Catch LadyM perform this weekend! Photo source: LadyM
Get a head start on your weekend plans now! Mead-fueled Dance Party with DJ Fred in Hyattsville, Food Truck & Beer Garden in Cheverly, Outdoor music performances in Riverdale Park and Bladensburg & more all inside Route One Fun’s latest Weekend Guide!
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Friday
Riverdale Park Station Summer Concert Series (All Ages)
Take a seat outdoors in Bear Square and relax with some live music performed by award-winning singer-songwriter Reed Waddle.
When: 6-8pm
Where: Riverdale Park Station, Riverdale Park
Cost: Free!
Food Truck, Ice Cream, Beer Garden, Music & Fun!
Beer garden style, family-friendly community event with Jamaican Country Kitchen Food Truck, Red Stripe Beer, Jammin Playlist and more! All welcome!
When: 5:30pm
Where: Cheverly American Legion, Cheverly
Cost: Free (no entry fee)(food and drinks available for sale)
Contrast Opening Reception
Check out some well crafted works by three printmakers working in intaglio. Diverse imagery, ranging from the natural world to the digital age. Opening night!
When: 6:30-9:00pm
Where: Pyramid Atlantic, Hyattsville
Cost: Free!
The Welders: LadyM
Based on interviews with people around the world, this ensemble-devised piece is part incantation, part mystery, part interactive comedy show. LadyM and her three witches send audiences down a rabbit hole of poetry, horror, ambition, and blood.
When: 7:30-10:30pm
Where: Joe’s Movement Emporium, Mount Rainier
Cost: $30 and below
Saturday
Qigong & Tai Chi Lessons
What a treat to be able to learn an ancient Chinese martial art often referred as “meditation in motion” for free! Leave feeling relaxed and engaged. Ahh…
When: 8-9:30am
Where: University Park Church of the Brethren, University Park
Cost: Free!
The Farmer’s Table: Let’s Talk Food (All Ages)
Join a lively discussion about food, food systems and making healthy choices. Talk about growing, cooking and eating food and benefits of eating from Earth!
When: 10-11am
Where: Bladensburg Community Center, Bladensburg
Cost: Free!
Community Treasure Chest
Bring your “ordinary miracles”, like photos, instruments, dolls, and art to be a part of a Pop Up Museum. Share the history at the oral history station.
When: 11am-3pm
Where: The Mall at Prince Georges, Hyattsville
Cost: Free!
Sunset Boat Tour (All Ages)
Grab your camera and snap a shot of the sunset as you take a leisurely cruise along the Patuxent River in a pontoon boat. Sounds like the perfect end to a happy Saturday.
When: 7-8:30pm
Where: Patuxent River Park, Upper Marlboro
Cost: $5
Dance Party with DJ Fred
Dance to music from the seventies and eighties as DJ Fred transforms the Meadworks into a mead-fueled dance party. Dress for the decade for $1 off your mead.
When: 7-10pm
Where: Maryland Meadworks, Hyattsville
Cost: Free (no entry fee)
ICYMI: Thai Rolled Ice Cream Coming to College Park!
Sunday
Curse of Strahd with Chance
Ever been curious about role-play gaming or maybe already a fan? This one about a disappearing vampire, a raging storm, and an ancient castle sounds riveting. The master of the castle invites you to ‘dinner’ if you dare play!
When: 2-6pm
Where: Big Planet Comics, College Park
Cost: Free!
Yoga-Paint-Sip-Create
Express your creative side and relieve stress with this unique combination of yoga, painting and sipping led by a yoga instructor, talented artist and wine connoisseur. Leave with a unique piece of moon inspired art in honor of the July New Moon!
When: 5-8pm
Where: Race Track Road, Bowie
Cost: $45
Summer Concert
Brent & Co play some rock, folk and country right on the waterfront.
When: 6pm
Where: Bladensburg Waterfront Park, Bladensburg
Cost: Free!
Sunday Sunset Concert (All Ages)
A park packed with activities. Playgrounds, trails, pond, and venue for enjoying music outdoors. Tonight’s feature is the local Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition! Pack a picnic and after a day’s play, enjoy the musical performance.
When: 7-8pm
Where: Allen Pond Park, Bowie
Cost: Free!
Daddy Longlegs Homegrown Revival
Reserve your table, order a meal or drink and listen to a tapestry of musical genres. A mix of Middle East Afro-funk, Latin, Reggae, French Cafe, Americana, Rock, Soul, and Gospel. How is that even possible?! Come hear for yourself!
When: 7-9pm
Where: New Deal Cafe, Greenbelt
Cost: Free!, bring cash/cc for food and beverage
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Omer quartet at Maryland Meadworks Sunday July 28 3-5pm
We are very pleased to announce that the Omer Quartet, an accomplished string quartet featuring violins, viola, and cello, will perform at the Meadworks on Sunday, July 28th! They are preparing for a national competition and you will have a front row sneak preview of their latest work.
Distinctive among today’s young string quartets, the Omer Quartet won First Prize in the 2017 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, and holds the Helen F. Whitaker Chamber Music Chair of YCA. It makes debuts during the 2018-2019 season in the Peter Jay Sharp Concert of YCA in New York at Merkin Concert Hall, and in Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center.
The quartet came into prominence in 2013 when it received Grand Prize and gold medal at the Fischoff National Competition. It has also received Top Prize at the 2017 Premio Paolo Borciani Competition in Italy, Second Prize at the 2017 Trondheim International Competition in Norway, and Special Prize at the 2016 Bordeaux Competition in France.
Free event.