Science Channel will join Silver Spring’s second annual Maker Faire on Sunday, hosted by Washington D.C. children’s museum KID Museum. Discovery Communications is the lead sponsor of the free festival celebrating innovation and creativity, featuring hands-on science, engineering, electronics, and arts and crafts activities for children and adults. From 12-5 at the Silver Spring Civic Center, Science Channel will host the How It’s Made: Dream Car Challenge at the fair, giving…
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Chompie Jr. Takes the DC Area By Fin
Here at Discovery, we’re getting ready to kick off everyone’s favorite summer celebration, Shark Week, beginning this Sunday at 8pm ET/PT. Chompie Jr. is also gearing up to welcome back the King of Summer. In celebration of all things Shark Week, Chompie Jr. will be making the rounds tomorrow in the DC area, surprising locals and tourists alike with his toothy grin. Follow the hashtag #ChompieAttack to keep tabs on Chompie…
Local High School Girls ‘Say Yes to the Prom’ at Discovery Event
Yesterday, at One Discovery Place, we all saw a little magic happen at the third annual “Say Yes to the Dress,” a corporate initiative promoting confidence and a positive self-image for deserving high school girls In the morning, forty local high school girls arrived and were paired with Discovery employees to lead them through a day of mentoring, prom dress shopping and makeovers. Monte Durham, fashion director and star of TLC’s…
Discovery Wraps Up Creating Change 2013
As the work day began yesterday in Silver Spring, Discovery employees left their desks to join forces with community non-profits for the fourth annual Creating Change, our 12 hour probono marathon and conference. Throughout the day, employees broke into teams to address marketing, communications, creative design, HR, IT, and video production campaign needs for twenty nonprofits, while representatives from over 100 nonprofits attended a conference at Discovery featuring a series of…
Discovery Celebrates Manufacturing Day
On Friday, Discovery Communications and Science Channel are celebrating the second annual Manufacturing Day with special on-air programming and local community events. Science Channel will feature a day-long marathon of How It’s Made, while we open our doors at Discovery for a public open house at our media production factory, the Discovery Creative and Technical Center (DCTC), in Silver Spring. Visitors will have the chance to explore Discovery’s 50,000-square-foot, world-class Production…
Science Channel Celebrates Maker Faire in New York, Mini Maker Faire in Silver Spring
This weekend, the Science Channel joined over 650 of the world’s leaders in tech, science, craft, fashion and art in New York City for the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth – the Maker Faire. The Faire, which took place Friday and Saturday in Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, brings together Makers from all walks of earth to share what they’ve made and learned with other innovative enthusiasts. The Science Channel…
Adoptable Pets Invade Discovery Headquarters on Thursday; Expected to Disarm All With Cuteness
Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month continues here at One Discovery Place, as we gear up for Thursday’s R.O.A.R. event, Adopt-A- Palooza, with the Animal Planet and Petfinder teams. More than 30 adorable, adoptable cats and dogs will be here at the Discovery Communications’ Sensory Garden in Downtown Silver Spring, hoping to find their fur-ever home. The event is open to the public so, if you or someone you know is looking to adopt a…
Chompie Descends on Silver Spring, Discovery Plans Local ‘Shark Week’ Activities
After a cross-country trip, our beloved Chompie has returned to Silver Spring and this weekend crews will help him take his rightful place — on our company’s headquarters, One Discovery Place, in Silver Spring. In conjunction with his return and in anticipation of the 25th annual Shark Week (premiering on Sunday, August 12 on Discovery Channel), we have several ways for our neighbors in the D.C. area to celebrate the most…
He’s Baaaack! Chompie Returns to Discovery HQ in Silver Spring
The 25th anniversary of Discovery Channel‘s Shark Week (returning August 12) is going to have more bite than ever this year — on TV, online, across social media…and in Silver Spring! Fan-favorite Chompie, a 446-foot long inflatable shark, will be returning to Discovery Communications‘ headquarters next month in anticipation of the longest-running cable event. Local residents should stay tuned for additional Shark Week festivities coming to the D.C. area later…
Silver Spring Gets Ready for the Return of Silverdocs
Am I the only one who feels like summer snuck up on me this year? I still can’t believe it’s already mid-June…meaning it is also Silverdocs season here in Silver Spring! The AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival is an annual summer event in its 10th year, celebrating excellence in documentary films with a 6 day film festival. This year, Silverdocs will present 114 films, selected from 2,018 submissions, representing…