Join Steven Swartz, local cetacean researcher, on Thursday August 15th at 7:00 p.m., as he recounts his 45 years of research on gray whale populations, some of the most fascinating of the cetacean species: how we believe they have survived as a species over the past 140,000 years, their relationship with humans and whaling, and how the impact that Global Climate Change is having on gray whales and other marine species.  Gray whales travel thousands of miles [...]

Allan Stypeck, Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers, and Kim Stypeck, co-owners of Second Story Books since 1974 and Poolesville residents since 1992, invite you to bring your books, autographs, other printed material, art and decorative art for a free verbal appraisal on Monday, July 22 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm at the Poolesville Presbyterian Church Speer Hall. See Allan's CV and learn more at secondstorybooks.com   Appraiser Allan Stypeck, president of Second [...]

It’s Movie Night again! Join us on Friday July 19th at 7:00 pm for the second of the Knives Out movie series. Daniel Craig and Edward Norton lead the cast in this intriguing “whodunit.” The co-founder of a technology company hosts a murder mystery game at his mansion, the Glass Onion. The game turns real and famous detective, Benoit Blanc, must identify the real murderer. Location: Speer Hall 17800 Elgin Rd.(109) Help us show area [...]

Join Brad Stone on Tuesday July 9th at 7:00 pm to mark the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Monocacy fought in Frederick, MD. It was one of the most important, yet least known battles of the Civil War. On that day, a small Union force hastily cobbled together by Union General Lew Wallace - and outnumbered nearly three-to-one - miraculously held back the invading Confederate army headed toward Washington, D.C. for an entire [...]

Join us on Thursday, June 13th from 7-8:00 p.m. to enjoy this fabulous free evening of Broadway music, The Evolution of Broadway: A musical trip through time in song with Jennifer Ansara.  Jennifer is a trained professional singer and familiar face in Poolesville who will sing Broadway’s best accompanied by local pianist and teacher Linda Benoit.  Location: Poolesville Presbyterian Church Sanctuary, 17800 Elgin Road. Register today... Limited seating.  Jennifer Ansara is a life-long lover [...]