Community Calendar

Moveable Feast, a local Baltimore nonprofit serving medically tailored meals to those facing food insecurity while living with chronic illness like diabetes, heart disease, and HIV, is hosting its 32nd Annual Dining Out for Life event on Thursday, Oct. 9.

The more than 40 participating restaurants, including Artifact Coffee, Clavel, Dutch Courage, Gertrude's, Food Market, LB Tavern, Silver Queen Cafe, The Brewer’s Art, and more will be supporting Moveable Feast’s mission by donating a portion of their proceeds from the event. The full list of participating restaurants can be found here.

The community can support this event by simply dining at any of the participating restaurants on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, as well as by donating directly or signing up to volunteer, both of which can be done on Moveable Feast’s website: https://www.mfeast.org/diningoutforlife/.

Mindfulness Meditation + Sports & Positive Psychology + Neuroscience + Group Coaching = mPEAK

mPEAK (Mindfulness, Performance Enhancement, Awareness & Knowledge) is a mindfulness training program for anyone seeking to achieve personal and professional goals, as well as attain new levels of performance and success. This cutting-edge training program is built around the latest brain research related to peak performance, resilience, focus, and “flow”.

The mPEAK program enhances the human capacity of mindfulness through established and empirically supported practices and exercises. Mindfulness is effective precisely because it is a way of being and relating to all aspects of life, rather than a specific technique or tool for a particular goal. As with physical training, this brain training program is based upon the understanding that optimal outcomes occur most often when participants continue to engage in the practices and exercises on a daily basis as a part of their training regimen.

This program was specially designed for athletes, first responders, leaders, entrepreneurs, executives, musicians, dancers, and busy professionals or parents who set big goals, face consistent challenges and stretch themselves towards excellence. mPEAK is appropriate for beginner and seasoned mindfulness practitioners alike. Previous meditation experience is not necessary to participate, but can facilitate a deeper learning experience.

In honor of Banned Books Week (October 5-11), the DC-Maryland Chapter of Writers for Democratic Action is hosting a free public reading of censored poetry from all ages and cultures.

Readers of all ages are welcome! Listeners too!

Show up! Sign up! Read! (Your own bold work is welcome too.)

Visit https://bit.ly/ForbiddenStanzas to learn more--and find a list of suggested banned poems.

J. ROBBINS (band) plays BURNING AIRLINES

Thursday October 9, 2025

Doors at 7:00 PM, Show at 8:00 PM

All Ages

JoGo Project Pre-Release Celebration: Keeping Faith Alive in 2025

The JoGo Project returns to Keystone Korner October 9th to celebrate the release of their upcoming EP “Keeping Faith Alive in 2025”, which will be released in November on the Growroom Productions label.

Founded in 2014 by Saxophonist and Chuck Brown alum Elijah Jamal Balbed, The JoGo Project is a Jazz and Go-Go fusion band aiming to educate people about DC’s Go-Go music and continue the legacy the Godfather of Go-Go Chuck Brown created with his own brand of Jazz and Go-Go. The JoGo Project has received one WAMMIE Award and been nominated for another, traveled to Russia on a cultural diplomacy tour, and released one EP, many singles, and collaborations with Sugar Bear, Wes Felton, JusPaul, and others. The JoGo Project puts an emphasis on writing and releasing original Go-Go music.

In 2022, Elijah debuted “The JoGo Big Band” - an expanded 15-piece version of The JoGo Project combining elements of Big Band Jazz and Go-Go Music into one. Look out for more from The JoGo Big Band in 2026, as well as the upcoming JoGo Project album “Keeping Faith Alive in 2025”.

Howdy y'all, searching for any evening plans this October 9th? The 2025 Whirlwind World Tour is gonna be rollin' into Columbia MD and you best not miss it. Come see the legendary country star, Lainey Wilson, singing your favorite tracks like “Heart Like a Truck.”

In this captivating adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion by Sarah Rose Kearns, audiences are transported to a world of social intrigue, family drama, and enduring love. Anne Elliot's touching journey of resilience and second chances unfolds against the elegant and beloved backdrop of Regency-era England, laced with Austen's signature wit.

Persuasion will open September 26 with previews on September 24 and 25. The production will close on October 19. Thursday shows are only 10/9 and 10/16.
Visit www.chesapeakeshakespeare.com for more information or call the box office at 410-244-8570.

THE SHARK IS BROKEN

BY IAN SHAW and JOSEPH NIXON
DIRECTED BY Gené Fouché

SEPTEMBER 12 – OCTOBER 5

Preview September 11
ASL Interpreted performance September 19

It’s 1974 and the hit movie JAWS is being filmed. Well, it would be, if the prop shark wasn’t a mechanical mess. In this laugh-out-loud comedy, testy, feuding costars Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, and Roy Scheider take center stage as booze flows, egos clash, and tempers flare. The actors pray for an end to the shoot, not knowing it will change their lives forever.

Join the Towson University Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble for an evening of music!

Back for its second year, Abbott and the Big Ten Conference are hosting the We Give Blood Drive competition to entice students, alumni, fans, and community members to rally around their Big Ten school to donate blood, save lives, and address the country's ongoing critical blood shortage.

From August 27 to December 5, anyone eligible to donate blood can do so anywhere, anytime in the U.S. to count for their school. The school with the most donations at the end of the competition will receive $1 million to advance student or community health.

New this year, everyone who donates or attempts to donate blood throughout the competition will receive an exclusive, limited-edition, Homefield-designed T-shirt specific to their school. To receive the shirt:

1. Show up to donate
2. Submit your donation (or attempt to donate) at BigTen.Org/Abbott or by texting DONATE to 222688 (ABBOTT).
3. Click the link sent to your email
4. Use your redemption code
5. Your shirt will be shipped to the address of your choice. 

Last year, the University of Nebraska won, and is using the funds to advance student health on campus. The University of Maryland is competing this year and will host several blood drives on campus and in the surrounding area throughout the competition. To find a blood drive near you, please visit: https://bigten.org/abbott/maryland