Events Calendar

Tantalize your taste buds! Join us for A Very Berry Evening. Sample the best of what Olney-area chefs have to offer. All dishes berry-inspired. Participating restaurants include Afroculinaria, Al Andareigo, Al Sospiro, Inn at Brookeville Farms, GrillMarx Steakhouse, Ricciuttis, Savvy Treats. Plus special guest speaker, Former White House Chef John Moeller, who will speak about his experiences at the White House. Tickets are $35 per person; $60 per couple. Tickets include one complimentary drink at the cash bar. Cocktail attire.

presented by Sandy Spring Museum

Thursdays, 6:30-8pm, $10 per class First Thursday of each month from 6:30-7pm, free! This open-level, community modern class brings together movers of all ages and abilities to move and make at Dance Exchange. Led by teachers from the DC region, Takoma Park Moves creates a space to explore improvisation, technique, and choreography in an intergenerational class. This drop-in class will kick off on the first Thursday of each month with a free, 30 minute get to know you class. New to dance? Join us. Returning to dance? Join us. Just want to dance with your family and neighbors? Join us.

presented by Dance Exchange

Dr. Nina Kraus, Principal Investigator, Northwestern University School of Communication, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, reveals how the adult brain is shaped by musical training in childhood and how musical experience offsets age-related delays in neural timing. Following the lecture, Dr. Kraus will be joined by Marie Bernard, M.D., Deputy Director, and Molly V. Wagster, Ph.D. Chief, Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience Branch, Division of Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging at NIH for a panel discussion on the role of the arts in aging.

presented by Strathmore