Issa Rae Cancels Show Amid Kennedy Center Shake-Up
Issa Rae has canceled her sold-out show at the Kennedy Center next month after a shake up in leadership at the performance arts center led by President Trump’s administration. Rae,… Read More
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18-Year-Old Named Maryland’s First Youth Poet Laureate
Tara Prakash, an 18-year-old rising senior at Sidwell Friends School, has earned the title of Maryland’s first ever Youth Poet Laureate. Prakash, a resident of Chevy Chase, is also Montgomery… Read More
Bethesda Resident’s Painting Featured at Kennedy Center
One of Jacqueline Hoysted‘s painting in her series, Girls – Nice Doesn’t Cut it! will be on digital display at the Kennedy Center June 16 as part of the Gay… Read More
NCCF Announces Teen ‘Freedom to Express’ Art Contest
Calling all teens who love art. The National Center for Children and Families (NCCF) in Bethesda is inviting students in grades 9-12 in the National Capital region to participate in… Read More
Linden Oak Bench, Artist Featured at Kennedy Center Festival
Olney-based chainsaw artist Colin Vale, who transformed a 300-year-old Linden Oak tree into a bench, will do wood carving demonstrations this weekend at a Kennedy Center festival. Also, the bench… Read More
Hola Montgomery El Podcast – Actor y Compositor Alcanza el Éxito a Temprana Edad
El invitado del episodio #59 de Hola Montgomery -El Podcast es Mateo Ferro, actor, cantante y rapero colombiano-estadounidense de primera generación, nacido en Silver Spring. Mateo visitó los estudios de… Read More
Wootton Grad Stars in Rent in Concert at Kennedy Center
Myles Frost, the Wootton High School graduate who won a Tony for his portrayal of Michael Jackson on Broadway, sings his way onto the stage of the Kennedy Center’s Concert… Read More
Inspired by Family, In The Heights Actor Finds Early Success
Mateo Ferro is a first-generation Colombian-American actor, singer, and rapper born in Silver Spring. Mateo visited MCM’s studios recently to discuss his career and his most recent song inspired by… Read More
Mes de la Herencia Hispana: Jonathan Acosta
La música siempre ha estado presente en la vida de Jonathan Acosta. El músico de origen venezolano nació en la cuidad de Barquisimeto donde siempre se le inculcó la importancia… Read More
MCM Youth Media Academy Participant Creates Media for the Kennedy Center
In the fall of 2020, Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences put out a call to young artists, ages 16-25. The asked youth to create short-form videos designed for a… Read More
Blog: Playwright Ayesis Clay Uses Theatre to Inspire and Empower Teachers
Last year, the theater company Theatre Alliance included my play Follow the Money, This Is America in their annual Word Becomes Action Festival as they introduced me and three other… Read More