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Join Chabad of Silver Spring March 15 for "Celebrate the Jewish Woman," a morning of special activities culminating in a luncheon featuring keynote speaker Molly Resnick, who will then share her incredible journey, which she likes to call "From Showbiz to Shabbat."

Registration for the program begins at 10 a.m. March 15, after which participants will learn dozens of tips useful to any woman, from skincare to makeup to natural solutions to closet organizing to challah braiding and more.

The event will be held at the Silver Spring Hilton, 8727 Colesville Road in Silver Spring. For more information or to register online visit www.chabadsilverspring.com or call 301-593-1117.

Workshop helps girls

stand their ground

The pressure on girls to meet expectations has produced harmful consequences – from low self-esteem and body issues to damaging interactions between boys and girls.

Come to "Step Up and Stand Your Ground," a free one-day workshop that will provide interactive opportunities for girls, boys, parents and community members to define their voice and identify next steps toward change.

The workshop is for ages 8 and older, parents and community members and will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 7 at Montgomery College's Takoma Park campus at 7600 Takoma Ave. Free parking is available across the street.

The workshop is sponsored by Community Bridges, a nonprofit organization based at 620 Pershing Drive in Silver Spring. For more information, call 301-585-7155 or visit www.communitybridges-md.org.

Calling all artists, designers and creative types

Buy Local Silver Spring is sponsoring a T-shirt design competition to create an image for the campaign's make-your-own T-shirt event in March. The winning design will be unveiled at the event, "Made in Silver Spring," from 1 to 3 p.m. March 7 at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center at 8230 Georgia Ave. in Silver Spring. The Buy Local campaign will display an image of the winning design on its Web site,

www.buylocalsilverspring.com.

To submit your design for consideration, please follow these instructions:

Use only one color on a white background.

Incorporate the phrase "Buy Local Silver Spring" or some other variation on the phrase (such as "I buy local in Silver Spring") into the design.

Limit the size of the whole design, including words or text, to an area 11 inches tall and 8.5 inches wide. This will ensure that the design fits on child-size shirts as well as adult-size shirts.

Submit your design as a PDF or an EPS file via e-mail to eadelman@

ledcdc.org no later than Feb. 25.

There is no resolution requirement. In your e-mail, please include your name, address and phone number, an explanation of your design concept in 250 words or fewer and your association with Silver Spring (live here, work here, grew up here, go to school here, patronize a favorite business here, etc.)

All artists who submit a design will receive a coupon for 30 percent off at Plaza Artist Materials. The winning artist will receive a $50 gift certificate to Michael A. Hairston Fine Art & Custom Framing and a $50 gift card to Plaza Artist Materials, both located in downtown Silver Spring.

At the March 7 "Made In Silver Spring" event, for $5 attendees can make their own T-shirt with the winning design. New black and white solid T-shirts will also be available for sale, but we encourage you to bring your own.

If you have questions please e-mail Emily Adelman at eadelman@ledcdc.org or call 240-777-4951.

Local author release book, hosts workshops

Silver Spring resident Mary Amato's eighth children's book, "Take the Mummy and Run: The Riot Brothers are on a Roll," has just been released. Amato will be doing a workshop for children noon Saturday at the Barnes & Noble at 4801 Bethesda Ave. in Bethesda. She will also be hosting a workshop for adults March 28 at the Johns Hopkins University Writing for Young Readers Seminar in Baltimore. See www.maryamato.com for more information.

Bugged gardeners can look

to Takoma Park presentation

"Bugs: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," a presentation from Ellery Krause of the University of Maryland about the types of pests that drive gardeners crazy, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. today. The event is sponsored by the Takoma Horticultural Club and held at the Takoma Park Community Center's Azalea Room, 7500 Maple Ave. in Takoma Park.

Check the club's Web site, www.takomahort.org, for details. Parking is available behind the Takoma Park Library/Community Center and can be accessed from Philadelphia Avenue. For more information call 301-891-7100 or 301-891-7290.

Library talk on losing a child

Author and illustrator Lulu Delacre of Silver Spring will discuss the experience of losing a child at 7 p.m. today at the Rockville Library, 21 Maryland Ave. in Rockville, when she presents her book "Alicia Afterimage." Delacre's daughter Alicia Betancourt, a student at James Hubert Blake High School in Silver Spring died September 2004 in a car crash.

The fictional book for teens and adults tells a tale of loss and recovery designed to comfort those who have lost a loved one.

To request ADA program accommodations, call the Rockville Library at least five work days in advance at 240-777-0140. 

Takoma Park photography contest looking for submissions

Polish your lenses and set your cameras to "fun" for the upcoming Takoma Park Photography Festival, which will be held March 21 at the Takoma Park Community Center at 7500 Maple Ave.

This year's festival will focus on photographs capturing the essence of Takoma Park's historic position as a border community between multiple neighboring communities. The event, titled "Shadowplay," will be the first of several projected photography events celebrated by the Takoma Park Arts and Humanities Commission.

The event will be curated by Washington Times staff photographer Allison Shelley, and will accept entries from local, national and international photographers submitted before Sunday's deadline.

For more information, e-mail the organizers at TKPKshadowplay@gmail.com or visit the city's Web site at www.takoma

parkmd.gov/documents/shadow

play.pdf.

Magazine to offer garden tour at Philadelphia Flower Show

Want to get a taste of Italy without leaving the east coast? The Washington Gardener Magazine will send a bus to the Philadelphia Flower Show from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. March 4, and seats are filling up fast for this year's Bella Italia-themed event.

Food, entertainment and a convenient schedule have all been taken care of by the magazine. For tour prices and additional information, please visit the tour group's Web site, www.chevalsgardentours.com/ or e-mail GardenTours@gmail.com.

Send Silver Spring news to Staff Writer Jason Tomassini and Takoma Park news to Staff Writer Jeremy Arias at The Gazette, 13501 Virginia Manor Road, Laurel, MD 20707. The fax line is 240-473-7501. Tomassini can be reached at 240-473-7559 or jtomassini@gazette.net; Arias can be reached at 240-473-7564 or jarias@gazette.net.