If you follow this blog regularly, you know that a group of students in Maryland have been using my writing system to create their short films.
Well, I have the distinct pleasure of attending the Silver Spring International (Lights, Camera, Literacy!) End-Of-Year Film Festival.
If you’re in the Silver Springs area and will be attending (info below), I hope you’ll say ‘hello.’
AFI Silver Theater
Monday, June 1st
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
DIRECTIONS:
The AFI Silver Theatre is located at 8633 Colesville Road – at the intersection of Colesville Road and Georgia Avenue – in the heart of the new downtown Silver Spring.
By Car: The AFI Silver Theatre is less than two miles south of Beltway exit 30 (Colesville Road) and exit 31 (Georgia Avenue) . The theatre is also convenient to the Bethesda area via East- West Highway, and a short drive from downtown Washington via 16th Street, NW.
By Metro: The AFI Silver Theatre is located on Colesville Road, just two blocks north of Metro’s Red Line station in Silver Spring.
By Ride-On Bus: The Silver Spring station is served by Ride-On routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 28.
By Metrobus: The Silver Spring station is served by Metrobus routes 70, 71, J5, F4, F6, JH1, J2, J3, J4, Q2, S2, S4, Y8, Z5.
PARKING:
NOW OPEN: The Wayne Avenue parking garage is now open with convenient and easy access to Downtown Silver Spring. The Wayne Avenue garage is located between Georgia Avenue and Fenton Street. The Wayne Avenue garage offers FREE PARKING after 6:00 p.m. On weekdays and all day on weekends.
Convenient parking is available to AFI patrons behind the Lee Building at the corner of Colesville Road and Georgia Avenue ($ 3.00 for the entire evening). The lot can be entered from either Georgia Avenue or Fenton Street. There are new parking garages on Wayne Ave and Ellsworth Drive that offer parking free after 6pm. In addition, parking is available at Gateway Plaza after 6:00pm (in front of the historic shopping center at the corner of Georgia and Colesville) . The AFI Silver is also within easy walking distance of several public parking decks. The closest is one-and-a-half blocks from the theatre at Colesville Road and Spring Street. The public garages offer free parking on week-ends and metered rates of 50ยข per hour weekdays.
The Town Square garage, located on the northeast corner of Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street is also now open.
