“Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.” – Director Roman Polanski The thing about the AFI Silver Theatre, especially Auditorium No. 1, is that the theater is so beautiful, you forget you’re at the cinema (except, of course, for that huge screen at the front of the room!) The AFI Silver […]
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In July of 2010, Veteran’s Plaza was christened as Silver Spring’s newest urban park and public gathering spot. It replaced an informal grassy area at the corner of Ellsworth and Fenton that was affectionately called the Turf. In addition to the airy and modern Civic Building, the main draw of Veteran’s Plaza is the amphitheater
There’s only one Silver Spring. (Meaning, it’s NOT Silver SpringS). And that one spring was “discovered” in 1840 by Francis Preston Blair. Discovered is in quotes, because various indigenous peoples had lived in the area for 10,000 years before a guy of European descent stopped to water his horse and noticed mica flecks floating in
So let’s talk about that glorious, black elixir that so many of us use to jump start our mornings. Coffee has its caffeinated roots deep in Ethiopian soil. The U.S. National Coffee Association says that, while no on knows the exact genesis of that cup o’ Joe, one origin story comes from the Ethiopian plateau