Celebrate the season with a festive Pumpkin Flower Decorating class! Receive guidance and supplies to arrange beautiful fall flowers inside a pumpkin, creating a fun, hands on centerpiece to take home. Instructor: Amie Wheeler. Activity No. 9082.226 F, 10/30 1-2:30 p.m. register
Less searching. Better weekends.
A thoughtful list, delivered every week. Free, local, and personalized to you.
About a minute. No payment required.
Choose ages, interests, and nearby cities.
Fifteen event picks for you.
Browse the complete local catalog anytime.
Beginner and intermediate players learn chess basics then pair off for practice in Dolley Madison Library meeting rooms, ages 5–10 and 13–18.
Open office hours at Nova Labs let woodworkers use a lathe with freecycle wood, receive guidance from instructor Steven Ok, and practice projects.
Inventors workshop at the American History Museum’s Spark!Lab invites ages 6–12 to create, collaborate, test, and experiment using STEM, art, and history.
Self‑guided Glowforge laser cutter certification at Central Library’s The Shop, with emailed course materials, one‑hour machine reservation, safety quiz and staff review before independent use, ages 18+.
Virtual Chocolate Tasting (McLean Community Center) — Workshop exploring cacao bean transformation into chocolate, tasting kits from Latin America, West Africa, Vietnam, led by Barometer Chocolate, $52 ($48 MCC residents).
Pumpkin Flower Decorating class at McLean Community Center lets families arrange fall flowers inside pumpkins for a take‑home centerpiece, $10 (district $8), ages 4+, registration required.
Chef Joel demonstrates making Persian Muhammara with Za’atar flatbread, Swedish smoked salmon croquettes, Japanese mushroom tartlets, Peruvian empanadas, and Greek honey‑whipped feta at McLean Community Center.
Live DJ spins tunes on an open dance floor with refreshments at Old Firehouse for ages 10–12; $35, $25 MCC residents, $15 OFC ASP members, registration required.
Crochet Club (Dolley Madison Library, Dolley Madison Conference Room) — Learn new techniques, work on projects, exchange ideas, enjoy yarn crafting with skill levels; ages 13 and up.
Art About Our Earth workshop at McLean Project for the Arts offers art making with photographs, collage, fabric, and watercolor, by Sharon Fishel, 18+, $35/session or $125 series.
Old Firehouse Center hosts a haunted masquerade with a live DJ, open dance floor, and light refreshments, ages 12–14, $35/$25 MCC residents, $15 OFC ASP members.
Borisevich Duo performs chamber music at McLean Community Center, featuring pianist Margarita Loukachkina, violinist Nikita Borisevich, and their prodigy son, 90‑minute classical masterworks, tickets $20/$15/$10, all ages.
