Lake Barcroft Village Calendar for

February-March-April 2022

 

 

Lake Barcroft Village Calendar for

February-March-April 2022

 

 

 

PLEASE NOTE: Most of our regular Village events are continuing on Zoom due to the ongoing concerns related to COVID-19.  HOWEVER, we have a few events that are now meeting in person.  Those events are noted in this latest calendar. 

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 15 – 2:00pm

Building the Metro Region via Zoom

We have been looking a lot at ‘how we got here’ as reflected in population, services, geography/geology, transportation, housing and the like, so this week we’ll take a brief look at various counties’ planning propositions to see what our neighbors are thinking might be on our social, educational, structural and related ‘horizons’ over the next couple of decades.

 

Wednesday, February 16 – 3:00pm

Village Book Discussion via Zoom

Tell fellow Village members what books you’ve read and enjoyed, what books you didn’t like, what’s on your wish list to read and get more ideas from others.

CONTACT: Cathy Williams

 

Thursday, February 17 – 11:00am

Village Chess Club

WHERE:  Home of Mike Gaffen (6356 Cavalier Corridor); outside weather permitting

CONTACT: Mike Gaffen

 

 

 

 

Friday, February 18 – 10:30am

Zoom Together

CONTACT: Shirley Timashev (dcguide@cox.net) for links and more information

 

Tuesday, February 22 – 12:00pm

Co-Ed Lunch

WHERE: Clyde’s at Mark Center; 1700 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria

CONTACT: Cindy Waters

 

Wednesday, February 23  – 11:00am  

Village Mystery Book Club via Zoom

Village members discuss favorite authors and books in the genre.  This month we will be discussing The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.

CONTACT:  Cindy Waters

 

Thursday, February 24 – 2:00pm

Village Travel Vignettes via Zoom

CONTACT : Marcia Grabowski

 

Saturday, February 26 – 9:30am

Memoir Writing Group

CONTACT: Shirley Timashev

 

Saturday, February 26 – 5:00pm

Happy Hour

WHERE:  Home of Lois and Marty Mandelberg; 6303 Waterway Place

All who are vaccinated and boosted are welcome; masks are optional.  Please remember to bring your own beverage of choice and an appetizer to share (but no dips please).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, March 2 – 12:00pm

Silver Fox Men’s Lunch

WHERE: Four Sisters; 8190 Strawberry Lane, Suite 1, Falls Church

CONTACT:  Clyde Williams

 

Friday, March 4 – 10:30am

Zoom Together

CONTACT: Shirley Timashev (dcguide@cox.net) for links and more information

 

Monday, March 7 – 7:00pm

Lake Barcroft Village Quarterly Membership Meeting via Zoom

Join us for a conversation with Barbara Sullivan, Executive Director of the Village to Village Network, the nationwide organization comprised of all villages in the country.  The Village movement, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, began in Beacon Hill (Boston) and now there are almost 300 villages nationwide.  We will also have the Board of Directors election results to share.

 

Tuesday, March 8 – 10:30am

Village Movie Group via Zoom

Have you gone back to the movie theater?  Are you still streaming movies at home?  Let’s discuss!

CONTACT: Sam Rothman

 

Thursday,  March 10 – 10:00am

Art Roundtable via Zoom

Village members talk about favorite artists and works of art as well as a variety of art disciplines.

CONTACT: Bob Schreiber

 

 

 

 

Thursday, March 10 – 3:15pm

Lake Barcroft Village Board of Directors meeting via Zoom

Open to Village members

 

Friday, March 11 – 10 :00am

Coffee and Conversation

WHERE :  La Madeleine; 5861 Crossroads Center Way

CONTACT: Cindy Waters

 

Saturday, March 12 – 9:30am

Memoir Writing Group

CONTACT: Shirley Timashev

 

Monday, March 14 – 11:30am

Spanish Conversation Group

WHERE:  Woodrow Wilson Library; 6101 Knollwood

This is generally for intermediate/advanced speakers.

CONTACT: Beth Auerbach

 

Tuesday, March 15 -- 10:00am

Building the Metro Region via Zoom

A discussion about public works and construction in and around the metropolitan area. Some topics will include:  the Beltway and its impacts all around, various area water systems and the river/reservoirs supporting them, and trash/recycling programs just to name a few

CONTACT: Rick Kercz

 

Wednesday, March 16 – 3:00pm

Village Book Discussion via Zoom

Tell fellow Village members what books you’ve read and enjoyed, what books you didn’t like, what’s on your wish list to read and get more ideas from others.

CONTACT: Cathy Williams

 

 

 

 

Thursday, March 17 – 11:00am

Village Chess Club

WHERE:  Home of Mike Gaffen (6356 Cavalier Corridor); outside weather permitting

CONTACT: Mike Gaffen

 

Friday, March 18 – 10:30am

Zoom Together

CONTACT: Shirley Timashev (dcguide@cox.net) for links and more information

 

Tuesday, March 22 – 11:00am

Village Poetry Group

CONTACT:  Ellen Raphaeli

 

Wednesday, March 23  – 11:00am  

Village Mystery Book Club via Zoom

Village members discuss favorite authors and books in the genre.  This month’s discussion:  Fat Tuesday by Sandra Brown.

CONTACT:  Cindy Waters

 

Thursday, March 24 – 2:00pm

Village Travel Vignettes via Zoom

CONTACT : Marcia Grabowski

 

Saturday, March 26 – 9:30am

Memoir Writing Group

CONTACT: Shirley Timashev

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, March 26 – 5:00pm

Happy Hour

WHERE:  Home of Lois and Marty Mandelberg; 6303 Waterway Place

All who are fully vaccinated and boosted are welcome to join in; masks are optional.

Remember to bring your own beverage of choice and an appetizer to share – but no dips please!

 

Tuesday, March 29 – 12:00pm

Co-Ed Lunch

WHERE: Silverado Restaurant; 7052 Columbia Pike, Annandale

CONTACT: Cindy Waters

 

Thursday, March 31 – 7:30pm

Providence Players Presents

WHERE: James Lee Community Center; 2855 Annandale Road

“Enchanted April” –the winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New American Play in 2003 -- is described as a gentle and romantic comedy featuring two London housewives who pool their savings to rent a villa in Italy for a ladies-only holiday, reluctantly recruiting a pair of difficult upper-class women to share the cost and experience, all set in the backdrop of the era just after World War I.

At 6:00pm, join your fellow Village theater-goers for dinner at LaGranja de Oro; 2920 Annandale Road (right across the street from the theater).

 

Friday, April 1 – 10:30am

Zoom Together

CONTACT: Shirley Timashev (dcguide@cox.net) for links and more information

 

Tuesday, April 5 – 12:00pm

Silver Fox Men’s Lunch

WHERE: TBD

CONTACT:  Clyde Williams

 

 

 

Friday, April 8 – 10 :00am

Coffee and Conversation

WHERE :  La Madeleine; 5861 Crossroads Center Way

CONTACT: Cindy Waters

 

Saturday, April 9 – 9:30am

Memoir Writing Group

CONTACT: Shirley Timashev

 

Monday, April 11 – 11:30am

Spanish Conversation Group

WHERE:  Woodrow Wilson Library; 6101 Knollwood

This is generally for intermediate/advanced speakers.

CONTACT: Beth Auerbach

 

Tuesday, April 12 – 10:30am

Village Movie Group via Zoom

Have you gone back to the movie theater?  Are you still streaming movies at home?  Let’s discuss!

CONTACT: Sam Rothman

 

Wednesday, April 13 – 11:00am

Village Poetry Group

CONTACT:  Ellen Raphaeli

 

Thursday,  April 14 – 10:00am

Art Roundtable via Zoom

Village members talk about favorite artists and works of art as well as a variety of art disciplines.

CONTACT: Bob Schreiber

 

Thursday, April 14 – 3:15pm

Lake Barcroft Village Board of Directors meeting via Zoom

Open to Village members

 

Friday, April 15 – 10:30am

Zoom Together

CONTACT: Shirley Timashev (dcguide@cox.net) for links and more information

 

Tuesday, April 19 -- 10:00am

Building the Metro Region via Zoom

A discussion about public works and construction in and around the metropolitan area. Some topics will include:  the Beltway and its impacts all around, various area water systems and the river/reservoirs supporting them, and trash/recycling programs just to name a few

CONTACT: Rick Kercz

 

Wednesday, April 20 – 3:00pm

Village Book Discussion via Zoom

Tell fellow Village members what books you’ve read and enjoyed, what books you didn’t like, what’s on your wish list to read and get more ideas from others.

CONTACT: Cathy Williams

 

Thursday, April 21– 11:00am

Village Chess Club

WHERE:  Home of Mike Gaffen (6356 Cavalier Corridor); outside weather permitting

CONTACT: Mike Gaffen

 

Friday, April 22 – 10:00am    NEW EVENT!!

Group visit to Glenstone Museum (Potomac, Maryland)

The Lake Barcroft Village has arranged for a group of 10 to visit the Glenstone Museum, to include time for group dining.  More information on this event will follow soon.

 

Saturday, April 23 – 9:30am

Memoir Writing Group

CONTACT: Shirley Timashev

 

 

 

Saturday, April 23 – 5:00pm

Happy Hour

WHERE:  Home of Lois and Marty Mandelberg; 6303 Waterway Place

All who are fully vaccinated and boosted are welcome to join in; masks are optional.

Remember to bring your own beverage of choice and an appetizer to share – but no dips please!

 

Tuesday, April 26 – 12:00pm

Co-Ed Lunch

WHERE: Tempo Restaurant; 4231 Duke Street, Alexandria

CONTACT: Cindy Waters

 

Wednesday, April 27  – 11:00am  

Village Mystery Book Club via Zoom

Village members discuss favorite authors and books in the genre.  This month’s discussion:  An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

CONTACT:  Cindy Waters

 

Thursday, April 28 – 2:00pm

Village Travel Vignettes via Zoom

CONTACT : Marcia Grabowski

 

Friday, April 29 – 10:30am

Zoom Together

CONTACT: Shirley Timashev (dcguide@cox.net) for links and more information

 

 

 

 

PLEASE NOTE:  For all returning in person events,  RSVPs are ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED.  We are all pleased to be able to return to some in person gatherings but we must still adhere to the CDC guidelines where they apply.  Thanks everyone! 

 

 

For reservations or more information about these programs --

CONTACT:  703-354-0652 or lbvcoord@gmail.com