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Join the Team for Clean Streams
City stream cleanups offer safe ways to serve your city while social distancing during the pandemic. Help remove litter from Rockville streams and celebrate Montgomery County Community Service Month by volunteering for a stream cleanup this month. City-sponsored cleanups follow safety guidelines for preventing the spread of COVID-19. Student Service Learning credit hours are available.…
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Health and Wellness, Coming Up at the Senior Center
Stay home and stay healthy with free online seminars from the Rockville Senior Center in October. Register with the course number online at www.rockvillemd.gov/registration. Learn more about 60-plus programs, courses, activities and services at www.rockvillemd.gov/seniorcenter or by calling 240-314-8800. Sessions are free, virtual, and run from 1-2 p.m., except where noted.
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Head Out on the Town for This Month’s Performances at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre
Travel to New York, Paris and Vienna, revisit your favorite movie music or enjoy old and new classical tunes in October, at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre. “From Paris to Vienna,” presented by Victorian Lyric Opera Company. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 8 and 9. 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10. Tickets: $28; $26, seniors;…
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F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival Featuring John Edgar Wideman
Prolific award-winning author John Edgar Wideman will spend time virtually with attendees of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival, on Saturday, Oct. 30. As well as receiving the 2021 F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Literature, Wideman will take part in some of the day’s online events.
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Nature Center to Celebrate Halloween with Mini-Creeps
Croydon Creek Nature Center will hold a scaled-back version of its annual Croydon Creep event. Two Mini-Creeps will be held 10-11 a.m. and 11 a.m.-noon, Friday, Oct 15 for kids aged 2-6. There is a limit of one adult per child. The cost is $12 for residents, $14 for nonresidents. Come in costume and enjoy…
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Fall Lawn Care: A How-To for Healthy Lawns, Hold the Pesticide
This fall is a particularly good time to go organic with your lawn care. The Mayor and Council on April 26 voted unanimously to allow Montgomery County’s pesticide law to apply in the city, effective Jan. 1. The law restricts the use of certain pesticides on private lawns, playgrounds, mulched recreation areas and childcare facilities,…