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Category: Culture and Recreation

Rockville’s Lunar New Year Celebration is Feb. 1

Celebrate Rockville’s Asian cultures at the city’s Lunar New Year celebration. The annual celebration will be held from 3-5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, at Rockville High School, 2100 Baltimore Road. Multicultural performances will be presented from 3:30-4:45 p.m. The celebration will also include interactive displays, crafts for kids and

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Rockville and Region Places 9th in Arts Vibrancy Rankings

The Frederick-Rockville-Gaithersburg region has come in ninth out of 20 large communities ranked as the most arts-vibrant nationwide. SMU DataArts, the National Center for Arts Research, released its ninth Arts Vibrancy Index in December, which identifies the 40 most arts-vibrant communities in the United States. “Rockville, along with its neighbors

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As Pretty as a Pitcher

Rockville’s always-busy parks crews have been hard at work across the city, but also in Dogwood Park, at 800 Monroe St., where they recently restored the park’s centerpiece statue of Walter “Big Train” Johnson, one of the most accomplished baseball pitchers of all time. The statue, created by Nickelsville, Virginia-based

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Strokes of Excellence

Congratulations to the Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club, a joint program between the Rockville and Montgomery County recreation departments, for being named by USA Swimming the No. 9 swim team in the United States for 2024 out of 2,800 registered clubs. RMSC was also recognized as a Gold Medal Club by USA

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Neighborhood Celebrated with New Public Artwork

Thanks to D.C.-based artist Rose Jaffe, a vibrant mural now adorns the playground-facing wall of the Lincoln Park Community Center at 357 Frederick Ave.  The mural features residents of all ages dancing, playing and moving together, alongside Maryland and Lincoln Park history, and welcoming words in multiple languages.  Funded by

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Making the New Pool’s Future More…Concrete

Work is continuing on a comprehensive renovation and reconfiguration of the Rockville Swim and Fitness Center’s outdoor recreation pool. Improvements are being made to accessibility, amenities will be modernized, and infrastructure will provide new recreational features and pools for swimmers of all ages and abilities.  Last month, concrete was poured

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Glenview-Peerless Speaker Series Presents ‘Indigenous D.C.’ 

A virtual presentation exploring indigenous people in the nation’s capital is December’s offering from the Glenview Mansion and Peerless Rockville Speaker Series.  “Indigenous D.C.” will be held via Zoom at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. Elizabeth Rule, an assistant professor of critical race, gender and culture studies at American University,

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