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"Crossing Borders," a program featuring American and Salvadoran youth that produced four short documentaries in Suchitoto, El Salvador, will be screened 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Cafritz Art Building, 930 King St. in Silver Spring on Montgomery College's Takoma Park campus. The event is RSVP only; first come, first served. For more information, contact heather@gandhi

brigade.org or call 301-588-1399.

New music series

to jazz up Silver Spring

"Jazz on the Avenue," a weekly jazz program in Silver Spring, will begin with a performance from 7 to 9 p.m. today of the Greater U Street Jazz Collective. The series will be held at El Golfo Restaurant, 8739 Flower Ave. in Silver Spring. The event will have a $5 cover charge. There is free parking around the restaurant.

New affordable housing for low-income seniors open

Over the past year, a 30-year-old, 181-unit apartment community in Silver Spring has been transformed to provide modern living spaces for low-income seniors in Montgomery County. Victory Housing, the Archdiocese of Washington's affordable-housing agency, purchased Victory Forest in August 2008. Victory Forest's renaissance was accomplished by a $6.1 million renovation that included replacement of many of the seven-story building's major operating systems as well as significant updating of the units and common areas.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Oct. 26 at Victory Forest, located at 10000 Brunswick Ave. in Silver Spring.

Public-private funding for Victory Forest included the following: $2.7 million in tax-exempt bonds issued by the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County and purchased by Bank of America; $3.5 million in Federal Low-Income Tax Credits syndicated by Hudson Housing Capital and purchased by SunTrust Bank; and a $6.9-million loan from Montgomery County.

Victory Housing operates 23 affordable communities with more than 1,500 rental units for seniors and families in Washington, D.C., and suburban Maryland. For more information, visit www.victoryhousing.org or www.victoryforest.org.

Federal judge to speak at Montgomery College

Judge Jane R. Roth of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit will address students and interested community members beginning at 11 a.m. today in the Performing Arts Center of Montgomery College's Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus, 7995 Georgia Ave. in Silver Spring. Roth will talk about peace, justice and interactions with the law during the presentation, which is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Francine Jamin, director of the Paul Peck Institute for American Culture and Civic Engagement, at 240-567-1385 or by e-mail at francine.

jamin@montgomerycollege.edu.

Photo exhibit and walking tour at Silver Spring B&O station

The Silver Spring B&O Railroad Station, 8100 Georgia Ave., will host an open house and reception from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, and photographs taken of the station from 1945 through 1987 will be on display in a new exhibit.

The photographer, former B&O operator Robert B. Davis, began photographing the station at the age of 16 to compile the artwork that will be on display in the exhibit. Davis was also featured in a PBS documentary, "Last Stop Silver Spring," which will air again in November.

In addition to the exhibit, a walking tour of Georgia Avenue will depart from the station at 10 a.m., led by Silver Spring Historical Society President Jerry A. McCoy.

For more information about the exhibit, contact Judith Christensen, the executive director of Maryland Preservation Inc., by e-mail at judith.christensen@starpower.net. For more information about the walking tour, including fees for non-historical society members, contact McCoy at 301-537-1253 or by e-mail at sshistory@yahoo.com.

Bollywood comes

to Silver Spring

Dhoonya Dance Performance Company, an area South Asian dance troupe, will hold its second annual show "BOLLYB!END 2: A Night at the Bollywood Awards," 8 p.m. Saturday at Performing Arts Center of Montgomery College's Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus, 7995 Georgia Ave. in Silver Spring. The performance celebrates the glitz and glamour of India's most popular film genre through dance. The theme for this year's BOLLYB!END builds around the Bollywood Filmfare Awards, which is India's equivalent to the Oscars. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Dress attire is formal.

Senior center program

defies age

Montgomery County's Holiday Park Multiservice Senior Center is hosting a program on "Age-Defying Fitness," presented by Carole Lewis, Ph.D., a nationally acclaimed physical therapist, author and teacher, at 1:15 p.m. Nov. 9. The free program is taking place at the center, 3950 Ferrara Drive in Wheaton.

Lewis is a well-known leader in the field of geriatric rehabilitation and an adjunct full professor at George Washington University School of Medicine. Some of the topics that will be discussed include: the aging process and the importance of staying active, the body's capability for repair and renewal and how to get the most from your body.

Lewis will also hold monthly individual fitness screenings at Holiday Park beginning Nov. 18. For more information, or to sign up for an individual screening, call 240-777-4999.

County Executive to hold

town hall meeting

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) will hold a town hall meeting at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at Takoma Park Middle School, 7611 Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring. The event is free and open to the public. The meeting will be videotaped by County Cable 6 for future airing on the channel.

Sign-language interpreter services will be provided upon request at least 72 hours prior to the event.

For more information about the town meeting or the cable-television program schedule, call 240-777-6507.

Celebrate Christmas early

at St. John church

St. John the Evangelist in Silver Spring will hold its annual "Christmas Bazaar"Nov. 13 and 14 at the church grounds at 10103 Georgia Ave. in Silver Spring. From 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 13, "adult night" will be held with dinner, drinks and shopping with baby sitting provided. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the family event will feature Santa's Workshop, magic, comedy, sing-a-longs, games and more. There will also be delicious Italian food for purchase for dinner on Friday night, and breakfast and lunch items on Saturday. Both days will feature crafts for sale, Christmas décor, booths, baked goods, antiques and raffles.

Call 301-681-7663.

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.