College Events Celebrate Arab American Heritage

Montgomery College will host a month-long series of discussions, musical and dramatic performances, film screenings, book signings, exhibits and other activities to celebrate April as Arab American Heritage Month.

Topics highlighted will include "Postcards From America: A Lebanese Perspective," "Dubai Architecture," "How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America," "Identity in a Diverse Community," Hollywood stereotypes of Arabs, Arabian cooking, folklore dancing and using comedy to combat bias.

Events are free and are scheduled through April 29 at the college's Rockville, Germantown and Silver Spring/Takoma Park campuses. A full schedule is available at http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/newshttp:///files/PDF/AAHM__2009.pdf. For information, contact Enas Elhanafi at 240-567-1759 or enas.elhanafi@montgomerycollege.edu.

Humane Society Offers Video and Art Contests

The Montgomery County Humane Society is hosting two contests for county students this month.

Students in second through fifth grades are invited to enter an art contest by illustrating one of the society's "Rules to Love By: Ten Commandments of Responsible Pet Ownership," available at http://www.mchumane.org/RulestoLoveby.shtml. Winning entries will be turned into posters that will be distributed at elementary schools.

Entries must be submitted between Wednesday and April 15 at one of the following locations:

-- Long Branch Community Center/KidZone, 8700 Piney Branch Rd. in Silver Spring.

-- Fixation Marketing, Suite 200, 4340 East West Hwy. in Bethesda.

-- VisArts at Rockville, second floor, 155 Gibbs St. in Rockville.