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WellbeingPage 5
Vivienne White set
to go on the 4th of
July on her scooter.
Real Estate Sales, Page 6 v Kenny Lourie, Page 7
Celebrating
Independence Day
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Photo Contributed
Requested in home 7-8-21
Time sensitive material.
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July 7-13, 2021 online at potomacalmanac.com
Entertainment
Savor Bethesda
Restaurant Week
“Savor Bethesda” Restaurant
Week will take place from Thurs-
day, July 8 to Sunday, July 18.
Participating downtown Bethesda
restaurants will offer lunch, dinner
and special treat menus at $10,
$20 or $35 for dine-in and take-
out customers. Take-out customers
may also enjoy their meals at the
Bethesda Streetery with locations
on Norfolk, Cordell and Woodmont
Avenues. For details see https://
www.bethesda.org/bethesda/sa-
vor-bethesda
Duck Duck Goose is among the restaurants participating in Savor Take-out customers may also enjoy their meals at the Bethesda
Bethesda Restaurant Week. Streetery with locations on Norfolk, Cordell and Woodmont Avenues.
Westfield Montgomery music from local bands and perfor- Saturday July 31st from 1pm-2:30pm Charles Ray. Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors
Movies Under the Stars mances by Maryland Live Arts. Capital Duo Band Faith Ringgold, the first traveling ex- are also invited to explore the
Join Westfield Montgomery for movies Saturday July 10th from 2pm-3pm - Sunday August 1st from 12pm-2pm hibition to be hosted at Glenstone grounds or participate in self-guid-
and snacks on the Boardwalk — Ryan Webster and Dollar Store Fire Live DJ Museum, will remain on view ed sculpture tours. Admission to
located outside of The Cheesecake Sunday July 11th from 2pm- For a full list of Boardwalk through Oct. 24. The presentation, Glenstone is free and visits can
3pm - Live DJ & Boardwalk Bash Events, see https:// which opened in March, features be scheduled online at: www.
Factory
Bash Calendar www.westfield.com/mont- more than 70 works spanning the glenstone.org. Same-day visits can
Friday July 9, 8pm -10:30pm : Ferris
Bueller’s Day Off Friday July 16th from 2pm- gomery/hellosunshine American artist’s six-decade career. be scheduled online.
Saturday July, 10 8:30pm - 10:30pm 3:30pm - Katherine Riddle The exhibition was organized
: UP from Broadway Cabaret Glenstone Museum by Serpentine Galleries, London
Friday July 23, 8pm - 10:30pm : Silent Saturday July 17th from 1pm-2:30pm Glenstone Museum’s summer and fall before traveling to Bildmuseet,
Movie Night
Saturday July 24, 8pm - 10:30pm :
- Noah Dion Trio (Jazz)
Sunday July 18th from 3pm-5pm
2021 exhibition schedule includes
a major monographic survey of
Sweden.
Two assemblage works—an instal-
Repeating Events
Chasing Autumn Band lation by Isa Genzken and a LOCUST GROVE
Silent Movie Night work by Jeff Wall, an installation
Friday July 23rd from 3pm-5pm Driv- sculpture by Rachel Harrison—will Locust Grove Nature Center, 7777
Friday July 30, 8pm - 10:30pm : Shrek of more than a dozen works by Vija
en to Clarity Band be installed in the Passage of the Democracy Blvd. Outdoor exhibits,
Celmins, and presentations by four
Sunday July 25th from 1pm-2:30pm Pavilions in August. natural features, and trails are
Westfield Montgomery Live Music additional artists: Isa Genzken,
Grayson Moon on Guitar Rachel Harrison, Arthur Jafa, and Glenstone is open Thursdays through See Calendar, Page 4
Join Westfield Montgomery for live
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News
Photos by Debbie Stevens
Young bicyclists of River Falls, decked out in patriotic finest, line up to start the an-
p.m. Visitors
ore the nual 4th of July parade. Joe Woski with Evelyn on board, and streamers aplenty.
in self-guid-
mission to
isits can
www.
ay visits can
vents
er, 7777
oor exhibits,
ails are
The newest residents of River Falls are featured in the Representing the River Falls Swim Team. GORF!
parade.
Photos contributed
Nathan Razak, 3 3/4, ready to celebrate the 4th of July in the River Falls annual Vivienne White set to go on
neighborhood parade. her scooter.
The Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department brings the firetruck and the rescue squad and more.
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Calendar
From Page 2 Community Center reopened two and younger ride for free with in Poolesville and Gaithersburg, preferred, but not required. See
open every day from dawn to Monday, June 28. Table tennis, an adult.) See https://www.mont- and for summer hours see www. https://glenechopark.org/summer-
dusk. In the Upper Meadow, look volleyball, badminton, basketball, gomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/ montgomerycountymd.gov/rec/ concerts
for Monarch butterflies, caterpil- pickleball, open gym and more will cabin-john-regional-park/minia- facilities/aquaticcenters/outdoor-
lars and eggs on the milkweed in be available. See https://www. ture-train/ for covid precautions pools.html GLEN ECHO FOLK DANCERS. Virtual.
summer. Check out the dogbane montgomerycountymd.gov/rec/Re- and ticket information. Thursday 7:30 - 9 p.m. lesson,
for iridescent dogbane beetles. sources/Files/potomac-2021sched- INDOOR SWIM HOURS. Shriver followed by dancing from 9-10:15
Listen for wrens and bluebirds near ule.pdf for details and hours. PUBLIC ART. Bethesda is filled with Aquatic Center, 5900 Executive p.m. See https://glenechopark.
the bluebird nest boxes. Watch for public art. Browse a portion of the Blvd, 240-777-8070 See. https:// org/events-calendar.
box turtles crossing the path in the PARK RANGERS AVAILABLE. 10 a.m. collection of public art on https:// www.montgomerycountymd.gov/ Repeats weekly on Thursdays.
early morning. to 3 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, www.bethesda.org/bethesda/pub- rec/Resources/Files/aquatics/
In the Lower Meadow, watch for bats Saturdays and Sundays. Chesa- lic-art for descriptions of projects KSAC.pdf FRIDAY, JULY 9
hunting in late afternoon or early peake & Ohio National Historical and locations. Includes “Tunnel PLAY BALL. 7 p.m. Shirley Povich
evening. Sit under the shade of Park, 11710 MacArthur Blvd. Park Vision,” produced by the Bethes- ICE SKATING. Cabin John Ice Rink, Field, 10600 Westlake Drive.
the 200-year-old sycamore, and rangers are available to provide da Arts & Entertainment District, 10610 Westlake Drive. Cabin John Bethesda Big Train hosts the
imagine what the park looked like maps and information even though which showcases the work of 12 Ice Rain has numerous public skate Alexandria Aces. See http://www.
when it was part of a large farm. the visitors center is still currently selected artists inside the Metro sessions every day of the week. See bigtrain.org/
Watch as Cabin John Creek flows closed. See https://www.nps.gov/ Tunnel that runs under Wisconsin cabinjohnice.org for details.
briskly by. In the spring, listen for choh/index.htm Avenue. CRAFT OF FICTION. Writer’s Center,
the calls of spring peepers and oth- zoom. 6-7 p.m. Elizabeth Gonzalez
er frogs from the vernal pools. You RIDE THE CAROUSEL. 10 a.m. - 4 JOSIAH HENSON MUSEUM AND Compiled by Ken Moore James discusses her debut novel,
might also spot minnows, crayfish, p.m. Wednesday through Friday, PARK. Park is open from sunrise to Mona at Sea. See https://www.
The Almanac
bathing birds, or signs of beaver 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and sunset. Museum hours are Friday writer.org/ to register and receive
activity. Sunday. Glen Echo Park, 7300 to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 11410 links for the Zoom session. Free.
To include events in the Almanac’s
Visit with the giants as you follow the MacArthur Blvd. The 1921 Dentzel Old Georgetown Road. The life
calendar, please contact Ken Moore
trails through the Mature Forest. Carousel was installed in 1921 and challenges of Reverend Josiah LIVE MUSIC. 6-8 p.m. Downtown
at kmoore@connectionnewspapers.
Towering white oaks and tulip and celebrates its 100th Anni- Henson, enslavement in Maryland, Bethesda at the corners of Norfolk
com; put Almanac Calendar Event
trees dwarf the younger under- versary all season long. Purchase and the ongoing struggles of racial and Del Ray avenues. Bethesda
in the subject line.
story. tickets at https://glenechopark. equality and justice on the former Urban Partnership has helped orga-
See https://www.montgomeryparks. simpletix.com/. $5 per person for plantation property of Isaac Riley nize additional restaurant seating
org/parks-and-trails/cabin-john-re- a four-hour time slot. See https:// where Henson was enslaved. Hen- THURSDAY, JULY 8
outdoors in downtown Bethesda.
glenechopark.org/carousel/ for son, whose 1849 autobiography, POTOMAC VILLAGE FARMERS MAR-
gional-park/locust-grove-na- The “Bethesda Streetery” will be
additional information regarding The Life of Josiah Henson, Former- KET. Thursdays, 3 p.m. to 6:30
ture-center/ for planned activities. set-up as open seating. Live music
covid protocols. ly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of p.m. Potomac United Methodist
each Friday to enjoy while also en-
Canada, inspired Harriet Beecher Church, 9908 South Glen Road.
POTOMAC VILLAGE FARMERS MAR- joying outdoor dining. For precise
CABIN JOHN PARK MINIATURE Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Potomac Village Farmers Mar-
KET. Thursdays, 3 p.m. to 6:30 locations and details and musical
TRAIN RIDE. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. $5 adults, $4 youth, $4 seniors. ket operates all Thursdays, May
p.m. Potomac United Methodist acts, see https://www.bethesda.
Tuesdays through Fridays; 10 See https://www.montgomery- through November. Repeats weekly
Church, 9908 South Glen Road. org/bethesda/bethesda-streetery
a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and parks.org/parks-and-trails/josi- on Thursdays.
Potomac Village Farmers Mar- Repeats Friday evenings.
ket operates all Thursdays, May Sundays. 7410 Tuckerman Lane. ah-henson-park/
Scenic two-mile, 15-minute train LIVE CONCERTS, BUMPER CAR
through November. Repeats weekly FRIDAY NIGHT DANCERS. 8:30 to
ride through Cabin John Regional OUTDOOR SWIM HOURS. Bethesda PAVILION. 7:30 p.m. Glen Echo
on Thursdays. 10:30 p.m. Virtual, Glen Echo Park.
Park. Tickets are limited and can Outdoor Pool, 6300 Hillandale Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd. (Also
Join Friday Night Dancers for a
be pre-purchased online at Active- Road, Bethesda. 301-652-1598. streaming on YouTube.) Clarence
POTOMAC COMMUNITY CENTER.
Montgomery.org -- $2.50.(Children For more pools including upcounty Turner (Blues). Free. Registration See Helping, Page 7
11315 Falls Road. The Potomac
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Wellbeing
Back to Work
ired. See
rg/summer-
RS. Virtual.
lesson,
om 9-10:15
chopark. Angst, readjustment as we live in was shaken by the pandemic.
Many have seen that they can lead fulfilling
ays.
employees return to the office. lives with less,” said Arlington psychologist
Kerry Anderson, Ph.D. who transitioned
her practice to video conferencing during
Povich By Marilyn Campbell the pandemic. “They may find that what they have
Drive.
ts the The Connection is good enough and adding more may tip the scales
ttp://www. back to stress and excess. Now more than before it’s
M
ore than one year after the emergence important to reassess your current values as your life
of COVID-19 and the subsequent, work- stands today. What do you want the next three to five
r’s Center,
th Gonzalez
from-home mandates, many employees years to look like? What have you learned over the
but novel, are heading back to the office. After ad- course of this year that you would like to maintain?
://www. justing to that new normal created by the pandemic What are you ready to let go of that has not served
and receive and experiencing the benefits that came with it, the you well?
ion. Free. reemergence of rush hour traffic, office politics, and a Retuning without giving up all of the autonomy
wntown loss of freedom is leading to dread and angst among could be a solution, says Hansen. “I think that em-
s of Norfolk some workers. ployees who want to retain some of their freedom and
Bethesda “Most of the clients I’m currently working with are flexibility in their schedule can have open and honest
helped orga- anxious about returning to work because of poten- conversations with their supervisor about maintain-
ant seating
Bethesda.
tial exposure to COVID, ing at least one or more
y” will be they’re worried about work-from-home days.”
Live music losing flexibility and
hile also en- control over their work-
“I think that employees who While some employ-
ees might be able to ne-
For precise day and quality of life,”
nd musical
said David Hansen,
want to retain some of their gotiate an arrangement
that allows them to
bethesda.
-streetery Licensed Professional
Counselor and Certified
freedom and flexibility in maintain at least part of
the change in workstyle
8:30 to
Career Counselor in
Fairfax. “My clients are
their schedule can have open that resulted from the
pandemic, others may
n Echo Park.
ers for a afraid of losing that, and
right now there’s a lot
and honest conversations not have that luxury.
“Workers should low-
g, Page 7of anxiety because it’s
unclear to them what
with their supervisor about er their self- expecta-
tions accordingly,” said
the expectations will be
when they’re back in the
maintaining at least one or psychologist Steven
Thiessen, Ph.D. whose
office.” more work-from-home days.” office is in Rockville.
Just as employees
and employers had to
— David Hansen, career counselor “They should expect
to feel some level of
make significant mod- discomfort, and they
ifications abruptly, urgently and without precedent, should not expect to handle it perfectly. They should
some of the same kinds of adjustments will need to expect that they will need a period of adjustment.”
be made during the transition back to working in per- Creating a plan can help reduce stress and anxiety,
son. “Last March, it took people a while to adjust and particularly for those who don’t have the power to
figure out how to make working from home function ask for flexibility. “I think one of the most important
properly, but over time, and even though it was hard, things employees can do right now as they’re thinking
many working people and their families got into a about going back to work is identify, very specifical-
steady groove, and even found that they could build ly, what positive changes they’ve made since COVID
in more quality time to take care of themselves and that they want to hold onto,” said Anderson. “Finding
their families,” said Hansen. creative ways to maintain activities like exercising or
Losing those benefits has led to a reevaluation of spending time with family can give you something to
goals and values. look forward to and can reduce some of the anxiety
“The success and power-driven environment that over returning to work.”
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Potomac REAL ESTATE
Photos by Deb Stevens/The Almanac
April, 2021 Sales, $1,400,000~$1,260,000
In April, 2021, 67 Potomac homes sold between $3,550,000-$409,900.
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POTOMAC Big Winner
restorer and caretaker of Glen Echo’s Wurlitzer
ALMANAC
From Page 4
virtual contra dance and live music. See https:// Band Organ for the last 50 years, will talk about
glenechopark.org/events. the history of the organ at the Park, its modifica-
00
www.PotomacAlmanac.com By KENNETH B. LOURIE
Repeats Fridays. tions, restoration and maintenance. A rear view
of the organ’s mechanism will be described and @PotomacAlmanac (Not a cancer column.) For the past six months
SATURDAY, JULY 10 shown in operation. See https://glenechopark. or so, I have been the email-recipient of $50 gift
LOCKSIDE CHAT. 11 a.m. Also at 1 p.m. Lock 20, org/carousellectures Newspaper of Potomac cards to numerous to count/tally. They have run
adjacent to the Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center in A Connection Newspaper the gamut from Ace Hardware to Zappos.com and
Chesapeake & Ohio National Historical Park, 11710 THURSDAY, JULY 15 everything in between like CVS, Kohls, Walmart;
MacArthur Blvd. Join park staff for 30 minutes LIVE CONCERTS, BUMPER CAR PAVILION. 7:30 An independent, locally owned weekly
you name it. I have rarely clicked on any of these
to learn about locks along the canal. See https:// newspaper delivered
p.m. Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd. “give-aways” because the one time I did, the an-
to homes and businesses.
www.nps.gov/choh/index.htm (Also streaming on YouTube.) Capitol Hillbillies swers required on the site - to claim my winnings,
Repeats every Saturday and Sunday until July 25, (Cajun/Swing). Free. Registration preferred, but seemed a bit intrusive, as in what they were asking
1606 King Street
2021. not required. See https://glenechopark.org/sum- was none of their business. If they truly want to
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
merconcerts incentivize me to spend money at their store/site,
SUNDAY, JULY 11 Free digital edition delivered to they need to leave my personal business out of
SCAVENGER HUNT. 2-5 p.m. Locust Grove Nature MOONLIGHT MOVIES AT THE MANSION. Kentlands your email box. Go to their equation. You don’t need to know my moth-
Center, 7777 Democracy Blvd. Old fashioned Mansion 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg. connectionnewspapers.com/subscribe er’s maiden name or the name of the city where
nature scavenger hunt. Register by Friday, July 9 This week’s movie is The Sandlot. Screenings I was born, to give me money, and you definitely
to schedule your time slot (no drop-ins permitted). take place from 7:30 to 11 p.m., with the movies
are not getting my credit card number into which
Natural surface trails are not stroller accessible. $2 starting just after sunset. Admission is $5 per
you’ll make “the transfer.” I’ve been down that
per person. See https://www.montgomeryparks. person. Light concessions will be available for EDITOR & PUBLISHER
rabbit hole before, and it’s not good.
org/parks-and-trails/cabin-john-regional-park/ purchase starting at 7:30 p.m. See https://www. Mary Kimm
gaithersburgmd.gov/about-us/city-facilities/kent- For a time, I was naively open and curious
locust-grove-nature-center/ mkimm@connectionnewspapers.com
about these presumptive money/data grabs. I
lands-mansion @MaryKimm
CRAFT OF FICTION. Writer’s Center, zoom. 7-8 p.m. figured that in a pandemic world where millions
PLAY BALL. 7 p.m. Shirley Povich Field, 10600 West-
Novelist Kristen Arnett discusses her brand new of potential buyers are quarantining at home,
lake Drive. Bethesda Big Train hosts the South EDITORIAL
County Braves. See http://www.bigtrain.org/ novel, With Teeth. See https://www.writer.org/ PHONE: 703-778-9415 and brick and mortar businesses are left fending
to register and receive links for the Zoom session. E-MAIL: for themselves, finding an alternate route to my
MONDAY, JULY 12 Free. almanac@connectionnewspapers.com wallet/credit cards while many of us were less
inclined to go out and mix with the masses, a
BIG TRAIN. Shirley Povich Field, 10600 West- CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
lake Drive. Bethesda Big Train hosts the Silver SATURDAY, JULY 17 gift card teaser seemed prudent and reasonable.
Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts. See http://www. REMEMBER THEIR NAMES. 2-4 p.m. Agricultural Moreover, given the very extenuating circum-
Carole Dell, Kenny Lourie,
bigtrain.org/ History Farm Park, 18400 Muncaster Road, Der- Peggy McEwan, Ken Moore stances we’ve all endured these last 18 months,
THE COMPLETE PIANIST: 7:30 p.m. Strathmore Hall’s wood. Each month, join the Agricultural History it was safe even; given our collective evolution
Trawick Terrace. From Bach to Anderson. Artist in Farm Park in a day of remembrance as we explore Contributing in terms of purchasing goods and services online
Residence Workshop, Ellington Carthan. Open- stories from the county’s journey to freedom. Photographers over the last decade to buy remotely. Throw in the
air venue, live, designed to provide spacious yet Learn about African American music, cooking and Deborah Stevens, Carole Dell same day service available with some vendors and
intimate experience up to 124 people. Pay-what- folktales. Learn about the Newman Family who there really is very little need to leave your house.
you-can event. See https://www.strathmore.org/ called the farm home after the Civil War. And, fi- Art/Design: But after being nearly hooked and gutted by
what-s-on/summer-2021/ nally, help us in reading aloud the names of those Laurence Foong, John Heinly, a phishing expedition once before, I’ve become
who were enslaved at the farm before the Civil Ali Khaligh extremely cautious about taking any bait/ tipping
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 War so their stories will never be lost. 20-person Production Manager my toe in the figurative computer water, especially
CAROUSEL LECTURE. 7:30 p.m. Virtual. Glen Echo maximum. $8. See https://www.montgomery- Geovani Flores when the offers seem to be pulling at my heart’s
OT38 Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Durward Center, the parks.org/events/remember-their-names-4/ strings: free/easy money. Certainly I am mindful
9,070 of the advisory: “If it sounds too good to be true,
ADVERTISING ...” yelled from the highest mountain tops in the
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Employment Debbie Funk
control of your computer - which you provided (it
Display Advertising/National Sales
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ve ty, performance tuning, troubleshooting, Executive Vice President colors which I’ve come to recognize and the offer
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seemed genuine: three choices to click on a box
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to win a $50 gift card. And of course, it was the
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ence job code 20421.3.6. As it soon became apparent, claiming the mon-
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Potomac Almanac is published of where I live and so forth, I realized I was lead-
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and all sorts of harrowing misadventures which
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unsolicited offers of direct payments/gift cards to
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me. If however, there are solicitations to me for
Newspaper of the Year
An Award-winning Newspaper
gift cards to be mailed to my home without any
in Writing, Photography, Editing, preconditions or questions answered, I’d be happy
Graphics and Design to receive them. Otherwise, I won’t bother. I’ve
been shamed once, I can’t afford, literally, to be
shamed twice, then it is my fault (a fool and his
money ...) .
495
Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative for
The Potomac Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.
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