UPCOMING EVENTS FOR
LFV MEMBERS and VOLUNTEERS
Mid OCTOBER to DECEMBER 2021
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“Autumn is the time of year when Mother Nature says, “Look how easy, how healthy, and how beautiful letting go can be.”
― Toni Sorenson
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LFV Outings are for Fully Vaccinated Members & Volunteers. Face Masks are to be worn while indoors and on the bus.
Minimum RSPVs are required for the outings, so
RSVP by the identified dates and JOIN US FOR GREAT FUN!
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Friday, October 22 10:30-11:30 am. ZOOM: Sargent, Whistler, & Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano. This exhibition brings to life the Venetian glass revival of the nineteenth century on the famed island of Murano and the artistic experimentation the city inspired for artists such as John Singer Sargent and James McNeill Whistler.
In addition to works by Sargent and Whistler, the exhibition features paintings and prints by Frank Duveneck, Thomas Moran, William Merritt Chase, Maurice Prendergast, Maxfield Parrish, Louise Cox, and Ellen Day Hale. These are featured alongside rarely seen Venetian glass mosaic portraits and glass cups, vases, and urns by the leading glassmakers of Murano, including members of the legendary Seguso, Barovier, and Moretti families. Remarkable works from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection join loans from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and dozens of other distinguished public and private collections.
Collaboration between Little Falls Village & Friendship Heights Neighbors Network.
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Beginning Monday, October 11 and continuing every Monday from 11:00 am - noon by ZOOM, Gentle Yoga with Judy.
Judy Silberman is a certified yoga instructor with more than 30 years of yoga-teaching experience, including chair yoga. Her goals are to help students improve body awareness, strength, balance, and posture through stretch movements and gentle yoga poses adapted for seniors. Her classes include breathing exercises and relaxation techniques, which may help attention and memory.
Register by the Friday prior to each Monday session if you are new to the Yoga Group. You will need a hard-backed chair and a pillow to place behind your back. There will also be standing poses, so the chair will be available for balance, as needed. Anyone can always use a yoga mat or stand, if preferable.
Register by the Friday prior to each Monday session if you are new to the Yoga Group. Each class is limited to 100 zoom screens.
It is only necessary to register once to be on the the Yoga List
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Mondays in OCTOBER: 4, 11, 18, & 25 @ 10:00 am: Coffee Monday Group. Have coffee every Monday at Starbucks in the Sumner Mall. Start each week with a good cup of coffee and friendly discussions.
Registrations not needed, just show up & enjoy!
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LFV Weekly Zoom Tech Group 10:00-12:00 pm.
Every TUESDAY in OCTOBER: 5, 12, 19, 26
Every THURSDAY in OCTOBER: 7, 14, 21, 28
Unlock the capabilities of your iPhone, iPad, laptop, iMAC, MacBook! Sessions address issues, questions and/or problems raised by those in attendance. Basic to advanced levels are welcome. If you would like to sign up for Tech sessions, or you have any questions, please contact Bob by email RFG1647@icloud.com.
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Tuesdays in OCTOBER: 5, 12, 19, 26 from 1-1:30 pm. ZOOM: Weekly Mindfulness Meditation. Thirty minutes of guided meditation.
Register by the Monday prior to each Tuesday session if you are new to the Yoga Group.
It is only necessary to register once to be on the the Meditation List
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EVERY WEDNESDAY in OCTOBER: LFV Bridge Group meets from 10:00-12 noon at the Sumner Village Community Center, 4920 Sentinel Drive. Fully Vaccinated people only. Join us for a friendly and enjoyable morning. MASKS MUST BE WORN. All ages & all levels are welcome; we will help match you with a partner. Allow time to get a free parking pass at the Sumner Village Guard House at the entrance to the complex
OPEN TO ALL - No Reservation Needed.
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Monday 10/11 @ 12 Noon Men's Monday Lunch Group.
October location: Wagshal’s, 4855 Massachusetts Avenue. Parking lot in front and in the back of building near entrance to dining area. RSVP by 10/7/21
LFV Members / Volunteers & Guest
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Monday 10/11, 1:00-2:30 pm: LFV Planning Committee.
Monday 10/20, 7:00 - 8:30 pm: Zoom LFV Zoom Board Meeting
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Monday 10/25 Short Fiction Reading Group 4:00-5:00 pm. October Selection: "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning" by Haruki Murakami. This story is about the strangeness of the idea of true love. What are the odds we will ever meet ‘the one’ if there is only one. How would we know if we did meet them?
Haruki Murakami was born January 12, 1949, in Kyōto, Japan. He is a Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and translator whose writing is deeply imaginative and often ambiguous. His works have become international best sellers. Our selection is short and poetic. However, it will trigger thoughtful insights and discussion about love.
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Tuesday 10/26, 12:30 - 2:00 pm: Lunch Bunch at Pralines, Bakery & Bistro, The Shops at Sumner Place. LFV has reserved the outside space.
Rain date is Thursday, September 30.
Fully Vaccinated members & volunteers only; separate checks. Car pooling is suggested. Rides arranged for members only. Contact the LFV office if you need a ride.
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NOTE: The SFRG will not meet in December - See you in January!
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Friday November 5, 10:30 - 11:30 am. Artists and Social Change in America with docent Bob Ferguson from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- Our nation's history is replete with events and forces that have changed the social fabric of the country. During this virtual tour, we will be looking at the ways in which American artists have reacted to those changes. Among the issues included: The Indian Removal Act of 1830, The Civil War and its aftermath, Slavery, Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance, The Role of Women, Race and Social Justice
Collaboration between Little Falls Village & Friendship Heights Neighbors Network.
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OUTING: Wednesday November 10, 6:00-9:30 pm. Monuments by Moonlight, narrated Bus Tour. Experience the beauty and awe of our country's most stirring monuments in a whole new way... by moonlight. Will stop at selected monuments. Optional to get off the bus at those brief stops. Stops include WWII, Roosevelt and MLK monuments. Will drive by other monuments, with guide descriptions!
Cost: $30.00 for chartered bus
RSVP and payment by October 20.
Collaboration between Little Falls Village &Friendship Heights Neighbors Network. For Members / Volunteers and up to 2 guests.
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Thursday, November 11, 4:30 to 5:30 pm. ZOOM: Sawbuck Salon. Discussion of financial topics as determined by the group. Hosted by Don Turnbull. RSVP for Zoom-in information to: dturnbull12@comcast.net
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Friday November 12 10:30 – 11:30 am. ZOOM: Medieval Bologna: Art for a University City. Docent-led tour from the Frist Museum. This is the first museum exhibition in the United States to focus on medieval art made in the northern Italian city of Bologna. Home to the oldest university in Europe, Bologna fostered a unique artistic culture at the end of the Middle Ages. With its large population of sophisticated readers, the city became the preeminent center of manuscript production south of the Alps and it helped bring about a revolution in the medieval book trade. The university initially specialized in law, and many law books were illuminated in Bologna with brightly colored scenes. University professors enjoyed high social status and were buried in impressive stone tombs carved with classroom scenes.
The nearly 70 objects in the exhibition span from the mid-1200s to 1400, from the first great flowering of manuscript illumination in Bologna to the beginnings of the construction and decoration of the ambitious Basilica of San Petronio in the city’s Piazza Maggiore. Paintings and sculptures as well as manuscripts will be on view. Lenders include the J. Paul Getty Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Morgan Library & Museum, and the National Gallery of Art.
Collaboration between Little Falls Village & Friendship Heights Neighbors Network.
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Friday November 19 10:30 - 11:30 am. The Automobile is American Art, a docent-led tour from The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM).
Americans love their cars. The super fast ones, the shiny red ones, the convertible top ones, the vintage ones, the loud ones, and of course the ones that simply get us to the grocery store. They often evoke memories of good times, new found freedoms, exciting adventures, and milestones in our lives.
Albert H. Small loved cars too. While best known as a real estate developer in the Washington DC area, he was also a collector of many things, among them, model cars. Mr. Small recently gifted his vast model car collection to the Smithsonian American Art Museum where you can see over 100 of them on display in the exhibit called The Automobile and American Art.
Join us on a virtual tour of this exhibit, learn about Mr. Small and his collection, and then we will cruise through the SAAM galleries to find cars and car inspiration in other works of art. We will find a quiet place to park and talk about cars as works of art - sculptural works of fine art. We can talk about design, how does the car make the viewer (or driver) feel, materials used, the sometimes outrageous costs, collecting and collectors, and more. Then it is your turn. Bet you have a car story. One you owned, one you wish you still owned, a trip you took, something custom you did to your car.
Collaboration between Little Falls Village & Friendship Heights Neighbors Network.
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Friday December 3 10:30 - 11:30 am. In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, a docent-led tour from the NYC The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Costume Institute's In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, launches a two-part exploration of fashion in the United States in the Anna Wintour Costume Center. It establishes a modern vocabulary of American fashion based on its expressive qualities. This portion of the 2-part exhibition uses the organizing principle of a patchwork quilt. A signature quilt begun in 1856 from The Met's American Wing collection opens the show, and serves as a metaphor for the United States and its varied cultural identities.
Approximately 100 men's and women's ensembles by a diverse range of designers from the 1940s to the present are featured. Enclosed in scrimmed cases that represent three-dimensional "patches" of a quilt, they are organized into 12 sections that explore defining emotional qualities: Nostalgia, Belonging, Delight, Joy, Wonder, Affinity, Confidence, Strength, Desire, Assurance, Comfort, and Consciousness.
Collaboration between Little Falls Village and Friendship Heights Neighbors Network.
Admission Fee: $10.00. Register & Payment by December 15.
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Friday, December 10, 10:30 – 11:30 am. ZOOM: Love Stories from the National Portrait Gallery, London with a docent from the Worcester Art Museum.
This pioneering exhibition will present masterpieces from the Collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, in an innovative exploration of love's role in the creation of some of the greatest masterpieces of Western art by artists such as Sir Joshua Reynolds, Angelica Kauffmann, David Hockney, Lee Miller, and Sam Taylor-Johnson, among others.
At the heart of this exhibition is a series of real-life love stories, captured through the likenesses of sitters—from the 16th-century to storied couples like David and Victoria Beckham, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Each of the love stories sheds light on a different aspect of romantic love and the role of portraits within it through images which capture artists' obsessions with their muses to those that record tragic love affairs or celebrate the triumph of love against the odds.
Collaboration between Little Falls Village & Friendship Heights Neighbors Network.
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For questions, please contact the Little Falls Village Office:
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