arts
-- in partnership with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington (FSGW),
Silver Spring Town Center Inc. (SSTCi) and the Montgomery County Department of
Recreation’s “Be Active Montgomery” initiative.
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Wednesday, January 20, 7:00-8:30pm
TAKOMA FREE MINDS SATELLITE WRITE NIGHT
Seekers Church
276 Carroll St. NW DC (across from Takoma metro
and BusBoys & Poets)
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop, a
local non-profit dedicated to “empowering young inmates to write new chapters
in their lives,” invites the community to participate in the “Satellite Write
Night.”
Presented by Free Minds Book Club and Writing
Workshop in partnership with Carpe Diem Arts, Project Youth ArtReach/Class Acts
Arts, with support from the Takoma Foundation.
Featured on front page of Washington Post,
February 25, 2015 http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/how-a-book-club-brought-inmates-together-even-on-the-outside/2015/02/25/0468c8ca-a277-11e4-903f-9f2faf7cd9fe_story.html
And in MBHS (Blair High School) award-winning
Silver Chips newspaper—by Mariam Jiffar:
RSVP: Sandy Moore -- sanmoore@earthlink.net --
so we have an idea of how many tables and chairs to set up, and refreshments to
bring.
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Thursday, January 21, 7:30-9:30pm
POETRY AND MUSIC – THIRD THURSDAYS
Presented by We Are Takom
Takoma Park Community Center
7500 Maple Avenue
Takoma Park, MD
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Thursday, February 4, 5:45 and 6:30pm (two 25-minute
shows)
JUMP START WITH THE ARTS -- FAMILY FUN NIGHT OUT
AT EL GOLFO
featuring THE UNCLE DEVIN SHOW! A dynamic cross
between Fat Albert and Schoolhouse Rock
El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
Presented by Silver Spring Day School and Class
Acts Arts
With support from El Golfo Restaurant and Carpe
Diem Arts
$5 cover charge for adults: includes a ticket for
a free dessert or drink (including Margaritas!)
Children FREE
15% of food and drink sales will benefit Class
Acts Arts/Jump Start outreach to low-income preschools
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Thursday, February 11, 7:30-10:00pm (7:00-7:30
intro workshop)
SILVER SPRING CONTRA DANCE – SECOND THURSDAYS
Band: Triple Helix (Alexander Mitchell, Colleen
Kennedy, and Keith Gillis)
Caller: Andrea Nettleton
Great Hall of the Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Free parking at 801 Ellsworth Dr. (across the
street)
No need for a partner, and no experience
necessary. All ages welcome.
Great combination of fun and exercise!
Refreshments provided.
FREE TO FIRST-TIMERS AT SS DANCE
$10 general admission
$8 FSGW, BFMS, CDSS members & Revels
$5 students and those with no income
Contacts: RachaelErichsen@gmail.com
Bob Mathis: talibob@starpower.net /
Jeff Kenton: jmkenton@verizon.net
Presented by Carpe Diem Arts c/o Class Acts Arts
-- in partnership with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington (FSGW),
Silver Spring Town Center Inc. (SSTCi) and the Montgomery County Department of
Recreation’s “Be Active Montgomery” initiative.
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Friday, February 12, 7:30pm (doors open 7:00pm)
VICTORIA VOX with the UNIFIED JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Carroll Café @ Seekers Church
276 Carroll St. NW DC (across from Takoma metro)
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Thursday, March 3, 5:45 and 6:30pm (two 25-minute
shows)
JUMP START WITH THE ARTS -- FAMILY FUN NIGHT OUT
AT EL GOLFO
featuring MR. DAVE – DC area’s rock star of kids’
music
El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
Presented by Silver Spring Day School and Class
Acts Arts
With support from El Golfo Restaurant and Carpe
Diem Arts
$5 cover charge for adults: includes a ticket for
a free dessert or drink (including Margaritas!)
Children FREE
15% of food and drink sales will benefit Silver
Spring Day School
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Thursday, March 10, 7:30-10:00pm
(7:00-7:30 intro workshop)
SILVER SPRING CONTRA DANCE – SECOND
THURSDAYS
Band: Sugar Beat (Elke Baker, Marc Glickman and
Susan Brandt)
Caller: Greg Frock
Great Hall of the Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Free parking at 801 Ellsworth Dr. (across the
street)
No need for a partner, and no experience
necessary. All ages welcome.
Great combination of fun and exercise!
Refreshments provided.
FREE TO FIRST-TIMERS AT SS DANCE
$10 general admission
$8 FSGW, BFMS, CDSS members & Revels
$5 students and those with no income
Contacts: RachaelErichsen@gmail.com
Bob Mathis: talibob@starpower.net /
Jeff Kenton: jmkenton@verizon.net
Presented by Carpe Diem Arts c/o Class Acts Arts
-- in partnership with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington (FSGW),
Silver Spring Town Center Inc. (SSTCi) and the Montgomery County Department of
Recreation’s “Be Active Montgomery” initiative.
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Friday, March 11, 7:30pm (doors open 7pm)
TRET FURE – CD RELEASE CONCERT
Carroll Café @ Seekers Church
276 Carroll St. NW DC (across from Takoma metro)
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Thursday, April 14, 7:30-10:00pm (7:00-7:30 intro
workshop)
SILVER SPRING CONTRA DANCE – SECOND
THURSDAYS
Band: Sugar Beat (Elke Baker, Marc Glickman and
Susan Brandt)
Caller: Greg Frock
Great Hall of the Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Free parking at 801 Ellsworth Dr. (across the
street)
No need for a partner, and no experience
necessary. All ages welcome.
Great combination of fun and exercise!
Refreshments provided.
FREE TO FIRST-TIMERS AT SS DANCE
$10 general admission
$8 FSGW, BFMS, CDSS members & Revels
$5 students and those with no income
Contacts: RachaelErichsen@gmail.com
Bob Mathis: talibob@starpower.net /
Jeff Kenton: jmkenton@verizon.net
Presented by Carpe Diem Arts c/o Class Acts Arts
-- in partnership with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington (FSGW),
Silver Spring Town Center Inc. (SSTCi) and the Montgomery County Department of
Recreation’s “Be Active Montgomery” initiative.
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Thursday, May 12, 7:30-10:00pm (7:00-7:30 intro
workshop)
SILVER SPRING CONTRA DANCE – SECOND
THURSDAYS
Band: Karen Axelrod on piano, Rachel Bell on
accordion and Eric Martin on violin and viola
Caller: Jeremy Child, caller from the UK (pending
committee approval)
Great Hall of the Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Free parking at 801 Ellsworth Dr. (across the
street)
No need for a partner, and no experience
necessary. All ages welcome.
Great combination of fun and exercise!
Refreshments provided.
FREE TO FIRST-TIMERS AT SS DANCE
$10 general admission
$8 FSGW, BFMS, CDSS members & Revels
$5 students and those with no income
Contacts: RachaelErichsen@gmail.com
Bob Mathis: talibob@starpower.net /
Jeff Kenton: jmkenton@verizon.net
Presented by Carpe Diem Arts c/o Class Acts Arts
-- in partnership with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington (FSGW),
Silver Spring Town Center Inc. (SSTCi) and the Montgomery County Department of
Recreation’s “Be Active Montgomery” initiative.
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NOTE: To all groups presenting events in
downtown Silver Spring: please submit your listings on the Silver Spring
Arts & Entertainment District website: www.SilverSpringDowntown.com
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LOCAL ARTIST NOTES / NEW RELEASES
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Mary Amato's novel, Get Happy, celebrates the joy
of music-making and songwriting and a teenager’s life-saving discovery of the
ukulele!
Other recent release, Guitar Notes, is about two
teens who discover a profound connection through songwriting. The
novel includes eight original songs and graphics of the drafts and revisions to
show the songwriting process. References
the House of Musical Traditions!
For more, see http://thrumsociety.com/
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IMT CONCERTS AND HMT WORKSHOPS
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REPEAT OFFERINGS – OPEN MIC’S, FARM MARKETS &
SONG CIRCLES/COMMUNITY SINGS, WEEKLY DANCES,
WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES
Mark your calendars!
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21st of every month
WASHINGTON REVELS / CARPE DIEM SING IN SILVER
SPRING & TAKOMA PARK
Washington Revels Community Room
531 Dale Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20910
FREE admission
NOTE: Includes potluck supper @ 6:00pm on
Equinoxes & Solstice dates (March, June, Sept, Dec)
6:30-7:45pm – Community Sing (different theme and
song leaders each month)
7:45-8:00pm – Social Time, Birthday Cake, Candles
and Songs
8-8:45pm – Ukulele jam session (BYOU)
Contact BusyGraham@gmail.com
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Tuesdays (every week) -- 7:00-10:00pm
OPEN MIC hosted by DAVID ROTHMAN & COOKING
WITH GAS
Primarily blues, but all types of music is
welcome, electric or acoustic
VFW 350
6420 Orchard Ave.
Takoma Park, MD
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LAST WEDNESDAY of every month – 7:30-9:30pm
Greater U. Street Jazz Collective
El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
Cover charge: $5 – gives you free Margarita or
any other drink, or dessert
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2nd Thursdays of every month, 7:00-7:30pm free
intro workshop / dancing 7:30-10pm
CARPE DIEM COMMUNITY DANCE – CONTRAS AND SQUARES
Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring, MD
Sponsored by Carpe Diem Arts c/o Class Acts Arts,
Folklore Society of Greater Washington, and the Montgomery County Department of
Recreation -- BE ACTIVE MONTGOMERY
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Monday, September 29 – 4 week sessions begin
BELLY DANCE CLASSES IN TAKOMA PARK
Saffron Dance at Takoma Park
Roda Movements
7014 Westmoreland Ave
Takoma Park, MD 20912
What do a N.A.S.A. engineer, corporate lawyer,
stay-at-home-mom and your local barista all have in common? They spend their
evenings at Saffron Dance learning something you might not expect: Belly Dance.
If you haven’t belly danced before, now is the perfect time to begin. To mark
Saffron Dance’s 8th year as a hub for Middle Eastern dance, Saffron is offering
FREE introductory “teaser” classes through September 28th. These teaser classes
give students a taste of Saffron’s signature 4-week Belly Dance Crash Course
program. Created for individuals who are coming to belly dance for the very
first time, Saffron’s Crash Courses are structured and easy to follow —
absolutely no dance experience necessary! They are perfect for students to
learn the basics of Belly Dance. Each week, a new movement is introduced and
drilled, building on and incorporating elements from the prior weeks.
Particular focus is given to developing correct posture alignment, flexibility,
arm positions and paths, fundamental shimmies, basic hip accents, introductory
undulations, easy to follow traveling steps and combinations. The program
culminates in a performance opportunity so students can share their new hobby
with family and friends.
Learn more about Saffron Dance and sign up for
4-Week Crash Courses starting September 29 at www.SAFFRONDANCE.com
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ART ON 8th Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays from May-October 2014
FREE EVENTS IN BROOKLAND
Enjoy music, dance, visual arts and crafts on the
Arts Walk at Monroe St. Market
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EVERY THURSDAY
International Folkdancing w/ Jamie Platt
Glen Echo, MD
Info: contact Jamie Platt, dancingplanet@erols.com
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EVERY FRIDAY: DANZA LATINA!
8:30-9:30 Salsa Lesson / 9:30pm DANCE!
El Golfo
8739 Flower Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
Cover charge: $10
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EVERY NIGHT, 6-7pm
FREE PERFORMANCE AT MILLENNIUM STAGE
Kennedy Center
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EVERY THURSDAY, 6-7:30pm
DIASPORA DANCE WITH MESI WALTON
Explore dance and cultural traditions of the
African Diaspora including, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Guinea, Mali and The
U.S.
Bloombars
3222 11th St NW DC
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FRIDAYS (2nd Friday usually) -- 8:00pm
INWOOD COFFEEHOUSE
10921 Inwood Ave. (off University Blvd)
Wheaton, MD
Each month Leslie & Steven Choy bring in a
professional band for the 1st set and then the 2nd set is an open mic with the
residents of Inwood. A very lively group of people and a good time is had by
all! A neighborhood gem.
Only $5 admission.
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FRIDAY NIGHTS IN SOUTHWEST DC, 6-9pm
JAZZ NIGHT IN SOUTHWEST
Food and beverages available 5:30-8:45pm c/o SW
Catering Company
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I. St., SW
Washington, DC 20024
$5 admission (free for children and teens under
16)
Parking in the church lot, neighboring commercial
garages, or on the street.
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FRIDAY NIGHTS IN GREENBELT, 8:30 - 10:45 pm
INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING: Line, Circle, and
Couple Dancing from the Balkans, Europe, Scandinavia, etc.
Dance teaching until approximately 9:00 or 9:15
then request dancing until 10:45.
Greenbelt Community Center - Dance Studio
15 Crescent Rd. - Greenbelt, MD
(in case of inclement weather, call 301-474-0646 or
301-397-2208)
1st Friday-of-the-Month LIVE MUSIC PARTIES:
$12.00 / Other Nights $7.00
(Students & Seniors: Half Price except on
Live Music nights)
First-timers are free (except on Live Music
nights or otherwise noted)
Newcomers and beginners are welcome
Adults - $15.00 / Children 12 & under - free
(subject to change - check for updates!)
For information: Larry Weiner (301) 565-0539 / larry@larryweiner.com
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THIRD SATURDAYS -- 7:30-9:30pm
ANNETTE WASILIK & KEVIN DUDLEY
Zed’s Café
8225 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, MD
Annette and Kevin join forces in singing their
award-winning originals peppered with cool covers. Zed’s is among the best
little listening rooms in all of DC. Good eats too!
No cover but donations gratefully accepted.
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CHECK THE WEB SITE FOR OPEN MIC POETRY AND OTHER
EVENTS
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THIRD FRIDAYS COFFEEHOUSE (doors open 6pm)
All ages, alcohol-free, safe venue
Fine music, tasty snacks, great company,
affordable fun.
Ascension Church
633 Sligo Ave., Silver Spring, MD
$5 admission
For more info contact: Anne LeVeque at maleveque@cs.com
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TWILIGHT TUESDAYS on the Plaza, 7-9pm (SUMMER
TIME)
Silver Spring, MD
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WEDNESDAYS (first and third) -- 7:30pm Open Mic /
10:30pm Open Jam
OPEN MIC @ McGINTY’S with WENDY LANXNER AND AMY
FREEDMAN
McGinty's Public House
911 Ellsworth Dr.
Silver Spring, MD
Sign up in advance at: http://amyandwendy.com/openmic.html
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SATURDAYS
FRESH FARM MARKET
9 am to 1 pm (April to Dec.)
10 am to 1 pm (Jan. to March)
Ellsworth Drive between Fenton St & Georgia
Ave.
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SATURDAYS, 10am-4pm
FENTON STREET MARKET
Corner of Fenton & Ellsworth
Silver Spring, MD
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SUNDAYS, 10am to 2pm
Takoma Park Farmers Market
On Laurel Ave.
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Sunday Evenings, 5pm
DC/TAKOMA PARK SONGWRITING CIRCLE
The Electric Maid located at 268 Carroll St NW
Washington, DC.
All are welcome if you have a song you are
working on and/or would like to share.
Please bring printed copies of the lyric sheet if
you can.
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FIRST MONDAYS, 7-10pm
SALSA DANCING IN THE GREAT HALL
Silver Spring Civic Building
One Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring, MD
Presented by After-School-Dance-Fund/Baile for
Life in partnership with Carpe Diem Arts, with support from the Department of
Recreation: BE ACTIVE MONTGOMERY
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MONDAY EVENINGS, 7:00-10:00pm
LUISA ROSE Y SUS AMIGOS KROON KARAOKE EN ENGLISH
& ESPANOL
Over 30 thousand songs to choose from.....Ingles
y Español!
El Golfo Restaurant
8739 Flower Ave
Silver Spring, MD
Free Parking / no cover charge
Presented by Ida Villatoro, Gourmet Restauranteur
and Empresario of Music!
Enjoy Multi-Talented Luisa Rose & D.J./Keyboardist
Ken Sleeman of Luisa & the Reverbs
http://www.blinkies-karaoke.com/32373.html ken@luisaandthereverbs.com, https://www.facebook.com/elgolforestaurant
Delicious Latin American Cuisine, Family Dining,
Vegan & Veggie Cuisine Too!
White Table Cloths & Fresh Flowers, The Ada
Touch!
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BELLY DANCE CLASSES IN TAKOMA PARK
Saffron Dance at Takoma Park
In Residence at Roda Movements
7014 Westmoreland Ave
Takoma Park, MD 20912
What do a N.A.S.A. engineer, corporate lawyer,
stay-at-home-mom and your local barista all have in common? They spend their
evenings at Saffron Dance learning something you might not expect: Belly Dance.
If you haven’t belly danced before, now is the perfect time to begin. To mark
Saffron Dance’s 8th year as a hub for Middle Eastern dance, Saffron is offering
FREE introductory “teaser” classes from September 15th to September 28th. These
teaser classes give students a taste of Saffron’s signature 4-week Belly Dance
Crash Course program. Created for individuals who are coming to belly dance for
the very first time, Saffron’s Crash Courses are structured and easy to follow
— absolutely no dance experience necessary! They are perfect for students to
learn the basics of Belly Dance. Each week, a new movement is introduced and
drilled, building on and incorporating elements from the prior weeks.
Particular focus is given to developing correct posture alignment, flexibility,
arm positions and paths, fundamental shimmies, basic hip accents, introductory
undulations, easy to follow traveling steps and combinations. The program
culminates in a performance opportunity so students can share their new hobby
with family and friends.
Learn more about Saffron Dance and sign up for
4-Week Crash Courses starting September 29 at www.SAFFRONDANCE.com
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NOTE: Check out the schedule of upcoming
theater productions at area high schools:
Remarkable productions (at bargain prices!) --
highlighting the talents of area students and directors.
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CHECK OUT OTHER EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES
Please let me know of any arts organizations or
groups I have missed: busygraham@gmail.com
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/finearts/theatre/calendar.aspx (theater
productions @ Mont Co. schools)
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Busy Graham
Carpe Diem ~ Seize the Day!
Support the Arts ~ Participate in the Arts
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