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Demonstration to Help City Consider Parking Lanes on Redland Boulevard
A demonstration project beginning in mid- September will temporarily repurpose the outside travel lanes of Redland Boulevard as full-time parking lanes, allowing Rockville to study whether to establish the parking lanes permanently. Signs, pavement markings and flexible posts delineating the parking lanes will be installed and remain in place through October. During that time, city…
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Speaker Series at Glenview Mansion: Lives Beyond the White House
Peerless Rockville and Glenview Mansion will present a free talk on the untold stories of Civil War-era residents in and around the District of Columbia. At 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, U.S. Park Ranger Bryan A. Cheeseboro will present “Outside of Lincoln’s White House: Civil War Era Men and Women of the District of Columbia,…
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Rockville to Open $1.5 Million Grant Program for Local Nonprofits
Local nonprofit organizations that partner with Rockville to provide community services and enrichment programs will soon be able to apply for a share of grant funding from the city. The Fiscal Year 2027 application period for the Community Services and Enrichment Grant Program will open Monday, Sept. 8. The deadline to apply is Friday, Oct.…
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Rain Ready: Sustainable Solutions for Rockville Residents
Join city staff and the Chesapeake Bay Trust from 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5 for the latest installment of Rockville’s Climate Solutions Speaker Series, which offers information about monetary incentives to help protect your home from flooding and beautify your yard. Attend in person at the Taft Center, at 6 Taft Court, or online. A…
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LED Lighting the Way
Rockville recently retrofitted 395 lights at Rockville Civic Center Park to energy-efficient LEDs, including at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre and 18 lights in the parking lot below Glenview Mansion. The improved lighting efficiency is anticipated to save roughly $8,000 in annual electricity costs at the theater. The project was funded in part by a…
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Operas, Ghosts and Goddess Power: September Performances at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre
The curtains open on mistaken identities, courtroom hijinks, supernatural thrills and divine strength this month as the newly renovated F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre brings an eclectic mix of performances to Rockville’s stage. A dedication to mark the renovations will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27. Tours of the theater will follow.
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‘Flights Of Fancy’ to Take Off at College Gardens Park
Baltimore-based artist Andy Dahl’s new mural, “Flights of Fancy,” at College Gardens Park picnic pavilion, will be formally dedicated at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16. Dahl is a painter, sculptor, filmmaker and public artist with a master’s in fine arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He balances his time between public art commissions,…
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Public to Pick: Artist Finalists to Present Designs for Memory Walk Art
Three artists will present proposals for the Memory Walk Park Public Art Project during a public meeting from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13 at Croydon Creek Nature Center, 852 Avery Road. Artists Vito di Bari, Dina Fisher and Craig Gray will share their designs, and Lincoln Park residents will be invited to vote for…
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Rockville to Remember 9/11 With Ceremony
The City of Rockville will mark the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and remember county residents who lost their lives with a ceremony at 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 11 at Courthouse Square Park, at the corner of East Jefferson Street and Maryland Avenue in Rockville’s downtown. The ceremony, which is free and open…
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Car Show Presents Wheels of Yesteryear in October
The Rockville Antique and Classic Car Show, a city tradition for more than six decades, rolls into Rockville Civic Center Park on Saturday, Oct. 18. The show is planned for 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the picturesque park at 603 Edmonston Drive. Home to the historic Glenview Mansion, the hills of Rockville Civic Center Park offer…