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Week of August 30, 2010
Fun in Your Community This Week!
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 Greetings!
Greetings!
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning
Commission has lots for everyone to enjoy here in Prince George's County. Get
your tickets to Montpelier Arts Center's fall jazz concerts. Attend a terrific Café
Groove program or a FREE Open House. Sign up for a volunteer activity to help
enhance an M-NCPPC park on National Public Lands Day. Explore the park system
and enjoy the social, healthy, fun recreation programs and activities.
The Department of Parks and Recreation Marketing Team
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Frequent great jazz concerts more
|  Individual concert tickets for Montpelier
Arts Center's Fall Jazz Series performances are now on sale! Esther Williams
and Davey Yarborough open the season at Montpelier on Friday, September 10 at 8
pm. Additional performances include A Tribute to Buck Hill, the Avery Sharpe
Trio, Nasar Abadey and SUPERNOVA, Stefan Scaggiari, Julie Nixon and Rumba Club.
Tickets are $20/concert ($18/members & seniors)
and performances are scheduled on Friday
nights at 8 pm. Get all the details here.
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Enjoy
hip-hop music more
|  Café Groove, a terrific coffee house program for teens, will be held at
Oakcrest Community Center (Capitol Heights) on Friday, September 3, from 7-10
pm. Hip-hop musician/rapper Substantial (real name
Stan B. Robinson) will give a live performance. In keeping with Café
Groove tradition, there will be an open mic, and visual arts contest with cash prizes.
Tickets are $3, are available for purchase at the door, and include
refreshments. Doors open at 7 pm and the performance begins at 7:30 pm. Call
301-446-3232 for more information.
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Attend fun,
open houses more
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 Cedar Heights Community Center is hosting a FREE Open House and
everyone's invited. Stop by the center any time between 10 am and 2 pm on
Saturday, September 4 and enjoy free demonstrations of activities including
hand dance, Pilates, Zumba, toning & sculpting, Spanish and aerobics. Call
staff at 301-773-8881 for additional information.
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Take part in Flemish heritage
celebrations more
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 Throughout September, Riversdale House Museum will be celebrating
the Stier family's Flemish heritage. (Riversdale was constructed between 1801
and 1807 for Henri Stier, a Flemish aristocrat.) On Friday, September 10, at 6
pm, Riversdale is hosting a Belgian-Style Beverages program. Mike Roy, the brewer
for Franklin's Restaurant and Brewery in Hyattsville, will discuss his craft,
with an emphasis on Belgian-style beers. Enjoy samples of his and other brews. Fees
are $20 per resident and $24 per non-resident. Capacity is limited;
registration is required by September 3.
This program is for adults ages 21 & up. For more information call
301-864-0420.
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Buy and
sell hockey and skating gear more
|  This is a great week to clean out your closets, attic and garage. The
Wells-Linson Complex (College Park) is hosting a hockey equipment and skates
sale & swap next week. Stop by on Saturday, September 11 between 8 am and
12 noon; admission is FREE. Bring the equipment and skates you've outgrown or no
longer use anymore and let someone else enjoy them. Take this opportunity
to make a little money and/or purchase equipment at affordable prices. For more
information call 301-277-3717.
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Improve and enhance local, public
land more
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time to sign up to volunteer for a one-day, hands-on project at an M-NCPPC park
in Prince George's County. Saturday, September 25 is National Public Lands Day
- the nation's largest volunteer effort to improve and enhance public lands.
Remove non-native, invasive species with a naturalist at Watkins Nature Center.
Cut and pull Oriental Bittersweet from native trees along the Patuxent River.
Help clean a hiking trail or University Hills Duck Pond. Remove non-native,
invasive plants at Cheverly Euclid Park and/or Little Paint Branch Park. On
average, projects will last between 2 and 3 hours, but volunteers may leave
early. Work gloves, tools and other materials needed will be provided. Please call the Park Ranger Office at
301-627-7755 for more information and to register for a volunteer project.
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There's always something good going on in Prince George's County. Browse www.pgparks.com to find out what's happening and where. Sign up for classes and activities using the SMARTlink system. Or check out information on parks and trails, community centers, nature centers, sports and arts facilities, and more.
Questions? Contact our Customer Service Help Desk at 301-699-CALL(2255) or e-mail help4smartlink@pgparks.com.
Have a great week!
The M-NCPPC Department of Parks and Recreation
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