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This page lists upcoming social, educational, and cultural events hosted by member villages of the Washington Area Villages Exchange (WAVE). Each event is hosted and managed by an individual village (the "sponsor"), but is open to members of all WAVE villages.

The sponsoring village is responsible for the accuracy of information, for answering any questions, and for managing registration, if required. This list is updated on a rolling basis, so we invite you to visit frequently.

To learn more about a village in your neighborhood, please visit WAVE's website.

Tuesday
October25
11:00 am - 12:00 pm


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Stevens School: DC's Little Known Educational Landmark

Stevens School, on 21st Street between K and L, is the DC's oldest school still in use, with much history to tell about DC public schools in general. Built in 1868 as the first public school for Black children, it is a surviving symbol of nearly a century of school segregation. Now newly rehabbed and modernized, it has gained renewed life as the school system's only stand-alone preschool learning center drawing children from all over the city. Historian Ralph Buglass will look back at the days of school segregation in the nation's capital through the lens of this little-known landmark.

SPONSOR:  Northwest Neighbors Village

REGISTRATION:  Registration limited to 100 attendees and required by Oct 24. 
ACCESS: 24 hours before the event, attendees will receive the Zoom link in an email from Northwest Neighbors Village titled "Northwest Neighbors Village Event Reminder” with the event name included. 

Tuesday
October25
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm


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Sparks Like Stars with Nadia Hashimi

Bold, illuminating, heartbreaking, yet hopeful, Sparks Like Stars is a story of home—of America and Afghanistan, tragedy and survival, reinvention and remembrance, told in Nadia Hashimi’s singular voice. An Afghan American woman returns to Kabul to learn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives in this brilliant and compelling novel from the bestselling author of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, The House Without Windows, and When the Moon Is Low. Join BMAV and the Connie Morella Library for this inspirational talk with Hashimi. Nadia Hashimi is a pediatrician turned novelist who draws on her Afghan culture to craft internationally bestselling books for adults as well as young readers. Her novels span generations and continents, taking on themes like forced migration, conflict, poverty, misogyny, colonialism, and addiction.

SPONSOR:  Bethesda Metro Area Village

REGISTRATION:  Not required. 
ACCESS: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87364148026 

Thursday
October27
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm


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Mental Health Crisis in Kids

There’s been an alarming increase in mental health problems in kids, especially teenagers. What’s caused this spike? What are the warning signs? What can parents and family members do to prevent and alleviate their children’s distress? What local and online resources are available? Join Dr. Dominique Foulkes for answers to these questions and yours. Dr. Foulkes, M.D., is Medical Director and Chair of Pediatrics at Shaw Family Pediatric Emergency Center at Suburban Hospital. She is an advocate for community outreach, specifically in the area of mental illness and behavioral health as a result of a dramatic increase in emergency room mental health visits by adolescents.

SPONSOR:  North Chevy Chase Village

REGISTRATION:  Not required. 
ACCESS: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86846685757?pwd=K1pWKzNQVHQwMWFoY2h6ZVlwR3hLdz09

Tuesday
November1
11:00 am - 12:00 pm


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Missing History: Slavery in Washington and Our Visual Memory

As one of the producers of Ken Burns’ celebrated "Civil War" documentary, Kitty Eisele viewed over a million images and accounts from the era. But images of the trade of humans here and of Black Washingtonians, both enslaved and free, were nearly non-existent. So many Washingtonians don't imagine our city furthering enslavement, nor picture those enslaved and free who had such impact as builders of this city. The real history was rendered invisible. Kitty will discuss Washington’s "missing history", her discoveries researching the visual record, and how to think more critically about our city’s stories and who gets to tell them.

SPONSOR:  Northwest Neighbors Village

REGISTRATION:  Registration limited to 100 attendees and required by Oct 31. 
ACCESS: 24 hours before the event, attendees will receive the Zoom link in an email from Northwest Neighbors Village titled "Northwest Neighbors Village Event Reminder” with the event name included. 

Tuesday
November1
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm


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Supporting LGBT Grandchildren: Part Three

Join us on Zoom on November 1st from 3:00pm to 4:30pm for "Supporting LGBT Grandchildren: Part Three". This event is intended to bring together anyone who is or may become a grandparent of an LGBT grandchild, or is a grandparent figure. Hear from Kimberly Herrmann, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics primary care physician at Whitman Walker, on her experiences working with LGBT folks, how to have important conversations, the future of healthcare for LGBT folks, and have the opportunity for Q and A.

SPONSOR:  Capitol Hill Village

REGISTRATION:  Required by Oct 30. 
ACCESS: Zoom information will be emailed to registrants. 

Monday
November 7
3 pm - 4 pm


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The Optimal Exercise Prescription for Cognitive and Physical Benefits: A Research Update

We all know that exercise is good for us, but what exactly are we supposed to do? In this one-hour interactive session, you'll learn about the latest scientific evidence on the optimal exercise prescription to preserve cognition and improve strength and function. Then, you'll have the opportunity to see some of the best exercises you can do to promote healthy aging. We'll conclude the session with an opportunity to ask your questions to the presenter and participate in a robust discussion. Presenter: Kathryn Porter Starr, Ph.D., RDN, LDN Assistant Professor of Medicine Duke University School of Medicine.

SPONSOR:  Bethesda Metro Area Village

REGISTRATION:  Registration required by Nov. 6. 
ACCESS: Zoom information will be sent after registration. 

Tuesday
November 8
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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The Tweet Heard "Round the World" and Solving Food Insecurity One Meal at a Time

Worrying about seniors unable to get food under the COVID-19 restrictions, Mark Bucher used his social media channels to announce that his Medium Rare restaurants would deliver free meals to seniors in lock down. The response to Mark’s “Tweet Heard ‘Round the World,” was immense – and kept growing. Originally a short-term response to the pandemic, Feed the Fridge now plays a major role in solving hunger. It has placed refrigerators in “food deserts” around the DMV area and uses donated funds to pay local restaurants to fill each with up to 100 meals daily for anyone who’s hungry.

SPONSOR:  Northwest Neighbors Village

REGISTRATION:  Required by Nov 7.  
ACCESS:  Zoom information will be emailed the day before the event.

Tuesday
November 8
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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Eat & Celebrate with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

Food is an important part of holiday celebrations throughout the world. We will join a Freer and Sackler docent to investigate works of art across Asia to discover how people in the past and the present celebrated through food and rituals. What foods were important and how they were grown or made? How and when were certain foods eaten? What special meaning did some foods have and why? What rituals and foods are still part of cultural traditions that people observe today? Explore food culture and celebrations through art.

SPONSOR:  Chevy Chase At Home

REGISTRATION:  Required by Nov 8.  
ACCESS:  Zoom information will be emailed the day before the event.

Wednesday
November 9
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm


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Victorian Giants: How Victorian Photographers Invented Art Photography

In 1839 a new means of visual representation was announced to a startled world: photography. Although the medium was immediately and enthusiastically embraced by the public at large, photographers themselves spent the ensuing decades experimenting with techniques and debating the nature of this new invention. In this presentation, we will look at four Victorian photographers who addressed these questions using the new medium of photography. An empty-nester, a college professor and children’s book author, a British immigrant from Sweden and an upper class Viscountess changed thinking about photography and its expressive power. Our presentation will explore how these four photographers changed photography from the science to art.

SPONSOR:  Greater Stonegate Village

REGISTRATION:  Required by Nov 7 
ACCESS: Zoom information will be sent no later than one day before the event.

Thursday
November 17
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Where Does the Law Come into the Production of Museum Exhibitions and Gallery Shows?

What does it take legally to produce a museum exhibition or gallery show? Ann Garfinkle will speak about the legal issues that arise from when a gallery or museum agree to mount a show to when the art is returned to its lender. She will let us into the world of the legal issues necessary to borrow art; those that arise while the art is being exhibited; the various terms of sale and return of the art, and their conservation. She also will speak about where the law impacts the relationship between artists and commercial galleries and artists and museums.

SPONSOR:  Northwest Neighbors Village

REGISTRATION:  Limited to 100. Registration required by Nov 16.  
ACCESS: Zoom link will be emailed to registrants before the event.

Thursday
November 17
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

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Oral Health—It's More Than a Nice Smile!

Join us online as Dr. Sal Selvaggio, DDS shares his extensive knowledge on the importance of oral health for well-being. Sal is a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Dentistry, and subsequently completed a General Practice Residency at Providence Hospital in DC; and had dental practice in DC for 35 years, retiring in 2015, and was a volunteer dentist for the Catholic Charities’ Spanish Catholic Center from 1985 until 2019, and served as President of its Board for six years.

SPONSOR:  Georgetown Village

REGISTRATION:  Required.  
ACCESS: Zoom link will be emailed to registrants before the event.

Tuesday
November 29
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm


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Meteorologists Do More Than TV Weather Reports

Paul Kocin is a former Greater Stonegate resident, who has been fascinated by the weather since childhood. After receiving a Master’s degree in Meteorology, Paul worked at the NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, the National Meteorological Center. From 1999-2006, Paul was the Winter Weather Expert for the Weather Channel based in Atlanta and could often be seen on TV, sometimes round the clock during major winter storms. Paul is the author of 2 books about Northeast Snowstorms. Join us as we talk to Paul about the field of meteorology, snowstorms, and The Weather Channel!

SPONSOR:  Greater Stonegate Village

REGISTRATION:  Required by Nov 27 
ACCESS: Zoom information will be sent no later than one day before the event.

Tuesday
November 29
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm


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Notre Dame: Restoring an Icon

The devastating fire that engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral in April 2019 destroyed beloved parts of that iconic structure, including the timber roof framework and crossing spire. But other crucial elements—notably the 13th-century stone vaults and flying- buttress support system—survived miraculously intact. Restoration is proving to be a long and complicated – and contentious – process as French officials, preservation specialists, structural engineers, and art and architectural historians decide how to rebuild. Join art historian Judy Scott Feldman, PhD, for a discussion on hard questions of historic preservation and what constitutes a proper reconstruction of this iconic cathedral.

SPONSOR:  Bethesda Metro Area Village

REGISTRATION:  Required by Nov 28 
ACCESS: Zoom information will be emailed the day before the event.

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