What To Do In Silver Spring This Weekend Feb. 17-20

SILVER SPRING, MD — Looking for weekend plans? Check out all the events going on right outside your door in Silver Spring throughout this long weekend.

The Revelators Tour

Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. at The Fillmore Silver Spring, 8656 Colesville Rd.

Check out folk and hip hop musicians Josh Garrels and John Mark McMillan. This is a general admission, sanding room only event. Garrels songs "wrestle with and celebrate the mystery of faith with authenticity and heart," while McMillan has an "ear for melody and a poet's eye for metaphor."

Love Thy Beer: Winter Warmer Showcase

6-10 p.m. Friday at the Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza

Join the Brewers Association of Maryland at Love Thy Beer, the signature event of FeBREWary, Maryland Craft Beer Lover’s Month. In the true spirit of FeBREWary, this is your opportunity to chat with brewers and owners of local breweries in an intimate setting over seasonal ales. Enjoy some of our best local brews along with fare provided by Mission BBQ and live blues music.

Silver Spring Black History Tour

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Gwendolyn E. Coffield Community Center, 2450 Lyttonsville Rd.

Join Montgomery County Recreation for a presentation on the compelling African American history in Silver Spring. This free presentation goes into detail about Silver Spring's historic landscape as it transitioned from Jim Crow segregation into the multicultural community it has become.

ACT-So Poetry Read-In & Silent Auction

2:45-6 p.m. Saturday at Randolph Road Theatre, 4010 Randolph Rd.

Join ACT-SO (Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, Scientific Olympics) for a family-friendly afternoon of poetry to celebrate Black History Month. The event will feature original poems by Montgomery County students, poems by black poets read and recited by community members and an ACT-SO Silent Auction.

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