Category: Culture and Recreation

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

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.

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.

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.

Works by the Fairweather Artists will be on display at the Glenview Mansion Art Gallery from Friday, Oct. 1 to Sunday, Oct. 24.

The 46th annual Rockville 10K/5K is registering runners until Nov. 3. The oldest continuing foot race in Montgomery County — which includes a 1-mile fun run for kids — will take place the morning of Sunday, Nov. 7. 

Peerless Rockville’s Explore Rockville African American Heritage Tour and Scavenger Hunt will open eyes to the rich history of African American life in Rockville.

Rockville will honor veterans of our nation’s armed forces with a ceremony on Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11. The ceremony is planned for Veterans Park, at the intersection of MD 28 and Rockville Pike. Free parking will be available at Sandy Spring Bank, 611 Rockville Pike.