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Metro Area Musical Fundraiser For Oklahoma Victims-This Saturday
Because of the horrific scenes coming out of Oklahoma after the tornado, the members of the Havre de Grace Seventh-day Adventist Church, Rockville and the Pray at the Pump Movement (PAPM) are sponsoring a community musical fundraiser to secure funds for the victims of the Oklahoma tragedy. Outstanding Montgomery County artists such as trumpeter Dr. Rodney Charitable and other musical and dance artists from around the Washington metropolitan area will be on hand. PAPM is suggesting that the community stop by the event in between their shopping and running weekend errands and enjoy the music and leave a donation for the victims. The contributions will be sent to ADRA, Adventist Development Relief Agency. Saturday, May 25, 2013, 11 am to 1 pm Havre de Grace Seventh-day Adventist Church, 112 West Montgomery Avenue, Rockville, Maryland. For more information call 301-768-1076 or E-MAIL RLT5401@YAHOO.COM.
Fri May 24th, 2013
A teen with talent is NOT news!
But a talented teen who writes and composes a full opera before graduating from high school IS NEWS! DC born and raised, Juan Amaya's first opera, Cinde'ella, will have its world premiere this weekend at The Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Amaya has been diligently working on the score for more than two years. Cinde'ella will be performed on Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25 at the school's Ellington Theater as part of A Night At the Opera: The Many Faces of Cinderella. Four fully-costumed, staged operatic versions of Cinderella, all directed by Dr. Mary Jane Ayers, will be presented, of which Amaya's is the longest in length. Curtain time is 7:30 pm. Tickets can be purchased on-line by clicking here. or at the door; the astonishingly low price is $10. The address of the school is 3500 R Street NW. Parking is the street.
Fri May 24th, 2013
"Washington's tenor" to kick off Memorial Day Weekend
Internationally celebrated tenor Anthony Kearns (as in one of the original Irish Tenors) is inviting you to be part of his "Kearns Kick Off to the Memorial Day Weekend" evening. It is to honor those who have served and the defense community. It is this evening (5/24)in the Eisenhower Room of The Capitol Hill Club and is to support The Coalition to Salute America's Heroes" to help severely-wounded veterans and families of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom recover from their injuries and illnesses, and to inspire other organizations and the general public to participate in this effort. Click here for a link to the Eventbrite invitation The password: Heroes123 There are LIMITED tickets still available starting at $35.00. Capitol Hill Club, 300 1st St SE,DC
Honoring the "Thin Blue Line"
This is National Police Week. It pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is centered in the 400 block of E Street, NW. Monday evening was the 25th annual Candle Light Vigil and the Roll Call of Fallen Law Enforcement Heroes added to the Memorial this year.
Angelic voices for cultual diplomacy
The Children's Chorus of Washington (CCW) "has taken its place among the finest children's choral ensembles in the country, and is recognized for its education program and artistic excellence. CCW represents over 100 public and private schools in the greater Washington, DC area." They also continue to practice cultural diplomacy with a trip to China! We have a taste with these two pieces below.
There are just some subjects you don't expect to come up on Mothers' Day
But that was OK at the Takoma Park Seventh-day Adventist Church Community Life Center's 10th annual Mother's Day Caribbean Connection Brunch/Vigil. Listen to the two reports..
Trying to make Mothers' Day a Happy Day
The Takoma Park Seventh-day Adventist Church Community Life Center held its 10th annual Mother's Day Caribbean Connection Brunch/Vigil. It was a day for DC Metro Area Women and beyond who have endured and overcome tragedies. Please listen to these two reports.
Fri Apr 26th, 2013
Queen Force One
It's the name of the Food & Friend's shuttle bus that ferried nearly a dozen drag queens around DC to some of the restaurants taking part in Food & Friend's Dining Out for Life. More than 100 restaurants throughout DC, Virginia and Maryland donated 25% -110% of their proceeds from lunch and/or dinner to Food & Friends helping to get daily nutritious meals to thousands of your neighbors facing HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-challenging illnesses. BTW, the thumb nail picture is of "all dolled up" Craig Shniderman, executive director of Food & Friends standing with NBC News National Correspondent Steve Handelsman (who just happened to be at La Tomate in DuPont Circle when Queen Force One landed.)
Fri Apr 26th, 2013
Queen Force One part 2
One of the main stays of Food & Friends Dining Out for Life "Queen Force One" brigade is Bambi. We spoke on the shuttle bus with her photo on the banner!
Board member: No federal funding could speed up Arlington streetcar
WTOP's Hank Silverberg reports
Mon Apr 15th, 2013
And the winner is: YOU!
TheatreWashington's Helen Hayes Awards were handed out at the Warner Theatre. It was a terrific celebration of not just theatre in Washington but of audiences, too. Click here for the winners of the "Helens"! We have three clips below, one an indepth piece that includes parts of the other two and then some. Please enjoy them and as they say "Go See A Show"!
Sun Apr 14th, 2013
The blind leading the sighted
Ever played golf in the dark? Maybe it is time to see how a blind golfer does it. On Friday, May 10th, The Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind is holding their first-ever "Shot in the Dark" Golf and Dinner Classic. Listen to the two clips below to find out how it will be done. Individual tickets ( golf & dinner) are $350, dinner only (with entertainment) $150.
Woodmont Country Club, 1201 Rockville, Pike Rockville, MD
Sat Apr 13th, 2013
VEEP shines on DC
This weekend is the 'VEEP'season premier. So, HBO and the Motion Picture Association of America hosted a reception and special screening of Episodes 1 and 2, Season 2 of the HBO series, starring Julia-Louis Dreyfus. Hear what she had to say in the two clips below.
Sat Apr 13th, 2013
Save a life. Save the World.
It is more than just a saying as we learned watching HBO's documentary "50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus" . Check the HBO listings and if you have "On Demand". We have local reaction in the two clips below from people who watched a preview at the the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Sat Apr 13th, 2013
She's local, she's talented and she's back
After a 7 year hiatus from recording Alice Smith is out with a new CD "She" . It was a long 7 year stretch for her fans to take any new tunes with them but she's been performing in the interim. We caught up with stunningly talented, locally raised, and independent singing sensation at at DC's 9:30 Club.
Is there a young Shakespeare here?
Possibly! Thanks to the non-profit Young Playwrights Theater. Thousands of DC area students who have gone through the playwrighting program have experienced a pretty dramatic turnaround in academic achievement. Now there is a book "Write to Dream" ‘30 of the best plays written by YPT students from 1995-2012.'
Furloughs are not a free lunch, but 20% off??
Feds facing furlough have a friend in Silver Spring. The Daily Dish A Restaurant & Catering Company which is offering 20% off Lunch Monday to Friday with government ID and furlough document (email etc) on your furlough "day off." (food only, once per week, other restrictions may apply.)
Teens racing for a cure -- on stage!
Seventh through 12th graders at South County Middle School and High School have helped raise lots of money and awareness about breast cancer for the past 7 years. It's all to support Team Heather and the Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure." May 11th this year. You can hear about the talent show by clicking on the two clips below.
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