Calendar of events

A LOOK AT THE WEEK AHEAD

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Friday, July 8

VConnections will host Coffee Break for Women Veterans 9 a.m. Fridays at Chick-fil-A, 107 Drury Drive, La Plata. Meet with fellow women veterans in your community. Discuss concerns and needs. Discover the resources and support available to you through VConnections. Complimentary cup of coffee available. For more information, go to www.vconnections.org.

Southern Maryland Mission of Mercy needs volunteers for their dental clinic to be held 6 a.m.-4 p.m. July 29-30 at North Point High School, 2500 Davis Road, Waldorf. Mission of Mercy is a free adult dental clinic provided by volunteer dental professionals and volunteer staff. Volunteer dental professionals (dentists, hygienists, and dental assistants) are needed. Volunteers also needed in areas of security, parking, volunteer and patient registration, meals, escorting patients throughout the clinic and more. Morning and afternoon shifts for each position needed. To volunteer or for information, go to www.southernmdmom.org (click ‘Volunteer’ tab to register as volunteer). For more information, call 301-884-4438.

Community Bank of the Chesapeake will hold an art show through Aug. 19 at the main Waldorf branch, 3035 Leonardtown Road. Show will be a multi-media exhibit. For more information, email Gale Kladitis, gkladitis@comcast.net.

Saturday, July 9

Charles County Children’s Aid Society will hold a yard sale 7 a.m.-noon July 9 at Charles County Children’s Aid Society, 3000 Huntington Circle, Waldorf. For more information, go to www.childrens-aid-society.org. Pride of Southern Maryland Elks Lodge 968 and Temple 651 will celebrate Organization Day 11 a.m.-6 p.m. July 9 at 3380 Livingston Road, Indian Head. There will be games, food for sale and fun for all. For information, call 240-412-5868. Southern Maryland Decorative Painters will meet 11:30 a.m. July 9 at Charlotte Hall Library, 37600 New Market Road. There will be a painting project following meeting. Guests welcome. For information on painting supplies needed for date of visit or more information, email learntopaint2016@gmail.com, go to www.smdpaint.org, or call Garnett Joy, 301-884-2835. Historic Port Tobacco One-Room School House will be open for tours noon-4 p.m. Saturdays. The school house is located at 7215 Chapel Point Road, Port Tobacco. A member of the Charles County Retired School Personnel Association will be on site to answer questions about the school use over the last 100 years. Admission is free. Donations accepted. For more information, call Dale Cornette, 301-934-9483. Accokeek Foundation at Piscataway Park will hold H2oooh! American Water Use Revealed exhibit 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays and noon-4 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 7 at National Colonial Farm, 3400 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek. Deciding what to have for lunch based on its impact on the environment? One hidden factor most people don’t consider is a food’s “water footprint.” Explore the secret life of water in this eye-opening exhibit. Travel back in time to see how the colonials lived with 20 times less of this precious resource. Free. For more information, go to www.accokeekfoundation.org.

Adult Yoga @ the Boardwalk will be 9:3010:30 a.m. July 9 at Waldorf West library, 10405 O’Donnell Place. Join CCPL and Sean from Studio Cooperative to practice basic yoga, making it easier to quiet the mind and relieve stress. Ages 16 and older. Call 301-645-1395.

Saturday Story Time: Happy Birthday will be 11-11:45 a.m. July 9 at Waldorf West Library, 10405 O’Donnell Place. Move, sing and learn with friends all about

birthdays. Learn how other cultures celebrate their big day. We’ll end by making a fun birthday craft. Designed for families to engage all ages. Ages birth-5. Call 301-6451395.

Board Game Day will be 1-3:30 p.m. July 9 at PD Brown library, 50 Village St., Waldorf. Come play board games with friends and family for an hour or the whole time. Play the library’s games or bring your own. All ages. Call 301-645-2864.

Ask the Computer Lady will be 2-4 p.m. July 9 at Potomac library, 3225 Ruth B. Swann Drive, Indian Head. Do you have questions about how to use your new device or have other IT questions? Come ask our resident expert. First come, first served. Ages 12 and older. Call 301-375-7375. Get into the Music Industry with Tray Chaney will be 2-3:30 p.m. July 9 at Waldorf West library, 10405 O’Donnell Place. Looking to get into the music industry? Want to know about getting a recording deal? Do you have a demo and you’re looking for a producer? Join Poot from “The Wire” for real-life tips, the do’s and don’ts of recording, the music industry and agent information. Jump start your music career today. Ages 16 and older. Call 301-6451395. American Legion, Randolph Furey, Post 170 will present the grand opening of the new outdoor stage 2 p.m. July 9 at 4345 Livingston Road, Indian Head. Gates open at noon. The Stone Pleasure Band, among other acts, will play until 8 p.m. Admission is $10 and goes towards the post’s new building project. Vendors are welcome at $25 per booth. For more information, call 240-3778359.

Sunday, July 10

Benedict Volunteer Fire Department, Rescue Squad, and

Auxiliary will hold spaghetti dinner 1-5 p.m. July 10 at the firehouse, 18210 Hyatt Ave., Benedict. Carry out dinners $10; adults $10; ages 6 to 10 $5; children 5 and under free. Delivery will be offered within 5 mile driving distance. For more information, go to www.bvfdrs.com. Mt. Aventine Manor House will be open for tours 1-4 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 28 at Chapman State Park, 3452 Ferry Place, Indian Head. Gates to park will be open for cars. Parking available near house. For more information, call 240-377-6024.

Monday, July 11

Kids Art: Make a Visual Journal will be 10-11:30 a.m. July 11 at Potomac library, 3225 Ruth B. Swann Drive, Indian Head. Using found materials, participants will learn how to recycle materials to create their own sketch books. Demonstrations will highlight how to alter found objects and materials into a fantastic book that is as unique as the individual. Ages 9-11. Tickets required. Call 301-375-7375.

Afternoon Kids Club: Maryland Zoo’s Amazing

Adaptations will be 2-3 p.m. and 3:30-4:30 p.m. July 11 at Waldorf West library, 10405 O’Donnell Place. Discover some of the amazing adaptations animals have for life in the wild, and use challenge activities to compare them to our own abilities. See real animals up close. Ages 6-11. Tickets required. Call 301-645-1395.

Intro to Inkscape will be 2-3:30 p.m. July 11 at PD Brown library, 50 Village St., Waldorf. Inkscape allows users to create and edit illustrations, diagrams, logos and paintings that can be resized without loss of image quality. Participants will learn about Inkscape and how to use its features and then will create their own game or sports logo. Ages 10-14. Tickets required. Call 301-645-2864. Off the Hook Crochet and Knitting Club will meet 6-7:30 p.m. July 11 at Potomac library, 3225 Ruth B. Swann Drive, Indian Head. We will share basic stitches and techniques to help you begin your crochet and knitting journey. For beginning and advanced crafters. Ages 18 and older. Call 301-3757375. Spanish Conversational

Club will meet 6-7:30 p.m. Jan. 11 at Waldorf West library, 10405 O’Donnell Place. Practice speaking, discover new phrases, and figure out verb conjugations. Basic Spanish vocabulary required. Ages 12 and older. Call 301-645-1395.

Adult Yoga will be 6:307:30 p.m. July 11 at La Plata library, 2 Garrett Ave. Join CCPL and Sean from Studio Cooperative to practice basic yoga, making it easier to quiet the mind and relieve stress. Ages 16 and older. Call 301-934-9001. Charles County Arts Alliance will hold a summer art show through Sept. 24 at Waldorf West library, 10405 O’Donnell Place. The gallery will be presented at four separate gallery spaces on two floors. There will be a Meet the Artists public reception 2-4 p.m. July 23 at the library. For more information, go to www. charlescountyarts.org, call 301-392-5900, or email info@charlescountyarts. org.

Tuesday, July 12

Kids Art will be 10-11:30 a.m. July 12 at La Plata library, 2 Garrett Ave. Using sports figure silhouettes in magazines and adding simple details to the background, participants will create a figure in motion project that make the viewer feel like they’re watching a sporting event as it happens. Learn about motion and analogous and complementary colors. Ages 6-11. Tickets required. Call 301-934-9001. AKC: Maryland Zoo’s

Critter Costumes will be 2-3 p.m. July 12 at Potomac library, 3225 Ruth B. Swann Drive, Indian Head. Wear feathers like a bird, fur like a mammal, or scales like a reptile. Children play dress-up and use their powers of observation to explore distinctions between vertebrate animals. Ages 6-11. Tickets required. Call 301-375-7375.

Intro to Gimp will be 2-3:30 p.m. July 12 at PD Brown library, 50 Village St., Waldorf. Gimp allows users to edit photos and create simple graphics. Participants will use Gimp to make themselves into sports stars, professional gamers or other heroes. Bring a photo of yourself. Ages 10-14. Tickets required. Call 301-645-2864.

Kids Art will be 2-3:30 p.m. July 12 at Waldorf West library, 10405 O’Donnell Place. Using sports figure silhouettes in magazines and adding simple details to the background, participants will create a figure in motion project that make the viewer feel like they’re watching a sporting event as it happens. Learn about motion and analogous and complementary colors. Ages 6-11. Tickets required. Call 301-6451395. Deepa Iyer Author Visit: A Dialogue on Racial Equality will be 6-7 p.m. July 12 at Waldorf West library, 10405 O’Donnell Place. Guest speaker and author Deepa Iyer and the group will discuss social inclusion with a special emphasis on how to have a dialogue about racial equality in your community. Participants strongly encouraged to read Deepa’s book “We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future.” Ages 18 and older. Call 301-645-1395. Life-Sized Games will be played 6-7:30 p.m. July 12 at PD Brown library, 50 Village St., Waldorf. Participants play a different life-sized version of a popular board or computer game each month. This month Clue Jr. will be played. All ages. Call 301-645-2864. Maryland Humanities and College of Southern Maryland will present Chautauqua: Duke Ellington 6:45 p.m. July 12 at the college, La Plata Campus, Fine Arts Center, 8730 Mitchell Road. Chautauqua combines scholarship and performance to present an interactive program that brings historical figures from our nation’s past to life. Show begins with live local music. Question and answer session follows living history performance. Free. Open to public. For more information, go to www.mdhumanities.org or www.csmd.edu.

Wednesday, July 13

Pomonkey High School

Alumni Association will hold monthly meeting 1:30 p.m. July 13 at Metropolitan United Methodist Church, 3385 Metropolitan Church Road, Pomonkey. All alumni and friends invited. For information, call Philip Thomas, 301-751-1823.

NETS, Inc. will hold a fundraiser 5-8 p.m. July 13 at Roy Rogers restaurant, 6370 Crain Highway, La Plata. For more information, call 301-375-8576.

AKC: Cantaré will be 2-3 p.m. July 13 at PD Brown library, 50 Village St., Waldorf. Sing and dance on this Latin American tour exploring the Indigenous, European and African cultures that shape its music. Share Cantaré’s Spanish and Portuguese songs and rhythms. Experience fascinating instruments — donkey jaw, goat toenail rattle and armadillo shell guitar. Ages 6-11. Tickets required. Call 301-645-2864.

Butterfly Yoga will be 2-3 p.m. July 13 at Waldorf West library, 10405 O’Donnell Place. Learn about types of butterflies, how they develop and what they eat. Make a butterfly craft that you can take home and we’ll do yoga using, including a fun butterfly pose you can practice at home. Ages 4-9. Tickets required. Call 301-645-1395. Make Your Own Sunburst Cards will be 6-7 p.m. July 13 at La Plata library, 2 Garrett Ave. Create a handmade greeting card using a fun sunburst effect. Your finished card will brighten someone’s day. All materials will be provided. Ages 18 and older. Registration required. Call 301-934-9001. West Crochet and Knitting Club will meet 6-7:30 p.m. July 13 at Waldorf West library, 10405 O’Donnell Place. Beginners must know how to single crochet or how to knit stitch. Bring your own supplies. Ages 12 and older. Call 301-645-1395. Young Parent Food & Fun will be 6-7 p.m. July 13 at Waldorf West library, 10405 O’Donnell Place. Picnic-style meal provided by Chick-fil-A to attending families. Kids can play together and young parents can meet with teen librarians to learn about resources the library and county government agencies offer that may help them and their children. Open to all teen (and young) parents ages 22 or younger and their children, birth-5. Call 301645-1395. Maryland Humanities and College of Southern Maryland will present Chautauqua: Gwendolyn Brooks 6:45 p.m. July 13 at the college, La Plata Campus, Fine Arts Center, 8730 Mitchell Road. Chautauqua combines scholarship and performance to present an interactive program that brings historical figures from our nation’s past to life. Show begins with live local music. Question and answer session follows living history performance. Free. Open to public. For more information, go to www.mdhumanities.org or www.csmd.edu.

Thursday, July 14

American Legion, Randolph

Furey, Post 170 will hold DJ and band auditions 7-9 p.m. Thursdays at the post, 4345 Livingston Road, Indian Head. Show off your talent. Up and coming DJs and bands are asked to audition. For more information, call Willie Cooper, 240-4755361, or Joel Taylor, 301910-1824. JobSource Mobile Career Center will be at Potomac library 9 a.m.-1 p.m. July 14. The library is located at 3225 Ruth B. Swann Drive, Indian Head. Center offers employment, reemployment and employers services. ADA accessible. Call 301-375-7375.

Imaginative Play Time will be 10-10:30 a.m. and 10:4511:15 a.m. July 14 at Waldorf West library, 10405 O’Donnell Place. Library provides the educational toys for this interactive play session. Each child must be accompanied by parent or caregiver. Ages 2-5. Registration required. Call 301-645-1395.

AKC: Maryland Zoo will be 2-3 p.m. July 14 at La Plata library, 2 Garrett Ave. Zookeepers from the Maryland Zoo introduce some feathered friends and discuss their unique adaptations in this program about feathers and flight. Ages 6-11. Tickets required. Call 301-934-9001.

Jelly Cam will be 2-3:30 p.m. July 14 at PD Brown library, 50 Village St., Waldorf. Kids learn how to record and edit their own original stop-motion films, adding features such as music and graphics. Ages 6-11. Tickets required. Call 301-645-2864.

Scratch will be 2-3:30 p.m. July 14 at Potomac library, 3225 Ruth B. Swann Drive, Indian Head. Participants will use Scratch to animate an ocean wave, then tell a story that takes place on the high seas. Ages 9-11. Tickets required. Call 301375-7375.

Jazzy Yarns will be 6-7:30 p.m. July 14 at PD Brown library, 50 Village St., Waldorf. Learn the basics or develop your skills in crocheting or knitting. Bring your own supplies. For beginners, bring skein of yarn and “J” crochet hook or size 8 or 9 knitting needles. Ages 18 and older. Call 301-645-2864. La Plata Book Discussion will be 7-8 p.m. July 14 at La Plata library, 2 Garrett Ave. This month “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr will be discussed. Ages 18 and older. Call 301-934-9001. Maryland Humanities and College of Southern Maryland will present Chautauqua: Ernest Hemingway 6:45 p.m. July 14 at the college, La Plata Campus, Fine Arts Center, 8730 Mitchell Road. Chautauqua combines scholarship and performance to present an interactive program that brings historical figures from our nation’s past to life. Show begins with live local music. Question and answer session follows living history performance. Free. Open to public. For more information, go to www.mdhumanities.org or www.csmd.edu. Chesapeake Children’s Chorus will hold Summer Sing workshop 6-7:30 p.m. July 14 at Hollywood United Methodist Church, 24422 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood. Participants will be lead in vocal warmups, music, and icebreaker style games. Participants can also learn how to prepare for the audition process. Workshop is free. Open to youth entering grades 2-9. For more information, go to www. smchoralarts.org/ccc. Charlotte Hall Veterans Home will hold a summer art show through Oct. 19 at the home, 29449 Charlotte Hall Road. The gallery will be presented along the E-Wing Dining Hallway. There will be a Meet the Artists public reception 2-4 p.m. Sept. 24. For more information, call Charlotte Hall Veterans Home 301-884-8171 ext. 468 or email VeteransHomeArt@gmail.com. Southern Maryland Brain Injury Support Group will meet 6-7:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Spring Dell Center, 6040 Radio Station Road, La Plata. For more information, call Jerry, 301-753-6335, or Debbie, 301-932-4920. American Legion Auxiliary

Unit 82 will hold smokefree bingo Thursdays at Harry White Wilmer American Legion Post 82, 6330 Crain Highway, La Plata. Doors open 6 p.m. Early birds begin 7 p.m. Call 301-934-8221.

Friday, July 15

VConnections will host Coffee Break for Women Veterans 9 a.m. Fridays at Chick-fil-A, 107 Drury Drive, La Plata. Meet with fellow women veterans in your community. Discuss concerns and needs. Discover the resources and support available to you through VConnections. Complimentary cup of coffee available. For more information, go to www. vconnections.org. TRGN will be 6-8 p.m. July 15 at Waldorf West librar y, 10405 O’Donnell Place. Unplug with a life-size game of Pac Man, play Foosball or play a strategy board game with friends at this teen-only after hours event. Sponsored by Teen Advisor y Board. Ages 12-18. Call 301-645-1395.

Harry White Wilmer Sons of The American Legion Squadron 82 will hold baby back rib dinner 5-8 p.m. July 15 at the post, 6330 North Crain Highway, La Plata. Menu includes half slab of ribs, ranch beans, cole slaw, fries, rolls, coffee and tea. Cost $12. Gift certificates available at the post. For additional information, call 301-934-8221. Waldorf Elks Lodge will hold steak or shrimp dinner 6-8 p.m. July 15 at the lodge, 2210 Old Washington Road. Music provided by The Peterson Brothers 6-10 p.m. Dinner cost starts at $17. Cover charge $10; no charge with dinner purchase. For information, call 301-645-2421. Southern Maryland Mission

of Mercy needs volunteers for their dental clinic to be held 6 a.m.-4 p.m. July 29-30 at North Point High School, 2500 Davis Road, Waldorf. Mission of Mercy is a free adult dental clinic provided by volunteer dental professionals and volunteer staff. Volunteer dental professionals (dentists, hygienists, and dental assistants) are needed. Volunteers also needed in areas of security, parking, volunteer and patient registration, meals, escorting patients throughout the clinic and more. Morning and afternoon shifts for each position needed. To volunteer or for information, go to www.southernmdmom. org (click ‘Volunteer’ tab to register as volunteer). For more information, call 301-884-4438. Southern Maryland Film Festival will be held July 15-16 in Leonardtown. Multiple venues. Meet local film makers, watch their creations and vote for your favorites. For more information, go to www.smdff.org. Community Bank of the

Chesapeake will hold an art show through Aug. 19 at the main Waldorf branch, 3035 Leonardtown Road. Show will be a multi-media exhibit. For more information, email Gale Kladitis, gkladitis@ comcast.net.