(MD) (Prince George's County Parks & Recreation) Bring your family to celebrate the outdoors and the Anacostia River at the 9th Annual Festival del Rio Anacostia! Enjoy hands-on activities, crafts, entertainment, delicious food, fishing demos, live animals, and free boat rides and giveaways.
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Join us each Wednesday evening in September for a series of musical performances set in the beauty of the Gardens! Admission is free, and no registration is required. Bring your friends and family, and don’t forget your chairs, blankets, and picnics (allowed in the Gardens on concert evenings only). Alcoholic beverages of any kind are prohibited. Food ...
(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Conservancy and Sarah DeWitt, Certified Forest Therapy Guide for a two-hour gentle walk to help you slow down and reconnect with yourself, nature, and your community. Forest bathing, or shinrin yoku, is the simple practice of taking in the woods through the senses. This forest bathing walk will begin with some gentle mindful ...
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) National Public Lands Day is a celebration of one of our most precious resources: our public parks and trails. Please join us a day early in celebrating Public Lands Day by helping to clean up Black Hill Regional Park for people and wildlife to enjoy. Parents must accompany children 13 and under. Interested groups should email Katie.Festa@Montgomeryparks.org. ...
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Join us for an afternoon of beautiful harp music and the natural beauty of Black Hill all around you. No need to register; just come to the Discovery Center and enjoy.
(VA) (Arlington Parks) Each fall we gather around the Walker Log House to celebrate our nation’s heritage with a family-friendly day of fun. Step back into history and try your hand at some old-time games and crafts, make a corn husk doll, churn butter, dip candles and work the cider press! Bring your old pants and shirt to make a ...
(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) As part of the Humanities truck’s “Mobilizing Memories” effort, American University fellows and staff conducted short, video interviews with community members that wanted to share their memories of the park and the District. This exhibition is part of a related National Park Service project to collect oral histories about Malcolm X/ Meridian Hill Park.
(DC) (Friends of Anacostia Park) Join Miss Lorraine & The Fabulous Hand Dancers for an afternoon of dancing in the park targeted towards our senior community. Dancing styles will include Hand, Line, Bop, and Free Style. Meeting point is the Skating Pavilion.
(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) The 2024 Rock Creek Gala will be held on Wednesday, October 16, at the Nature Center in Rock Creek Park. Join us for the very special night at the park! All proceeds go towards the mission of the Conservancy, helping to restore our forests, improve watershed health, empower future stewards, and build community around the Carter ...
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Join us for the Strathmore Local Park re-opening celebration and check out the new improved soccer field, basketball and soccer court, new playground, and loop path. There will be a speaking program, pumpkin decorating, and treats. Costumes are encouraged!
(DC) (DC Bird Alliance) Join us for this very special bird walk as we discover, or rediscover, what is means for us to be a birder. What connects in your mind, body and soul when you hear a tiny soprano in perfect pitch singing to you? Together with the phenomenal, Susan West Montgomery, we will enjoy a practice inviting us ...
(DC) (Friends of Anacostia Park) Join Miss Lorraine & The Fabulous Hand Dancers for an afternoon of dancing in the park targeted towards our senior community. Dancing styles will include Hand, Line, Bop, and Free Style. Meeting point is the Skating Pavilion.
