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Moroccan Cuisine
05/22/2025 to 05/22/2025
921 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20003In this interactive cooking class, Marianne Tshihamba serves up dishes inspired by her travels. Take a trip to Morocco! Learn to make one of the most famous Moroccan stews and your own preserved lemons. This chicken Moroccan stew will fill you up with cozy and anti-inflammatory spices such as turmeric and cumin. Registration $69. More information and registration at https://www.hillcenterdc.org/event/moroccan-cuisine/
Jane Franklin Dance: Farewell Athenaeum
05/29/2025 to 05/29/2025
201 Prince St, Alexandria, VA 22314Jane Franklin Dance presents a farewell performance at the Athenaeum, Alexandria. Celebrate 28 years of artistic creativity with works by Jane Franklin, a Forty+ Project premier by Emily Crews, dances in response to visual art by Elsabe Johnson Dixon and Sharon Fishel, and a reunion piece featuring former JFD company members. The evening concludes with a celebratory reception.
Johns Hopkins Below the Belt Stride and Thrive 5K and Walk
06/01/2025 to 06/01/2025
Maryland Zoo, Baltimore, MD 21217Walk and run through the Maryland Zoo to support cancer care and research by the Johns Hopkins Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service. Cancer survivors, their families, healthcare heroes, runners, and community members will gather to celebrate hope at this annual event. Cost to register: $50 day of the event; $40 between Feb. 1 and May 31; $35 for the in-person race by Jan. 31 (Early Bird Rate); $25 to participate virtually (T-shirt included); Free to participate virtually with no T-Shirt included. Registration Website: https://runsignup.com/Race/MD/Baltimore/Hopkins
30 Year Celebration and Collectors Night
06/02/2025 to 06/28/2025
8197 Main St, Ellicott City , MD 21043Celebrate 30 years of The Artists' Gallery! We opened in 1995 in the American City Building on Lake Kittamaqundi in Columbia under the auspices of the Rouse Company, and we moved to historic Ellicott City in 2016. The show will culminate on Saturday, June 28 from 6:30-8 pm with our ticketed Collectors Night event! Buy a ticket for $100 and take home a work of art from the gallery’s featured wall. ( All work is valued at $250 or above. Tickets are limited). Check the gallery’s website for details and hours: www.artistsgalleryec.com
OASIS 2025: Older Adult Summit Instructional Seminars
06/02/2025 to 06/05/2025
10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD 21044Embrace lifelong learning at Howard Community College’s premier older adult summit! Join us for four enriching days of engaging seminars led by HCC faculty and industry experts. Each day features two dynamic sessions covering unique themes designed to inform, inspire, and empower lifelong learners! 💡 Stay curious. Stay connected. Keep learning! ✅ Limited spots available—register early, $49 per day! Invite a friend and make it a fun learning adventure! 🔗 Register today: HowardCC.edu/OASIS
Leadership Howard County’s Big Event
06/04/2025 to 06/04/2025
2700 Turf Valley Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042Leadership Howard County, which seeks to empower leaders to strengthen and transform the community, will hold its annual Big Event: Endeavor to the Next Level. Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao will share stories from his four space missions, including tales of emergency situations. He will show attendees how leadership can foster a culture of operational excellence, collaboration, curiosity and creativity and how lessons from spaceflight can impact their organizations. Leadership Howard County’s Big Event brings together more than 400 leaders from business, government and nonprofit organizations in Howard County. Proceeds from the event support Leadership Howard County programs and scholarships. Early bird tickets cost $100 until May 5 and $85 for retired, veterans, students and nonprofits with fewer than 25 employees. Beginning May 6, tickets cost $125. To register or learn more, visit bit.ly/LHC2025BigEvent or call 410-730-4474.
