First Sunday Juniors/Seniors Stroll
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesEnjoy a guided, easy-paced walk on natural surface trails, looking for all kinds of natural things. This hike is designed for the slowest moving among us, from young children to great grandparents. Binoculars recommended. Meet at the Kingfisher Outlook.
Nature Crafts
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesFun crafts, games, and hands-on nature items. Activities at the Seneca Creek State Park office vary each week!
Reptile Encounter
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesCome to Seneca Creek State Park for a fun, 30-45 minute program for all ages. Meet a living snake or turtle and examine shells and skins from reptiles living in the park! Program takes place at the park office.
Reptile Feeding
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesCheck out Seneca Creek State Park's resident snake at the park office. Learn some quick facts about reptiles of Maryland and watch the live corn snake eat its meal!
Nature Nook
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesFun crafts, games, and hands-on nature items. Activities at the Seneca Creek State Park office vary each week!
Lecture: Differing Historical Perspectives on Slavery in MD and DC
Rockville Memorial Library 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD, United StatesThe word “slavery” brings up a mental image of the “peculiar institution” as it existed in the Deep South right before the Civil War. Slavery in the Washington area was different. It began the same – in the late 1600s, Ninian Beall’s tobacco plantation occupied the land where the White House is today – but […]
Maple Sugaring Days
Brookside Nature Center 1400 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD, United StatesFebruary is Maple Sugaring Month at Brookside Nature Center. Every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday you’ll have an opportunity to experience an American tradition: maple sugaring! Watch the whole maple sugaring process from start to finish. See sap drip from trees and taste it. Watch it boil down into sweet maple syrup, then sample a tasty […]
Weekday Hike
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesThis is a chance to get some fresh air and exercise in the middle of the day at Seneca Creek State Park. We will hike a loop of between 1.5 and 2 miles, with frequent stops for animal sightings, plant and praying mantis egg case searches. Route varies with trail conditions, and will occasionally stay […]
Art Exhibit Opening Reception
Silver Spring Civic Building One Veterans Place, Silver Spring, United StatesThe Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County is pleased to celebrate the opening of The Shape of Things to Come with a public reception at the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room on February 7, 2019, from 6-8 p.m. The Shape of Things to Come features contemporary sculpture by noted Montgomery County based artists: Shelley Picot, Gretchen Schermerhorn, […]
Lecture: Josiah Henson, The Man Behind the Myth
Takoma Park Community Center 7500 Maple Ave, Takoma Park, MD, United StatesDuring his lifetime, Rev. Josiah Henson’s remarkable life story was closely affiliated with Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which generated outrage about slavery before the Civil War. He was an enslaved man living on a plantation in Montgomery County before he escaped by walking more than 600 miles to Canada with his […]