Friday, December 7, 2012
Looking for something exciting to do this weekend? Check out these happenings in and around Rockville.
Each week, Patch puts together a list of local activities and events going on in your area this weekend. Check back weekly and tell us in the comments if you know of any additional activities coming up. To submit an event in the Patch events calendar, click on “Events” at the top of the page and then click on the green "Add an event" button on the right side of the page. The Nutcracker Go Ape at Rock Creek Regional Park Miracle on 34th Street 17th Annual, Gaithersburg Winter Lights Festival Festival of Lights A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas Ukrainian Christmas Bazaar Christmas Bazaar Garden of Lights - Winter Walk-through Holiday Light Display Holly Trolleyfest
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Celebrate the Festival of Lights with these observances.
Hanukkah begins Saturday evening and ends Dec. 16. The "festival of lights" begins on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev and lasts for eight days, according to Chabad.org. Local events include: The national Menorah lighting takes place on Dec. 9. The national celebration of the beginning of Hanukkah features the United States Navy Band, children’s activities and the lighting of the National Menorah. The event is free, but reservations are required. The event begins at 4 p.m. 1600 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. Now through December 16, the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington is hosting its annual Holiday Boutique and Craft Show featuring jewelry, decorative glass, Judaic pieces, ceramic artwork and more. 6125 Montrose …
Monday, December 3, 2012
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!
Friday, November 30, 2012
An open house and tree lighting brought crowds to the shopping district on Thursday.
Ice skaters, carolers and Santa Claus rang in the holiday season at Rockville Town Square on Thursday evening as the shopping district in Rockville Town Center hosted an open house and holiday tree lighting ceremony. For more on holiday shopping in and around Rockville, be sure to check out our holiday shopping guides for Rockville and Montgomery County.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
From singing dogs to a philandering Santa Claus, these recordings came in last place in a recent survey.
Odds are there's at least one Christmas recording filling the airwaves each December which you absolutely, positively cannot stand. Maybe it's something about the vocalist. Maybe the song brings up less-than-cheerful memories. Maybe the carol itself is just plain awful. Whatever the reason, you're not alone. Edison Research, a marketing and polling firm, has published a list of least-liked holiday songs for 2012. To compile its rankings, the company polled a group of 200 women ages 30-49 "who said they liked or loved hearing Christmas music on the radio." (The sample may be somewhat unrepresentative of the broader population, but we're willing to bet a few of these recordings would show up on a great many "least favorite" lists.) Coming …
Monday, November 26, 2012
Several Rockville-area nonprofits are among the partners encouraging Americans to find a way to help others.
Will donating to charity ever be as popular as shopping during the holiday season? A partnership of nonprofits hopes so. Coming on the heels of Black Friday and Cyber Monday—days devoted to consumerism—Giving Tuesday, observed Nov. 27, hopes "to create a national day of giving at the start of the annual holiday season," according to the campaign's website. "It celebrates and encourages charitable activities that support nonprofit organizations." See the bottom of this page for links to Rockville-area nonprofits partnering in the effort, including: The effort includes the Twitter hashtag #GivingTuesday, designed to help spread the word. What do you think? Can a social media push get people giving more of their money and time to charities …
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!
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Monday, November 26, 2012
We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16 to deckthehouse.patch.com/contest/rockville. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists and, from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. So, what are you waiting for? Now’s the time …
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Are you gearing up to let your fingers do the walking on Cyber Monday?
Rockville residents who didn’t want to brave the crowds on Black Friday or Small Business Saturday still have one more big chance to save courtesy of Cyber Monday. Similar to the two other major shopping events, Cyber Monday differs in that consumers don’t have to leave the comfort of their own homes (or offices) to take advantage of some pretty big pre-holiday deals. All the bargains laid out for Cyber Monday are for online shoppers only. So how can you find the best deals online this Cyber Monday? While most major retailers that have an online presence aren’t tipping their hats on their online deals just yet, many have splash pages set up that they're inviting shoppers to bookmark in advance of the Nov. 26 shopping holiday. Here are just…
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Rockville business organizations encourage a "shop local" approach that benefits nonprofits.
Big name national retailers take the spotlight on Black Friday as their deep price cuts pull in shoppers in droves. What about those mom-and-pop businesses in and around Rockville that are the backbone of America’s economy? Just when do they get their day? That’s basically the question that was asked back in 2010 when the concept of Small Business Saturday was born. Small Business Saturday is “a day to celebrate and support small businesses and all they do for their communities,” the U.S. Small Business Administration explains on its website. American Express gets the credit for founding the shopping holiday, which got its official start on Nov. 27, 2010, according to the Small Business Saturday Facebook page. Celebrating its third year …
Thursday, November 22, 2012
For Black Friday and beyond, here's your guide to the shopping districts, the deals and the big dates for holiday shopping.
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett stood on East Montgomery Avenue in the heart of Rockville Town Center on Tuesday with the holiday shopping season on his mind. “I want to make sure everyone gets an opportunity to go out and shop in Montgomery County,” Leggett said at the close of a news conference to launch the county’s “Shop With a Cop” public safety initiative. “I’d add a little bit to the ‘Shop With a Cop,’” Leggett said. “I want you to shop ‘til you drop with a cop—in Montgomery County.” Today is Black Friday. If you’re looking to follow the county executive's advice and shop local this holiday season, be sure to check out Patch’s “Montgomery County Holiday Shopping Guide.” Get Rockville news in your inbox every morning. …
Jeff Hawkins
12:29 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
Thank you Theresa, good to "see" you also! The rink is indeed a beautiful thing and a great asset for the city and it's folks..... more ›