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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION:Silver Spring Village’s in-person book club will meet on the fourth Thursday afternoon of each month at the Brig. General Charles McGee Library at 900 Wayne Avenue.  People planning to attend the book group can borrow the book (or electronic version) from the library.  All are welcome. \nThe March book will be Yellowface\, by R.F. Kuang. Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity\, racism\, and cultural appropriation\, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R.F. Kuang’s novel is timely\, razor-sharp\, and eminently readable. \n  \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library-14/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION:Silver Spring Village’s in-person book club will meet on the fourth Thursday afternoon of each month at 2:00 at the Brig. General Charles McGee Library at 900 Wayne Avenue. \nThe February 26\, 2026 meeting will discuss Meditations After An Attempted Murder\, by Salman Rushdie. \nPeople planning to attend the book group can borrow the book (or electronic version) from the library.  All are welcome. \n  \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library-13/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION:Silver Spring Village’s in-person book club will meet on the fourth Thursday afternoon of each month at 2:00 at the Brig. General Charles McGee Library at 900 Wayne Avenue.  For the January meeting\, participants are invited to bring a favorite poem to share and discuss.  All are welcome. \n  \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library-12/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251127T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251127T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172717
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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION:Silver Spring Village’s in-person book club will meet on the fourth Thursday afternoon of each month at 2:00 at the Brig. General Charles McGee Library at 900 Wayne Avenue.  People planning to attend the book group can borrow the book (or electronic version) from the library.  All are welcome. \n  \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library-9/2025-11-27/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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SUMMARY:Playwrights Present: TEAMWORK!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this one-of-a-kind live event featuring the collective creativity of six brilliant playwrights! Together\, they’ve crafted six original short plays—and here’s the twist: each writer contributed to every script. That means every play carries the voice and imagination of all six playwrights.  The result? A lively mix of perspectives\, humor\, and heart that’s as thought-provoking as it is entertaining. \nBring friends! This event is open to the public and absolutely FREE! \nRegister by contacting operations@silverspringvillage.org or 240-307-4132.  Village members\, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page or contact the office.
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/playwrights-present-teamwork/
LOCATION:Silver Spring Civic Building\, 1 Veterans' Plaza\, Silver Spring\, Maryland\, 20910
CATEGORIES:Cultural
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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION:Silver Spring Village’s in-person book club will meet on the fourth Thursday afternoon of each month at 2:00 at the Brig. General Charles McGee Library at 900 Wayne Avenue.  People planning to attend the book group can borrow the book (or electronic version) from the library.  All are welcome. \n  \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library-9/2025-10-23/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join Silver Spring Village’s in-person book club which meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at 2:00 at the Brig. General Charles McGee Library at 900 Wayne Avenue. \nThe September book is Before The Coffee Gets Cold\, by Toshiakazu Kawaguchi. In a small back alley in Tokyo\, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. \nFour visitors\, each of whom is hoping to make use of the café’s time-travelling offer\, in order to: confront the man who left them\, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer’s\, to see their sister one last time\, and to meet the daughter they never got the chance to know. But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat\, they cannot leave the café\, and finally\, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . .
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library-11/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250828T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250828T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172717
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T210635Z
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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join Silver Spring Village’s in-person book club which meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at 2:00 at the Brig. General Charles McGee Library at 900 Wayne Avenue. \nThe August book is The Bandit Queens by Parini Sheriff.  Geeta’s no good husband disappeared five years ago. She didn’t kill him\, but everyone thinks she did–no matter how much she protests. But she soon discovers that being known as a “self-made” widow has some surprising perks. It’s even been good for her business. Soon other women in the village have start asking for her help to get rid of their husbands . . . but not all of them are asking nicely. \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library-10/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250724T150000
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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe July 2025 book is: Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart. \nAfter 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. \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library-8/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T163000
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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe June 2025 book is: The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian \nTanzania\, 1964. When Katie Barstow\, A-list actress\, and her new husband\, David Hill\, bring their Hollywood friends to the Serengeti for their honeymoon\, the wealthy Americans expect a civilized adventure. However\, this becomes a kidnapping gone wrong\, their guides bleeding out in the dirt\, and a team of Russian mercenaries herding them into Land Rovers\, guns to their heads. A blistering story of fame\, race\, love\, and death set in a world on the cusp of great change. \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library-7/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250522T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250522T163000
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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe May 2025 book is: The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain \nFrom bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel.  When Caroline Sears receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect\, she is devastated. It is 1970 and there seems to be little that can be done. But her brother-in-law\, a physicist\, tells her that perhaps there is. Hunter appeared in their lives just a few years before\, and his appearance was as mysterious as his past. With no family\, no friends\, and a background shrouded in secrets\, Hunter embraced the Sears family and never looked back. Now\, Hunter is telling her that something can be done about her baby’s heart. Something that will shatter every preconceived notion that Caroline has. Something that will require a kind of strength and courage that Caroline never knew existed. Something that will mean a mind-bending leap of faith on Caroline’s part.  And all for the love of her unborn child. A rich\, genre-spanning\, breathtaking novel about one mother’s quest to save her child\, unite her family and believe in the unbelievable. \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library-6/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T150000
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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe April 2025 book is: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus \nSet in 1960s California\, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious\, idiosyncratic\, and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a women’s place is in the home\, only to find herself starring as the host of America’s most beloved TV cooking show.  Laugh-out-loud funny\, shrewdly observant\, and studded with a dazzling case of supporting characters\, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist. \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library-5/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250327T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250327T163000
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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe March 2025 book is: Island of Seawomen\, by Lisa See. \nSet on the Korean island of Jeju\, Mi-ja and Young-sook\, two girls from very different backgrounds\, begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective. Over many decades — through the Japanese colonialism of the 1930s and 1940s\, World War II\, the Korean War\, and the era of cellphones and wet suits for the women divers — Mi-ja and Young-sook develop the closest of bonds. Nevertheless\, their differences are impossible to ignore: Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator\, forever marking her\, and Young-sook was born into a long line of haenyeo and will inherit her mother’s position leading the divers. After hundreds of dives and years of friendship\, forces outside their control will push their relationship to the breaking point. \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library-4/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T160000
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SUMMARY:Playwrights Present Valentine's Day
DESCRIPTION:The Village’s Playwrights group will present one-act plays they have written — this time on the subject of Valentine’s Day. \nLocation: Silver Spring Civic Building\, 1 Veterans Plaza\, Silver Spring\, MD 20910 \nVillage members\, for further members-only details and to register (recommended)\, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page or contact the office. \nIf 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.
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/playwrights-present-valentines-day-2/
LOCATION:Silver Spring Civic Building\, 1 Veterans' Plaza\, Silver Spring\, Maryland\, 20910
CATEGORIES:Cultural
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250302T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250302T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172717
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250214T195159Z
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SUMMARY:Natl Museum of Women in the Arts
DESCRIPTION:The Village Daytrippers have scheduled a trip to the National Museum of Women in the Arts on Sunday March 2nd. Admission is free on the first Sunday of each month\, so we thought we’d try this date.  The museum is located at 1250 New York Avenue\, NW Washington\, DC. Here is a link to the museum’s website: https://maps.app.goo.gl/sTB4BeHsCQC8SaK3A \n\n\nFor those who wish to travel together\, we will plan to take the Metro to the nearest stop\, which is Metro Center\, on the Red Line. We will meet at 12:30 pm at the main entrance of the Silver Spring Metro and take the Metro downtown. For those who wish to drive\, we will meet at the museum at 1:00 pm. After visiting the museum\, we will plan to have tea at the museum cafe if it’s open or at a nearby restaurant at 3:30 pm.  More on this as we get closer to the date. This activity will require a moderate level of activity including the ability to independently navigate the Metro\, walk a few blocks and climb stairs. \nVillage members\, for further members-only details and to register (required)\, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page or contact the office. \nIf 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.
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/natl-museum-of-women-in-the-arts/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Cultural
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172717
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T172213Z
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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe February book is: A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan \nA historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the riveting story of the Klan’s rise to power in the 1920s\, the cunning con man who drove that rise\, and the woman who stopped them. The Roaring Twenties was the height of the uniquely American hate group\, the Ku Klux Klan. Their domain was not only the old Confederacy but the Heartland and the West. They hated Blacks\, Jews\, Catholics\, and immigrants in equal measure\, and took radical steps to keep these people from the American promise. And the man who set in motion their takeover of great swaths of America was a charismatic charlatan named D. C. Stephenson. Stephenson was a magnetic presence whose life story changed with every telling. Within two years of his arrival in Indiana\, he’d become the Grand Dragon of the state and the architect of the strategy that brought the group out of the shadows — their message endorsed from the pulpits of local churches\, spread at family picnics and town celebrations. Judges\, prosecutors\, ministers\, governors\, and senators across the country all proudly proclaimed their membership. But at the peak of his influence\, it was a seemingly powerless woman — Madge Oberholtzer — who would reveal his secret cruelties\, and whose deathbed testimony finally brought the Klan to their knees. \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library-3/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172717
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SUMMARY:Playwrights Present Valentine's Day
DESCRIPTION:The Village’s Playwrights group will present one-act plays they have written — this time on the subject of Valentine’s Day.
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/playwrights-present-valentines-day/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Cultural
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250123T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250123T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172717
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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe book is: Crying In H Mart by Michelle Zauner \nIn this exquisite story of family\, food\, grief\, and endurance\, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer\, songwriter\, and guitarist. With humor and heart\, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene\, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular\, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul\, where she and her mother would bond\, late at night\, over heaping plates of food. Vivacious and plainspoken\, lyrical and honest\, Zauner’s voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely\, and complete with family photos. \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library/2025-01-23/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241226T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241226T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172717
CREATED:20240729T202809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250619T173553Z
UID:10005688-1735225200-1735230600@silverspringvillage.org
SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe book is: Crying In H Mart by Michelle Zauner \nIn this exquisite story of family\, food\, grief\, and endurance\, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer\, songwriter\, and guitarist. With humor and heart\, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene\, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular\, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul\, where she and her mother would bond\, late at night\, over heaping plates of food. Vivacious and plainspoken\, lyrical and honest\, Zauner’s voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely\, and complete with family photos. \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library/2024-12-26/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241110T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241110T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172717
CREATED:20241016T151718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241016T151718Z
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SUMMARY:"Junk" at Silver Spring Stage
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday November 10 at 2:00\, we’re going to Silver Spring Stage to see the play Junk\, a gripping financial thriller set in the ruthless world of 1980s Wall Street\, exposing the greed and ambition that fueled the junk bond market. \nSo we can sit together\, try to buy tickets in rows B\, C\, or D. Order your tickets at https://ci.green.prod.ovationtix.com/35685/pr/1205961/pe/11493431 which can be reached from www.ssstage.org. Senior tickets are $23.75\, including booking fee. In addition to buying your own ticket\, please also register on the Village website calendar so we’ll know to expect you.\n \nSilver Spring Stage\nhttps://www.ssstage.org/\n10145 Colesville Road\nSilver Spring\, MD  20901 \nFor further members-only details or to register\, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/junk-at-silver-spring-stage/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172717
CREATED:20240729T202809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250619T173553Z
UID:10005686-1729782000-1729787400@silverspringvillage.org
SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe book is: Crying In H Mart by Michelle Zauner \nIn this exquisite story of family\, food\, grief\, and endurance\, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer\, songwriter\, and guitarist. With humor and heart\, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene\, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular\, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul\, where she and her mother would bond\, late at night\, over heaping plates of food. Vivacious and plainspoken\, lyrical and honest\, Zauner’s voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely\, and complete with family photos. \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library/2024-10-24/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240926T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240926T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172717
CREATED:20240729T205309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T122547Z
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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe book is: The Half Known Life: In Search Of Paradise by Pico Iyer \nA journey through competing ideas of paradise to see how we can live more peacefully in an ever more divided and distracted world. Paradise: that elusive place where the anxieties\, struggles\, and burdens of life fall away. Most of us dream of it\, but each of us has very different ideas about where it is to be found. For some it can be enjoyed only after death; for others\, it’s in our midst—or just across the ocean—if only we can find eyes to see it. Traveling from Iran to North Korea\, from the Dalai Lama’s Himalayas to the ghostly temples of Japan\, Pico Iyer brings together a lifetime of explorations to upend our ideas of utopia and ask how we might find peace in the midst of difficulty and suffering. Does religion lead us back to Eden or only into constant contention? Why do so many seeming paradises turn into warzones? And does paradise exist only in the afterworld – or can it be found in the here and now? For almost fifty years Iyer has been roaming the world\, mixing a global soul’s delight in observing cultures with a pilgrim’s readiness to be transformed. In this culminating work\, he brings together the outer world and the inner to offer us a surprising\, original\, often beautiful exploration of how we might come upon paradise in the midst of our very real lives.
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library-2/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240822T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240822T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172717
CREATED:20240729T202809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250619T173553Z
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SUMMARY:Village Book Club at Charles McGee Library
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe book is: Crying In H Mart by Michelle Zauner \nIn this exquisite story of family\, food\, grief\, and endurance\, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer\, songwriter\, and guitarist. With humor and heart\, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene\, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular\, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul\, where she and her mother would bond\, late at night\, over heaping plates of food. Vivacious and plainspoken\, lyrical and honest\, Zauner’s voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely\, and complete with family photos. \n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-book-club-at-charles-mcgee-library/2024-08-22/
LOCATION:Charles McGee Library\, 900 Wayne Ave\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240820T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240820T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172717
CREATED:20240728T165824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241014T201905Z
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SUMMARY:Encore Chorale Orientation
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n\nStaying creatively active as we age keeps us happy and healthy\, and Encore Creativity for Older Adults is a leading organization in the arts and aging field. With an Encore Creativity ensemble\, you can improve your wellness\, forge new friendships\, and sing a delightful mix of choral classics and modern favorites in four-part harmony. Join our upcoming information session with Encore Creativity staff on August 20 at 11 AM for more information on our programs in Silver Spring\, and ways you can get involved and start the music!\n\nFor further members-only details or to register\, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/encore-chorale-orientation/
LOCATION:
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240814T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240814T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172717
CREATED:20240728T155240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250619T174407Z
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SUMMARY:Metropolitan Opera on Screen
DESCRIPTION:Rossini’s charming take on the Cinderella story returns to cinemas\, starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and tenor Juan Diego Flórez in this 2014 performance of Cesare Lievi’s whimsical production. Fabio Luisi conducts. \nAt the Majestic 20 Theatres\, 900 Ellsworth Drive (at Fenton St.) on Wednesday July 31. \nYou may purchase your ticket at the box office or in advance on the REGAL app or website. \nRSVPs are strongly encouraged\, so our group host will know who to expect. \n\n\nAttendees pay for their own charges\n\n\n\n\nFor further members-only details or to register\, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/metropolitan-opera/2024-08-14/
LOCATION:Majestic 20 Theatres\, 900 Ellsworth Drive\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240807T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240807T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172717
CREATED:20240728T155240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250619T174407Z
UID:10001750-1723054500-1723066200@silverspringvillage.org
SUMMARY:Metropolitan Opera on Screen
DESCRIPTION:Rossini’s charming take on the Cinderella story returns to cinemas\, starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and tenor Juan Diego Flórez in this 2014 performance of Cesare Lievi’s whimsical production. Fabio Luisi conducts. \nAt the Majestic 20 Theatres\, 900 Ellsworth Drive (at Fenton St.) on Wednesday July 31. \nYou may purchase your ticket at the box office or in advance on the REGAL app or website. \nRSVPs are strongly encouraged\, so our group host will know who to expect. \n\n\nAttendees pay for their own charges\n\n\n\n\nFor further members-only details or to register\, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/metropolitan-opera/2024-08-07/
LOCATION:Majestic 20 Theatres\, 900 Ellsworth Drive\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240731T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240731T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T172717
CREATED:20240728T155240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250619T174407Z
UID:10001749-1722449700-1722461400@silverspringvillage.org
SUMMARY:Metropolitan Opera on Screen
DESCRIPTION:Rossini’s charming take on the Cinderella story returns to cinemas\, starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and tenor Juan Diego Flórez in this 2014 performance of Cesare Lievi’s whimsical production. Fabio Luisi conducts. \nAt the Majestic 20 Theatres\, 900 Ellsworth Drive (at Fenton St.) on Wednesday July 31. \nYou may purchase your ticket at the box office or in advance on the REGAL app or website. \nRSVPs are strongly encouraged\, so our group host will know who to expect. \n\n\nAttendees pay for their own charges\n\n\n\n\nFor further members-only details or to register\, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.
URL:https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/metropolitan-opera/2024-07-31/
LOCATION:Majestic 20 Theatres\, 900 Ellsworth Drive\, Silver Spring\, MD\, 20910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Social
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