Scrabble
2025-12-01 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-08 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
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.

Village Programs Committee
2025-12-02 13:00 - 14:30 | https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-programs-committee/2025-12-02/
Help create and operate the Village’s one-off and recurring social and educational events. Meet with us on the first Tuesday of the month at 1:00pm. The meeting will be via Zoom.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEETING
1st Tuesdays, 1:00pm—2:30pm
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Canasta
2025-12-02 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-09 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.

Bridge
2025-12-02 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-05 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-08 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-09 14:00 - 16:00
Friendly game with experienced but not cut-throat players. Perfect if you played in college and want to get back into it. From one to three games per week depending on player availability; locations depend on who’s playing. Weekly schedule is usually finalized every Friday.
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Movie Night at AFI: Rashomon
2025-12-02 19:00 - 21:00
The murder of a man and the rape of his wife in a forest grove are seen from four different perspectives. Considered one of the greatest films ever made, Akira Kurosawa’s meditation on the nature of “truth” transformed narrative cinema as we know it. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori and Takashi Shimura, the spellbinding psychological thriller won the Golden Lion at the 1951 Venice Film Festival and the Honorary Foreign Language Film Award at the 1952 Academy Awards®. DIR/SCR Akira Kurosawa; SCR Shinobu Hashimoto, from the short stories “Rashomon” and “In a Grove” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa; PROD Minoru Jingo. Japan, 1950, b&w, 88 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. NOT RATED
We’ll meet in the theater lobby at 7:00pm for a 7:10 curtain.
Village members: Please log into the Member Portal and click on the Calendar.

Walk in Sligo Park
2025-12-03 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-12-10 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
2025-12-03 16:00 - 17:30
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
2025-12-03 16:00 - 18:00 | https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/rummikub-game-via-zoom-and-rummikub-app/2025-12-03/
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
2025-12-04 11:30 - 14:00, 2025-12-11 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

Let's Talk
2025-12-04 13:00 - 14:30 | https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/lets-talk-2/2025-12-04/
Come and chat with the Village members who drop in. All Village members are welcome. No need to reserve a place in advance, no agenda, just some friendly chat.
Let’s Talk will meet online every Thursday of the month from 1pm – 2:30pm via Zoom.
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Rummikub (in person)
2025-12-04 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.

Yoga
2025-12-05 12:00 - 13:15
The weekly yoga class meets every Friday from 12:00 – 1:15 pm via Zoom. It is an all levels class appropriate for beginners as well as those with more experience. The class leader (Cheryl) has been practicing yoga since the 1980’s and teaching since the mid- 1990’s.
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Mahjongg
2025-12-05 13:00 - 16:00
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.

Monday Coffee at Kefa SSRAC
2025-12-08 11:00 - 12:00 | Silver Spring Recreation and Aquatic Center, 1319 Apple Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, United States
A group of SSVillage members have been meeting weekly to catch up with friends and get acquainted with new folks. Please join us at the Kefa Cafe in the lobby of the Silver Spring Recreation & Aquatic Center, 1319 Apple Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910.

Memoir Writers
2025-12-08 11:00 - 12:30
Memoir Writers is a small group that meets on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month to capture and share meaningful experiences from their lives. Members write both short pieces and longer works, focusing on stories that have shaped who they are.
For more details, log in to the Member Portal and visit the Calendar page.

Monday Meetup
2025-12-08 14:00 - 16:00
Looking for a chance to get to know a small group of Village members more deeply? Join our “Getting to Know You” group, meeting in-person on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month. The group is limited to 8 participants and is guided by an experienced facilitator. Some sessions focus on a particular topic, while others feature open, freewheeling conversation. These small groups have been a valued part of Village life for over a decade, offering members a welcoming space to connect and share.
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Stitchers For Good
2025-12-08 15:30 - 17:30
The group usually (but not always!) meets on the first Monday of the month at 3:30 pm in a member’s home. Many participants knit, crochet, or sew a variety of things to donate to local causes or to help Village members. People can also work on personal projects or just come and talk. We want to do meaningful community service, but this is also a fun, social activity.
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Men's Breakfast Group
2025-12-09 09:30 - 11:00 | Java Nation, 1010 Wayne Ave, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Attendees pay for their own charges
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

SPARKLE: Guns, Gangs & Terrorism
2025-12-10 14:00 - 15:30 | Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans' Plaza, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910
“The Joy of Writing Narrative Nonfiction and How the Ugliest Painting I Ever Saw Still Inspires Me” with author Tom Diaz. A discussion of the challenges, joys, and frustrations of writing nonfiction books about some of the modern world’s grimmest realities. Lots of people have good ideas about books that could be written. But translating even the greatest of ideas into a finished product takes years of work. Diaz uses examples from his six published nonfiction books to illustrate the process of building a well-crafted book from inspiration through research, writing, and publication.
Tom Diaz is a retired lawyer and former journalist. He has written six nonfiction books, a number of monographs and articles about crime, terrorism, and firearms, and several self-published novels that he calls his “worst sellers”. He is a graduate of the University of Florida and the Georgetown University Law Cener. Diaz practiced civil and criminal law in his legal career. As a journalist he reported on the Supreme Court and national security at The Washington Times newspaper. He then became an assistant managing editor from 1985 to 1991. From 1991 to 1993, Diaz worked at the National Strategy Information Center, where he focused on the study of terrorism and international organized crime. From 1993 to 1997, he was Democratic counsel on the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice. His subject matter specialties were counterterrorism and firearms legislation. Diaz was senior policy analyst at a gun violence reduction organization from 1997 until his retirement in 2012.
SPARKLE programs are open to the public. Registration is encouraged. Non Village members may register by emailing operations@silverspringvillage.org or calling 240-833-5580 x 6. Village members may register by logging into the Member Portal and signing up on the members-only events calendar.

Rummikub Game via Zoom and Rummikub App
2025-12-10 16:00 - 18:00 | https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/rummikub-game-via-zoom-and-rummikub-app/2025-12-10/

*Act Out!
2025-12-10 19:00 - 21:00
Were you the Class Clown? Did you enjoy dressing up when you were a kid? Is Halloween one of your favorite holidays? Then you may want to join Act Out, the Village’s new play reading group. We will be reading aloud from scripts in the public domain. We will meet the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 7pm-9pm on Zoom.
Log in to the Member Portal and click on the Calendar for details and the Zoom link.

Step Afrika at Arena Stage
2025-12-11 12:00 - 15:00
Silver Spring Village theatre enthusiasts are heading to this high-energy, fan-favorite performance, which sold out last year. Thanks to Arena Stage’s senior discount program, we’re able to offer tickets for $55.
Interested in joining us for future productions? Village membership not only gives you access to significant discounts, but also to a warm circle of Silver Spring theatre lovers who often discover they share other interests, too. Reimagine your social circle!
Village members: log into the Members-only calendar for additional information.

Reflections Memoirs
2025-12-11 13:00 - 14:30
The Thursday Reflections group is a small group of people who are interested in writing about interesting aspects of their lives. This group generally meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 1:00 in person. If interested, contact the group coordinator for details and availability.
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.
