If you want to learn some magic tricks or play a gag on someone, Barry's Magic Shop has all of the items in stock that you'll need, including instructional books and DVDs along with ropes, balloons coins, cups, trick cards and, of course, wands. If you want to entertain a crowd, book a 50-minute performance in the storefront or location of your choice and the magicians will bewilder your guests with hocus-pocus, including tricks, doves, levitation, Mike the wonder dog and plenty of audience participation. If you can't make it to the store, visit the website, where owners Barry and Susan Taylor have posted magic secrets, but you'll miss the store entrance that's lined with hundreds of magic show posters.
American Art Make-a-Frame offers frames for every wall to make a perfect statement and enhance yor images. The store gives you the choice of framing your artwork yourself or letting a professional do the job. The more difficult decision is selecting the frame that fits your image, since frames come in a variety of shapes and sizes: wide profile, box profile, classic, reverse, wedge, narrow and canvas styles. And those are just some of the options.
Doing the framing yourself saves 20 to 80 percent in labor charges. The services include a wide assortment of moulding, dry mounting, shadow boxes, museum quality framing and expert assistance. Ultimately, the price you pay for a frame is the price you choose.
The Trenches is a multimedia game lounge located in Rockville. The lounge offers video gaming, arcade entertainment and sports programming to customers in Montgomery County. You'll find an array of video games complete with networked game consoles, arcade games, sports programming on big screen TVs, air hockey and billiards. The facilities are available for private events.
Andy Kushner Entertainment is a talent agency that specializes in weddings, social and corporate events with tailored designed performances.
Kushner represents Sound Connection, Marquise, SoundNation, and the VIPs. He also has a roster of DJs and dancers to make any show unforgettable.
This success has resulted in Kushner being highly rated by Washington Bride and Groom, Brides Magazine and Modern Bride.
Kushner offices are located in Jefferson Plaza, an office condo next to the Montgomery County College administration building.
Strathmore presents a lively and diverse program of art exhibitions, concerts and performing arts programs, as well as literary lectures and events. Artistic offerings presented in the Music Center include world-class performances by major national folk, blues, pop, jazz and classical music artists.
Strathmore is home to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Strathmore, National Philharmonic, Washington Performing Arts Society, Levine School of Music, CityDance Ensemble, Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras and interPLAY; see the Strathmore website for schedule information. The Prelude Cafe is open for breakfast, lunch, afternoon snacks and pre-concert meals. The Strathmore Tea Room is open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Strathmore is accessible from the Grosvenor/Strathmore Metro stop and via car, with a parking structure across the street.
Croydon Creek Nature Center is located in Rockville Civic Center Park. It offers a series of exhibits and programs meant to promote and appreciate natural resources.
McCusker and Barrick Music provides music for weddings, special and corporate events. It can be a single instrument playing in the background or a full dance orchestra blasting into the wee hours of the morning. The music themes include Dixieland, Italian, Irish, Bluegrass, Jewish, German and Reggae. In fact, MBM has provided music for every Presidential Inaugural Ball since John Kennedy took the oath of office in 1961.
The Art Warehouse is located on Nebel St. It is operated by the Kurtz Corp., which is owned by Anthony Kurtz, who has been in the art and framing business since 1977. The Art Warehouse offers consumers a variety of framing choices, including a variety of wood grains. It offers framing styles such as filets, v-grooves, shadow boxes and reverse bevels. Kurtz' staff is knowledgeable about art preservation and can assist customers in finding solutions to showcasing their pictures and artwork.
In addition to framing, the Kurtz Corp. runs two related businesses from its facility on Nebel St.: art installation and art shipping.
Color Me Mine is an arts and crafts and ceramics studio with a location based in Rockville. Color Me Mine is a paint-your-own ceramics company where kids, teens and families can come and create all types of designs and ceramics for fun. The store has over 150 different items to choose from, including statuettes of pets, animals, plates, bowls, glasses and many other types. After painting and designing ceramics, the professional staff will glaze and fire it for pick up in about a week. Check the main Web site for examples of what glazed and fired ceramics will look like, or for a schedule of events at the shop.
Capital City Communications (CCC) produces award-winning programming for national and regional television, as well as for associations, corporations, private use and educational institutions.
Specializing in subjects relating to education, energy, history, industry, the environment and transportation, CCC persuades, excites, informs, educates and documents on film and video.
Business history and family history videos on DVD produced by CCC preserve your history for this and future generations.
CCC writes, produces, directs, off-line edits and shoots mini-DV in-house and has assembled a team of exceptional contractors that work with the company to provide full service to clients.
Completed projects include Maryland Public Television's, "Outdoors Maryland," "Maryland: A State of Mind," "Arise," funded by the National Science, "Variations," funded by the National Science Foundation and "Democracy in America," funded by the Annenberg Foundation.