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Join CorePower Yoga at Hillwood Estate for a free 60-minute yoga class. Learn more and register at https://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/events/corepower-yoga-hillwood-3
Join Classical WETA host James Jacobs, Levine faculty artist Vasily Popov, and others in a broad-ranging lecture and conversation on the cello and the first Levine Presents presentation of 2019-20, Cello Stories. Learn more at https://www.levinemusic.org/performance/events-calendar/event/1935
Celebrate our canine friends at the 3rd annual Barks & Brews festival! Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 the day of the event. Ticketholders receive: Unlimited craft beer from sponsor Devils Backbone! Live music by local favorite After the Flood Giveaways and prizes (for your pup!) Cheese sampling table - free! Fat Pete's BBQ Food […]
Come to Friends of Forest Hills Playground's next board meeting to plan the popular Halloween party and elect new officers. Thanks to incoming board members and new energy, we were treated to a concert by the extraordinary Christylez Bacon on Saturday, Sept. 7. More board members and helpers = more fun and a nicer park […]
Pianist and UDC Jazz Studies Director Allyn Johnson invites author and trumpeter Muneer Nasser for a session of conversation and performance. Muneer’s recording, A Soldier's Story, is the musical companion to the book he authored, Upright Bass: The Musical Life and Legacy of Jamil Nasser. The recording is a musical tribute to his father, the […]
The Institute of Politics Policy and History hosts a panel discussion, "A Nation Divided: Healing our Country by Bridging its Economic Gaps." One of the panelists, Stan Greenberg, will also be signing copies of his book, R.I.P G.O.P.: How the New America Is Dooming the Republicans." Learn more and register at https://www.udc.edu/2019/09/10/a-nation-divided-healing-our-country-by-bridging-its-economic-gaps-panel-sept-18-2019/
The rain garden next to the outdoor amphitheater has been rendered almost completely ineffective by an invasive species takeover. Two Girl Scouts have volunteered to adopt it as their Silver Award project and they will be leading a two-day cleanup effort. They and volunteers will be removing all overgrowth and invasive plants and replacing them […]