News releases are listed by date of issue by the Public Affairs & Marketing Office. Please check out these recent releases for the most up-to-date news about the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Released April 23, 2009
Historian Susan Pearl to Discuss History of Roads and Postal Service in Prince George's County
"Passageways Suites" Art Exhibition Open at Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex
Trade Your Blades For Wheels at Herbert Wells Ice Rink
Tucker Road Ice Rink to Close for Maintenance

Released April 9, 2009
Upper Marlboro Community Center Re-Opens This Saturday
Rapper, Poet Messiah Ramkissoon To Perform at Cafe Groove
Montpelier Festival of Herbs, Tea and the Arts
Be Part of Langley Park Day
Media Photo Op/Human Interest Stories at Teen Cotillion

Released April 2, 2009
M-NCPPC Dismantles and Recycles Old Park House
M-NCPPC to Host Festival of Nations
Gabriel Duvall Bus Tour to Annapolis

Released March 26, 2009
Holocaust Survivor to Speak at Harmony Hall in Fort Wasington
Poet and Author Kwame Alexander Featured at Cafe Groove
Take Part in Easter at the Crest
Midweek Matinee "Maryland, My Maryland" at the Publick Playhouse
Speaking of Flight: Early Aviation in Washington, D.C.
Mis Quince Anos Offered At Langley Park Community Center
Enjoy April's Saturday Morning at the Movies-Vaudeville Style at the Publick Playhouse
April's Platinum Events for Seniors
Art and Book Salfe Offered At College Park Aviation Museum

Released March 20, 2009
Glide Across the Ice At Tucker Road Ice Rink
See Re-Enactors Marching Through Time
Can't Get Enough of Ice Skating?

Released March 13, 2009
Give It A Shot Hockey Class to Start
Explore the Day of the Dinosaur
Auditions Being Held For Teen and Pre-Teen Rising Stars Vocal Showcase
Rent a Bicycle and Get on the Trails

Released March 5, 2009
St. Patrick's day Super Saver Ice Skate
Mis Quince Offered At Langley Park Community Center
Help Celebrate Women in the Arts
Senior Men's Golf League Forming
Midweek Matinee-Civil War at the Publick Playhouse
Bring Your Basket to the Glenn Dale Easter Egg Hunt
Health Fair: Delivering Solutions for Total Body Health to be Held at Fairland Sports & Aquatics Complex
College Park Aviation Museum Earns Exhibits Certification

Released February 26, 2009
2009 Summer 40 & Over Women's Slow Pitch Softball
Photogravures and Screen Prints By Montpelier Resident Artists Mary Ott on Exhibit
Laurel Art Guild Open Juried Exhibition on Display at Montpelier Arts Center
Find the Cache at the M-NCPPC Bi-County Park Ranger Geo-Challenge
Winning Montpelier Library Gallery Competition Photographs on Display
Hispanic Vendors Needed for Festival of Nations Event
Make Money Around the Pool This Summer
M-NCPPC Hosts Safe Summer Program for Youth

Released February 19, 2009
Boys & Girls Club Seeks Baseball Umpires
Dance Yourself to Fitness and Learn Yoga Too
Darnall's Chance House Museum Hosts Colonial Tavern Dinner
A Special Event for Adults Only Spring Dance
Come to the M-NCPPC Job Fair
Women's History Bus Tour to Annapolis
Indoor Spring Flea Market Offered at Good Luck Community Center
Riversdale Kitchen Guild Keeps the Home Fires Burning
Tavern Night at Riversdale
Do You Know Anyone Who is 90 Years or Older?
Show Your Skills at a Spring Hand Dance Social
Get Going in the Bowie Spring 5K Race and 2 Mile Walk
Spring Lecture Series Kicks Off at Riversdale
Groove to the Music at Montpelier Arts Center

Released February 13, 2009

Learn About The Sands of Time Through Music
Black History Month Gala at Newton White Mansion
Local Sports Leader Honored
New Park Property Opens to the Public
Attend the African American Heritage Month Family Festival
African American Historic Sites in Prince George's County Highlighted in Students' Poster Design
Dance at the Cafe, Friday, March 6, 2009
Meet and Greet Jay Jay the Jet Plane at College Park Aviation Museum
See 7th Maryland Company-A Civil War Encampment
Love 2 Dance Showcase for Teens
Learn About Dashing German Girls-German Women Pilots 1945
Kids Learn Acting and Modeling

Released January 22, 2009

Story Time for Children at Book Fair and Storytelling
View Free Black History Month Movie Special
Black History Show Steps High
View Tuskegee Airmen HBO Presentation
5 for Fun and Fitness-Warm Up By Visiting M-NCPPC Facilities and Qualify for Drawing of Wii Fit Bundle
People of Color Exhibit Opens at Huntington Community Center
Work Word Search Puzzles to Learn About Black History
Walk Through Three Towns, One Community
Black History Month Events Offered At Publick Playhouse

Released January 15, 2009

Surratt House Museum to Exhibit at Howard University
Life on the Plantation: African-American History Tour
Famour Couples of Marietta Tour
First Ladies Tea Offered Marietta House Museum
Save the Date-Summer Day Camp Registration Begins February 28, 2009
Highland Tea OFfered at Darnall's Chance
Black History Month Celebration Opens February 1, 2009
2009 Adult Spring/Exhibition Slow Pitch Softball
2009 Adult Summer Slow Pitch Softball
100 Years of Flying in College Park