Events for week of Nov 24, 2024

Join us for our next virtual PS! Book Club discussion on September 27th @7pm Nine Perfect Strangers is a psychological thriller described by many as a real page turner.  Nine people gather at a remote health resort for various reasons. The expected ten days of pampering, luxury, meditation and mindfulness, turn out to be more challenging than any of them could have imagined.  As the days pass, our main character, former best-selling romantic novelist Frances Welty, begins to have doubts, wondering if she [...]

What is Pickleball? Join Poolesville’s own Patty Walker, one of ten MoCo Pickleball Ambassadors, on September 28th at 5:30 pm for a hands-on, in-person, Beginners’ Pickleball Clinic. Learn the basics of this fastest growing sport in the country, including how to serve, dink, score, and other basic elements of play.  Beginners’ Pickleball Clinic!

Twyla Insalaco is a 500hr Certified Yoga Instructor specializing in Vinyasa (flow) yoga.  She's been teaching from her home studio in Poolesville, in corporate settings and in elementary schools since 2012.  She also specializes in Chair Yoga where traditional yoga poses are practiced with the help of a chair.  Each class starts with a few minutes of breath work, then slowly flows into yoga poses aimed to build strength and lengthen tight muscles. Class [...]

Join Poolesville photographer, Hilary Schwab, virtually on September 30th-at 7pm when she brings us another live-action cooking demonstration based on her wonderful blog “Edible Garden Girl”!  Hilary never fails to tempt the eye and the palate with her fresh from the garden cooking and her eggplant recipes are sure to please.  Hilary Schwab, 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 [...]

Limited Tickets Available Join us for a visit to the world-class Glenstone Museum in nearby Potomac on Saturday morning, October 2nd. Glenstone, with 59,000 sq. ft. of gallery space on 300 natively landscaped acres, is the largest private contemporary art gallery in the U.S. During this visit, the main gallery will host an extensive exhibit of 70 works by New York artist, activist, author, and teacher, Faith Ringgold. The self-guided exhibit is text-heavy, including examples of Ringgold’s “story quilts.” Some artwork information is available by QR code.  Faith Jones Ringgold was born on October [...]