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Bonnie Benwick’s Annual Holiday Cookie Baking Class
12/07/2024 to 12/07/2024
921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20003, washington, DC 20003Veteran food journalists Bonnie Benwick and Jane Touzalin return to Hill Center for another round of holiday cookie fun. This class, like the many ones before it, promises to teach you something new and send you home with freshly baked treats. [Bring an apron and a cookie tin; some boxes will be provided.] Bonnie Benwick worked as a journalist for four decades, much of which was spent at The Washington Post. https://www.hillcenterdc.org/event/bonnie-benwicks-annual-holiday-cookie-baking-class/
Holiday Family Movie Matinee: The Muppet Christmas Carol
12/07/2024 to 12/07/2024
311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20877$5 Kids/ $ 7 Adults Ages 6-12 Join us Saturday morning at the Arts Barn for a Holiday Family Movie Matinee. Kids are welcome to snuggle up with a bag of popcorn and a holiday classic guaranteed to entertain the whole family. This year we will be presenting, The Muppet Christmas Carol. https://ci.ovationtix.com/36017/production/1212950?performanceId=11521587
The Future of USCIS Records: The Record Destruction Clock is Ticking
12/08/2024 to 12/08/2024
ZOOM, Rockville, MD 20849-1614US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) maintains millions of priceless historical documents, some of which can be accessed via the troubled Genealogy Program, while others require FOIA requests or remain out of reach entirely. Panelists will provide a brief background on some of the record sets and what lies ahead. This one-hour program, conducted over Zoom at 1:30 PM, is free for members. Nonmembers may register to attend for a fee of $5 at https://jgsgw.org/store.php?sid=2. Panelists Rich Venezia founded Rich Roots Genealogy in 2013. He was a member of the research team of Genealogy Roadshow (PBS) for two seasons, and also consulted on Follow Your Past (Travel Channel). Renée K. Carl is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington, the JewishGen Latvia Research Group, and the the Association of Professional Genealogists Advocacy Committee. Alec Ferretti serves as the President of the New York Genealogy & Technology Group, on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Genealogists, and on the Board of Reclaim the Records.
Stone Room Concerts @ Hill Center Featuring Award-Winning Singer/Songwriters Halley Neal and Sam Robbins
12/08/2024 to 12/08/2024
921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20003 , washington, DC 20003Halley Neal and Sam Robbins are each solo singer-songwriters in their own right. Together, the two have released a collaborative Christmas album called “You and Me on Christmas Eve.” Featuring 5 original Christmas songs and 10 classic Holiday covers, “You and Me on Christmas Eve” is a duet-filled Americana celebration of the holiday season. Join Halley Neal and Sam Robbins as they perform the album live! https://www.hillcenterdc.org/event/stone-room-concerts-hill-center-featuring-award-winning-singer-songwriters-halley-neal-and-sam-robbins/
Holiday Cheer with Teen Authors Fenley Sculock & Jason Liaw – In-person at Olney Library
12/08/2024 to 12/08/2024
3500 Olney Laytonsville Rd, Olney, MD 20832Join Olney Library for a special program with teen authors Fenley Scurlock and Jason Liaw, who published their first book, Down to Business, this year! Learn about the idea behind the book, the writing and interviewing process, and negotiating a book deal with prestigious publisher Penguin Random House when they were just 14 years old. Earlier this year, they kicked off their book tour at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. FOR ALL AGES. No registration is required, but space is limited. Q&A and light refreshments to follow their presentation. Both Fenley and Jason are seasoned entrepreneurs who started their own businesses at a young age. During the pandemic lockdown, they pitched and interviewed entrepreneurs, CEOs, and business leaders about their paths to success and best advice for Gen Z and Gen Alpha. Questions about this program? Contact the Olney branch at 240-773-9545.
Our City. Our Music. Our Writers., Featuring Daniel Boomhower and Carol Oja
12/10/2024 to 12/10/2024
921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20003 , washington, DC 20003The December 10 session of this series presents two outstanding speakers who will discuss their path-breaking scholarship on the performance history of classical music in Washington, DC. Daniel Boomhower, Research Director at Dumbarton Oaks, will outline Musical Capital: Sound and Power in Washington, D.C., the forthcoming book he co-edited, and describe the seminal role played by his and other exclusive DC institutions in presenting classical music from the 1930s on. An important part of this history is how presenters of classical music concerts often limited access to their venues, based on race, class, and social status. Carol Oja, Professor of Music and American Studies at Harvard University and current Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, presents her research on Jim Crow policies of Washington DC’s concert venues, culminating in contralto Marian Anderson’s landmark 1939 performance. Her next book is provisionally titled Civil Rights in the Concert Hall: Marian Anderson and the Struggle Against Racial Segregation in Classical Music Performance. https://www.hillcenterdc.org/event/our-city-our-music-our-writers-featuring-daniel-boomhower-and-carol-oja/
