🎟️ Raffle Info (For Film Screening & Day of Book):
Tickets:
• $5 each
• 3 for $10
Prizes include:
• (4) $25 Strosniders Gift Cards
• $25 Potomac Sweets Gift Card
• $25 IHOP Gift Card
• 🎉 (4) Premium Nationals Tickets
• PNC Diamond Club (Nationals vs. Padres)
• All-Inclusive Food & Beverages
• Free Parking Pass
• 📅 Saturday, July 19 @ 6:45 PM
• (Total Value: ~$700)
• Raffle tickets for Nationals prize: $25 each or 3 for $50
📚 18th Annual Kensington Day of the Book Festival
A family-friendly street festival celebrating literature, art, music, and community!
📍 Howard Avenue (3 blocks), Historic Kensington
⏰ Rain or ShineEnjoy:
Meet-and-greets with authors, poets, and community groups
Live music on multiple stages
Special guest speakers & poetry readings
Cookbook demos, children’s programming & more!
Not your average book fest—now in its 18th year!
🎬 Film Screening & Community Discussion
Hosted by the Kensington Racial Justice Committee
📍 Sebrof Forbes Cultural Arts Center
3535 University Blvd W, Kensington, MD 20895Join us for a free screening of the award-winning film
“Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round” by Ilana Trachtman,
highlighting the civil rights protests against segregation at Glen Echo Amusement Park in Montgomery County, MD.🗣️ A community discussion will follow.
All are welcome, and special invitation is extended to anyone with personal stories or memories of the Glen Echo protests.
Third Annual Kensington Juneteenth Celebration
Kensington’s Juneteenth Celebration is a family friendly event with activities for all ages, will bring together a multiracial coalition of organizers, historians, living history performers and portrayals, civic and faith leaders, local and Black-owned businesses, musicians, and supporters to proudly mark Juneteenth.
Juneteenth Food Donation
Please better your community by supporting the Capital Area Food Bank and bringing foods to the First Baptist Church of Ken-Gar table at the Kensington Juneteenth Celebration or by dropping of resources at First Baptist Church of Ken-Gar, located at 3922 Hampden St, Kensington, MD 20895, on the following days:
2nd Wednesday of the month from 12-2pm
3rd Saturday of the month from 8am-12pm
And Sundays from 9am-1pm
If you have any questions, please contact FBC of Ken-Gar food pantry administrator, Mr. Conrad Payne at conyandliz@msn.com or (917) 364-1681.
Movie Night: Finding Fellowship
Finding Fellowship is a story of how three racially segregated churches in Montgomery County were able to come together in the middle of turbulent 1960s. Q&A with Director Jason Green following the viewing.