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View MoreChevy Chase hosts first Art All Night festival Sept. 12
Chevy Chase joins D.C.'s Art All Night festival for the first time Saturday, Sept. 12, with free arts programming along Connecticut Avenue, while Padel Social brings three lighted courts to Westbard Avenue.
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View MorePurple Line trains test tracks through Bethesda corridor
A Purple Line light rail vehicle is actively testing on tracks between the Lyttonsville facility and Bethesda Station, while underground cavern construction and a pedestrian detour near Elm Street continue to affect the area.
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View MoreBethesda family raises $11,000 after son's fatal birthday crash
Supporters have donated more than $11,000 to help the family of Inmar Nazareth Campos Rivera, a 20-year-old Bethesda resident who died in a motorcycle crash in Beltsville on Aug. 21, his birthday.
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View MoreBethesda Row Arts Festival brings 200 artists Sept. 12-13
Nearly 200 juried artists will turn Bethesda Row into a free outdoor gallery on Saturday, Sept. 12, and Sunday, Sept. 13, for the annual Bethesda Row Arts Festival, which draws more than 30,000 visitors.
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View MoreBethesda fills Labor Day weekend with free concert, 55th art show
Downtown Bethesda's free outdoor concert series features Soul Crackers on Friday, Sept. 4, while Glen Echo Park's 55th Annual Labor Day Art Show opens Saturday with work from more than 500 mid-Atlantic artists in the Spanish Ballroom.
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View MoreWonderland Books in Bethesda hosts two author signings in September
Downtown Bethesda's Wonderland Books welcomes authors Grace Viall and Dara Levan for separate events in September, including a Sept. 20 book signing for "Shaken to the Core."
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View MoreAndy's Pizza wins Best of D.C. pizza honors in Bethesda
Andy's Pizza, which has a Downtown Bethesda location, won Best Pizza in Washington City Paper's 2026 Best of D.C. readers' poll, adding to its Fast Casual Restaurant of the Year win at the 2026 RAMMY Awards.
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View MoreTrawick Prize exhibition opens Sept. 3 at Bethesda's Gallery B
Eight finalists compete for $14,000 in prizes at Gallery B in downtown Bethesda, with the free Trawick Prize exhibition running Sept. 3–27 and a public reception during the Bethesda Art Walk on Sept. 4.
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View MoreMacArthur Boulevard bikeway nears construction in Bethesda
Montgomery County's transportation department lists the MacArthur Boulevard Bikeway in Bethesda among projects nearing construction, part of a 20-project pipeline that would add nearly 18 miles of bike routes countywide.
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View MoreBethesda's free concert series returns Friday with Dogo du Togo
Downtown Bethesda's free Outdoor Concert Series kicks off its fall run Friday, Aug. 28, with D.C.-based Togolese band Dogo du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band at Norfolk and St. Elmo avenues.
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View MoreRound House Theatre launches 50th anniversary season with Wilson
Round House Theatre opens its 50th anniversary season Wednesday, Sept. 9, with "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" and plans 50 free community events, marking a half-century journey from classes under a tree to a $10 million regional powerhouse in Bethesda.
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View MoreBeth El holds third dog-friendly Shabbat in parking lot
Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County held its third annual Pups in the Parking Lot Shabbat on Aug. 14, drawing dog owners to an outdoor Friday night service in the synagogue's parking lot on Old Georgetown Road.
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