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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Maryland Encore Chorale Offers Free Holiday Concert

The fastest-growing and largest choral program in the U.S. for older adults, Encore Chorale, will perform a free holiday concert in Silver Spring on Dec. 16.

  All are welcome to attend The Maryland Encore Chorale Holiday Concert, featuring the nation’s largest choral program for older adults. The free concert will be held Dec. 16 from 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Cultural Arts Center in Silver Spring. The concert will showcase 175 performers from the Maryland Encore Chorales of Schweinhaut Senior Center, Asbury Methodist Village and Washington Conservatory of Music. The singers will sing mostly secular tunes, including an interpretation of the “Hallelujah Chorus” and “Alleluia Brasileira” by Ralph Manuel. They will also perform “Hanukkah, the Season of Light,” “The Twelve Days After Christmas” and “Christmas Goes Classical,“ a song that combines holiday words with orchestra and opera tunes. …

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Kensington Celebrates International Day of the Book

This book festival features free books and fun for all ages.

Book lovers young and old won’t want to miss Kensington’s seventh annual festival in celebration of International Day of the Book. The celebration kicks off April 21 with a fundraiser for the Noyes Library Foundation at the Two Pears Restaurant in Kensington from 7-9 p.m. Attendees will be treated to food, wine, live music and dancing for $40 per person to benefit the foundation, which supports the Noyes Children’s Library. Tickets can be purchased online or via regular mail. April 22 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Howard Street will host more than 100 local booksellers, book artists, authors and more in celebration of books and reading. Readings will be conducted by several authors including Marcie Lovett, David Levy and Kensington Poet Laureate…

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