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Shred the Stage
Shred the Stage with The Garage brings an afternoon of high energy music, skating, and community spirit to Gaithersburg Skate Park. A full roster of local artists and bands, including Alaska’s Angels, Scoria, Gatwick, Gerf, Terathorn, Nu3era, and &Skrom, performs a wide range of styles. The skate park remains open during the event, and skaters must complete a waiver either ahead of time or upon arrival. Food will be available from DM Sliders, Island Pride Oasis, and Kona Ice. To ease traffic near the Water Park and Miniature Golf Course, parking is available in the reserved Gaithersburg High School lot. Admission is free and all ages are welcome.
Gaithersburg Skate ParkPet Painting Workshop (2 sessions) – June 20 + June 27
Guided by Instructor Downing, this two-part workshop teaches participants how to paint a portrait of their pet with clear, step by step instruction. The project unfolds over two sessions, each two hours long, and all materials are supplied. Please bring a photo of your pet to use as a reference. This workshop is suggested for intermediate level artists. To prepare, email a picture of your pet to the instructor at least five days before the workshop.
Arts BarnKentland's Summer Concert Series • Groove for Good Fundraiser
Part of the Kentland's Summer Concert Series, Groove for Good brings the community together on the Kentland's Community Green with live music and food trucks. Attendees may bring a chair, blanket and cooler, and can contribute to the effort to build an independent living community for special needs neighbors.
Kentlands SquareAuthor Talk: D. Watkins
As part of the BlackRock Juneteenth Celebration, BlackRock Center for the Arts hosts an author talk and book signing with New York Times bestselling writer D. Watkins. Known for books such as The Beast Side, The Cook Up, Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised, and Black Boy Smile, he also wrote We Speak for Ourselves, which was chosen as Enoch Pratt Free Library’s One Book Baltimore in 2020. His storytelling extends to film and television, serving as executive producer of the Hulu film Hoops, Hopes and Dreams, contributing as a writer to HBO’s We Own This City and hosting its companion podcast, and appearing in the HBO documentary The Slow Hustle. His work has been featured in publications including the New York Times, Esquire, New York Times Magazine, the Guardian, and Rolling Stone. Watkins has received numerous honors, among them the James Beard Media Award, the Los Angeles Press Club Award, the Society of Professional Journalists Dateline Award for Commentary, the CityLit Dambach Award for Service to the Literary Arts, the Maryland Library Association’s William Wilson Maryland Author Award, Johns Hopkins University’s Society of Scholars and Distinguished Alumnus Award, as well as the Gordon Park Fellowship and the Pratt Library Hackerman Writer Fellowship. He teaches at the University of Baltimore and holds a BA in history and an MFA in creative writing from that institution, along with an MEd from Johns Hopkins University. For questions about the program, contact Emily at 240-960-6782.
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