2:30pm - 3:00pm: Lesson | 3:00pm - 6:00pm: Social Dance Join us for a Sunday afternoon Contra Dance at Glen Echo Park presented by Dancing Planet ! Beth Molaro calling with Laura and The Lava Lamps (Laura Lengnick, Dave Wiesler, Tory Horner, Ralph Gordon) Learn More >> | Park Map >> Presenter : Dancing Planet Productions Location : Bumper Car Pavilion Admission : Adults: $15, Ages 17 and under: $5 Email : dancingplanet@erols.com
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Contra dance with live music at Spanish Ballroom, featuring caller Beth Molaro and band Laura and the Lava Lamps; adults $5‑$30, pay‑what‑can, teens $5, children free, all ages.
Contra dance lesson at 7:30 pm, then dancing to band Wombat Crossing (piano, flute, fiddle, accordion) in Ballroom, Glen Echo Park; adults $5–$30, teens $5, kids free, all ages.
Contra dance lesson at 7:30 then social dance with caller Carl Levine and band Sugar Beat (flute, fiddle, piano, bodhran); adults $5‑$30, teens $5, children free, all ages.
Contra dance lesson at 7:30 followed by social dancing to band Frog Hammer with caller Greg Frock at Spanish Ballroom, admission $5‑$30 adults, $5 teens, free children.
Girl Scouts learn first aid history, emergency response, and kit building, earning a First Aid badge at Clara Barton National Historic Site for Brownie & Junior Scouts.
Interactive Chesapeake Bay aquarium at Glen Echo Park offers timed‑entry exhibits and educators for personalized learning, $10 per person, ages 2 and up.
Inherited Threads exhibition by Asia Anderson and Lizzie Brown showcases patterns, motifs, textiles and paintings that explore cultural heritage, memory, identity and community connections. Free.
Adventure Theatre presents Beatrice Likes the Dark, a magical production blending music, shadow play, and storytelling about courage and curiosity. $27.
Jennie the cat explores Halloween with puppets, skateboarding, shadow puppetry, pumpkin carving, original music and audience interaction at the Puppet Co. Playhouse, $17.93, for ages 4+.
Beatrice Likes the Dark ASL performed at Adventure Theatre MTC, Glen Echo Park.
4P's DC Reunion Concert with The Sean Fleming Band features Irish tunes, drums, guitar, beer and wine for purchase; Bumper Car Pavilion, $10 cash, $11.54 credit.
Shake Your Soul delivers a movement practice to music, energizing body, relaxing nerves, awakening soul in the Ballroom Back Room, $13 bird, $15, for ages 18 and up.
