Monday December 8, 2014
Goddard Investment Club
5–6:30pm, Community Center, FREE. A group of amateur investors who
discuss and invest in stocks. New members welcome! For more information:
goddard@bivio.com.
City Council Meeting
8pm, Municipal Building, FREE. Live on Verizon 21, Comcast 71 and http://greenbeltmd.gov/municipaltv
Tuesday December 9, 2014
Tom Gleason
7–9pm, New Deal Café, FREE. Originals and an eclectic set of covers by artists like Jackson Browne, Peter Case, Son Volt, REM, Matthew Sweet, X, Loudon Wainwright, Stephin Merritt, and others.
Auditions for Evil Dead: The Musical
7pm, Greenbelt Arts Center, FREE. Callbacks, if needed, will be Thursday, December 11.
Director Jeffery Lesniak, with music director Paul Nahay and choreographer Rikki Howie Lacewell, are casting 5 men and 4 women, to play college-age.
Rehearsals are Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and either Saturday or Sunday.
Performances run March 6-28.
All roles are open and unpaid.
Wednesday December 10, 2014
Golden Age Club
11am–12pm, Community Center, Room 201, FREE. The Golden Age Club meets every week. Activities include speakers, special
programs and field trips. For membership information, call
Rose Remenick at 301-474-7087.
Harmony Grit
7–9pm, New Deal Café, FREE. Traditional and Contemporary Folk, Country and Light Rock. A "musaic" of beautiful vocal harmonies, complemented by guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjolele, bass harmonicaz and cello
Auditions for Evil Dead: The Musical
7pm, Greenbelt Arts Center, FREE. Callbacks, if needed, will be Thursday, December 11.
Director Jeffery Lesniak, with music director Paul Nahay and choreographer Rikki Howie Lacewell, are casting 5 men and 4 women, to play college-age.
Rehearsals are Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and either Saturday or Sunday.
Performances run March 6-28.
All roles are open and unpaid.
Thursday December 11, 2014
Thrift Store
10am–4pm, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, FREE. Donations of clothing in good condition also welcome. Donation forms available for tax purposes.
Healthy Happy Hour
5–7pm, Greenbelt Co-Op, FREE. Join Co-op for a healthy happy hour featuring ginger! Boost your circulation and enhance your digestion while enjoying Tulsi's Masala Chai Tea and Midel's Gluten Free Ginger Snaps.
FauxBucks Coffee and Investment Club
6:15–7:15pm, Greenbelt MakerSpace, Roosevelt Center, FREE. Have you saved enough money
for retirement or is that in
your distant future? It's always the right time to learn
how to invest your hard earned
cash wisely.
Computer Club
7–8:30pm, Community Center, Room 112, FREE. Monthly meeting; everyone is welcome to discuss computers and electronic devices.
Friday December 12, 2014
Wine Tasting
4–7pm, Greenbelt Co-op, FREE. Stop by the Co-op between 4 and 7pm and taste a few selections from the wine department. Save $1 on tasting wines. Must be 21 to partake and provide ID.
Sligo Creek Stompers
8:30–11:30pm, New Deal Café, FREE. A raucous but refined blend of traditional roots music: old time and bluegrass, ragtime and traditional jazz, haunted Irish fiddle tunes and Texas & gypsy swing.
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Prices vary. Click link for showtimes. Showing Interstellar Horrible Bosses, Penguins of Madagascar, Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Dumb & Dumber, Beyond the Lights and Big Hero 6.
Saturday December 13, 2014
Santa's Visit
10am–12pm, Youth Center, FREE. Santa has fit time into his busy holiday schedule! All children will receive a FREE picture with Santa!
GHI Pre-Purchase Orientation
11am, GHI Board Room, FREE. This informative meeting explains how a cooperative works, lists the steps in the purchase process, and describes how you become a member of the cooperative.
Alight Dance Theater in-studio holiday celebraion
1–4pm, Community Center, FREE. From 1 to 2 p.m. an open level movement class will be taught by alight dance artists. No experience is necessary; participants should wear comfortabl clothes and socks.
At 2 p.m. alight artists will perform excerpts from their current repertory, Frontline and Dependent.
At 3 p.m. Artistic Director Angella Foster and Resident Choreographer Wayles Haynes will teach participants how to choreograph the alight way.
Elves' Workshop
1:30–3:30pm, Youth Center, $5. Ages 7-12. Pre-registration is required. Spend
the afternoon with Santa’s Elves
creating holiday crafts and cookies.
Plaza Woman & Treasure Chest
2–4pm, Beltway Plaza, FREE. Lara Aribisala of the D.C. Divas Football Team is our super heroine.
She'll be at the Mall Saturdays from Thanksgiving thru Christmas
from 2-4pm handing out FREE keys to our Treasure Chest
Annual Holiday Concert
4pm, Greenbelt Community Church, FREE. A concert of both traditional Christmas and secular music.
Elf
6:30pm, Youth Center Gym, FREE. Before the movie, stop by Roosevelt
Center to get your movie snacks or
eat dinner. Please bring your own
chair or blanket. All ages welcome, starts at 6:30 sharp!
The U-Liners
8–11pm, New Deal Café, FREE. Socially conscious Americana band playing a wide variety of roots-rock including bluegrass, rock'n roll, country, folk, swing, folk-rock, country-rock, blues, rhythm & blues, soul, and more!
Chromatics Yuletide Tantrum Concert
8pm, Greenbelt Arts Center, $20, $16 Students/Seniors, $12 Youth. Performing a mixture of traditional holiday tunes and neo-classics, tossed together with offbeat originals about life in our modern high-tech world, the Chromatics ensure that the playfulness of the season shines through. Be sure to stay after the show for some festive treats.
Casting Rehearsal: Greenbelt Youth Musical
$154 residents; $177 non-residents. Come be a part of the 15th Greenbelt Youth Musical, “Secret Circusâ€! Teen performers will present a new version of Secret Circus, an original musical written and directed by Chris Cherry. This is an open-enrollment program, so everyone who signs up is cast in the show. Participants also must generally be available for rehearsals. See the link for more details!
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Prices vary. Click link for showtimes. Showing Interstellar Horrible Bosses, Penguins of Madagascar, Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Dumb & Dumber, Beyond the Lights and Big Hero 6.
Sunday December 14, 2014
Deaf Brunch
10:30am–12pm, New Deal Café, FREE. Deaf and hearing people socialize together using sign language. Newcomers welcome!
Chromatics Yuletide Tantrum Concert
2pm, Greenbelt Arts Center, $20, $16 Students/Seniors, $12 Youth. Performing a mixture of traditional holiday tunes and neo-classics, tossed together with offbeat originals about life in our modern high-tech world, the Chromatics ensure that the playfulness of the season shines through. Be sure to stay after the show for some festive treats.
Sunday Ultimate
3pm, Northway Fields, FREE. Women and men welcome for energetic non-contact pickup ultimate frisbee. Every Sunday, weather permitting—click to confirm time & location.
“He Is Hereâ€: A Christmas Cantata
4pm, Greenbelt Baptist Church, 101 Greenhill Road, FREE. The Christmas Cantata, will be presented in a special program on Sunday, December 14 at 4:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served immediately afterward.
Jack Couldn't Make It
5–8pm, New Deal Café, FREE. Eloquent ballads, blues, folk, rock & roll, country, classics, on acoustic guitar, slide guitar, steel mandolin.
