Events for Jan 30, 2025 - Feb 20, 2025

If you missed it 6 months ago, we're bringing it back by popular demand!  Join us for a screening of "Freed Slave Communities" a presentation by Skip Etheridge. Poolesville Seniors is proud to provide a special history lesson about the tiny settlements of freed slaves that surround the Poolesville area, revealing both the struggles and contributions of these communities. Our historical guide, Poolesville resident James “Skip” Etheridge,  is the son of a D.C. police officer [...]

Hilary Schwab, Poolesville’s own Edible Garden Girl, will decode tomatoes, explaining the different varieties and their best uses, and provide some gardening tips. We’ll join Hilary in her kitchen for tremendous tomato recipes and a live cooking demonstration of Bruschetta and Shakshuka.  Hilary Schwab,  a Poolesville professional photographer, created her Edible Garden Girl blog to illustrate her love of gardening and cooking and to honor the memory of her father who taught her the wonders of gardening. Hilary is featured in the online March 2021 BeInkandescent Health & [...]

Join Poolesville Seniors on the third Thursday each month @7pm for another  Historic Ag Reserve Properties  presentation with local historian Kenny Sholes. This month Kenny will take us to properties in Barnesville, Dickerson and Comus. The lands around us have played an important part in American history over the last few centuries. The fields we pass through each day have spurred economic development, been the scene of battles, provided escape from the pace of daily life, and brought families together at the dinner [...]

Join Mark Israel of Query Mill Farm in North Potomac, and Jennifer Freeman of Peas and Peace Farm in Poolesville on April 22 at 7 pm when they discuss their second careers in small scale farming in the MoCo Ag Reserve. Hear all about the areas’ growing small scale farm movement and its innovative response to local food insecurity during the pandemic.  Mark Israel began farming Query Mill Farm nearly forty years ago during his career solving urban problems with the [...]

Join us on Friday, April 23rd at 10:30 am at White's Ferry parking lot for what may be our last C&O Popup Walk until Fall! We will be walking about two miles up the towpath and then back to White's Ferry. Enjoy the sights and sounds of nature including birds, turtles, trees, wildflowers and anything else nature has to offer us that day. When the walk is over, you are invited to relax and lunch at picnic tables along the riverbank. Pack your own lunch or order something tasty from the [...]

Rande Davis will entertain us with a history of the many and varied celebrations held in Poolesville over more than a century. Zoom in to hear what the Montgomery County Fair, a Chautauqua and two 150th Anniversaries have to do with Poolesville? Join Rande as he acquaints us with some of these joyous times in Poolesville’s history.  Rande is a 40-year resident of Poolesville. He is a former publishing executive with Time Warner in New York City, owner of RSD Marketing, a publishing firm, and is the co-publisher and [...]

 Denali National Park and Reserve has one of the most iconic mountains and is among the most complex protected areas in the world. Join recent Denali Superintendent and current Poolesville resident Tom Medema for an exploration of the unique history, resources, and management challenges of Alaska’s renowned national park.  Tom is also a co-founder of Rally for Rangers, a nonprofit organization that personally delivers 15 new motorcycles across amazing and difficult terrain to park rangers around the world in remote locations such as Mongolia, Nepal, and Patagonia. He [...]