Outdoor movies, West African Drumming & Dance, Outdoor Yoga, Dog Days of Summer, Second Saturday Lecture, Car & Bike Show, an Ayuerveda Workshop…And that’s just to name a few! Check out all the happs this glorious weekend along Route 1, below!
Riverdale Park Farmers Market
One of my fave farmers markets! Get your fresh and local produce right here! Live music, too! We love strolling around the Riverdale Park Farmers Market, buying some fresh, local produce, grabbing a bite from one of the vendors, absorbing some tunes while the kids frolic around and then we all head to Town Center Market to enjoy a tasty beer or 5 outside.
When: 3-7pm
Where: 4650 Queensbury Rd, Riverdale Park
Cost: No entry fee.
Outdoor Movie – Central Intelligence
Nothing says summer like an evening under the stars! Pack your chairs, grab food to go from one of our delicious dining establishments, and meet us at the Plaza screen for a FREE date night movie! As movie times/dates may change due to weather, check website for updates.
When: 7pm
Where: Waterfront Street, 165 Waterfront Street, National Harbor
Cost: Free!
Get outside and exercise! This course will take runners and walkers around Buddy Attick Park lake path for their choice of either 1.75 miles (1 lap) or 3 miles (2 laps). The fun runs are open to all runners (novices, combination runners/walkers and families). Must complete a registration form and sign a waiver prior to running.
When: 7-9pm
Where: Buddy Attick Park-Start at Youth Center, 99 Centerway, Greenbelt
Cost: Free!
Dance Dance Party Party!
Dance Dance Party Party is a women-only freestyle exercise dance session! Come in your exercise clothes. Burn anywhere from 200-400 calories Dance your heart out to an eclectic mix of music for an hour straight. Make new friends, leave refreshed!
When: 7-8pm
Where: Community Forklift Resource Room, 4671 Tanglewood Dr, Hyattsville
Cost: Free!
Live Music Thursdays
Eat some good Mediterranean food, support a local Mt. Rainier restaurant and mellow out at Live Music Thursdays! Always a fun time and can attest that their falafels, with some special sauce, will make you return for more!
When: 7:30-9:30pm
Where: Mediterranean Cafe, 3237 Rhode Island Ave, Mt. Rainier
Cost: No cover charge!
FRIDAY
Yoga in the Parks
Join us for FREE yoga classes in the beautiful outdoors! Learn basic moves to strengthen your body, increase flexibility and free your mind. Classes run Memorial Day through Labor Day and are for ages 13+. No registration is required. Namaste!
When: 9-10am
Where: Ellen E. Linson Splash Park, 5211 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park
Cost: Free!
Capital Blues Ensemble
Catch this 7-piece modern blues and R&B band that pulls together Swing, Blues and Jazz through a solid rhythm section, hot horns, stringing guitar, pounding piano and wailing hot harp. Phew!
When: 8:30-11:30pm
Where: New Deal Cafe, Greenbelt
Cost: Free! (No cover)
SATURDAY
Yoga in the Park
Join us for free yoga class in the beautiful outdoors! Learn basic moves to strengthen your body, increase flexibility and free your mind. Classes for ages 13+. No registration required. Namaste!
When: 9-10am
Where: Lake Artemesia Natural Area, 8200 55th Ave, Berwyn Heights
Cost: Free!
Drywall Workshop
Learn how to repair drywall, prep walls and paint.
When: 10am
Where: Home Depot Hyattsville, College Park
Cost: Free! Register here.
Dog Days of Summer
Get a professional photograph of your pet at Whole Foods Market! Professional pet photographer Sarah Rosencrans of Pooch Portrait Studio will be taking the fab pics! We’ll have samples, outside snack and drinks for sale, and other fun activities. Preregister here to get free pet bandana. Each pet will receive a goody bag.
When: 11am-2pm
Where: Whole Foods Market, Riverdale Park
Cost: $5 suggested donation (proceeds benefit Rural Dog Rescue)
Car & Bike Show and Family Event
Annual car and bike show. Top 30 cars plus bike awards and specialty trophies.Cars of Hollywood scheduled to appear. Plenty of parking on grass ball field with a/c hall and Lounge. When: 12-3pm
Where: American Legion Post 60, 2 Main Street, Laurel
Cost: Free!
2nd Saturday Lecture Series – Battle of Waterloo
Robert Headley Ph.D. and town resident will speak about how the Battle of Waterloo was fought by the early 19th Century European military powers that changes the course of history.
When: 5pm
Where: University Park Church of the Brethren, 4413 Tuckerman Street, University Park
Cost: Free!
Reception: Practico-Inert
Join us for a reception of former resident artist, Joseph Shetler (born Goshen, Indiana), a DC-based post-minimalist artist. He approaches post-minimalism with a Mennonite lens, basing his aesthetic off of ana-baptist theology and simple way of life as well as art history. When: 6-8pm
Where: Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, 4318 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville
Cost: Free!
Concert: The CrossRhodes
Raheem DeVaughn and Wes Felton are movements by themselves, but they are a force when they’re together as The CrossRhodes. Both the sons of jazz musicians, Raheem and Wes mesh lush neo-soul crooning with socially conscious hip-hop word flow.
SUNDAY
Greenbelt Farmers Market
Check out this cool & big farmers market offering produce, pasture-raised meats, sustainable seafood, soaps, crepes, ice cream, breads and baked goods, goat cheese & more! While there, let your ears soak up some Transatlantic Crossing and their fiddle-n tunes (think “toe-tapping Irish and Scottish jigs and reels!”) When done shopping, head to the New Deal Cafe for some nosh and/or a coffee by Vigilante!
When: 10am-2pm
Where: 25 Crescent Rd, Greenbelt
Cost: No entry fee
Ayuerveda Workshop
Ayurveda is a personalized approach to health, and knowing your mind-body type allows you to make optimal choices about food, exercise, and self-care that work best for you and your personal constitution. Space limited. When: 1-4pm
Where: Love Yoga, Hyattsville
Cost: $30
Movies on the Potomac – Double Feature – The Karate Kid, 1984 and 2010
Nothing says summer like an evening under the stars! Pack your chairs, grab food to go from one of our delicious dining establishments, and meet us at the Plaza screen for a FREE evening of fun for all ages! As movie times/dates may change due to weather, check website for updates.
When: 4pm
Where: Waterfront Street, 165 Waterfront Street, National Harbor
Cost: Free!
The 5th Cultural China
Chinese intangible cultural heritage performance at UMD. This show is composed of solo singing, Chinese traditional dance, Peking opera, Chinese Wushu (Kongfu) and symphony pieces, with half of the performers directly from China.
When: 7pm
Where: The Clarice, UMD
Cost: Free – Tickets required. Go here.
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