Dance for PD®

November 4 | 2:30pm - 3:45pm | Arcade Building (Rooms 202 & 203)

In collaboration with Dance for PD® (Parkinson's Disease), the Glen Echo Park Partnership presents a Dance for PD® class series. Registration is not required, participants can drop in to class anytime. These classes are free for participants, care partners, and family members thanks to the generous support of the program's donors.

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Witching Hour: Waiting for Monty

November 6 | 9:00pm | the Puppet Co.

An evening of music, live performances, treats, and libations for an adult audience (18+). Guests will be dazzled by live acts from puppetry to burlesque by top performers around the DMV. Come early, make new friends, explore offerings from the bar, purchase raffle tickets for exciting prizes, and so much more throughout the evening. Meet some of the performers after the show and mingle with your new friends! Doors open at 8pm, show at 9pm. Remember to bring cash to tip the performers!

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DanceFit: Shake Your Soul

November 7 | 9:30am - 10:30am | Ballroom Back Room

Experience the JOY of dance through Shake Your Soul, a dynamic movement practice that energizes your body, relaxes your nervous system, and awakens your soul. Drop-in to a class, pre-register, or consider buying a 10 class package to save on your favorite fitness series! Absolutely no dance experience is needed to experience this body mind connection. 

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DanceFit: Line Dancing

November 7 | 11:15am - 12:15pm | Hall of Mirrors Dance Studio

Join us for a DanceFit: Line Dancing class with instructor Janee Murray to learn the basics of line dancing while getting in your Saturday morning workout! Drop-in to a class, pre-register, or consider buying a 10 class package to save on your favorite fitness series. Please bring shoes that have not been worn outside, as street shoes are not allowed on the dance studio floor.

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Walt Bartman: All Seasons

November 7 & 8 | 12:00pm - 6:00pm | Yellow Barn Gallery

View All Seasons, an exhibition of new paintings by Walt Bartman, Founder and Director of the Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery. A reception will be held Saturday evening, from 5pm to 8pm. An artist talk will take place Sunday afternoon at 2pm in the Yellow Barn Gallery. Don't miss your chance to catch this show, open this Saturday & Sunday only!

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Jubilee Voices Celebrates Maryland Emancipation Day

November 7 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm | OFFSITE: Greenbelt Community Center

Washington Revels Jubilee Voices will visit the City of Greenbelt for a community commemoration of Maryland Emancipation Day, November 1, 1864, when slavery was abolished by the state’s new constitution. As part of the event, Jubilee Voices will present the history of “jubilee songs,” music that originated as spirituals sung by enslaved African Americans. These songs, which spoke of struggle, deliverance, and freedom, were made popular by groups like the Fisk University Jubilee Singers in the late 1800s.

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Tree Cleanup Day

November 14 | 1:00pm - 4:00pm | Throughout the Park

Join ForestPlanet and Tree Friends United for an afternoon of clearing invasive vines from the grounds of Glen Echo Park. English Ivy, kudzu, porcelain-berry, and Japanese honeysuckle are taking over, but we're coming together to fight back. Help the forest at this treasured location thrive! RSVPs required for this volunteer day.

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Light Up the Carousel

November 14 | 6:00pm | Dentzel Carousel

Let's Light Up the Carousel with NBC4's own Tommy McFly! Our 105-year-old Dentzel carousel will be illuminated with a stunning display of twinkling lights to welcome the holiday season. Enjoy a hot apple cider as we flip the light switch to kick off our Light Up the Holidays season of holiday events and end-of-year giving. Plus, we'll have DIY holiday photos from 6pm to 8pm inside the carousel!

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Opening Reception: Holiday Art Show & Sale

November 14 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Partnership Galleries

We hope you'll be our guest at the opening reception of the Holiday Art Show & Sale, a great place to shop for everyone on your holiday list! The show features the Park's resident artists and instructors, as well as other invited guests with works in: Glass, Ceramics, Photography, Painting, Jewelry, Holiday Ornaments, and more. Plus, join us as we Light Up the Carousel!

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Cajun Dance with Dennis Stroughmatt et L'Esprit Creole

November 15 | 1:00pm - 4:00pm | Bumper Car Pavilion

In collaboration with Dancing by the Bayou, the Partnership presents a Cajun dance to live music from Dennis Stroughmatt et L'Esprit Creole. Led by fiddler Dennis Stroughmatt, L'Esprit Creole brings you the sights, stories, and sounds of French Creole music from The Illinois Country. A 30-minute Cajun dance lesson (included with the price of admission) with Sharon Schiliro and Michael Hart of Dancing by the Bayou will start at 1pm, followed by dancing with the band!

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Shop Arts Saturday

November 28 | 12:00pm - 6:00pm | Throughout the Park

Get a head start on your holiday shopping list AND support artists in your community at Shop Arts Saturday! Don't forget individual artists and galleries are small businesses too! On Small Business Saturday this year, stop by the Park to support its resident artists, plus invited guest artists from throughout the DMV.

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Tiny Tots

Ongoing | the Puppet Co.

Designed for children 18 months to 4 years old, ongoing Tiny Tots shows offer a viewing atmosphere especially suited for young theatre patrons. All Tiny Tots shows feature: 30 minute runtime, no dark room, no loud noises, and open theater doors.

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Frosty the Snow Man

November 21 - January 3 | Adventure Theatre MTC

Do you want to build a snow man? How about watching him spring to life in front of you for one day of adventures before he melts away? In this merry wintertime romp, chock-full of chuckles and comic antics, Frosty gallops into the hearts of kids and adults alike—even the heart of one skeptical cop—through his uproarious antics.

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38th Annual The Nutcracker 

November 27 - December 31 | the Puppet Co.

Join the Puppet Co. for their 38th annual production of The Nutcracker! This time honored seasonal celebration includes Tchaikovsky's familiar story of Clara and her prince, with some Puppet Co. nursery rhyme spin. Originated by the founding team of Allan Stevens, Christopher Piper, and MayField Piper and the music of the Arlington Symphony Orchestra. 

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