🗞️ THE LOCAL LOWDOWN

🛝 Greenbriar playground is back. Montgomery Parks reopened the local playground 20 months after a $1M arson fire, restoring the slides, climbing features, and a multi-level fort for ages 5–12. Plan a visit

🧠 Quincy Wilson, off the track. The Bullis Olympian talks about tuning out the online noise, keeping school first, and choosing to have with friends before graduating this fall. Read the profile [Washington Post]

📸 Potomac Library’s photo exhibit is a must-see. It Happened Here: Remembering Three Lynchings runs through Feb. 13, tracing lynchings in Rockville & Poolesville and the community work around remembrance and reconciliation. See it before it closes

🍣 Kema lands on Washingtonian’s 2026 Top 100. The Cabin John sushi spot gets love for spicy tuna crispy rice and an Old Bay roll topped with lump crab. Scan the full 100 [Washingtonian]

☀️ MoCo Rec summer camps are open. Registration is live for arts, sports, STEAM, teen SSL, and therapeutic camps, and spots tend to go fast. Browse the Camp Guide and enroll

🗳️ Poll workers needed for the primary. The County Board of Elections is recruiting, especially bilingual Spanish speakers and 16+ students who can earn SSL credits. Apply by Jan. 27

🎥 “Museum rizz” goes viral. National Gallery curator Alison Luchs deadpans Gen Z slang in an Instagram video about a 16th-century urn while teasing a $3,000 creator open call. Watch and share

🗓️ THE SOCIAL CALENDAR

👉️ See every Potomac event on our full calendar 👈️ 

Wednesday - 1/21

New Year Dinner and Learn | 6pm @ Attman’s Potomac Deli
Learn about Jewish end-of-life traditions and smart funeral planning over a complimentary dinner from Northern Virginia Jewish Funerals. Event also takes place at the same time the next day - Thursday 1/22 🕯️

Book Discussion: "The Searcher" by Tana French | 6:30–7:30pm @ Potomac Library
Talk small-town Irish secrets with fellow readers as you dissect Tana French’s The Searcher about a retired Chicago cop chasing a missing person in Ireland. Copies available at the desk 📚

Thursday - 1/22

Navigating Senior Living Care | 1–2pm @ The Tower Building
Local senior-living navigator Lisa Friedman breaks down five expensive mistakes, including housing assumptions, insurance confusion, and medical-support mismatches to know before you sign anything. Register in link 🧭

History Hour: Josiah Henson, The Man Vs. The Myth | 6–7pm @ Josiah Henson Museum and Park
Separate the real Rev. Josiah Henson from the Uncle Tom myth in a one-hour talk with museum educator Ginger Moodie-Woodward, with time to tour the museum. Tickets in link 🏛️

Friday - 1/23

Skate and Story Day | 11am–12pm @ Cabin John Ice Rink
Celebrate Skating Month with parent-and-tot ice time, then thaw out in the party room with a skating story and crafts for ages 2–5. ⛸️

Frost Bite Hike | 2–3pm @ Seneca Creek State Park Office
Join the Frequent Hikers crew for a slow, winter-proof loop and learn how to ID trees by bark and seeds. 🥾

Saturday - 1/24

Free Women’s Wellness Workshop | 12:15pm–1:15pm @ Pvolve Potomac
An hour of stress-taming tools and supportive conversation for busy women and moms, a midday reset that makes self-care feel practical, not performative. Email potomac@pvolvestudios.com to reserve a spot 🧘‍♀️

Birdland Caravan: Mall Rally | 3–6pm @ Westfield Montgomery Mall
Catch a mini Orioles festival with on-stage Q&As, kid games, and photo ops with Oriole Bird and Mr. Splash, plus a few familiar faces, before the team heads to Spring Training. No tickets required ⚾

Sunday - 1/25

Constellations Chamber Music Party | 1pm @ The Constellations Music Salon
Bring your instrument for a no-judgment chamber music play-in, this month reading Brahms’ String Sextet No. 2 with fellow local amateurs and the Constellations crew. RSVP in link 🎻

👉️ See every Potomac event on our full calendar 👈️ 

💼 THE JOB JUNCTION

See 9 new job openings and all 50 local job openings in Potomac

🎷 LIVE & LOCAL-ISH MUSIC

Wednesday - 1/21

Thursday - 1/22

Friday - 1/23

Saturday - 1/24

Sunday - 1/25

^{*Dates & times subject to change based on weather and/or venues making your life more difficult}