The Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. is pleased to announce its Plaza Evening Arts & Entertainment Series (April to June 2011). All performances are held on Silver Spring's Veterans Plaza at the Silver Spring Civic Building (corner Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street). Performances are 7 to 9 pm.
April 7 Groove Jet
April 14 Experimental Film by Pyramid Atlantic*
April 21 Cloud 9
April 28 The Thursday Night Music Club
May 5....2nd Story Band
May 12...Dual Rhythm
May 19...A Washington Revels Production*
May 26...Snake Head Run
June 2...Greater U Street Jazz Collective
June 9...The Capital Accord Chorus AND Mary Amato and Bill Williams
June 16..A Washington Revels Production*
June 23...Midnight Sun
June 30...Jazz Stimulus Project
for more information, email silverspringjams@gmail.com
*All performances produced by Silver Spring Town Center, excluding Washington Revels and Pyramid Atlantic
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The Thursday Night Music Club plays Veterans Plaza, April 28, 2011 from 7 to 9 pm
Join us, this Thursday, April 28, for another exciting arts & entertainment "Plaza Evening" on Veterans Plaza at the Silver Spring Civic Building.
This week’s program features “The Thursday Night Music Club,” a local band that plays a wide range of jazz standards and original compositions. “The Thursday Night Music Club” is Don Berkemeyer (bass), Garrett Green (piano), and Mark Frawley (trumpet)
When: Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 7 pm.
Where: Silver Spring Veteran Plaza
For more information about this series, email silverspringjams@gmail.com
This week’s program features “The Thursday Night Music Club,” a local band that plays a wide range of jazz standards and original compositions. “The Thursday Night Music Club” is Don Berkemeyer (bass), Garrett Green (piano), and Mark Frawley (trumpet)
When: Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 7 pm.
Where: Silver Spring Veteran Plaza
For more information about this series, email silverspringjams@gmail.com
Groove Jet plays Silver Spring's Veterans Plaza
The jazz band, Groove Jet, opened the arts & entertainment series of the Silver Spring Regional Center. "Groove Jet" is Don Berkemeyer (bass), Garrett Green (piano) Mark Frawley (trumpet), Greg Brown (drums) and Bruce Krohmer (sax).
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
SSTCi Presents "Cloud 9" on Silver Spring's Veterans Plaza, Thursday, April 21, 2011, 7-9
We're pleased to announce that Cloud 9 will perform on Silver Spring's Veterans Plaza on Thursday, April 21st, 7-9 pm. as part of the Plaza Evenings series. This is an SSTCi production!
"From the ever growing urban setting of the DMV (Laurel, Maryland to be more specific) comes a new iconic band, Cloud 9. Cloud 9 is a group that embodies positive change and advocates artistic integrity. Opposing the negative impact of commercial music in today's world, Cloud 9 ironically brings a fresh down to earth sound. Their music can hardly be classified, as they merge different genres to create music that appeals to the masses. The group started in April 2009 as 4 teens trying to win their high school talent show, and has now evolved into a 6 member super group.
On the roster they have:
Michael "TK" Akinlosotu - Lead Vocals
Adam Dunbar - Electric Guitar
Jason Zamora - Piano and Synth
Jonathan Livas - Drums
Timm Cruz - Bass Guitar
Jordan McRae - Saxophone
Cloud 9 is fresh out of the box and ready to make an impact on the industry and the world as we know it. They are now working on their upcoming project "Shades of Sound" which features artists such as Marky Plater, an artist signed to Universal Motown Records. Join the Movement.
Instrumentation
TK - Vocals.
Jason (Sensei) - Key Boards
Jonathan (Sugafootz) - Drums
Adam - Lead Guitar
Timm - Bass Guitar
Discography
Theory of Destiny
Thoughts on paper ft. Marky Plater
Deeper than love
Ground Zero
Lights Out
Links
http://cloud9.bandcamp.com
"From the ever growing urban setting of the DMV (Laurel, Maryland to be more specific) comes a new iconic band, Cloud 9. Cloud 9 is a group that embodies positive change and advocates artistic integrity. Opposing the negative impact of commercial music in today's world, Cloud 9 ironically brings a fresh down to earth sound. Their music can hardly be classified, as they merge different genres to create music that appeals to the masses. The group started in April 2009 as 4 teens trying to win their high school talent show, and has now evolved into a 6 member super group.
On the roster they have:
Michael "TK" Akinlosotu - Lead Vocals
Adam Dunbar - Electric Guitar
Jason Zamora - Piano and Synth
Jonathan Livas - Drums
Timm Cruz - Bass Guitar
Jordan McRae - Saxophone
Cloud 9 is fresh out of the box and ready to make an impact on the industry and the world as we know it. They are now working on their upcoming project "Shades of Sound" which features artists such as Marky Plater, an artist signed to Universal Motown Records. Join the Movement.
Instrumentation
TK - Vocals.
Jason (Sensei) - Key Boards
Jonathan (Sugafootz) - Drums
Adam - Lead Guitar
Timm - Bass Guitar
Discography
Theory of Destiny
Thoughts on paper ft. Marky Plater
Deeper than love
Ground Zero
Lights Out
Links
http://cloud9.bandcamp.com
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Follow Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. on Twitter!
You can now follow the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. on Twitter.
The web address is http://twitter.com/sstowncenter
Check it out for the latest in SSTCi programs and information about what's happening in Silver Spring.
Message us @SSTownCenter
The web address is http://twitter.com/sstowncenter
Check it out for the latest in SSTCi programs and information about what's happening in Silver Spring.
Message us @SSTownCenter
Groove Jet Plays Veterans Plaza
Many thanks to SSTCi Board Member Don Berkemeyer for stepping up with his band to kick off our support for the Regional Center's FIRST arts & entertainment "Plaza Evenings."
With an enthusiastic crowd, great weather, and dancers, Groove Jet was groovin'.
We owe a lot to Don, Garrett Green (piano) Mark Frawley (trumpet), Greg Brown (drums) and Bruce Krohmer (sax), who happens to be the Director of the Takoma Park Jazz Festival.
Next up, next Thursday, a program by Pyramid Atlantic. On April 24, there will be another SSTCi supported performance.
By the way, if you have suggestions for performers, please ask them to email silverspringjams@gmail.com with their contact information, type of performance, and website site info, if possible.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Silver Spring Jazz Group "Groove Jet" Performs - Silver Spring Veterans Plaza - Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 7 pm
Join us, this Thursday, for the first of many wonderful arts & entertainment "Plaza Evenings" on Veterans Plaza at the Silver Spring Civic Building.
Up first is "Groove Jet, " a contemporary, Latin feel, funky jazz quintet, based in Silver Spring.
"Groove Jet" is Don Berkemeyer (bass), Garrett Green (piano) Mark Frawley (trumpet), Greg Brown (drums)and Bruce Krohmer (sax).
Groove Jet covers everything from Miles and Herbie to Jobim. People have been known to dance!
When: Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 7 pm.
Where: Silver Spring Veteran Plaza
The Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. is proud to support the Silver Spring Regional Center's Plaza Evening program.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Vending opportunities at the 2011 Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring.
Here's some information about vending opportunities at the 2011 Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring.
This year’s Festival will be held on Saturday, June 18, 2011 from 2 pm until 8 pm. Information about the Silver Spring Blues Festival is included in this message.
Weather permitting, we expect that more than 5000 festival-goers will attend, along with Downtown Silver Spring’s many frequent and regular patrons
Vendor spots are available along Ellsworth Drive on a first-come, first served basis.
The fee for vendor space (from 2-8 pm) is $100.00, payable in advance, by money order, to the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.
If you’re interested in vending opportunities at the Silver Spring Blues Festival, please reply to the following address, silverspringtowncenter@gmail.com with a your name, contact information, and description of the product(s) you’d like to sell. We need to check with the local management company to ensure that there’s no competition with a local store).
Thank you again for your interest in the Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring
The Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.
silverspringtowncenter@gmail.com
PS. Silver Spring’s Fenton Street Market will also be in operation on Saturday, June 18, 2011. Check out http://www.fentonstreetmarket.com/ for more information about this exciting selling opportunity on Festival Day. Special pricing arrangements available for vendors vendors who want to exhibit at both events!
About the Silver Spring Blues Festival
The Silver Spring Blues Festival, which takes place in Downtown Silver Spring on Ellsworth Drive, attracts thousands of concertgoers from throughout the DC metropolitan area.
The inaugural Silver Spring Blues Festival in 2009 was produced by the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc., in partnership with the DC Blues Society, Montgomery College, PFA Silver Spring LLC, Three Keys Music, the Silver Spring Regional Services Center, the Silver Spring Penguin and the Silver Spring Voice.
The 2009 festival featured international bluesman "Memphis Gold" and his band, which included legendary harmonica player Charlie Sayles and popular vocalist Black Betty. Also performing were: Three Chords and the Truth, a youth blues group; Silver Spring guitarist Jonny Grave; the DC Blues Society Band; and the Capital Blues Ensemble. WPFW radio personality Ida Campbell was the festival emcee.
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett attended the 2009 Silver Spring Blues Festival as did Montgomery County Councilmembers Valerie Ervin, Marc Elrich, George Leventhal, and Maryland State Delegate Tom Hucker.
Youth participation has been integral to the Blues Festival performances and festival activities. We have included youth oriented performances, crafts activities led by Pyramid Atlantic, along musical petting zoos organized by the DC Blues Society and Dale Music.
Pictures of the 2009 Silver Spring Blues Festival are located on flickr.com at http://www.flickr.com/groups/1074867@N24/
Last year’s 2010 Silver Spring Blues Festival featured “The Nighthawks” as the headliners, and also included performances by Mary Shavers and the Smokin Polecats, Andy Paxon, Darryl Davis, Jonny Grave, and Choo Choo Charlie. For the 2010 Festival, the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. received the generous support of the DC Blues Society, RCN, Southern Management, Lee Development Group, PFA Silver Spring LLC, Silver Spring Voice, Dale Music and the Silver Spring Regional Services Center.
Pictures of the 2010 Silver Spring Blues Festival are located at http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanbowser/sets/72157624119281866/
About Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.
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The Silver Spring Town Center Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that has been established to provide community-based programming for the new Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans Plaza located at the corner of Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street in downtown Silver Spring.
The SSTCI is the result of a long process of community involvement and engagement to support the development of downtown Silver Spring. It was created to infuse community spirit and involvement in the new Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans Plaza. Our website is www.silverspringtowncenter.com
Our blog is located at http://silverspringtowncenter.blogspot.com/
Our Facebook page is located at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8305814081
This year’s Festival will be held on Saturday, June 18, 2011 from 2 pm until 8 pm. Information about the Silver Spring Blues Festival is included in this message.
Weather permitting, we expect that more than 5000 festival-goers will attend, along with Downtown Silver Spring’s many frequent and regular patrons
Vendor spots are available along Ellsworth Drive on a first-come, first served basis.
The fee for vendor space (from 2-8 pm) is $100.00, payable in advance, by money order, to the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.
If you’re interested in vending opportunities at the Silver Spring Blues Festival, please reply to the following address, silverspringtowncenter@gmail.com with a your name, contact information, and description of the product(s) you’d like to sell. We need to check with the local management company to ensure that there’s no competition with a local store).
Thank you again for your interest in the Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring
The Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.
silverspringtowncenter@gmail.com
PS. Silver Spring’s Fenton Street Market will also be in operation on Saturday, June 18, 2011. Check out http://www.fentonstreetmarket.com/ for more information about this exciting selling opportunity on Festival Day. Special pricing arrangements available for vendors vendors who want to exhibit at both events!
About the Silver Spring Blues Festival
The Silver Spring Blues Festival, which takes place in Downtown Silver Spring on Ellsworth Drive, attracts thousands of concertgoers from throughout the DC metropolitan area.
The inaugural Silver Spring Blues Festival in 2009 was produced by the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc., in partnership with the DC Blues Society, Montgomery College, PFA Silver Spring LLC, Three Keys Music, the Silver Spring Regional Services Center, the Silver Spring Penguin and the Silver Spring Voice.
The 2009 festival featured international bluesman "Memphis Gold" and his band, which included legendary harmonica player Charlie Sayles and popular vocalist Black Betty. Also performing were: Three Chords and the Truth, a youth blues group; Silver Spring guitarist Jonny Grave; the DC Blues Society Band; and the Capital Blues Ensemble. WPFW radio personality Ida Campbell was the festival emcee.
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett attended the 2009 Silver Spring Blues Festival as did Montgomery County Councilmembers Valerie Ervin, Marc Elrich, George Leventhal, and Maryland State Delegate Tom Hucker.
Youth participation has been integral to the Blues Festival performances and festival activities. We have included youth oriented performances, crafts activities led by Pyramid Atlantic, along musical petting zoos organized by the DC Blues Society and Dale Music.
Pictures of the 2009 Silver Spring Blues Festival are located on flickr.com at http://www.flickr.com/groups/1074867@N24/
Last year’s 2010 Silver Spring Blues Festival featured “The Nighthawks” as the headliners, and also included performances by Mary Shavers and the Smokin Polecats, Andy Paxon, Darryl Davis, Jonny Grave, and Choo Choo Charlie. For the 2010 Festival, the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. received the generous support of the DC Blues Society, RCN, Southern Management, Lee Development Group, PFA Silver Spring LLC, Silver Spring Voice, Dale Music and the Silver Spring Regional Services Center.
Pictures of the 2010 Silver Spring Blues Festival are located at http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanbowser/sets/72157624119281866/
About Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
The Silver Spring Town Center Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that has been established to provide community-based programming for the new Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans Plaza located at the corner of Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street in downtown Silver Spring.
The SSTCI is the result of a long process of community involvement and engagement to support the development of downtown Silver Spring. It was created to infuse community spirit and involvement in the new Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans Plaza. Our website is www.silverspringtowncenter.com
Our blog is located at http://silverspringtowncenter.blogspot.com/
Our Facebook page is located at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8305814081
ISO blues, jazz, folk performers to play Silver Spring!
We’re looking for exciting blues, jazz and folk artists who would perform for free in public venues in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland.
We’re looking for individuals and groups who would like to play for diverse audiences at 1/ our local crafts market on Saturday mornings, 2/ our Sunday afternoon blues, jazz and folk jams and 3/ on Thursdays evenings on our Veterans Plaza.
If interested, please send your contact information, some info on your music and/or group, website (if any) and your interest in the Saturday morning market, the Sunday afternoon jams, or Thursday evening concerts.
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We’re trying to put together a dynamic April to October program of excellent music for the public.
At this point, we need volunteer musicians.
Our goal is to raise money to pay performers, but that’s not going to happen right away.
So, if you want to play in Silver Spring, please email silverspringjams@gmail.com
We’ll get back to you soon.
Thanks
Silver Spring Jams!
We’re looking for individuals and groups who would like to play for diverse audiences at 1/ our local crafts market on Saturday mornings, 2/ our Sunday afternoon blues, jazz and folk jams and 3/ on Thursdays evenings on our Veterans Plaza.
If interested, please send your contact information, some info on your music and/or group, website (if any) and your interest in the Saturday morning market, the Sunday afternoon jams, or Thursday evening concerts.
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
We’re trying to put together a dynamic April to October program of excellent music for the public.
At this point, we need volunteer musicians.
Our goal is to raise money to pay performers, but that’s not going to happen right away.
So, if you want to play in Silver Spring, please email silverspringjams@gmail.com
We’ll get back to you soon.
Thanks
Silver Spring Jams!
Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. Elects New Officers
At its recent meeting, the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. elected its officers for 2010-2011: Alan Bowser, President; Sheryl Brissett-Chapman, Vice President; Mary Ann Zimmerman, Secretary; and David Fogel, Treasurer.
The Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. is a 501(c)3 community-based non-profit that was established to provide exciting arts, entertainment and educational programming for the Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans Plaza.
The other members of the SSTCi Board are: Donald Berkemeyer, Jr., Jose Dominguez, Jack Hewitt, Graciela Jaschek, Mark Kozaki, Jon Lourie, Aurelia Martin, Harriet Weil and Wanda Whiteside.
The Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. is a 501(c)3 community-based non-profit that was established to provide exciting arts, entertainment and educational programming for the Silver Spring Civic Building and Veterans Plaza.
The other members of the SSTCi Board are: Donald Berkemeyer, Jr., Jose Dominguez, Jack Hewitt, Graciela Jaschek, Mark Kozaki, Jon Lourie, Aurelia Martin, Harriet Weil and Wanda Whiteside.
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