Events - Week View

Open to all musicians, regardless of skill level. Arrive as early as 1:30 pm to set up. Please bring a music stand in addition to your instrument. Please also bring a power strip as outlets are at a premium. We play everything from Beatles to Foo Fights to BB King and everything in between. We keep things light and fun.

Offered by Northwest Neighbors Village. In the Nazi concentration camp of Theresienstadt, there were 20 or more talented composers who found ways to write and perform while imprisoned. They called themselves the New Music Studio and their music was saved under floorboards or passed along from prisoner to prisoner. This new music reflected life in the camp, sustained hope, provided spiritual and cultural resistance for both the prisoner composers and audience, and promised a future. Some of the music contained hidden messages or served as eye (or ear) witness to the horrors of the camp, or of the broken heart. Murry Sidlin will honor the work of these composers by sharing with us some recordings from Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezin Composer. He will also speak of what music means in the most desperate of times. Registration is required by 9/18 and limited to the first 100.

To Tell the Truth: The Life of a Foreign Correspondent with Lewis Simons. Offered by Chevy Chase at Home. What is it like to be a foreign correspondent, covering the most dramatic stories in some of the world’s most hostile places? How—and why—has the state of the American press changed in the last 20 years and what are the challenges facing journalists today? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lewis M. Simons will address these questions and more. Simons began his career in 1967 as a foreign correspondent for The Associated Press, at the height of the Vietnam War. He went on to international postings for The Washington Post, Time Magazine, and Knight-Ridder Newspapers. Simons has been a foreign correspondent and investigative journalist for half a century, reporting throughout Asia and the Middle East. He covered the Vietnam War, opened the world‘s eyes to the terror in Tiananmen Square, was expelled from India for revealing Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s abuses and saved the life of a teen-aged Tibetan monk.

All players are welcome. There is no commitment to play every week. Up to 16 players. No cost to participate. We cannot accommodate “drop ins” due to time and space limitations. Please contact Kathy Thelin at rwthelin@mac.com or call 203-240-2662 to arrange a date to play and meet the group!

This is a very popular event. It is open to VKL members, volunteers and anyone interested in becoming a member or volunteer. Please RSVP by sending an email to Jean Mocarski at jeanmocarski@gmail.com or call 240-449-9002.

COVID-19 Discussion: The impact of the pandemic on our social well-being. Presented by Greater Stonegate Village (GSV). Marla Lahat from Home Care Partners will discuss how no one escaped the impact of the last 3 1/2 years of the Covid pandemic, but the physical and emotional toll of Covid had a tremendous and lasting effect on older people. During this discussion, we‘ll talk about some of our memories of the Covid years - difficult, funny, and good! We‘ll also discuss ways to resume some of our former activities and share our experiences of going out and traveling now that the pandemic is officially over.

Open to all musicians, regardless of skill level. Arrive as early as 1:30 pm to set up. Please bring a music stand in addition to your instrument. Please also bring a power strip as outlets are at a premium. We play everything from Beatles to Foo Fights to BB King and everything in between. We keep things light and fun.