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Holiday Scams: How to Spot and Avoid Them

11/15/2024 to 11/15/2024

2400 Route 97, Cooksville, MD 21723

Scams are always an issue, but they can be more targeted during the holidays. Come learn how to protect yourself on November 15, 1p.m. at Howard County Department of Community Resources and Services' Glenwood50+Center, 2400 Route 97, Cooksville. RSVP 410-313-5440

Michael Hayes Performs at Davis Olney

11/16/2024 to 11/16/2024

Davis Library, 6400 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20817

Michael Hayes recently retired from a 35-year opera/musical theater career. He has performed on Broadway, at the Kennedy Center, and around the world. Join us for his free performance! Michael Hayes will bring his Broadway and opera experience to a performance at Davis Library. It is open to people of all ages. No registration required. Questions about this program? Contact Davis at 240-777-0922. https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/12139676

Holiday Pottery Sale

11/16/2024 to 11/16/2024

2389 S. Dove Street, Alexandria, VA 22314

Thirty ceramic artists will be selling their work at the beautiful Alexandria Clay Coop studio. Food and drink, and lots of convenient, free parking. Pottery makes wonderful gifts! (703) 672-2419

St. John’s Christmas Bazaar & Craft Fair

11/16/2024 to 11/16/2024

114 N. Union Avenue, Havre de Grace, MD 21078-3117

This annual event features vendors with handmade crafts, Nana's Attic (used Christmas decor for sale), a bake sale, and food for sale. Call (410) 9392107 for more information.

Defying Expectations: The Story of a Jewish Woman Who Took on the Russian Empire

11/17/2024 to 11/17/2024

Beth El Hebrew Congregation, 3830 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22304

Chava Lefand (1797-1884) lived in a time when we'd expect a woman to not be well-represented in documentation. She had already lost two children to mandatory conscription into the Russian Empire, and she refused to lose another. The widowed mother filed a series of petitions throughout the 1850s which went as high as two Czars and the Governing Senate (the Russian Empire's Supreme Court equivalent). This is a Hybrid Meeting! Join us In Person or via Zoom at 1:30 PM EST. Be there in person for snacks and schmoozing or join on Zoom from wherever you are. This program is free to JGSGW members. Non-members may attend for $5 either in person or via Zoom. Guests may register at https://jgsgw.org/eventListings.php?nm=34 Lara Diamond is president of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland, leads JewishGen's Subcarpathian SIG, is on Ukraine SIG's board of directors, and runs several town-focused projects to collect documentation to assist all those researching ancestors from common towns.

Columbia Orchestra: Chamber Concert

11/17/2024 to 11/17/2024

13900 Burntwoods Rd, Glenelg,, MD 21737

Join members of the orchestra’s string, woodwind, and brass sections for an intimate and exciting program of chamber music! This concert is presented in partnership with Glenelg United Methodist Church. It is free and open to the public. info@columbiaorchestra.org 410 465 8777 https://columbiaorchestra.org/chamber-series/chamber-concert/