As it turned out, The Penguin’s team-building retreat didn’t go as planned. Crappy weather forced all activities indoors, including the beloved S’more-fest. And annealing enough marshmallows, chocolate and Graham crackers to feed a hungry newsroom did serious damage to our communal microwave oven.
So, while the guys in the mailroom clean up the mess of one too many marshmallow blowouts, please partake in what Silver Spring has to offer:
Monday
2:00 p.m. The county council’s planning, housing and economic development committee discusses two zoning changes: one allows The Fillmore music hall to fulfill public-use space requirements for an adjacent project; the other gives its developer up to 15 years to plan the adjacent project. This free event takes place at the county council office building (100 Maryland Ave, Rockville) and is open to the public.
7:00 p.m. The Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music holds a performance at the Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center (8230 Georgia Ave). Tickets are $6 each.
Tuesday
7:00 p.m. The Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music holds a performance at the Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center (8230 Georgia Ave). Tickets are $6 each.
Photo courtesy of Flickr user Robyn Gallagher.
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