The City of Bowie will host the Holiday Arts + Crafts Market on November 21, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bowie Senior Center. Visitors can look forward to shopping unique handmade works from local artisans and crafters, including jewelry, pottery, textiles, glass, photography, baked goods, woodwork, wreaths, and more.
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Green Team guides a session on native plants and pollinators at a city pollinator garden in Centennial Park.
Food distribution at New Carrollton Municipal Center provides free meals to anyone in need, all ages.
Stories, songs, and fingerplays fill a half‑hour at New Carrollton, nurturing reading love and creativity, for ages 5 and under.
Limitlyss Fitness demonstrates exercise basics, helps create personalized routines, and shares discipline strategies at the Upper Marlboro library, for ages 18 and up.
Sew it Seams: Learn the Basics (Bowie) — Teens learn sewing machine basics with all materials provided, no experience required, ages 13–18.
Crochet session at New Carrollton where beginners learn and create with provided materials, making new friends, ages 18 and up.
Quilting 101! (Pohick Regional Library, Burke) — Learn basic quilting terms and techniques through simple projects; space limited, no registration required. Ages 13 and up.
Supervised skating paired with hands‑on STEM lessons at Bowie Ice Arena, featuring a new STEM activity each date, for ages 6–12.
Spooky outdoor screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Belair Mansion lawn with food truck, beverage stations, and encouraged costumes, free for adults 18+, 21+ for alcohol.
Police Department hosts annual Trunk‑or‑Treat at Bowie City Hall, with costume and car‑design contests awarding prizes, local businesses displaying treats, all ages.
Holiday gingerbread house decorating at McLean Community Center supplies a pre-built house, frosting, toppings, and light refreshments; $50/$40 for MCC residents, for ages 16 and under.
Paper shredding and Styrofoam recycling at Public Works event, residents bring up to five tall kitchen bags or five archive boxes for shredding, first‑come, first‑served.
