Week of Events
Sunday, January 18, 2026
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Monday, January 19, 2026
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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
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January 20, 2026 -Nature, Art, and Service as Medicine (Virtual)
Nature, Art, and Service as Medicine (Virtual)
(VA) (Alexandria Library) Jump start your new year with us as we chat with journalist and author Julia Hotz about her book The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging. By integrating age-old medicines like art, nature, movement, and volunteer service into patient’s daily lives, social prescriptions are radically changing health and healthcare in more ...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
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Thursday, January 22, 2026
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Friday, January 23, 2026
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Saturday, January 24, 2026
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January 24, 2026 -How Plants Saved the World
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January 24, 2026 -Stellar Star Show at Rock Creek
How Plants Saved the World
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Journey through millions of years of evolution in this fascinating lecture by Raymond Carter, Brookside Gardens Staff. Discover how the plant, fungi and animal kingdoms co-evolved to create the complex ecosystems we know today. Afterward, enjoy a guided tour of the conservatory, where living examples reveal the remarkable adaptations shaped by time and environment.
Stellar Star Show at Rock Creek
(DC) (Rock Creek Park) Come and enjoy a ranger-led program in the only planetarium in the National Park Service! The Stellar Star Show will be a 30-minute ranger-led program about the planets and the night sky.