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| PGAAMCC’s Outdoor Summer Film Series kicks off this Saturday! |
Riverdale Park Farmers Market
One of my fave farmers markets! Get your fresh and local produce right here! Live music, too! We love strolling around the Riverdale Park Farmers Market, buying some fresh, local produce, grabbing a bite from one of the vendors, absorbing some tunes while the kids frolic around and then we all head to Town Center Market to enjoy a tasty beer or 5 outside.
When: 3-7pm
Where: 4650 Queensbury Rd, Riverdale Park
Cost: No entry fee.
Workshop – Concrete Serving Tray
Learn to build a concrete serving tray. Join our demonstration workshop and watch as our Associate shows you how to measure and cut wood and mix concrete to create a durable serving tray with attached handles. In addition, our Associate will also demonstrate the safe use of common project tools including a circular saw, drill and sanding block. At the end of the demonstration, Store Associates can help you shop for everything you need to create your own project at home. When: 6:30-8pm
Where: Home Depot, Hyattsville
Cost: Free, must register!
Yoga in UP Park
Enjoy a 1-hour “flow type” class suitable for all levels. Bring a mat, water and bug spray!
When: 7pm
Where: University Park Town Park, 4198 Tennyson Rd (Grassy area near heron sculpture)
Cost: Free!
Live Music Thursdays: Superior Cling
Eat some good Mediterranean food, support a local Mt. Rainier restaurant and enjoy some fjazzy vibes by Superior Cling at Live Music Thursdays! Always a fun time and can attest that their falafels (ask for the “special sauce”) & dolmadas will make you return for more!
When: 7:30-9:30pm
Where: Mediterranean Cafe, 3237 Rhode Island Ave, Mt. Rainier
Cost: No cover charge!
FRIDAY
Yoga in the Parks
Join us for FREE yoga classes in the beautiful outdoors! Learn basic moves to strengthen your body, increase flexibility and free your mind. Classes run Memorial Day through Labor Day and are for ages 13+. No registration is required. Namaste!
When: 9-10am
Where: Ellen E. Linson Splash Park, 5211 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park
Cost: Free!
Pre-Father’s Day Wine Tasting
John is pulling out all the stops for this Friday’s Pre-Father’s Day wine tasting. That means he has no idea yet what he’s going to have, but will let us all know as we get closer to the date. 😂
When: 4pm
Where: Greenbelt Co-op, 121 Centerway, Greenbelt
Cost: Free to taste!
[**UPDATED LOCATION – Back to City Bldg] Summer Jam Series!
Join us for a Summer Jam like no other! Join for live Cuban music from Timbason la Original, Honey’s Empanadas food truck, BBQ, delicious beer from Franklins, our moonbounce and kids’ activities!
When: 6:30-8:30pm
Where: City Municipal Bldg, 4310 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville
Cost: Free!
Music Relaxation Boat Tour Along the Anacostia River
Enjoy specialized pontoon boat rides down the scenic Anacostia River. Feel your cares melt away as you enjoy the tranquility of a sunset boat tour down the Anacostia River, accompanied by relaxing live music. You may bring your own refreshments to enjoy onboard. Ages 12-99 years old. Trips depend on sufficient registration so call ahead to confirm.
SATURDAY
Yoga in UP Park
Enjoy a 1-hour “flow type” class suitable for all levels. Bring a mat, water and bug spray!
When: 9am
Where: University Park Town Park, 4198 Tennyson Rd (Grassy area near heron sculpture)
Cost: Free!
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.
Edible & Raised Garden Beds – Workshop
When: 10-11:30am
Where: Home Depot Hyattsville
Cost: Free – though must register at link above
Movin’ with the Mayor – Circuit Training
Join Hyattsville’s Mayor Candace Hollingsworth and JM3 Health and Fitness for circuit training in Magruder Park! Get ready to feel the burn with fun strengthening, toning and cardio exercises!
When; 11am-Noon
Where: Magruder Park, 3911 Hamilton St, Hyattsville
Cost: Free!
Annual Juneteenth Celebration
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Bring your family, blanket and lawn chairs for a joyous day of live entertainment, genealogy workshops, children’s activities, exhibitions and historical interpretation.
When: Noon-5pm
Where: Walker Mill Regional Park, 8001 Walker Mill Road, District Heights (about 30 min drive from Rt. 1 area – worthwhile for an event like this!)
Cost: Free!
Third Saturday Readings
Hosted by Sid Gold. Authors Doritt Carroll and Barbara Westwood Diehl read from their recent & forthcoming releases.
When: 2-4pm
Where: Robert Harper Books, 6216 Rhode Island Ave, Riverdale Park
Cost: Free!
Opening Reception: Material-Object-Form
Attaching meaning to the things around us among the most fundamental aspects of what it means to be human. We value many things not for what they are, but for where they came from, who gave them to us, or what they help us remember. This exhibit explores the ways that artists use these relationships to develop the content of their artwork.
When: 5pm
Where: Brentwood Arts Exchange, 3901 Rhode Island Ave, Brentwood
Cost: Free!
Summer Saturdays Film Series – Hermanas en Ruedas by Amberly Alene Ellis
Each Summer Saturday Film Screening will include an outdoor screening of a film created by a local filmmaker and a Q & A segment. Hermanas ventures into a country in the midst of major socio-political change to continue conversations around gender, sexuality and autonomy. Through the underground skate scene, the film questions the future of Cuban subcultures and technology amidst a backdrop of international exchanges and a drastic shift in US and Cuba relations.
When: 7-9pm
Where: Prince George’s African American Museum & Cultural Center, 4519 Rhode Island Ave,
North Brentwood
Cost: $10
Eileen Bernstein “No Place But Up” CD Release
Come celebrate with award winning indie singer-songwriter Eileen Bernstein on her release tour. Eileen takes you up and down the peaks and valleys of life with “songs [that] make you want to tap your toes, along with touching melodies that grip your heart with their expressive lyrics,” – Baltimore Jewish Times. The musical influences on her latest album are as wide ranging as Katy Perry, Evanescence, Emerson Drive, Miranda Lambert, and Alanis Morissette.
When: 8-10pm
Where: Robert Harper Books, 6216 Rhode Island Ave, Riverdale Park
Cost: $15 cover, light refreshments available
Just Stones
A musical tribute to the Rolling Stones whose repertoire consists entirely of Rollings Stones music that will please the ‘Stones connoisseurs as well as the layfan (or ladyfan as I almost wrote!)
When: 8:30-11:30pm
Where: New Deal Cafe, 113 Centerway, Greenbelt
Cost: No cover charge
SUNDAY
Greenbelt Farmers Market
Check out this cool & big farmers market offering produce, pasture-raised meats, sustainable seafood, soaps, crepes, ice cream, breads and baked goods, goat cheese & more! While there, let your ears soak up some Transatlantic Crossing and their fiddle-n tunes (think “toe-tapping Irish and Scottish jigs and reels!”) When done shopping, head to the New Deal Cafe for some nosh and/or a coffee by Vigilante!
When: 10am-2pm
Where: 25 Crescent Rd, Greenbelt
Cost: No entry fee
Coffee Ride
Our weekly ride to Vigilante Coffee in Hyattsville for caffeinated goodness. Bring cash/cc, lock. Approximately 12 miles round trip, mostly trails, some on-road riding. Helmets required.
When: 10am-12pm
Where: Proteus Bicycles, 9217 Baltimore Ave, College Park
Cost: Free!
Father’s Day Beer Tasting & Tours at Riversdale
Celebrate dad, grandpa, or another special gentleman with a free guided tour of Riversdale. As an extra special treat, beer lovers can visit the tasting station, where a variety of brews will be available for sampling. Free tours are limited to one free tour with each paid admission. First-come, first served.
When: 12:15-3:15pm
Where: Riversdale Historic Site, 4811 Riverdale Rd, Riverdale Park
Cost: Adults: $5; Seniors: $4; Students: $2; Children 4 and under are free
HCAA Art Reception – Daniel McNeill’s Solo Wall Exhibit
Join the Hyattsville Community Arts Alliance for this reception to celebrate the Solo Wall exhibition of Daniel McNeill.
When: 2-4pm
Where: Prince George’s Plaza Community Center, 6600 Adelphi Rd, Hyattsville
Cost: Free!
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| Credit: Daniel McNeill (as compiled by HCAA’s fab graphic design team)! |
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