Sunday September 27, 2015
Fall Harvest Festival
10am–5pm, Roosevelt Center, FREE. Music, Crafts, Art, and Fun! Rain date: Saturday 9/26. Produced by CHEARS.
Farmers Market
10am–2pm, Municipal Building Parking Lot, FREE. Producer-only farmers market every Sunday (except Labor Day), May until Thanksgiving.
Deaf Brunch
10:30am–12pm, New Deal Café, FREE. Deaf and hearing people socialize together using sign language. Newcomers welcome!
Pooch Plunge
11am–4pm, Aquatic & Fitness Center, $10/dog. A pool party for dogs!
Climate Change Teach-In
11:30am–1:30pm, New Deal Café, FREE. Join the Catholic Community of Greenbelt and Greenbelt Climate Action Network for a Climate Change "Teach-in". We will be discussing the Pope's recent Encyclical Letter on Ecology, Laudato Si. Copies will be provided.
Forsaken Angels
2–4:30pm, Greenbelt Arts Center, $20, $16 Students/Seniors. Mature audiences only (under 17 with parent). Forsaken Angels is a new drama by William Leary, author of the DC Metro Theatre Arts 'Best Of 2014' 'Masquerade' and the winner of a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award Winner. The show looks at the lives of three young people; Audrey, the upper middle class young girl who is taken by a boy she's met online; Samantha, a young girl from the projects whose mother is a drug addicted, alcoholic prostitute; and Alex, the young boy kicked out of his home due to his sexuality. Forsaken Angels is a graphic, hard hitting and honest look at the horrors of sexual trafficking in America today.
Petrified Pickers
5–8pm, New Deal Café, FREE. An off-the-cuff evening of bluegrass and country classics with some of the area's finest pickers.
Sunday Ultimate
5pm, Northway Fields Park, FREE. Free exercise! Women and men welcome for energetic non-contact pickup ultimate frisbee. Every Sunday, weather permitting—click to confirm time & location.
Grandma
Old Greenbelt Theatre, Click for showtimes & prices.
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Click for showtimes & prices. Showing Hotel Transylvania (in 2D & 3D), The Intern, Everest (in 2D & 3D), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, Black Mass, The Perfect Guy, The Visit, and Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos.
Monday September 28, 2015
City Council Meeting
8pm, Municipal Building, FREE. Live on Verizon 21, Comcast 71 and http://greenbeltmd.gov/municipaltv
Grandma
Old Greenbelt Theatre, Click for showtimes & prices.
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Click for showtimes & prices. Showing Hotel Transylvania (in 2D & 3D), The Intern, Everest (in 2D & 3D), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, Black Mass, The Perfect Guy, The Visit, and Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos.
Tuesday September 29, 2015
Double Sharp
7–9pm, New Deal Café, FREE. an acoustic duo with roots in Classical, Americana and Irish traditional music that features award-winning virtuoso picking on a number of instruments. A truly mixed bag from bluegrass and Bach to rock and jazz!
Grandma
Old Greenbelt Theatre, Click for showtimes & prices.
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Click for showtimes & prices. Showing Hotel Transylvania (in 2D & 3D), The Intern, Everest (in 2D & 3D), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, Black Mass, The Perfect Guy, The Visit, and Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos.
Wednesday September 30, 2015
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.
Wine and Food Tasting
4–7pm, Greenbelt Co-Op, FREE. The Greenbelt Co-op Supermarket & Pharmacy will be offering a free wine & food tasting to celebrate Patron Appreciation Day. The food tasting will be a seasonal selection available to purchase or made from ingredients available in the store. Anyone who decides to purchase a tasting wine will receive $1 off the price of each bottle, and all store purchases receive a 5% discount the entire day.
Mike Hummel & Friends
7–9pm, New Deal Café, FREE. Join the local singer-songwriter for an evening of original garage folk and jazz-tinged power pop. Mike’s powerful, poetic and witty lyrics take political and emotional risks which his poignant melodies and heartfelt singing and playing bring to life.
Grandma
Old Greenbelt Theatre, Click for showtimes & prices.
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Click for showtimes & prices. Showing Hotel Transylvania (in 2D & 3D), The Intern, Everest (in 2D & 3D), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, Black Mass, The Perfect Guy, The Visit, and Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos.
Thursday October 1, 2015
City Council Candidates’ Forum Postponed
7:30pm, Greenbriar Terrace Room, 7600 Hanover Parkway, FREE. Brief introductions at 7:30pm, then candidates and guests have opportunity for individual conversations until 9:15pm closing comments. (Postponed to 10/8.)
Thrift Store
10am–4pm, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, FREE. Donations of clothing in good condition also welcome. Donation forms available for tax purposes.
Free English class
7–8:30pm, Berwyn Baptist Church, $15 textbook fee. Open registration year round; come any Thursday.
Songwriters' Open Mic
7–10pm, New Deal Café, FREE. Songwriters' Association of Washington (SAW) open Mic with Paige Powell
Wolgemut
7:30–9:30pm, New Deal Café, FREE. Fusing historic and traditional music with ancient bagpipes, bombastic drums, dance and comedy, this fun & energetic band turns every show into a high powered Renaissance Rock concert! Come celebrate Octoberfest with this spirited group of minstrels that turn early music on its ear!
GHI Board Meeting
7:30pm, GHI Administration Building, FREE. Open sessions of the GHI and GDC Boards of Directors.
Grandma
Old Greenbelt Theatre, Click for showtimes & prices.
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Click for showtimes & prices. Showing Martain, Sicario, Hotel Transylvania (in 2D & 3D), The Intern, Everest (in 2D & 3D), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, Black Mass, The Perfect Guy, The Visit, and Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos.
Friday October 2, 2015
Pirates Canoe
8:30–11:30pm, New Deal Café, FREE. From Kyoto, Japan, this Americana/bluegrass trio plays roots music that sounds like it comes from the heartland of the United States. Chosen this year as MTV's Artist of the Week. Opening by Savannah Valentino.
“Labyrinthâ€
11pm, Old Greenbelt Theatre, $9 adults; $8 student/senior; $6 kids.
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Click for showtimes and prices. Showing “Martian†(in 2D & 3D), “Sicarioâ€, “Hotel Transylvania†(in 2D & 3D), “The Internâ€, “Everest†(in 2D & 3D), “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trialsâ€, “Black Massâ€, “The Perfect Guy†and “Un Gallo con Muchos Huevosâ€.
Saturday October 3, 2015
College Park Farmers Market
7am–12pm, 5211 Paint Branch Parkway, FREE. MD WIC, USDA Food Stamps (SNAP) accepted.
Time Bank Orientation
10am–12pm, Springhill Lake Recreation Center, FREE. Using the Time Bank, a person volunteering an hour of time helping someone else gains 1 credit, redeemable for help from someone else. Click the link for more information.
Invasive Plants
11am, Greenbelt National Park Sweetgum Picnic Area, FREE. Join us each first Saturday of the month to help remove invasive plants from the park. This partnership with the University of Maryland involves identifying and removing different invasive plants in the park. This hands-on volunteer project is going strong thanks to Volunteer Leader Tom Crone.
Contra Dances
7–9:45pm, Community Center Gym, $10 (cash at door). Beginner lesson at 6:30pm. The City of Greenbelt is co-sponsoring Contra Dances with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington (FSGW). Contra Dance is fun, fun, fun! It is danced to live music which can have an array of instruments depending on the band. There is a caller who calls the dance by doing a “walk through†before each dance. At the beginning of each evening dance, there is a 30-minute lesson to go over all the basic steps that will be called. Call 240-542-2054 for info.
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Click for showtimes and prices. Showing “Martian†(in 2D & 3D), “Sicarioâ€, “Hotel Transylvania†(in 2D & 3D), “The Internâ€, “Everest†(in 2D & 3D), “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trialsâ€, “Black Massâ€, “The Perfect Guy†and “Un Gallo con Muchos Huevosâ€.
