Aspen Hill community calendar

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006

Items appropriate for theCommunity Calendar can be sent to The Rockville⁄Aspen Hill Gazette, 1200 Quince Orchard Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878,or faxed to 301-670-7182 or301-670-7183 by Wednesdayat 5 p.m. for the following Wednesday’s paper. Please include a telephone number for clarification.

Meetings around town

Rockville City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at Rockville City Hall, 111 Maryland Ave.

Thursday, Oct. 5

Rockville Kiwanis Club will meet at 7:30 a.m. in the faculty lounge of Montgomery College’s Campus Center, North Campus Drive in Rockville. Visit www.kiwanis.org⁄club⁄rockville.

Conversation Club to improve English language skills will meet 10 a.m. at Twinbrook Library, 202 Meadow Hall Drive, Rockville. Call 240-777-0240.

Rockville Rotary Club will meet 12:15-1:30 p.m. at Glenview Mansion at Rockville Civic Center Park, 603 Edmonston Drive. Visit ww.RockvilleRotary.org.

Rockville Art League will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Glenview Mansion at Rockville Civic Center Park, 603 Edmonston Drive. Julie Starling will discuss new re-workable interactive acrylics. Call 301-946-7851.

Friday, Oct. 6

Movie ‘‘Shine” will be shown free at 7 p.m. with post-film discussion at Montgomery College Rockville Campus Theatre, 51 Mannakee St. Sponsored by National Alliance on Mental Illness for Montgomery County for Mental Illness Awareness Week 2006. Call 301-949-5852 or visit www.namimc.org.

Movie ‘‘An Inconvenient Truth,” a documentary on global warming, will be shown free 7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockville, 100 Welsh Park Drive. Discussion will follow. Call 301-762-7666 or visit www.uucr.org.

Izaak Walton League of America-Rockville Chapter monthly general membership meeting will be held 8 p.m. at the Chapter House, 18301 Waring Station Road, Germantown. Call 301-916-9681.

Double Decker String Band CD release concert will be held 8:30-11 p.m. at St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda. Fee is $15 for Folklore Society of Greater Washington members, $20 for others. Call Debbie Hutton at 301-779-5901.

Saturday, Oct. 7

Sixth annual Housing Fair will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park at Summit Hall Farm, 506 South Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg. Workshops in English and Spanish and information for homebuyers and renters. Home-buying workshop offered by Housing & Community Initiatives Inc. from noon to 3 p.m., with registration required. Call HCI at 301-590-2765. Call 240-777-3602 for fair information.

Third annual EDNF Rock for Research Fund-raising Concert will be held 3 p.m. at the Sunshine Center, 21811 Georgia Ave., Brookeville. Featuring music by Mary Ann Redmond, Tim Metz of the Worrystones, Neptune’s Daughter and others; refreshments and beer garden; door prizes; booths with EDS information, petting zoo and other children’s activities. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for children ages 7-16. Contact Sheri Collins at 301-570-5718 or 240-398-8239 or e-mail ipassoc@comcast.net.

Lyra Vocal Ensemble from St. Petersburg, Russia, will perform at 8 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 6701 Muncaster Mill Road, Derwood. Presenting works from the Orthodox Russian Church and Traditional Russian Folk Songs. Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Reception follows. Call 301-840-1407.

Sunday, Oct. 8

Fourth annual Celebrate Life Poker Run, bikers helping local kids with cancer, beginning at Longwood Community Center, 19300 Georgia Ave., Brookeville. Proceeds benefit Carol Jean Cancer Foundation’s Camp Friendship in Laytonsville. Call 301-774-6317, e-mail celebrateliferide@comcast.net or visit www.justbekids.org.

Montgomery Hospice Derby Duck Race and 5K Family Fun Walk will be held 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Seneca Creek State Park, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. Festivities will include food, crafts and a water race of 10,000 rubber ducks. Proceeds benefit Montgomery Hospice. Free admission. Call 301-921-4400 or visit www.montgomeryhospice.org.

Li-Ming Toastmasters will meet 10:50 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. at the staff lounge (room 119) of Julius West Middle School, 651 Great Falls Road, Rockville. Free to newcomers. Call 301-762-7978 or visit http:⁄⁄liming.freetoasthost.net.

AARP Widowed Persons Service will meet at 2 p.m. for refreshments and socializing at Bauer Drive Center, 14625 Bauer Drive, Rockville. Dental hygienist Susan Polydoroff will talk about oral hygiene for seniors at 3 p.m. Call 301-949-7398.

Monday, Oct. 9

No Pressure Book Discussion will meet noon to 2 p.m. at the County Council Office Building Cafeteria, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville. Call 240-777-0140.

Book discussion of ‘‘Nickel and Dimed” by Barbara Ehrenreich will be held 1-2 p.m. at Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road. Call 240-773-9410.

Family Learning Night will be held 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road. Volunteers will help with homework at all grade levels. Adults and children can practice reading aloud in English. Call 240-773-9410.

Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County will meet 7:30 p.m. at the Rockville Senior Center, 1150 Carnation Drive. Featuring a presentation by John Mars of the U.S. Geological Survey on ‘‘Geologic Remote Sensing Using Multi-Spectral and Hyper-Spectral Data.” Visitors welcome. Free. Call 301-299-8213.

‘‘Roads and Public Transit: What Can Really Be Done?” will be presented by the Montgomery County Civic Federation at 8 p.m. in the first floor auditorium of the Council Office Building, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville. Officials from the county Department of Public Works and Transportation will speak. Free and open to the public. Contact Byron Bloch at 301-299-1801 or byron@autosafetyexpert.com.

Tuesday, Oct. 10

Conversation Club for new speakers of English will meet 10-11 a.m. at Rockville Library, 99 Maryland Ave. Call 240-777-0140.

Tuesday Tales, featuring stories, songs and activities for ages 2-5, will be held 10:15 and 11:15 a.m. at Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road. Call 240-773-9410.

Preschool Storytime for ages 2-5 will be held 10:30 a.m. at Twinbrook Library, 202 Meadow Hall Drive, Rockville. Call 240-777-0240.

Community forum on aging in Montgomery County, designed to help chart the future of senior services and programs, will be held 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Executive Office Building-lobby auditorium, 101 Monroe St., Rockville. Call 240-777-1131.

Conversation Club to improve English skills by talking with others will meet 7-8:30 p.m. at Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road. Call 240-773-9410.

Wednesday, Oct. 11

Conversation Club to improve English skills will meet 10 a.m. to noon at Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road. Call 240-773-9410.

Bingo for ages 18 and older will be held at the Rockville Senior Center, 1150 Carnation Drive. Doors open at 4 p.m. for the early-bird games that begin at 7 p.m.; regular games begin at 7:30 p.m. Cash prizes. Call 240-314-8800.

Crocheting Club will meet 6-7 p.m. at Twinbrook Library, 202 Meadow Hall Drive, Rockville. All levels welcome. Call 240-777-0240.

Celtic Harp Concert will be performed by Wammie Award winner Sue Richards 7:30-9 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockville, 100 Welsh Park Drive. Free and open to all. Call 301-762-7666 or visit www.uucr.org.

Thursday, Oct. 12

‘‘Challenging the Gang Lifestyle: Strategies for Prevention” will be held 8-11 a.m. at the Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus, 9601 Medical Center Drive, Rockville. Cost is $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Tyrone Parker, executive director of the Alliance of Concerned Men, will deliver the keynote address. Call The Task Force on Mentoring of Montgomery County at 301-330-0330.

Medea Nemoradze, opera star from Georgia, Soviet Republic, will perform at 7 p.m. at Twinbrook Library, 202 Meadow Hall Drive, Rockville. Call 240-777-0240.

This weekend

Annual Harvest Festival will be held 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Agricultural History Farm Park, 18400 Muncaster Road, Derwood. Featuring free activities including tin smithing, pumpkin painting, storytellers, gardening talks, music and more. Parking costs $10. In case of inclement weather, call 301-721-0312 after 8 a.m. the day of the festival. Visit www.aghistoryfarm.org.

Rummage sale will be held 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at St. Catherine Laboure Church gym, 11801 Claridge Road, Wheaton. Household items, furniture, toys and more. Clothing by the bag sold 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Call 301-946-3636 or 301-942-7870.

Upcoming

Free Diabetes Education Class series will be held 6 p.m. Thursdays Oct. 5, 12, 19 and 26 at The People’s Community Baptist Church, 31 Norwood Road. Sponsored by the Montgomery County African American Health Program. Call 301-421-5767 to register.

‘‘Hold a Hand, Heal a Heart,” Hospice Caring’s 2006 gala, will be held 6 p.m. Oct. 14 at Indian Spring Country Club, 13501 Layhill Road, Layhill. Tickets cost $150 per person. Visit www.hospicecaring.org or call 301-869-HOPE (4673).