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11th International Digital Storytelling Conference

11th International Digital Storytelling Conference


Radical Listening: Story Work for a Just Future

June 20, 21, 22 and 23, 2023
University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Montgomery College | Smithsonian Institution | StoryCenter

Travel and Hotel

Washington-Baltimore metro area, USA

Travel to the Conference by Air | Hub Hotel | Conference Day Locations and Transit


Travel to the Conference by Air

There are three major airports in the Washington-Baltimore metro area:

  • Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (airport code: DCA) - 14 miles away from conference hub hotel located in Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Washington Dulles International Airport (airport code: IAD) - 25 miles away from conference hub hotel located in Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (airport code: BWI) - 31 miles away from conference hub hotel located in Silver Spring, Maryland

Guide to Washington, DC - Area Airportsnew window

NOTE: The closet airport to the conference hub hotel, The Courtyard Marriott Silver Spring Hotel, is DCA (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport) at 14 miles away from the hotel. Then IAD (Dulles International Airport) is 25 miles away from the hotel and BWI (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport) is 31 miles away from the hotel.


Hub Hotel

Lodging reservations for the conference may be made directly with the designated conference hub hotel, The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel, using the conference’s designated rate.

Image of DST2023 Hub Hotel

The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel

8506 Fenton St, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910, USA

The conference hub is the Marriott Courtyard Hotel in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland. The motor coach transportation to the conference sites depart and return to this hub location each day.

 

Silver Spring Location and Conference “Hub Hotel”

The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel is located in the heart of downtown Silver Spring and less than one mile from the Montgomery College Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus, where most of our activities will be held. The conference “hub hotel” offers space for socializing and eating and is in near proximity of a variety of restaurants, shopping centers, and entertainment including the American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre and the Filmore. In addition, the hotel is readily accessible by car and mass transit and offers amenities including free high-speed internet, on-site café, mini-fridges, (microwaves on request), and a fitness center.

The cost of the conference includes bus transit to and from the “hub hotel,” The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel, to conference locations each day. Parking is available at a hotel adjacent city owned-garage for $15 per day. Free parking will also be available on the UMBC and MC campuses for those who would like to leave their cars there as well. More information to come on how to receive your day parking passes for each campus.

 

Making a Reservation at The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel

Event Summary: The International Digital Storytelling Conference 2023
Start Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023
End Date: Saturday, June 24, 2023
Last Day to Book: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Hotel offering your special group rate: Courtyard Silver Spring Downtown for 149 USD - 159 USD per night
The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel is ready to assist guests with reservations:

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Group Rate at Marriott Silver Spring Hotel

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Book group rate by phone

Please call 301-589-4899 and reference the group name “The International Digital Storytelling Conference 2023”

Upon arrival The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel will provide a map of the local area with surrounding areas and booklet of the county to assist guests in having a memorable conference stay. If The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel can be of any help, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT SILVER SPRING DOWNTOWN
8506 Fenton Street
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

Marriott Silver Spring Hotelnew window | Locationnew window


Conference Day Locations and Transit

All conference day locations are accessible by scheduled bus transit from the conference "hub hotel" each day, The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Spring Hotel. Bus transit from the conference hub hotel is included in the conference ticket cost. Attendees also have the option to arrive each day to the conference day locations via car or public transportation that is not included in conference cost.

Day 1: University of Maryland, Baltimore County 

Performing Arts and Humanities Building
Parking: Lot 9 and Admin Garage
1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore MD, 21211new window

Note: The building is at the intersection of Hilltop Road and Hilltop Circle and the map location is 39.255219,-76.715346

Day 2: Montgomery College

Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center
930 King Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910new window

Note: Use this address: 930 King Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910new window to guide you to the Cultural Arts Center (CU) building on the Montgomery College campus. The West Garage (WG) is located at 901 Jessup Blair Drive.

Day 3: Smithsonian Institution

We’ll have a selection of workshops and gallery tours at four locations, including:

1400 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20560 | Mapnew window

Website: National Museum of African American History and Culturenew window 

1300 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20560 | Mapnew window

Note: The Molina Family Gallery of the National Museum of the American Latino is located in the National Museum of American History on the National Mall at Constitution Avenue, N.W., between 12th and 14th Streets, Washington, D.C.

Websites: National Museum of American Historynew window and National Museum of the American Latinonew window 

600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20024 | Mapnew window

Note: Capital Gallery is adjacent to the National Mall and national museums with direct access to the L'Enfant Plaza Metro station and Virginia Railway Express commuter platform.

Websites: Folklife and Cultural Heritagenew window , Folklife Festivalnew window , and Capital Gallerynew window

 

Day 4: Online conference via Zoom

Hosted by StoryCenter

Map of DST2023 in Maryland

United States of America

MARYLAND

  • Baltimore
  • Silver Spring
  • Washington D.C. 

Conference "Hub Hotel"
The Courtyard by Marriott Silver Sving Hotel
8506 Fenton St, Sliver Spring, MD 20910

Day 1:
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Cir, Baltimore, MD 21250

Day 2:
Montgomery College
Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College
7995 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Day 3:
Smithsonian Institution
National Mall
Between the Ulysses S. Grant and the Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial, the Mall covers 309.2 acres (125.13 ha). Between Constitution Avenue NW and Independence Avenue SW at 7th Street, the width of the Mall is 1,586 feet (483 m).

Day 4:
StoryCenter
Online conference via Zoom

Public Transit

UMBC Transit | UMBC schedulesnew window
Montgomery College Takoma Park Silver Spring Campus | Public Transitnew window
The Washington Metro | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authoritynew window

The Washington Metro, formally the Metrorail, is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which also operates the Metrobus and Metrorail services under the Metro name.
Airports | Washington Metropolitan Area Airportsnew window