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| Hyattsville Arts & Ales Festival – This Saturday! |
Check out all we have going on along Route 1 this fabulous weekend: Live music, dance party, Hearts in Hyattsville, the Hyattsville Arts & Ales Festival & more! Lucky ducks!
Special thanks to our sponsor of this Weekend Guide!
THURSDAY
Hispanic Heritage Film Series: Aquí y Allá
Aquí: Pedro returns home to a small mountain village in Guerrero, Mexico after years of working in the US. He finds his daughters older, and more distant than he imagined. His wife still has the same smile. Having saved earnings from trips to the US, he hopes to now finally make a better life, and to pursue his dreams of starting a band. Allá: The villagers think this year’s crop will be bountiful. There is also good work in a growing city an hour away. But the locals are wise to a life of insecurity, and their thoughts are often of family members or opportunities far away, north of the border.
Where: Brentwood Art Exchange, 3901 Rhode Island Ave, Brentwood
Cost: Free
Harvest Yard Signs
Learn to build seasonal yard signs. Join our Associate-led demonstration and you’ll be shown how to use carpenter’s tools to measure and cut the wood to create fun yard decor with a Harvest or Halloween theme. Register here.
When: 6:30-8pm
Where: Home Depot, Hyattsville, College Park
Cost: Free!
Dance Dance Party Party!
Dance Dance Party Party is a women-only freestyle exercise dance session! Come in your exercise clothes. Burn anywhere from 200-400 calories Dance your heart out to an eclectic mix of music for an hour straight. Make new friends, leave refreshed!
When: 7-8pm
Where: Community Forklift Resource Room, 4671 Tanglewood Dr, Hyattsville
Cost: Free!
Live Music Thursdays: Skyline Hotel
Eat some good Mediterranean food, support a local Mt. Rainier restaurant and get down with the pop/rock sounds of Skyline Hotel at Live Music Thursdays! Support our local music scene and grab a beer / falafel, maybe both, while you’re at it!
When: 7:30-9:30pm
Where: Mediterranean Cafe, 3237 Rhode Island Ave, Mt. Rainier
Cost: Free! (No cover charge)
Matt Tarka Solo
Have you ever had a moment where you’ve realized that you were late to the party, that you’ve spent too much energy on trying to please the wrong people or you’ve been deceived by those closest to you? If the answer is yes then the rock-inflected folk music of DC-based artist Matt Tarka will speak directly to you.
When: 8-10pm
Where: Robert Harper Books, 6216 Rhode Island Ave, Riverdale Park
Cost: $15
FRIDAY
Outdoor Performance Series
Catch some live music by a local performer in this new public space intended to support the vision of a sustainable, walkable, vibrant top-20 college town.
When: 6-7pm
Where: Little Tavern Park, 7413 Baltimore Ave, College Park
Cost: Free!
Zumba
As you settle into back to school routines, don’t forget to plan some time for dancin’ and shakin’! No experience necessary, just a desire to smile, sweat, and enjoy great international music. Kids are welcome! (I’ve been to this and it’s a really fun time!)
When: 6:30pm
Where: Espaco Cultural Samba Trovao, 4318 Hamilton Street, Hyattsville
Cost: $10 drop in
School of Music Fellowship Ensemble: Omer Quartet Debut
The Omer Quartet, the School of Music’s new graduate string quartet fellows, performs works by Schubert, Haydn, Bartók and Mozart in their debut performance at the University of Maryland.
When: 8pm
Where: The Clarice, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Cost: Free!
Lighthouse Collective with Linda Harris
Linda Harris returns to Robert Harper Books with the Lighthouse Collective playing jazz and Blues standards.
When: 8-10pm
Where: Robert Harper Books, 6216 Rhode Island Ave, Riverdale Park
Cost: $15
SATURDAY
College Park ParkRun
Head out on for a weekly, free, 5K, timed run. Afterwards, enjoy a post Parkrun coffee in The Board & Brew, 8150 Baltimore Ave, College Park. All ages welcome!
When: Saturdays at 9 a.m.
Where: Paint Branch Trail, 4289 Metzerott Road, College Park
Admission: Free but please register before your first run.
Hearts in Hyattsville – A Community Paint Day!
Have you see all the new, awesome murals along Route 1? Read abt it here & join Green Owl Design in this effort to beautify a building along Route 1 with “hearts” and “h’s” in a fun-filled community paint day!
When: 11am-2pm
Where: 5334 Baltimore Ave, Hyattsville
Cost: Free!
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live – Riversdale House Museum
Riversdale is joining museums across the country and opening its doors for free during this annual event. Find out more and print your required ticket here.
When: 11am-1pm
Where: Riversdale House Museum, 4811 Riverdale Road, Riverdale Park
Cost: Free!
Hyattsville Arts & Ales Festival
Now in its 10th year, enjoy over 100 exhibiting artists and artisans, Maryland breweries, food trucks and vendors, and live entertainment, block by block in Downtown Hyattsville.
When: 12-6pm
Where: 3 streets of downtown Hyattsville (Farragut & Gallatin near Franklin’s Brewery)
Cost: No entry fee (bring beer and food truck $$!)
Capoeira Angola with Skher Brown & The Dancing Warriors
The whole family will be dazzled by the spins, kicks, flips and live music of this unusual art form, which has its origins in Central Africa but evolved in Brazil. Learn a few words of Brazilian Portuguese as you join the call-and-response songs and stories.
When: 2pm
Where: Publick Playhouse, 5445 Landover Drive, Cheverly
Cost: $5
Y’all Pendyal Jazz
Y’all Pendyal is Anuraag Pendyal on piano and Jim Lande on sax. Both sing. Anuraag is a full time musician in New Orleans playing both written and improvised music. Jim is a regular at the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation and jazz jams in the area. Together, they will play a mix of jazz, blues and pop.
When: 8-10pm
Where: Robert Harper Books, 6216 Rhode Island Ave, Riverdale Park
Cost: $10
SUNDAY
Yoga at Magruder Park
An informal group led by neighborhood instructors Hyattsville’s Magruder Park. Bring a mat – all levels, including those new to yoga are welcome. Questions? Email: rlgitter@gmail.com
When: 5-6pm
Where: Magruder Park (on left by playground), 3911 Hamilton Street, Hyattsville
Cost: Free!
Mosquita Y Mari
For Hispanic Heritage Month, don’t miss this beautiful film from writer/director Aurora Guerrero. In a fast-paced immigrant community where dreams are often lost to economic survival, two young Chicanas contemplate life when they stir unexpected desires in each other. Screening will be followed with a discussion with UMD professors Randy Ontiveros (American Studies) and Perla Guerrera (English). When: 8pm
Where: Old Greenbelt Theatre, Greenbelt
Cost: Free!
Harmonious Blacksmith – Telemann, Back, Rameau
When: 8pm
Where: The Clarice, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Cost: Free!
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