Two Red Line trains collided Monday afternoon, leaving nine people dead and 76 injured, The Baltimore Sun reported.
The crash occurred around 5:00 p.m. between the Takoma and Ft Totten stations, WMATA said in a press statement. The first train, which was headed towards Shady Grove, rear ended the second, which was stopped in front of it and waiting for the station platform at Ft Totten to clear, The Sun wrote. (more…)
Photo: Marion Barry hits the SilverDocs after-party. Credit: J. Deseo/SSP.
The SilverDocs film fest might be over, but tell that to Marion Barry.
The District’s ”mayor for life” made an appearance at the AFI Silver Theatre Saturday night for a screening of “The Nine Lives of Marion Barry”, a documentary on high times and low lights at City Hall. (more…)
Image: Do it. Courtesy of Buy Local Silver Spring.
Now that SilverDocs is in the can, Penguin staffers can focus on the next task at hand: the upcoming Buy Local Silver Spring block party. (more…)
Photo: From "Bronx Princess" (2008). Courtesy of SilverDocs.
The United States is populated with hyphenated people — Asian-American, African-American, Muslim-American, blah blah blah. The suffix identifies what we are: citizens (or at least residents) of this country. The prefix identifies who we are, the culture with which we most closely relate. (more…)
Photo: A free gig in May. Credit: R. Pace/SSP.
A ratty wall calendar hanging in the Penguin newsroom tells me its mid June. And that means it’s free concert season on Ellsworth Drive!
Ah, the thick beats and luscious grooves. The chill setting in which hippies, yuppies and emos all speak the universal language of music. (more…)
Image: Whoa! Construction on Silver Spring's civic center looks cool! Courtesy of Montgomery County department of general services.
Construction of Silver Spring’s civic center is cooking with oil, one county official declared Wednesday. But a local committee wants to know when the plaza next door will be open to the public. (more…)
Read The Penguin's coverage of a mass-transit project that might roll through downtown Silver Spring.
What the hell are they building now? Learn more from The Penguin's development coverage.
Boxed wines and rosés are back in vogue. Just ask The Penguin's sommeliers.
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