Silver Spring Village

Village Programs Committee
2025-08-05 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/village-programs-committee/2025-08-05/
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.

Canasta
2025-08-05 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-12 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-19 13:00 - 16:00 | Maryland
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
2025-08-06 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-08-13 10:00 - 11:30 | Maryland
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
2025-08-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Maryland
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
2025-08-06 16:00 - 18:00 | https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/rummikub-game-via-zoom-and-rummikub-app/2025-08-06/
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
2025-08-07 11:30 - 14:00, 2025-08-14 11:30 - 14:00 | Maryland
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)
2025-08-07 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-14 13:00 - 16:00 | Maryland
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
2025-08-08 12:00 - 13:15, 2025-08-15 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
2025-08-08 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-15 13:00 - 16:00 | Maryland
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.

Silver Spring Village @ Farmers Market
2025-08-09 09:00 - 13:00 | Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans' Plaza, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910
Stop by the Silver Spring Village tent on the second Saturday of each month through October at the Farmers Market at Veterans Plaza. Meet Village members and volunteers, ask questions, and learn how Village membership can enrich your life or someone you care about. We’d love to see you!

Monday Coffee at Kefa SSRAC
2025-08-11 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-18 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.

Scrabble
2025-08-11 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-18 15:00 - 17:00 | Maryland
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.

Men's Breakfast Group
2025-08-12 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.

Rummikub Game via Zoom and Rummikub App
2025-08-13 16:00 - 18:00 | https://silverspringvillage.org/calendar/rummikub-game-via-zoom-and-rummikub-app/2025-08-13/

Reflections Memoirs
2025-08-14 13:00 - 14:30 | Maryland
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.

One-Act Festival at Silver Spring Stage
2025-08-17 14:00 - 17:00 | Maryland
On Sunday afternoon August 17, we’ll go to a festival of one-act plays at Silver Spring Stage. The four plays will be:
CHIQUITA! by James Bosley, directed by Bill Hurlbut One afternoon in a hotel room in Hollywood, the movie star Steve McQueen met with Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors to discuss a movie idea. McQueen wants to make an auto racing movie, but discussion breaks down when Morrison suggests casting the Latina parking attendant with impressive driving skills.
THE WAITING ROOM by Alli Harley-Wong, directed by Robin Berl When loud-mouth comedian Natalie violates the Fight Club etiquette of the waiting room of a fertility clinic, an unexpected and hilarious friendship forms between her and Katherine, another woman who is waiting . . . not just to see the doctor, but to have a chance to start her family.
AFTER CHARLOTTESVILLE by Latisha Jones, directed by Kristen Davis Two best friends — one a white woman who attended the 2017 Charlottesville protest, the other an African American woman who couldn’t be there — reflect on the trauma and emotion through their personal experiences, exploring the impact of the events from both inside and outside the crowd.
A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH by Erica Smith, directed by David Dieudonne Nine years ago, Cass and his sister Bee disappeared. Cass came back after two months, but Bee didn’t. Cass claims they were abducted by aliens — he even went on a reality TV show to make his case — but no one believes him. Now Cass is a pariah. Only Sayer accepts Cass’s crazy story… but what counts as belief? And how solid can it really be?
Members who wish to go to these plays should purchase their own tickets from Silver Spring Stage online, well in advance. Tickets for seniors (60+) are $25, including booking fees. Try to buy seats in rows B, C, or D, so we can sit near each other. Go to https://www.ssstage.org/buy-tickets/
In addition to purchasing your tickets online, please RSVP via the Village online calendar, by emailing programs@silverspringvillage.org or by phoning the Village office at 240-833-5580.
Enjoy the Show!

Talking About Travel
2025-08-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Maryland
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.

Bridge
2025-08-18 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Maryland
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.

LGBTQ+ Group Lunch
2025-08-19 12:30 - 14:00 | Maryland
LGBTQ+ members from Silver Spring Village, Takoma Park Village, and other Washington area Villages are invited to a monthly lunch gathering on the third Tuesday of each month, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. at one of Silver Spring’s great restaurants. Enjoy good food, engaging conversation, and occasional educational topics in a welcoming atmosphere.
LGBTQ+ members of other Villages: For details, contact the office at 240-307-4132 or operations@silverspringvillage.org.
Silver Spring Village Members: To see this month’s location and to RSVP, login to the Member Portal and click on Calendar.

Raising Arizona at AFI
2025-08-19 18:45 - 21:00 | AFI/Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, United States
We’ll go to the AFI/Silver Theatre to see the 1987 movie Raising Arizona, directed by Joel Coen. Big-hearted policewoman Edwina “Ed” McDunnough (Holly Hunter) and reformed criminal H.I. “Hi” McDunnough (Nicolas Cage) make the perfect misfit couple, but no baby blesses their union. (“Her insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase.”) The solution: redistribute one of the local celebrity quintuplets into their family. Quirkily comedic in the Preston Sturges mold and a left-field hit, the film helped launch the careers of future Oscar® winners Cage and Hunter. John Goodman steals his scenes as Cage’s ne’er-do-well brother with family issues of his own. DIR/SCR Joel Coen; SCR/PROD Ethan Coen. U.S., 1987, color, 94 min. RATED PG-13
The film begins at 7:00pm, but we’ll buy our own tickets and get together in the theatre lobby at 6:45 so we can sit together.
