Live music, great movies and more coming up in Greenbelt, College Park and Bowie – all Prince Georges Proud – over the next 10 days.
Friday, April 8
At the New Deal Cafe
The Big Boy Little Band – the deep, deep blues…..The kind of blues you used to hear on a distant radio station broadcasting from somewhere down south, late at night. The kind of blues where you wake up early in the morning and all you can think of is your lover and you wonder, “where did you go?”. The kind of blues that makes you want to go somewhere and dance or shout or just be alive. Those kinds of blues. (8 to 11pm)
At the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park
Later the Same Evening: Maryland Opera 7:30 p.m. Pay What you Wish. Repeated April 10, 13 and 16.
In a reimagining of Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer John Musto’s one-act opera, which first premiered at The Clarice in 2007 in a joint project with the National Gallery of Art, audiences are transported to 1932 New York City for one extended evening. Co-commissioned by the UMD School of Music and The Clarice, Later the Same Evening is inspired by figures in five Edward Hopper paintings of Manhattan. As the opera unfolds, the characters from the paintings vividly come to life to intertwine in interesting ways centered around the solitude that a large, bustling city can invoke.
At the Old Greenbelt Theatre
CODA opens! 5 and 8 pm on the Main Screen. Winner of Oscar for Best Picture of 2021! Ruby is the only hearing member of a deaf family from Gloucester, Massachusetts. At 17, she works mornings before school to help her parents and brother keep their fishing business afloat. But in joining her high school’s choir club, Ruby finds herself drawn to both her duet partner and her latent passion for singing.
Saturday, April 9

At the New Deal Cafe
At the Greenbelt Museum
Free WalkingTour at 10 a.m.From the museum’s newsletter: Our next free walking tour is scheduled for April 9, 10am. If you’re interested, please sign up via Evenbrite. Tours are limited to 12 people and take place outdoors. In the event of inclement weather, the tour may be rescheduled.
We are also booking walking tours for small groups. These must be scheduled in advance by emailing Education/Volunteer Coordinator (E/VC) Sheila Maffay-Tuthill at education@greenbeltmuseum.org. Walking tours take approximately 90 minutes and cost $10 per person. Our E/VC took the photograph above while leading a group tour earlier this month. Pictured are students in Virginia Tech’s Master’s Program in Urban and Regional Planning.
At the Old Greenbelt Theatre
CODA at 5:30 & 8:30 PM in the Screening Room
“The Worst Person in the World” at 5:00 & 8:00 pm on the Main Screen.
Sunday, April 10
At the New Deal Cafe
Art Reception (3 to 5pm), a reception for Gaby Nobody, whose work is currently on display in both the front and back rooms of the Cafe.
In Greenbriar Park
In Greenbelt National Park
At the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park
At the Old Greenbelt Theatre
CODA at 2:30 & 5:30 pm in the Screening Room..
“The Worst Person in the World“ at 2:30 & 5:30 pm – S2 in the Screening Room
Monday, April 11
At the Old Greenbelt Theatre
CODA at 5:30 & 8:30 pm in the Screening Room.
“The Worst Person in the World“ at2:00 & 5:00 pm on the Main Screen
At the New Deal Cafe
Utopia Film Festival Encore Screening for Refugee Relief. 6:30 to 9 pm. Donations of any amount will be requested at the door to go to helping these people in dire need. Films shown will be:
- “Laymun” is a 5 minute animation about a gardener living in a Middle eastern war zone who fights the destruction around her with life-giving plants.
- “A Quest for Peace” is a 10 minute documentary featuring interviews with Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, and other religious leaders on how to end the violence and hatred that so plague humanity.
- The feature length “A Bold Peace” shows how Costa Rica has, since 1948, been able to exist peacefully while having no military. Through cultivated security relationship treaties, international laws, courts and organizations, they have been freed from the burden of military spending and have been able to invest those financial savings to better the lives of their citizens.
Need more info? Email Greenbeltrefugeeaid@gmail.com
Tuesday, April 12
At the New Deal Cafe
Wednesday, April 13
At the New Deal Cafe
Thursday, April 14
At the New Deal Cafe
Friday, April 15
At the New Deal Cafe
At the Old Greenbelt Theatre
“Mothering Sunday“ opens! .(Times to be announced soon.) On a warm spring day in 1924 in England, housemaid and foundling Jane Fairchild finds herself alone on Mother’s Day. Her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Niven, are out and she has the rare chance to spend quality time with her secret lover. Paul is the boy from the manor house nearby, Jane’s long-term love despite the fact that he’s engaged to be married to another woman, a childhood friend, and daughter of his parents’ friends. But events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane’s life forever.
At the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park
“Stick Fly“ opens and runs through April 24. Pay What You Wish This comedy drama by Lydia R. Diamond explores issues of race and class privilege through the story of the LeVays, a wealthy African American family vacationing at their home in Martha’s Vineyard. Set by the beach, Stick Fly reflects the shifting sands of power dynamics as the family negotiates difficult conversations and finds the language to communicate with loved ones.
Saturday, April 16
At the New Deal Cafe
Zoom Poetry Open Mic – Express your inner beatnik through the spoken word! Learn how to join this online event by clicking here. (1 to 3pm)
Danger Bird – the Mid-Atlantic’s premier Neil Young tribute band! Drawing from Neil’s acoustic days in the Toronto folk scene, through the golden sound of the Buffalo Springfield in L.A., the proto-grunge of Crazy Horse, the shimmering vocals of CSNY, the country roots of The Stray Gators and The International Harvesters, all the way to the raw energy of The Promise of the Real, Danger Bird digs deep into the catalog of one of the greatest songwriters ever.. (8 to 11pm)
Sunday, April 17
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Orchester Prazevica – resistance is futile, this is Turbo Folk! High energy dance music drawing on the tradition of Eastern European Czardas and Gypsy Swing, but widely influenced by jazz and blues. Under the direction of Slovak born and raised guitarist and singer, Tomáš Drgon, this band delivers a unique, authentic and entertaining blend of musical traditions. (6 to 8pm)
Monday, April 18
At the New Deal Cafe OR via Zoom
[On Zoom and in person] Reel and Meal at the New Deal: Rosenwald is the incredible story of Julius Rosenwald, who never finished high school, but rose to become the President of Sears. More information and pickup dinner plans! (7 to 9pm)
At the Old Greenbelt Theatre
The theater is open, but details aren’t available yet.
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