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Chair Yoga
Chair Yoga
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 [...]
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Mahjong
Mahjong
Join in person Mahjong on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m.! Under the skillful guidance of volunteer instructor Joyce Kral, beginner and seasoned players are welcomed to learn this fun game of skill, strategy and luck. This activity will be ongoing at Speer Hall each Thursday at 10 am unless otherwise noted. For a little background of the game: Mahjong is a tile-based game that was developed in 19th century China. It is commonly played by [...]
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Remembering Poolesville’s One-Room Schoolhouses
Remembering Poolesville’s One-Room Schoolhouses
Join Ralph Buglass from the Montgomery County Historical Society on June 2nd at 7pm for a discussion of one- and two-room schoolhouses in Montgomery County. The one-room schoolhouse symbolizes the earliest days of public education. In Montgomery County a surprising number of those one- and two-room schoolhouses still exist—in one form or another. This presentation tells the early history of public education in the county, including the nearly century-long practice of school segregation dubbed “separate [...]