Create a personal keepsake of your lovely pet in our Pet Portrait class! In this single day workshop you’ll earn how to turn a quick simple sketch into a fully realized depiction of your animal companion. Materials: Ebony drawing pencil pencil sharpener kneaded eraser/ regular eraser drawing paper- 9x12 size For adults

Sunday, August 2, 2-3pm Water in the Landscape: Creating a Garden Oasis Water features and water gardens can be a magical addition to your landscape. Water can be stimulating or calming, depending on how it is used. Water gardens can sustain native wildlife and mask ambient noise. This class explains the basics of installing and maintaining a water feature of any size into a garden. It also highlights water garden plant choices appropriate for our region. Speaker: Kathy Jentz, Washington…

August 8th is DYING TO KNOW DAY, an "annual day of action dedicated to activating conversations and community actions around death, dying, and bereavement." What a perfect time for a death cafe! Let's meet up virtually and talk about death and dying. In this group discussion, we will cover whatever topics or questions you bring to the group.The aim of a death cafe is to increase awareness of death to help ourselves make the most of our (finite) lives. What's…

Join us for a community Zoom discussion of Richard Rothstein's "The Color of Law", Wednesday, August 5th at 5PM. Shop local and order from Loyalty Books: https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/

The US Army at Forest Glen invites public comment on a Proposed Plan for Environmental Site FTGL-06, PCB Contamination North of Linden Lane. The Army's environmental investigations have found no further action is needed.

Join us for outdoor yoga in the beer garden. This is put on by our friends at Yoga Heights. Every Sat & Sun thru the summer. Join a rotating team of Yoga Heights instructors in Denizens' socially distanced beer garden for a 60-minute all-levels yoga class. The class is capped at 15 attendees. Please purchase tickets in advance.

Tasting Tuesday is back, and DO WE EVER have a great night in store for you! Nick Matarese himself will be joining us, and when Nick’s involved, it’s always a great night. You want some fun, new wine? We got some fun, new wine! From Casale del Giglio in Lazio, Italy, we’ll discover the little-known Bellone grape, a great summer quaffer. We’ll also explore Petit Manseng – a semi-sweet grape we grow here in Maryland, too. To cap it off,…

Join us for a full art experience in our week-long Summer Studio led by CREATE’s talented teaching artists. Campers will work on both single-day and multi-day projects to create 2-D and 3-D artworks using a variety of mediums. Project types include drawing, painting, cartooning, collage, sculpture, mixed media and more! PLEASE NOTE: Camps at our CREATE Arts Center location in Silver Spring are for Maryland residence only. D.C. residence may register for our camps Northminster Church- 5 mins away from…

Join us for a full art experience in our week-long Summer Studio led by CREATE’s talented teaching artists. Campers will work on both single-day and multi-day projects to create 2-D and 3-D artworks using a variety of mediums. Project types include drawing, painting, cartooning, collage, sculpture, mixed media and more! PLEASE NOTE: This camp will be held at Northminster Church- 5 mins away from the D.C./Maryland border. If you are interested in camps in MD, check out our camps at…

Join us at noon for the Washington Revels & Carpe Diem Arts "Daily Antidotes of Song"! We’ll raise our voices in “notes of hope” as one of our fabulous song leaders offers a song online. Be there as we energize each day with the inspiration and connection of singing together! Visit our website for info on how to join. Donations support the guest artists.

Get must-know information from top local agent Debbie Gerald and mortgage lender Ramez Fahmy You'll learn: What lenders look for during pre-approval What exactly a buyer's agent can do for you What's going on right now in the local housing market What it takes to write a winning offer What to expect during the home inspection What's important to know about contingencies What happens during settlement

Professor Lichtman is the co-creator of a model ("Keys to the White House") that predicts the outcome of US presidential elections. This model has been correct since 1984. As the US presidential election grows near, pundits are making their predictions, but who is the best predictor of US presidential elections? Allan J. Lichtman, a distinguished professor of history at The American University and author of Predicting the Next President: The Keys to the White House(2016). The analytical model he created…