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Aqua Yoga
Tuesdays, 6:15-7:15pm
Enjoy all the fun and benefits of Yoga, just add water! This class focuses on increased flexibility, balance, and strength, while staying cool in the pool! Meets at Potterfield Pool. Instructor, Charna Moore. Ages 18+. $40/ 5 weeks or $10/class. Save when you register for both sessions $75/10 weeks.
Aqua Zumba ®
Saturdays, 10:00am-11:00am
Mondays, 6:30- 7:30 pm
All the fun and benefits of Zumba ® in the pool. Join Chanda T. at Potterfield Pool for a work out that burns calories while keeping you cool in the pool! Add the element of water to your workout with this fun, up-beat fitness routine. $60/ 6-weeks, $10/class.
Fun with Paint and Crafts
Sundays, 1-3pm
Great for all experience and ability levels, this guided interactive experience will bring you joy through the creative process, and create happy memories as you take your one-of-a-kind creation home with you. Have fun with paint and crafts with Dawn Spruill at the City Park Train Hub Outdoor Pavilion. All materials, supplies, and step-by-step instruction provided. $20/class.
Plaster Wall Repairs & Finishing
Fridays, 9am- 3pm
- May 6, 13, 20 (#7739)
Be a part of saving building history and learn how to repair your own plaster walls with the restoration team at the Saylor House in Kiwanis Park! This 3-Friday workshop teaches participants the hands-on process of restoring historic lime plaster walls, including how to assess the condition of the walls and techniques to repair and finish them with original lime materials. Limited to 6 participants. Fee $225 for 3-day workshop includes materials, lunch and snacks.
Laying Brick Floors in Stone Dust
Saturdays, 9am-3pm
- May 7, 14, 21 (#7740) Cancelled due to low enrollment
Join the restoration team at the Saylor House in Kiwanis Park and help reinstall the house’s original brick floor! During this 3-Saturday workshop, learn from experts all the steps to properly lay and install a brick floor in stone dust so that it does not heave or sink. Limited to 6 participants. Fee $225 for 3-day workshop includes materials, lunch and snacks.
Hosted by the Washington County Historical Trust, for more information email info@wchistoricaltrust.org.
Skateboarding Lessons
Saturdays, 10:00-11:30 am
ALL SKILL LEVEL program. For beginners who have never stepped foot on a skateboard before, to those who have pushed around a bit but really don’t know where to begin with learning tricks, to more involved riding. Using a variety of equipment to learn on from ramps, rails, and halfpipes. Experienced instructors help you achieve goals and milestones in skateboarding. No pressure atmosphere encourages skaters to engage at individual comfort level with help walking through the next steps safely as ready!
Class mainly consists of ages 8-12 years, however anyone who wants to learn to skate is welcome. Lessons cover various styles of skating skills: Pushing, Leaning/Balance, Riding up and down ramps, Grinding on rails, Dropping in on ramps quarter pipes, Pumping, & more! $20/ class.
Located at Covenant Life Church, 1515 Dual Highway.
Skateboard Pop-Up Skate Park
- Monday, April 11, 5-7pm (#7730)
- Friday, May 20, 5-7pm (#7731)
This is a free skateboard event to get the local skateboard community together to skate. There will be a 4 foot tall halfpipe, multiple skateboard boxes, benches, rails and ramps. This is not a class, but an opportunity to meet other skaters, practice tricks and have fun. This event is a skate at your own risk event, and while helmets and safety pads are encouraged, they are not required. Free!
Located at Covenant Life Church, 1515 Dual Highway.
Urban Nature Hikes
Saturdays, 10am - 12pm
Join Katrina Fauss of the Antietam-Conococheague Watershed Alliance for family friendly urban nature adventure in our city parks. Nature is all around us, even in the city, and enjoy a stroll through the park to find it. Walks will include nature spotting, and the enjoyment of being outside together and playing in nature. No fee, all ages, family friendly; stroller and wheelchair friendly.
Walking 2 Wellness
Wednesdays, 12:00pm
Let’s get healthy together! Be part of the Walking to Wellness community….Meet new people, connect with longtime friends and develop a regular exercise regime that is good for you. Even better….it’s FUN! Meet at the East Pavilion in Fairgrounds Park next to Parking Lot A. For more information, Call 301-790-0275 ext. 243 or 246