Silver Spring Village

Mahjongg
2025-07-11 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-18 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-25 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
There’s a weekly Village mahjongg game, every Friday at 1 to 4pm in a member’s home. For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.
Experienced players only, please.

Scrabble
2025-07-14 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-21 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-28 15:00 - 17:00
Join fellow word lovers every Monday, 3-5 p.m. at for a friendly game of Scrabble at one of our favorite neighborhood restaurants. Enjoy great food, good company, and a little wordplay—no experience necessary! Come for the game, stay for the laughs. Attendees pay for their own charges.

For members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.Considering Village membership and want to sample an event? Call our Operations Manager at 240-307-4132.

LGBTQ+ Group Lunch
2025-07-15 13:00 - 14:30 | Mamma Lucia of Silver Spring, 1302 East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
Celebrate Pride and Community Over Lunch!
July is recognized as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, a time to celebrate the contributions and inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other non-conforming individuals who enrich our communities.
Join us for a casual lunch gathering on Tuesday, July 15, from 1:00–2:30 p.m. at Mamma Lucia (East-West Highway, Silver Spring). There’s ample free parking and a lunch menu available for purchase.
LGBTQ+ members from all area Villages are warmly invited to connect over good food and great conversation.
Registration is required. Please contact event coordinator Liora Moriel at 301-675-3664 or lioramoriel@gmail.com.

Canasta
2025-07-15 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-22 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-29 13:00 - 16:00
The Silver Spring Village Canasta Club will meet in person every Tuesday from 1:00 to 4:00 pm.
The club is open to players at all levels including beginning. New members are actively being sought.
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Walk in Sligo Park
2025-07-16 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-07-23 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-07-30 10:00 - 11:30
We’re getting out together, taking weekly walks in Sligo Creek Park! Weather permitting, we’ll meet Wednesday mornings at 10:00 at locations which will be announced by email one or two days ahead of the walk. The walks will typically be 2 to 3 miles round-trip.
See you there!
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Poker Dawgs
2025-07-16 16:00 - 17:30
To find out details about playing poker with the Poker Dawgs.
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Rummikub Game via Zoom and Rummikub App
2025-07-16 16:00 - 18:00 | https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/rummikub-game-via-zoom-and-rummikub-app/2025-07-16/
Easy to learn and constantly keeps you on your toes!! Come join us on Zoom and the Rummikub App.
You will need the following:

The Original Rummikub app – by Kinkajoo (Its icon is the black Joker-face tile)

You will need to download the app to an iPad, iPhone, Android phone or Android tablet to play. (NOTE: the app is not available on Windows computers).
When you create your Player Name on the app, we recommend that you start your name with SSV, so all our SSV players will be easy to find. (For example: my name is SSVCecilia)

A Facebook account to connect to other SSV players. – All SSV players will have to friend each other on Facebook
We highly recommend a separate device to access the Zoom.

We plan to all get together via Zoom, starting at 4 pm on Wednesdays. Then we’ll go into separate Zoom -Break Out Rooms for each group (of 2, 3 or 4 players) depending on who is present and want to play together. We typically keep the Zoom going so we can talk while we’re playing; more experienced players can give guidance, etc.
Please sign up ASAP. Deadline for registering is the day before the game. Must email Cecilia (see above) – Subject: FREE SSV Rummikub Zoom – with your email address and name.

Chess
2025-07-17 11:30 - 14:00, 2025-07-24 11:30 - 14:00, 2025-07-31 11:30 - 14:00
Every Thursday at 11:30, members will get together for lunch and to play chess at a local restaurant. For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Attendees pay for their own charges

Rummikub (in person)
2025-07-17 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-24 13:00 - 16:00
Build your circle of friends by playing this game that is easy to learn and fast moving combining tactical thinking, luck, and competition. We will play the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Thursdays of each month from 1 to 4pm at Cynna Janus’s house. Beginners are welcome. For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Getting to Know You 1
2025-07-17 14:00 - 16:00
Members are villagers who wanted to get to know some of fellow Villagers better. These meetings allow the participating men and women a chance to see each other repeatedly socially and exchange views on a wide range of subjects.
The group meets on the third Thursday of the month from 2pm to 4pm. The group is currently full and not accepting new members.
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Socrates' inspired dialogue on topics of our time
2025-07-21 11:00 - 12:30
This will be a free-speech discourse on subjects ancient and recent, holy and horrid. We will meet twice a month to consider what delights, amazes, and challenges our intellects. We will discuss subjects that particularly interest you and that may be relevant to all of us. Each participant is encouraged to contribute to the discussion from their own perspective and to listen thoughtfully to the contributions of others.
RSVP required, via the Village website calendar, or by email to programs@silverspringvillage.org
The first and third Mondays of the month from 11:00 to 12:30 at the home of the event hosts.
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Talking About Travel
2025-07-21 13:00 - 15:00
Village members get together on a monthly basis in a member’s home to talk about travel — the member’s trips past, current and future, practical issues related to travel (getting information, using phones, making reservations, available discounts, and anything else).
Generally on the third Monday of the month at 1:00 in member’s home.

For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Mystery Lovers Group
2025-07-23 11:00 - 12:30
Mystery Lovers Group
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Fourth Wednesday of the Month
Are you a fan of whodunits, thrillers, or classic detective fiction? The Mystery Lovers group is a welcoming space for anyone who enjoys reading, discussing, and even writing mysteries. We bring a variety of interests to the table—some of us are devoted to golden-age detective stories, while others prefer modern psychological thrillers or police procedurals.
Our discussions often center around favorite mystery writers and what makes their storytelling compelling. We explore themes, character development, and the art of crafting a satisfying twist. Occasionally, members may be inspired to share their own novel ideas or even excerpts of their writing for feedback in a supportive environment. Whether you’re a lifelong mystery reader, an aspiring author, or just curious, join us for engaging conversations and a shared love of the genre!
Village members, for further members-only details and to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page or contact the office.
If you are interested exploring Village membership (including a no-cost trial membership) or sampling selected members-only Village events, contact the office at 240-833-5586 or operations@silverspringvillage.org.

Rummikub Game via Zoom and Rummikub App
2025-07-23 16:00 - 18:00 | https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/rummikub-game-via-zoom-and-rummikub-app/2025-07-23/

Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
2025-07-24 15:00 - 16:30 | Charles McGee Library, 900 Wayne Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, United States
Silver Spring Village’s in-person book club will meet on the fourth Thursday afternoon of each month at 3:00 at the Brig. General Charles McGee Library at 900 Wayne Avenue. All are welcome.
The July 2025 book is: Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart.
After three acclaimed novels, Gary Shteyngart turns to memoir in a candid, witty, deeply poignant account of his life so far. Shteyngart shares his American immigrant experience, moving back and forth through time and memory with self-deprecating humor, moving insights, and literary bravado. The result is a resonant story of family and belonging that feels epic and intimate and distinctly his own. Born Igor Shteyngart in Leningrad during the twilight of the Soviet Union, the curious, diminutive, asthmatic boy grew up with a persistent sense of yearning—for food, for acceptance, for words—desires that would follow him into adulthood. By the late 1970s, world events changed Igor’s life. Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev made a deal: exchange grain for the safe passage of Soviet Jews to America—a country Igor viewed as the enemy. Along the way, Igor became Gary so that he would suffer one or two fewer beatings from other kids. Coming to the United States from the Soviet Union was equivalent to stumbling off a monochromatic cliff and landing in a pool of pure Technicolor. Swinging between a Soviet home life and American aspirations, Shteyngart found himself living in two contradictory worlds, all the while wishing that he could find a real home in one. Provocative, hilarious, and inventive, Little Failure reveals a deeper vein of emotion in Gary Shteyngart’s prose. It is a memoir of an immigrant family coming to America, as told by a lifelong misfit who forged from his imagination an essential literary voice and, against all odds, a place in the world.

Men's Group
2025-07-26 09:00 - 10:30
Generally the last Saturday morning of each month, 9:00—10:30 am

Attendees pay for their own charges

For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Dinner at Parkway Deli
2025-07-28 17:30 - 19:00 | Parkway Deli, 8317 Grubb Road, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, United States
Since we’re back to in-person Scrabble at the Parkway Deli, we’re back to dinner at Parkway after the Scrabble game on the last Monday afternoon of the month at 5:30pm. You don’t need to have played Scrabble to come to dinner; just show up at 5:30 and find your Village friends. The Parkway Deli is at 8317 Grubb Road, Silver Spring.

For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Playwriting Group
2025-07-30 16:00 - 17:30 | https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/playwriting-group/2025-07-30/
Have you ever thought about writing plays? Well, the Village is getting member-playwrights together to exchange ideas. Normally the Playwrights meet via Zoom on the last Wednesday of the month at 4:00 in person.
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Rummikub Game via Zoom and Rummikub App
2025-07-30 16:00 - 18:00 | https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/rummikub-game-via-zoom-and-rummikub-app/2025-07-30/
