Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery History, the county’s historical society, is sponsoring numerous programs throughout February to explore the vital role African Americans have played in the community’s founding and development.   “‘Five for Freedom’ Book Talk and Signing with Eugene L. Meyer” at Red Brick Courthouse in Rockville (Friday, Feb. 8, 7-8:30 p.m.) Author Eugene L. Meyer will […]

This weekend is the perfect time for holiday shopping at Strathmore’s Museum Shop Holiday Market. More than sixteen dozen non-profit organizations bring their museum gift shops to the Mansion at Strathmore so that you can get your holiday shopping done all under one roof. The popular holiday bazaar is back for its 29th year and it […]

Inside the beltway on Maryland’s State Route 650 is a road known to many as the “Gateway to Heaven” also known as New Hampshire Avenue. And notably so. There are dozens of religious organizations located on this one corridor and experts believe this one street reveals something special about the county. “It is one street […]

This weekend is the perfect time for holiday shopping at Strathmore’s Holiday Market. More than a dozen non-profit organizations bring their museum gift shops to the Mansion at Strathmore so that you can get your holiday shopping done all under one roof. The popular holiday bazaar is back for its 28th year and it takes place […]

The 1950s was known for its “boom” across the nation but especially in Montgomery County, according to experts from Montgomery History. “You had not only this atomic era of the Cold War where people were worried about bomb shelters and that kind of boom, but we also had the ‘baby boom’ going on,” Montgomery History’s […]

Don Mooers hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. His guests include Nancy Soreng, Leslie Wilcox, Shruti Bhatnagar, and Susan Kirk. Mooers and the panel discuss the results from the Maryland General Assembly with Nancy Soreng, an upcoming environmental festival known as GreenFest with Leslie Wilcox, the launch of a new nonprofit Communities United Against Hate […]

Don Mooers hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. His guests include Charles Short, Mariana Cordier, Kahlil Kettering, and Henry Hailstock. Mooers and the panel discuss the proposed county budget for 2018 with Charles Short, airplane passenger rights with Mariana Cordier, solutions to mitigate stormwater runoff pollution with Kahlil Kettering of The Nature […]

Fred Evans hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. His guests include Brian Karem, Jane de Winter, Stuart Rosenthal, and JaLynn Prince. Evans and the panel discuss the proposed county budget for 2018 with Brian Karem, the proposed public schools’ budget for 2018 with Jane de Winter, the April issue of The Beacon […]

Don Mooers hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. His guests include Bruce Fowler, Elizabeth Lay, Tim Mooney, and Tony Spearman-Leach. Mooers and the panel discuss the upcoming March for Science walk in D.C. planned for April 22 with Bruce Fowler, the new Montgomery History Exhibit called Inside Out Upside Down with Elizabeth Lay, […]

It’s annual event that started in 2007 to explore the past and to analyze how it has shaped Montgomery County in present day. Dozens of residents gathered at Montgomery College early Saturday for the 11th Annual Montgomery History Conference hosted by Montgomery History. “We have history buffs, historians, museum professionals and members of the community […]