Silver Spring Village

Tour - Silver Spring Aquatic & Rec Center
2024-10-22 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Parking: paid or permit parking in the County parking garage at the corner of Cameron Street and 2nd Avenue.
Optional lunch: 12pm to 1pm at the onsite Kefa Cafe.

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

Canasta
2024-10-22 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-29 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-11-05 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.

Mystery Writers Group
2024-10-23 11:00 - 12:30
The Village’s new mystery writers group will meet at 11:00 am on the fourth Wednesday of every month at the home of a member.

The Mystery Writers bring a variety of interests. Some will share their writing to be critiqued. Others will share novel plot ideas. Sometimes we’ll just talk about mystery writers we like and why we like them.

New members are welcome but please notify me if you plan to join us. For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Make 'n' Take Workshop
2024-10-23 13:00 - 15:30
Join us for a new series of activities within the Village! Clare Wilson will be our leader as we make some tiny books together. She and Jeanne Adams will provide all the materials you need to make the basic book then you can take it home and personalize it with your own doodads and words for a perfect holiday gift or a personal treasure. This month we’ll make an 8-page bound book and cover.
We have made a deal with Arts on the Block to use their space pro bono. There is a non-obligatory donation suggestion of $10 per attendee to Arts on the Block and a required $10 fee per member for Clare so she can purchase materials for the group. Please register for the workshop here on the calendar, bring ten dollars cash for Clare to the workshop and, should you choose to do so, make your donations to Arts on the Block here: https://artsontheblock.networkforgood.com/projects/198239-aob-donation-page
Note that Arts on the Block is on the ground floor of the Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library building at 900 Wayne Ave. in downtown Silver Spring. Parking is available in the county parking garage across Wayne from the library.

Rummikub Game via Zoom and Rummikub App
2024-10-23 16:00 - 18:00 | https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/rummikub-game-via-zoom-and-rummikub-app/2024-10-23/
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.

Village Day Trippers
2024-10-24 09:00 - 15:00
Village Day Trippers – A new group is forming! Our focus will be to take day trips to visit local places of interest. This will be a nice opportunity to explore the many places of note in the Washington Metropolitan Area while also making new friends within our village community. Our first trip will be to visit historic Annapolis on Thursday, October 24th. We will visit the state house, other historic sites, the waterfront, and possibly a museum about the history of Annapolis. After touring by foot in the morning, we will have lunch together at a favorite restaurant followed by more touring or even a possible boat trip around the harbor. The day should wrap up by 3:00pm and we’ll head home after that.
Please RSVP for this event. Ride sharing can be arranged among those who participate.
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Chess
2024-10-24 11:30 - 14:00, 2024-10-31 11:30 - 14:00, 2024-11-07 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

Yoga
2024-10-25 12:00 - 13:15, 2024-11-01 12:00 - 13:15
The weekly yoga class meets every week on 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
2024-10-25 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-11-01 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.

October Birthday Celebration
2024-10-25 14:00 - 15:30
Help Village members with October birthdays to celebrate. You don’t have to have a October b’day to join us; just join us at La Gelatteria on Friday October 25 at 2:00. If your birthday is in October, the Village will buy your scoop; if not, just help the October b’day members to celebrate.
La Gelatterita
10414 Detrick Ave.
Kensington, MD 20895
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Men's Group
2024-10-26 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.

Scrabble
2024-10-28 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-04 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.

Dinner at Parkway Deli
2024-10-28 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.

Halloween Playwrights Present
2024-10-30 16:00 - 17:30
I know some of you have been waiting all year for this! That’s right, ladies and gents, it’s time for the next, the greatest, the most unforgettable yet–Silver Spring Village Halloween Playwrights Present original one-acts!! This year we will have the honor of presenting at the new Aquatic and Rec Center downtown on Apple Street. (And if you haven’t been there, you’re in for a treat—no trick!)

Mark your calendars!
Wednesday, October 30 @ 2:00 p.m.
1st floor Social Hall
Silver Spring Aquatic and Recreation Center

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
2024-10-30 16:00 - 18:00 | https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/rummikub-game-via-zoom-and-rummikub-app/2024-10-30/

Village Day Trippers Planning Meeting
2024-10-31 11:00 - 12:30
Village Day Trippers Planning Meeting – We have started a new group for those villagers who would enjoy traveling with Silver Spring Village friends to explore places of interest in the Washington Metropolitan Area. This will be a planning meeting to decide what to see in the coming months and how to make this happen.
For further members-only details or to register, log into your member account and visit the Calendar page.

Lunch at All Set Restaurant
2024-11-01 12:30 - 13:30
Start out your month right with lunch with your Village friends: Lunch at All Set Restaurant, 8630 Fenton St. RSVPs not necessary, just drop in and lunch with your Village friends.

Socrates' inspired dialogue on topics of our time
2024-11-04 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.

Stitchers For Good
2024-11-04 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.

Write-On Memoir Group
2024-11-05 10:00 - 11:30
The Write-On Memoir Group brings together people who want to capture and share memorable parts of their lives through writing. The current group is full, but another can be formed if there’s sufficient interest and a volunteer leader steps forward.

For further members-only details or to register, log into the Member Portal and visit the Calendar page.

Village Programs Committee
2024-11-05 13:00 - 14:30 | https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-programs-committee/2024-11-05/
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.

Poker Dawgs
2024-11-06 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
2024-11-06 16:00 - 18:00 | https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/rummikub-game-via-zoom-and-rummikub-app/2024-11-06/
