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SUMMARY:Bethesda Reads Book Discussion Club
DESCRIPTION:Interested in joining? The Book Club meets the second Thursday of each month from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. We’ll talk over the book Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe book chosen for this month’s discussion is Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan. A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Award-winning author that tells the riveting story of the Klan’s rise to power in the 1920s\, the cunning con man who drove that rise and the woman who stopped them. \nCopies of this book will be available at the check out desk\, while supplies last.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/bethesda-reads-book-discussion-club-4/
LOCATION:Connie Morella Library\, 7400 Arlington Road\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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SUMMARY:B-CC English Conversation Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information\, please view our flyer here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/b-cc-english-conversation-club-4/2026-04-15/
LOCATION:B-CC Regional Services Center\, 4805 Edgemoor Lane\, 2nd Floor\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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CREATED:20250930T182144Z
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SUMMARY:B-CC English Conversation Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information\, please view our flyer here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/b-cc-english-conversation-club-4/2026-04-22/
LOCATION:B-CC Regional Services Center\, 4805 Edgemoor Lane\, 2nd Floor\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T110000
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CREATED:20250930T182144Z
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SUMMARY:B-CC English Conversation Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information\, please view our flyer here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/b-cc-english-conversation-club-4/2026-04-29/
LOCATION:B-CC Regional Services Center\, 4805 Edgemoor Lane\, 2nd Floor\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T120000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20250930T182144Z
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SUMMARY:B-CC English Conversation Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information\, please view our flyer here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/b-cc-english-conversation-club-4/2026-05-06/
LOCATION:B-CC Regional Services Center\, 4805 Edgemoor Lane\, 2nd Floor\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T120000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20250930T182144Z
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SUMMARY:B-CC English Conversation Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information\, please view our flyer here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/b-cc-english-conversation-club-4/2026-05-13/
LOCATION:B-CC Regional Services Center\, 4805 Edgemoor Lane\, 2nd Floor\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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SUMMARY:Open Mic @ The Writer's Center
DESCRIPTION:Prose\, poetry\, and spoken word Open Mic @ The Writer’s Center! All writers are welcome to come and share 4-5 minutes of their latest work. \n\nSign-up starts at 6:45pm\, and readings begin promptly at 7pm.\nLimited to 20 readers\, so arrive early if you plan to read.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/open-mic-writers-center-3/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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SUMMARY:Bethesda Reads: Crossing to Safety
DESCRIPTION:Interested in joining? The Book Club meets the second Thursday of each month from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. We’ll talk over the book Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. \nThe book chosen for this month’s discussion is Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. This story follows the enduring friendship between two couples: the Morgans—young\, gifted\, and full of dreams yet lacking prospects—and the Langs\, wealthy and generous enough to share their good fortune. Beginning in the 1930s as struggling professors in Wisconsin\, their lives intertwine across decades of triumphs and trials. Through themes of marriage\, ambition\, compromise\, and the quiet resilience of human connection\, the narrative reflects a timeless truth: holding fast to what truly matters\, even as the years slip away. \nCopies of this book will be available at the check out desk\, while supplies last.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/bethesda-reads-crossing-to-safety/
LOCATION:Connie Morella Library\, 7400 Arlington Road\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T140000
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SUMMARY:Luncheon & Book Talk with Lynne Olson
DESCRIPTION:Lynne Olson discusses her book Empress of the Nile and the daring effort to save Egypt’s ancient temples.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/luncheon-book-talk-with-lynne-olson/
LOCATION:The Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T120000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20250930T182144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T182144Z
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SUMMARY:B-CC English Conversation Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information\, please view our flyer here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/b-cc-english-conversation-club-4/2026-05-20/
LOCATION:B-CC Regional Services Center\, 4805 Edgemoor Lane\, 2nd Floor\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260523T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260523T170000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
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SUMMARY:"Our Earth" Book Discussion Club
DESCRIPTION:Come\, share your ideas and learn more about environmental topics in this space for thoughtful exchange\, around fiction and non-fiction books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nStarting from a common base to have real discussions about the environment\, this book discussion club is a great way to deepen ideas\, have respectful debates while listening to the points of view of others and broaden our understanding and vision on this important topic. Together\, we may discover new forms of commitment and imagine new sustainable and desirable horizons. \nThis month’s selection is Fen\, bog & swamp: a short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis\, by Annie Proulx. “From Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx – whose novels are infused with her knowledge and deep concern for the earth – comes an urgent and riveting history of wetlands\, their ecological role and how the loss of them threatens the planet. Fens\, bogs\, swamps and marine estuaries are the earth’s most desirable and dependable resources\, and in four illuminating parts Proulx documents the emergence of their systemic destruction in the pursuit of profit and the consequent release of their stored carbon. Wide-ranging and idiosyncratic\, Proulx’s explanation of wetlands takes readers to the fens of sixteenth-century England\, Canada’s Hudson Bay Lowlands\, Russia’s Great Vasyugan Mire and America’s Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and introduces the nineteenth-century explorers who launched the ravaging of the Amazon rainforest. Proulx was born in the 1930s\, a time\, as she says\, when ‘in the ever-continuing name of progress\, Western countries busily raped their own and other countries of minerals\, timber\, fish and wildlife.’ Fen\, Bog & Swamp is both a revelatory history and an urgent plea for wetland reclamation from a writer whose passionate devotion to observing and preserving the environment is on glorious display.” — Provided by publisher. \nA limited number of copies will be available at the Check Out Desk\, or you can borrow a digital copy from our online collection here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/our-earth-book-discussion-club-5/
LOCATION:Connie Morella Library\, 7400 Arlington Road\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T193000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
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SUMMARY:Mystery Book Club: Good Girl\, Bad Girl
DESCRIPTION:Come join the Connie Morella Mystery book club! We will be reading mysteries\, thrillers and whodunits together every month. This May\, we will be discussing Good Girl\, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham. \nA girl is discovered hiding in a secret room in the aftermath of a terrible crime. Half-starved and filthy\, she won’t tell anyone her name\, or her age\, or where she came from. Maybe she is twelve\, maybe fifteen. She doesn’t appear in any missing persons file\, and her DNA can’t be matched to an identity. Six years later\, still unidentified\, she is living in a secure children’s home with a new name\, Evie Cormac. When she initiates a court case demanding the right to be released as an adult\, forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven must determine if Evie is ready to go free. But she is unlike anyone he’s ever met–fascinating and dangerous in equal measure. Evie knows when someone is lying\, and no one around her is telling the truth. \nMeanwhile\, Cyrus is called in to investigate the shocking murder of a high school figure-skating champion\, Jodie Sheehan\, who dies on a lonely footpath close to her home. Pretty and popular\, Jodie is portrayed by everyone as the ultimate girl-next-door\, but as Cyrus peels back the layers\, a secret life emerges–one that Evie Cormac\, the girl with no past\, knows something about. A man haunted by his own tragic history\, Cyrus is caught between the two cases–one girl who needs saving and another who needs justice. What price will he pay for the truth? \nCopies of the book can be picked up at the front desk at the Connie Morella Library\, or you can borrow a digital copy from our online collection here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/mystery-book-club-good-girl-bad-girl/
LOCATION:Connie Morella Library\, 7400 Arlington Road\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T120000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20250930T182144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T182144Z
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SUMMARY:B-CC English Conversation Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information\, please view our flyer here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/b-cc-english-conversation-club-4/2026-05-27/
LOCATION:B-CC Regional Services Center\, 4805 Edgemoor Lane\, 2nd Floor\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T120000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20250930T182144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T182144Z
UID:10000716-1780484400-1780488000@www.bethesda.org
SUMMARY:B-CC English Conversation Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information\, please view our flyer here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/b-cc-english-conversation-club-4/2026-06-03/
LOCATION:B-CC Regional Services Center\, 4805 Edgemoor Lane\, 2nd Floor\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T190000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20260527T155111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T155111Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Book Launch with Claire Fuller.
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual book launch! We’re joined by writer Claire Fuller to discuss her latest publication\, Hunger and Thirst. Claire is in conversation with writer Melissa Faliveno. \nRSVP here to receive login information (our virtual events are held via Zoom). FREE and open to the public\, all times Eastern \nWe encourage you to order a copy of the book from your local\, independent bookseller or online »
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/virtual-book-launch-with-claire-fuller/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="The Writer's Center":MAILTO:info@writer.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T193000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20260526T193556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T193556Z
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SUMMARY:Tales of Yesterday: Historical Fiction Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Travel back in time with our historical fiction book club! From political intrigue to daring romances\, every month we visit a different period in time. Join us this June for Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/tales-of-yesterday-historical-fiction-book-club-4/
LOCATION:Connie Morella Library\, 7400 Arlington Road\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T153000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20260527T155239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T155239Z
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SUMMARY:Teen Open Mic @ The Writer's Center
DESCRIPTION:A special Open Mic to uplift the voices and work of the teenagers in our community. \nProse\, poetry\, and spoken word Open Mic @ The Writer’s Center! All writers are welcome to come and share 4-5 minutes of their latest work. \n\nSign-up starts at 1:45pm\, and readings begin promptly at 2pm.\nLimited to 20 readers\, so arrive early if you plan to read.\n\nSponsored by Poet Lore\, America’s oldest poetry magazine. \nFREE and open to the public.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/teen-open-mic-writers-center/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T180000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20260527T155440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T155440Z
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SUMMARY:Caroline Bock Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center welcomes novelist Caroline Bock for a reading and a wide-ranging discussion of the writing life and publishing journeys\, as she celebrates the publication of her first novel for adults\, The Other Beautiful People. Caroline is in conversation with Writer’s Center Executive & Artistic Director Zach Powers\, who will also share from his new novel\, The Migraine Diaries. A wine and cheese reception will follow for all\, along with book signings. \nFree and open to all. RSVP here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/caroline-bock-book-launch/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T203000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20260527T204034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T204034Z
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SUMMARY:Caregivers of Trans Youth Support Group
DESCRIPTION:Are you a parent or caregiver to a trans or nonbinary child? Join MoCo Pride Center\, Trans Maryland\, and Rainbow Youth Alliance to share stories and resources to support our kids. Our CTY Support Group is led exclusively by trans and nonbinary members of the community! We meet on the 2nd and 4th Monday of every month from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM at the MoCo Pride Center offices. \nThis is a peer-to-peer meeting group\, not a counseling or medical service.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/caregivers-of-trans-youth-support-group/
LOCATION:MoCo Pride Center\, 4805 Edgemoor Lane\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T120000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20250930T182144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T182144Z
UID:10000717-1781089200-1781092800@www.bethesda.org
SUMMARY:B-CC English Conversation Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information\, please view our flyer here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/b-cc-english-conversation-club-4/2026-06-10/
LOCATION:B-CC Regional Services Center\, 4805 Edgemoor Lane\, 2nd Floor\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T200000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20260527T155718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T155718Z
UID:10001862-1781118000-1781121600@www.bethesda.org
SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club with Brittany Rogers
DESCRIPTION:Poet Lore\, America’s oldest poetry journal and The Writer’s Center welcomes poet Brittany Rogers to our monthly Virtual Poetry Book Club for a discussion of her collection\, Good Dress. Brittany is joined by Book Club Host\, Hannah Grieco. \nWe encourage you to order a copy of the book from your local\, independent bookseller or online » \nFREE & open to the public. RSVP here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/poetry-book-club-with-brittany-rogers/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T210000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20260527T155619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T155619Z
UID:10001861-1781118000-1781125200@www.bethesda.org
SUMMARY:Open Mic @ The Writer's Center
DESCRIPTION:Prose\, poetry\, and spoken word Open Mic @ The Writer’s Center! All writers are welcome to come and share 4-5 minutes of their latest work. \n\nSign-up starts at 6:45pm\, and readings begin promptly at 7pm.\nLimited to 20 readers\, so arrive early if you plan to read.\n\nSponsored by Poet Lore\, America’s oldest poetry magazine. \nFREE and open to the public. Please note that we no longer offer advance sign-up.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/open-mic-writers-center/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T120000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20260526T194203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T194203Z
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SUMMARY:Bethesda Reads Book Discussion Club
DESCRIPTION:Interested in joining? The Book Club meets the second Thursday of each month from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. The book chosen for this month’s discussion is The Lost Man by Jane Harper. Two brothers meet in the remote Australian outback when the third brother is found dead\, in this stunning story of suspense from NYT best seller Jane Harper. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCopies of this book will be available at the check out desk\, while supplies last.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/bethesda-reads-book-discussion-club-5/
LOCATION:Connie Morella Library\, 7400 Arlington Road\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T200000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20260527T160336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T160336Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Craft Chat with Paige Lewis
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of fiction! We’re joined by novelist and poet Paige Lewis for a discussion of their debut novel\, Canon. Paige is in conversation with Zach Powers\, novelist and Executive & Artistic Director at The Writer’s Center. \nRSVP here to receive login information (our virtual events are held via Zoom). FREE and open to the public\, all times Eastern \nWe encourage you to order a copy of the book from your local\, independent bookseller or online from Bookshop.org »
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/virtual-craft-chat-with-paige-lewis/
LOCATION:MD
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="The Writer's Center":MAILTO:info@writer.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T190000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch for Handbook of Foams/Manual de espumas
DESCRIPTION:Join Francisco Aragón and a constellation of DC-area poets to celebrate Handbook of Foams/Manual de espumas by Gerardo Diego\, translated by Francisco Aragón. \nGerardo Diego was arguably the least known of Spain’s “generation of 27\,” which included Federico Garcia Lorca. \nWritten in 1922 when the poet was 26\, Handbook of Foams was one of the most important eruptions in the early phase of the 20th century Spanish avant-garde. Aragón’s rendering is the first English translation. \nFREE & open to the public\, RSVP required here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/book-launch-for-handbook-of-foams-manual-de-espumas/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T140000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20260527T204248Z
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SUMMARY:Reading and Q&A with Author N.N. Nicky
DESCRIPTION:Join MoCo Pride Center for a special author event in the Kason Mordechai Smith Inclusive Books Library for Pride Month! On Saturday\, 6/13\, from 1-2 PM\, local author N.N. Nicky comes to Bethesda for a discussion and reading from his new short story collection\, That Missing Piece. Copies of the book will also be available for checkout from the library! Explore supernatural crime thrillers and stories of found family influenced by Vietnamese culture\, and connect with the author himself on finding love.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/reading-and-qa-with-author-n-n-nicky/
LOCATION:MoCo Pride Center\, 4805 Edgemoor Lane\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T160000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20260527T194141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T194141Z
UID:10001865-1781359200-1781366400@www.bethesda.org
SUMMARY:Book Launch for Writer Abby Reid
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center welcomes writer Abby Reid for a reading from her new book\, How to Write Like a Human: Writing for Work\, School\, and Life—Without AI.  \nFREE & open to the public. RSVP here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/book-launch-for-writer-abby-reid/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T193000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20260527T194303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T194303Z
UID:10001866-1781631000-1781638200@www.bethesda.org
SUMMARY:LGBTQ+ Writers Mixer
DESCRIPTION:Are you a writer who identifies as LGBTQ+? Let’s hang out and talk writing! Come join us for an informal gathering at The Writer’s Center. Please bring a drink or an appetizer that serves six. You’re welcome to bring a friend\, too. \nFREE & open to all DMV writers who identify as LGBTQ+. RSVP required here. \nAttending? We encourage you to become a member of The Writer’s Center for only $65/year »
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/lgbtq-writers-mixer-2/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T120000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20250930T182144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T182144Z
UID:10000718-1781694000-1781697600@www.bethesda.org
SUMMARY:B-CC English Conversation Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly environment. For more information\, please view our flyer here.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/b-cc-english-conversation-club-4/2026-06-17/
LOCATION:B-CC Regional Services Center\, 4805 Edgemoor Lane\, 2nd Floor\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T200000
DTSTAMP:20260613T110206
CREATED:20260527T204805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T204805Z
UID:10001879-1781809200-1781812800@www.bethesda.org
SUMMARY:Hope & Support Circle
DESCRIPTION:Join The Montgomery County Pride Family in partnership with the Montgomery County LGBTQIA+ Liaison for Hope & Support Circle—a weekly gathering designed to provide empowerment\, joy\, and resources for our LGBTQIA+ communities. This week\, our usually-virtual meeting will be held IN PERSON at MoCo Pride Center in Bethesda! \nWhat to Expect: \n\n\nA safe and affirming space for all LGBTQIA+ individuals and allies \n\n\nConversations that uplift\, empower\, and inspire joy \n\n\nResources to navigate challenges and build resilience \n\n\nA supportive network to remind you that you are not alone \n\n\nLet’s come together in solidarity and strength. We will not be silenced. We will not be erased.
URL:https://www.bethesda.org/event/hope-support-circle/
LOCATION:MoCo Pride Center\, 4805 Edgemoor Lane\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20814\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions/Readings
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