Now in it fourth year, the Taste Prince George's Food & Wine Festival will be held Saturday, August 13, noon-6 pm, at Six Flags America. 

The event features over 30 restaurants, local & national wineries, creative chef demonstrations, culinary competitions, and live music. Featured acts include Yahzarah, Wisdom Speaks, Ellis Lambert, Patrice Live, Ab Abernathy, Sound of the City, and more. 

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Clique Hospitality, the Vegas firm specializing in upscale comfortable dining at Bellagio, Mirage, Aria, Mandalay Bay, Monte Carlo and Delano, has been retained to bring the sizzle to MGM National Harbor's two signature lounge spaces.

The Blossom Cocktail Lounge will be a 24-hour "gaming lounge" with DC-centric vibe. Features will include a circular bar space overlooking the casino floor, with four gaming tables and booths surrounded by cherry blossom décor and canopy feel. Modern cocktails, micro/macro brews and an easy-going atmosphere will be standard issue.

At the Felt Bar & Lounge, mixology will be the centerpiece. In addition to festive bar, a mixologist will circulate with a mobile mix cart - bringing the cocktail experience directly to table. Felt will also feature DJs and live music, dance floor, gathering spaces, and outdoor terrace with seating and stone fire pit.

US Capitol Classics/China Open is one of the most prestigious martial arts tournaments in the nation and will be held August 12-13, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. 

CHAMPS times two. The DC Divas, who play at Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex Stadium in Landover, are winners of the 2016 WFA Championship. 

The Divas defeated their arch-rivals - the Dallas Elite - 28-26, at the WBowl in Pittsburgh on July 23. 

They were on a mad mission this entire season to make history and become the first-ever back-to-back champions of the Women's Football Alliance.  The team amassed a 10-1 season record, with their only loss to Dallas in Week #1. Needless to say, payback is sweet when your hoisting the championship trophy.  Big ups to the DC Divas - our 2016 National Champions!

In honor to those who serve and the families that support them!  

Blue Star Museums is a national collaboration between Blue Star Families, National Endowment for the Arts, the Department of Defense, and museums across America, three of which are here in PGC. For the past six years, Blue Star Museums have offered free admission to the nation's active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve, from Memorial Day through Labor Day. 

This year, over 1,500 historic sites across the country are participating.  In Prince George's County, Blue Star Museums  include  Darnall's Chance House Museum (Upper Marlboro), College Park Aviation Museum (College Park), Marietta House Museum (Glenn Dale), Montpelier Mansion (Laurel), Riversdale House Museum (Riverdale), and Surratt House Museum (Clinton).

Let's get Crackin' with Maryland's favorite crustacean. The annual Chesapeake Crab & Beer Festival will be held August 27 at National Harbor at 11 and 5 pm. 

The event is an All-You-Care-To-Taste extravaganza complete with over 50,000 crabs, beer, arts & crafts, music, family fun and so much more. 

The festival is held in two session (#1 is from 11-3 pm and #2 is from 5-9 pm) and tickets are still available. 

Laurel's Montpelier Arts Center (MAC), one of the region's premiere art centers, is calling all experienced potters to bowl for those less fortunate, living with hunger. 

MAC will hold its final free "Empty Bowls" pottery sessions August 20 & 27 (1-4 pm) and August 23 & 30 (12-3 pm). Sorry kids, these sessions are only open to seasoned pottery makers and registration is required.  

In the murky waters off Patuxent River Park, a rchaeologists from the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) are in search of a lost fleet. 

During the War of 1812, Commodore Joshua Barney organized a fleet of what is believed to be 16 vessels (to defend the Chesapeake Bay from British raids along its banks).

The flotilla was successful in diverting the British for several weeks, but ultimately Barney was ordered by Secretary of the Navy William Jones to scuttle the ships to prevent them from falling into the hands of the British.

NHHC's Underwater Archaeology Branch (UAB) has surveyed several sites on the Patuxent River in search of Barney's scuttled ships, concluding field work last month.  In 2014 and 2015, UAB used marine magnetometer, side-scan sonar, sub-bottom profiler, and sediment cores to examine areas of interest.

To date, only one ship is believed to have been found - the sloop "Scorpion", whose remnants were discovered in 2009.