AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOUR NBV NEIGHBORS FOR

AN AFTERNOON OF OPERA

NBV is organizing a meet-up for opera fans to view the simulcast of Verdi’s “La Traviata.”

The show begins at 1pm; meet up with your NBV neighbors at 12:45 by the concession stand.

Rockville Regal Cinema is located at 199 East Montgomery Ave, Rockville.

Click on the link to buy tickets:

https://www.fandango.com/regal-rockville-center-aaixz/theater-page?format=all&date=2025-07-23

For more information, please contact Laura Holms at LAURALHOLMES@gmail.com

Do you play American mah jongg? Then come join the fun. We play by National Mah Jongg League (NMJL) rules. Bring your 2025 NMJL card; we’ll provide the sets. We will try to group by level, but we urge patience and encouragement for our beginning players.

We meet in the lower level meeting room at Davis Library.

Questions? Email: bloch.jawetz@gmail.com

Registration is not required for this session.

NBV Bowling in the Afternoon (first and third Mondays)

Please arrive at 1:30pm so lanes can be assigned and preparations completed for a 2pm bowling start.

We’ll bowl 2 games from 2 to 3pm at a cost of $10 each ($40 for the lane, including shoe rental).

Lucky Strikes is on the lower level of Montgomery Mall.

RSVP required: email Becky Adler at beckyadler@msn.com

40th Anniversary of a Must-See Movie:

“A Room with a View”

Sunday, July 20, 2025

10:30 a.m.

The Avalon Theatre

5612 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20015

Returning for an anniversary showing, this Oscar-winning movie based on an E. M. Forster novel presents a young, independent-minded Edwardian woman (played by Helena Bonham Carter), who is torn between her feelings for a free-spirited romantic (Julian Sands) she meets on vacation in Florence and the priggish intellectual (Daniel Day-Lewis) to whom she is engaged back home in England. This box office hit is a memorable romantic comedy. It also co-stars Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Judi Dench, Rupert Graves and Amanda Walker.

The movie was nominated for 8 Oscars in 1987, winning three: best Writing, Screenplay based on Material from another Medium; Best Art Direction-Set Direction, and Best Costume Design.  Hence, the movie is one for your eyes, ears, and mind to savor.

Easy, free parking spaces should be available on the streets around the theater.  Those attending are invited to gather in the lobby shortly before the movie and, if interested, join in a post-discussion review/critique/lunch in a nearby café after the movie.

To reserve tickets:

https://www.theavalon.org/programs/summer-of-love/

Join your NBV neighbors for beginning level Pickleball.

WHEN:  Sunday Mornings at 10 a.m. throughout July

(July 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th)

WHERE:  Pickleball Court at “The Grand”

5801 Nicholson Lane, Rockville, Md. 20852

NOTE: games will be cancelled if temps are

expected to hit 90 degrees or higher

*** Please understand that you are participating at your own risk.  North BethesdaVillage does not assume any liability for injuries which might occur. ***

RSVP REQUIRED: Becky Adler at beckyadler@msn.com

Come join your NBV neighbors for an enlightening and thought-provoking discussion of art and artists.

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Beth Rabinovich at:  

bethr922@yahoo.com.

Location: Davis Library, 6400 Democracy Blvd, Bethesda 20817

A co-ed, conversational group for neighbors interested in meeting face-to-face twice a month to get to know one another, contribute to meaningful conversations, and partake in drink or snack/treat (optional). The group will meet twice a month on the first and third Wednesdays of the month.

Location: Java Nation, 11120 Rockville Pike, N. Bethesda

Reservations required at profcherylbrown@gmail.com. Registered participants are asked to alert organizers if they cannot attend a meeting, so that their spots can be offered to the next person on the group’s waitlist.

Do you play American mah jongg? Then come join the fun. We play by National Mah Jongg League (NMJL) rules. Bring your 2025 NMJL card; we’ll provide the sets. We will try to group by level, but we urge patience and encouragement for our beginning players.

We meet in the lower level meeting room at Davis Library.

Questions? Email: bloch.jawetz@gmail.com

Registration is not required for this session.

NBV Green Team Meeting

Davis Library, Lower Level Meeting Room

6400 Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20817

The NBV Green Team will be meeting on July 14th at the Davis Library from 2:00-3:30 p.m.  We will be discussing FOOD.  

To prepare, please watch the 74 minute documentary “Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story”.  You can find it on Prime, Netflix, and YouTube.  

“Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping cold turkey and survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away.”

There is much to discuss and we'll be having a lively conversation.  Also, feel free to bring a favorite recipe that you enjoy making for summer.  We can greenly inspire each other by sharing favorite summer cooking ideas.  

Bonus credit if you read the article “Seeds of Doubt” by Elizabeth Kolbert in the June 30, 2025 New Yorker.  Kolbert writes about the Green Revolution, its successes and failures, and how the failures hurt those communities that were supposed to be helped.  If you don't get the New Yorker, you can access it online with your MCPL card, which, as you probably already know, is one of the most valuable items you own.

We look forward to seeing you and hearing your thoughts on July 14th.

Carol Rose, Green Team leader: carolgil@mac.com

Join your NBV neighbors for beginning level Pickleball.

WHEN:  Sunday Mornings at 10 a.m. throughout July

(July 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th)

WHERE:  Pickleball Court at “The Grand”

5801 Nicholson Lane, Rockville, Md. 20852

NOTE: games will be cancelled if temps are

expected to hit 90 degrees or higher

*** Please understand that you are participating at your own risk.  North BethesdaVillage does not assume any liability for injuries which might occur. ***

RSVP REQUIRED: Becky Adler at beckyadler@msn.com

An event sponsored jointly by the NBV and the Davis Library on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month.

Meet new friends in a 2-hour game each session. Test your wordsmithing ability. Sharpen your gamesmanship strategy.

Location: Davis Library Meeting Room 1, lower level, 6400 Democracy Blvd.

Join us for a morning of care-free golf, lunch, and the great company of fellow North Bethesda Villagers at TopGolf Germantown, Whether you are an experienced golfer or a beginner, you can find fun games that suit your skill level, ranging from virtual courses (like Pebble Beach) to Angry Birds.

The cost to play for 2.5 hours will be at most $14 per person plus the cost of food and drinks. The food is great, by the way! Also, there are several good restaurants nearby, should the group decide to do that instead.

To RSVP, or if you have any questions, please contact Mike Messner at mjaymessner@gmail.com

Do you play American mah jongg? Then come join the fun. We play by National Mah Jongg League (NMJL) rules. Bring your 2025 NMJL card; we’ll provide the sets. We will try to group by level, but we urge patience and encouragement for our beginning players.

We meet in the lower level meeting room at Davis Library.

Questions? Email: bloch.jawetz@gmail.com

Registration is not required for this session.

NBV Bowling in the Afternoon (first and third Mondays)

Please arrive at 1:30pm so lanes can be assigned and preparations completed for a 2pm bowling start.

We’ll bowl 2 games from 2 to 3pm at a cost of $10 each ($40 for the lane, including shoe rental).

Lucky Strikes is on the lower level of Montgomery Mall.

RSVP required: email Becky Adler at beckyadler@msn.com

Join your NBV neighbors for beginning level Pickleball.

WHEN:  Sunday Mornings at 10 a.m. throughout July

(July 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th)

WHERE:  Pickleball Court at “The Grand”

5801 Nicholson Lane, Rockville, Md. 20852

NOTE: games will be cancelled if temps are

expected to hit 90 degrees or higher

*** Please understand that you are participating at your own risk.  North BethesdaVillage does not assume any liability for injuries which might occur. ***

RSVP REQUIRED: Becky Adler at beckyadler@msn.com

Who led the Civil Rights protests to desegregate Glen Echo Amusement Park in 1960? Which amusement park ride was a focal point of the protests? How did Glen Echo Park become part of the National Park System? Explore Glen Echo Park’s history on this 45-minute free walking tour led by a Park Service Ranger and find out the answers to these questions and more!

Free — No registration required.

Parking info: There is a small lot on MacArthur Drive immediately in front of the entrance to the park. This is primarily a handicapped parking area. General parking is available next to the Clara Barton Historic Site at 5801 Oxford Road. Once you’ve parked in the big lot, cross the footbridge to Glen Echo and proceed up the sidewalk until you reach the Carousel. You can’t miss it!

Questions? Email info@northbethesdavillage.org.

A co-ed, conversational group for neighbors interested in meeting face-to-face twice a month to get to know one another, contribute to meaningful conversations, and partake in drink or snack/treat (optional). The group will meet twice a month on the first and third Wednesdays of the month.

Location: Java Nation, 11120 Rockville Pike, N. Bethesda

Reservations required at profcherylbrown@gmail.com. Registered participants are asked to alert organizers if they cannot attend a meeting, so that their spots can be offered to the next person on the group’s waitlist.

Do you play American mah jongg? Then come join the fun. We play by National Mah Jongg League (NMJL) rules. Bring your 2025 NMJL card; we’ll provide the sets. We will try to group by level, but we urge patience and encouragement for our beginning players.

We meet in the lower level meeting room at Davis Library.

Questions? Email: bloch.jawetz@gmail.com

Registration is not required for this session.

World Dining Adventure

Yu Noodles Café serves dim sum dishes to be eaten as a snack, brunch, or lunch/dinner. Traditionally, dim sum are steamed or fried savory dumplings with various fillings, but there are soups as well as noodle, veggie, and meat dishes on the menu as well.

Yu Noodles started in Virginia and has a small café with very limited seating near Rockville town center on Dawson Avenue.  In the last year, Yu Noodles expanded its Maryland presence by opening up on East Gude in a building that used to house a longtime barbecue restaurant.  The East Gude Drive location has a wide, open dining area with tables as well as booths and much more parking than at the Dawson location.   

Many dishes at either location can be hot or cold and spicy or not so spicy depending on your taste choice.  In addition, dumplings can be steamed or fried with choices of various fillings.  

Join in and sample - - possibly sharing some of your choices with a fellow diner's choices so you can taste explore more of the menu offerings.

Register at: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/world-dining-adventure-yu-noodles

Note:  If all registrations are filled, please email park21217@aol.com to get on the wait list for the event.

From Academy Award nominee Celine Song (PAST LIVES) comes a new feature, MATERIALISTS. Lucy (Dakota Johnson) a young, ambitious, and highly successful New York City matchmaker for high-end clients, finds herself torn between the perfect match, the handsome and rich Henry (Pedro Pascal) and her imperfect, struggling actor ex, John (Chris Evans), after encountering both at a client’s wedding.

Writing in the Hollywood Reporter, veteran critic David Rooney says that MATERIALISTS is a “refreshingly complex look at modern love, self-worth and the challenges of finding a partner in an unaffordable city, which once again treats three points of a romantic triangle with equal integrity and compassion”

“Captivating! Exquisite! A piercingly honest exploration of love and money and the inevitable connection between the two.” – Caryn James, BBC.com

After the movie, we'll share our impressions and those of us who are interested can eat lunch together at a local restaurant.

Questions?  Contact Ayana Touval at touval@his.com

Need help figuring out how to get your new laptop, iPad, or cellphone to work?  Or to make your current technology work more efficiently or to solve problems you are experiencing with them?

A set of local teens will conduct a tech help session every other month to help you solve specific issues with your tech tools.  Senior neighbors are asked to sign up in advance so they can know what time slot they will be given, although there is usually openings for walk-ins as well.  The teens should be able to help six seniors in each 30-minute time slot.  

Location: Davis Library, Lower Level, 6400 Democracy Blvd, Bethesda

 For reference purposes, the teens have worked on the following types of tasks before:

1. Organizing and uploading your files to Google

2. Managing saved passwords on laptop, tablet or cellphone

3. Adjusting notification settings on cellphone to adjust notification noise and specifying which apps can send notifications

4. Getting rid of unwanted applications on cellphone 

5. Updating software on laptop, tablet, cellphone, etc. 

6. Wiping personal files and documents from laptop, tablet, or cellphone that is being "retired" and donated or junked.

Register here: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/teen-tech-assist-clinic

Once you request a "ticket" to the session, you will be asked to choose a preferred time slot. For questions, please email "park21217@aol.com" and we will try to get back to you as soon as we can.  Thank you.

An event sponsored jointly by the NBV and the Davis Library on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month.

Meet new friends in a 2-hour game each session. Test your wordsmithing ability. Sharpen your gamesmanship strategy.

Location: Davis Library Meeting Room 1, lower level, 6400 Democracy Blvd.

Come join the men’s group for lunch and conversation. We’ll be going to Seasons 52 Restaurant at 11414 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda.

Docent Tour at the

National Museum of Asian Art

“Striking Objects: Contemporary Japanese Metalwork”

plus James Whistler’s Peacock Room

Thursday, June 26, 2025

1:30 p.m. (arrive at 1:00)

National Museum of Asian Art

(formerly the Freer and Sackler Galleries)

1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20004

The NBV tour will view both Japanese contemporary metal objects and James McNeill Whistler’s Peacock Room.  

Japanese Metalwork

NBV’s tour will start with a showcase of metal objects collected by Shirley Z. Johnson, a distinguished lawyer, philanthropist and former board member of the Museum.  Ms. Johnson’s gift to the Museum represents the largest collection of such metalworks in the U.S.  Japanese masters have extended traditional techniques to produce contemporary pieces at the level of high art.  The work of pounding, firing, and etching metal is both painstaking and physical taxing, as showcased in the following introductory video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc4uVLzy8_0  

Peacock Room

The tour will conclude with a viewing of Whistler’s Peacock Room.  The Room shows Whistler’s fascination with Asian art themes and his “art for art’s sake” approach.  The redecoration of the dining room of a shipping magnate was intended to show off the magnate’s collection of blue and white porcelain, but Whistler expanded the project to remake the entire room in an Asian theme of gold and peacocks.  The magnate was not pleased and did not pay for Whistler’s work, which led to the artist being blackballed by financial patrons and bankrupted.

The NBV tour will take place at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art.  Attendees are asked to meet at 1:00 p.m. in the entry hall of the Freer Gallery, whose entrance is on the Smithsonian Mall side, close to the Smithsonian Museum Metro Station.

To register:

https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/tour-of-striking-objects-contemporary-japanese-metalwork-and-james-whistlers-peacock-room

The world abounds with facts, so let’s share some in a friendly hour of testing what we know and what we don’t. Everyone will get a chance to play. Even wrong guesses will be awarded points based on creativity or knowledge displayed.

Curious?  Give it a try!  Or let us know if you have ideas for other types of game sessions you'd like to try.

To join, RSVP to park21217@aol.com for Zoom meeting information.

Do you play American mah jongg? Then come join the fun. We play by National Mah Jongg League (NMJL) rules. Bring your 2025 NMJL card; we’ll provide the sets. We will try to group by level, but we urge patience and encouragement for our beginning players.

We meet in the lower level meeting room at Davis Library.

Questions? Email: bloch.jawetz@gmail.com

Registration is not required for this session.

Come join us! We will be hiking the Matthew Henson Trail.

The trail is located behind Global Mission Church, 13421 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring.

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Beth Rabinovich at:  

bethr922@yahoo.com.

Location: Davis Library, 6400 Democracy Blvd, Bethesda 20817

A co-ed, conversational group for neighbors interested in meeting face-to-face twice a month to get to know one another, contribute to meaningful conversations, and partake in drink or snack/treat (optional). The group will meet twice a month on the first and third Wednesdays of the month.

Location: Silver Diner, 12276 Rockville Pike, N. Bethesda 20852

Reservations required at profcherylbrown@gmail.com. Registered participants are asked to alert organizers if they cannot attend a meeting, so that their spots can be offered to the next person on the group’s waitlist.

Do you play American mah jongg? Then come join the fun. We play by National Mah Jongg League (NMJL) rules. Bring your 2025 NMJL card; we’ll provide the sets. We will try to group by level, but we urge patience and encouragement for our beginning players.

We meet in the lower level meeting room at Davis Library.

Questions? Email: bloch.jawetz@gmail.com

Registration is not required for this session.