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Remembering County Civil Rights Movement
The March on Washington Photo: savethemall.org

A small but significant collection of banners and buttons and photos are on display inside the Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel that help tell the stories of Prince Georgians during the days of marches and sit-ins and protests in the pursuit of equality for all.

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Bringing the Blues to Life
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Photo: debcar.com


Exhibit brings blues artists to life at National Harbor

The artists that sing the blues in backwater Juke Joints, on creaky Southern porches, and in the finest venues under the bright lights of show business, standout because they are the soothsayers of our time, serving as cultural envoys to our personal and collective past and present.

Visually, the aesthetics of these artists have been captured in photographs by Dick Waterman and the paintings of Howard Finster and Bill Adair in the exhibition: Between Midnight and Day, on display at Govinda Gallery National Harbor through August 31.

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Science Camp For County Students
County students get steeped in science at Bowie State University
Kids at Science Camp Photo: theharrisfoundation.org

A group of Prince George’s County middle schoolers have temporally suspended their usual summer routine in favor of rigorous scientific inquiry.

For two weeks, the students will be part of the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp, which kicked off July 7 on the campus of Bowie State University.

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Subprime Madness
Foreclosure

While the rising price of fuel and food has taken center stage in the press and in the lives of consumers, many are still grappling with the aftershocks of the subprime mortgage meltdown mess.

Last month, the Washington Post reported that the metropolitan area has one of the fastest foreclosure rates in the nation with more than 15,000 homes affected during a one-year span ending in February.



Graham Award
Tom Graham Tom Graham

Many people often say they’re concerned about children, especially those in need, but that’s usually as far as it goes.

But then there are those who standout, like foster or adoptive parents, coaches and teachers who stay after school to mentor young minds and folks in the community who step in to set a wayward youth straight.


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