Wednesday April 29, 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.
Seasonal & Savory Food Demo & Wine Tasting
5–7pm, Greenbelt Co-Op, FREE. This month's demo and wine tasting will feature rhubarb. Make this spring veggie into a compote that's delicious on ice cream or bread. It's also Patron Appreciation day were you save 5% on our purchases! Save an additional $1 on tasting wines.
Greenbelt Toastmasters Open House
7–9pm, Greenbelt Community Church, corner of Hillside & Crescent, FREE. Info: alexa0838@gmail.com
Preschool Storytime
Greenbelt Library, FREE. 10:15am & 11:15am: Join us for stories, songs, fingerplays and more! Ages 3–5. Please pick up a free ticket at the Information Desk before the program. Limit 20.
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Prices vary. Click for showtimes. Showing Brotherly Love, Paul Blart Mall Cop 2, Unfriended, Furious 7, It Follows, Home, and Get Hard.
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Prices vary. Click for showtimes. Showing Avengers: Age of Ultron (3D and 2D), Brotherly Love, Paul Blart Mall Cop 2, Unfriended, Furious 7, It Follows, Home, and Get Hard.
Thursday April 30, 2015
Thrift Store
10am–4pm, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, FREE. Donations of clothing in good condition also welcome. Donation forms available for tax purposes.
Baby Storytime
10:15am, Greenbelt Library, FREE. Join us for stories, songs, fingerplays and more for ages 1-2! Please pick up a free ticket at Information Desk. For ages 1–2 years, limit 20 people.
Toddler Storytime
4:15pm, Greenbelt Library, FREE. Join us for stories, songs, fingerplays and more! Ages 2-3. Please pick up a free ticket at the Information Desk. Limit 20.
Cub & Boy Scout Campfire
7–8pm, Mowatt United Methodist Church, 40 Ridge Road, FREE. RSVP to jdblockhead@yahoo.com.
Time Symmetry Breaking & Production of Matter
7:30pm, Community Center, Room 114, FREE. Astronomical Society of Greenbelt Presentation by Dr. Laura Lising.
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Prices vary. Click for showtimes. Showing Avengers (in 2D and 3D), Brotherly Love, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Unfriended, Furious 7, and Home.
Friday May 1, 2015
Senior Legal Clinic
10am–2pm, Green Ridge House, FREE. Attorneys will be available to answer questions and provide assistance to seniors in preparing documents. Pre-registration required, space is limited. Registration begins April 7. Please call 301-345-6660.
Beggars Tomb
8:30–11:30pm, New Deal Café, FREE. A 5-piece band focused on recreating classic renditions of the Grateful Dead.
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Prices vary. Click for showtimes. Showing Avengers (in 2D and 3D), Brotherly Love, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Unfriended, Furious 7, and Home.
Saturday May 2, 2015
Shredding Day Canceled
9am, Roosevelt Center, behind Greenbelt Federal Credit Union, FREE. Only 5 boxes per person. Personal records only (no business).
Must be present to shred; shredding continues until 12:00 noon or truck is full. Please, no contaminants and NO BATTERIES.
College Park Farmers Market
7am–12pm, 5211 Paint Branch Parkway, FREE. MD WIC, USDA Food Stamps (SNAP) accepted.
Greenbelt Tennis Association Annual Member Social
9am–1pm, Braden Field Tennis Courts, FREE. Includes doubles play,
drills, courts for kids and beginners
and refreshments. Balls will
be provided and some rackets
made available. Open to all skill levels
Bostwick Festival
10am–4pm, 3901 48th st., Bladensburg, FREE. An afternoon of early American trade
demonstrations, music, family activities &
more.
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.
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.
Built 4 Comfort
8:30–11:30pm, New Deal Café, FREE. Soulful vocals, tasty guitar licks and a deep foundation in the blues, this band is known to add their own flavor to R&B and classic rock favorites!
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Prices vary. Click for showtimes. Showing Avengers (in 2D and 3D), Brotherly Love, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Unfriended, Furious 7, and Home.
Sunday May 3, 2015
Deaf Brunch
10:30am–12pm, New Deal Café, FREE. Deaf and hearing people socialize together using sign language. Newcomers welcome!
Jewish Response to Climate Change
10:30am, Mishkan Torah Synagogue, FREE. Joelle
Novey, director of District of
Columbia, Maryland and Northern
Virginia Interfaith Power
and Light.
Artful Afternoon
1–4pm, Community Center, FREE. 1–3pm: Make a collaged pendant or back-pack ornament with artist Sherill Gross; 3pm: alight dance theater performs "Frontline"
Basket Making
2–4pm, Greenbelt Museum, FREE. Family-friendly hands-on May basket making; all materials are provided.
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.
Starlight Orchestra
5–8pm, New Deal Café, FREE. Big Band jazz and swing with fantastic female vocals! Starlight Orchestra plays favorites by Glen Miller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, and Frank Sinatra.
Utopia Film Festival Broadcast
8pm, Comcast 77 & Verizon Fios 19 Channels, FREE. “Maryland Sentientâ€, “Dessert Contestâ€,
“Worst of the Worstâ€,
“Impressions†and “Drawn From Waterâ€
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Prices vary. Click for showtimes. Showing Avengers (in 2D and 3D), Brotherly Love, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Unfriended, Furious 7, and Home.
Monday May 4, 2015
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Prices vary. Click for showtimes. Showing Avengers (in 2D and 3D), Brotherly Love, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Unfriended, Furious 7, and Home.
Tuesday May 5, 2015
Carotid and peripheral artery disease screening
9:30am–2:30pm, Community Center, Room 103, FREE. Greenbelt Assistance
in Living
(GAIL) Program in
partnership with
Advanced Vascular
Resources
(AVR); schedule an appointment at 301-345-6660.
The New Old Jamboree
7–9pm, New Deal Café, FREE. Hosted by Ruthie and the Wranglers - new songs, old songs, and special guests!
Books at Bedtime: Infants and Toddlers
7pm, Greenbelt Library, FREE. For ages 0–3, limit 20. Families are encouraged to start bedtime routines with us! Sing-a-longs, stories & quiet play activities encourage engagement between caregivers and children. Age-appropriate social, emotional, communication, and literacy skills. Stop by the Information desk on event day for free tickets.
GHI Election Candidates’ Forum
7:30pm, Municipal Building, FREE. Ask questions to candidates for the May 14–15 election & annual meeting.
Academy Movies
Academy Stadium Theaters, Beltway Plaza, Prices vary. Click for showtimes. Showing Avengers (in 2D and 3D), Brotherly Love, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Unfriended, Furious 7, and Home.
