January 28, 2026 |  | 📊 Potomac's stats are in | | Good morning, Potomacker! Knock knock. Who's there? Snow. Snow who? Snow way I'm shoveling again this weekend! Also, we switched email platforms and redecorated! It's the same Loop, we just moved the furniture around a little bit. Hope you like it :) In today's Potomac Loop, - Potomac's quiet transformation underway - Teen entrepreneurship workshop - Bill Baker Band performs Let's Loop. | | 📊 Potomac’s Quiet Transformation |  Montgomery Planning 2026 Community Trends Report | Potomac isn’t “changing overnight”… but the numbers say we are changing. The new 2026 Community Trends Report shows a community that’s staying highly educated, aging faster, working from home more, and still very much in the million-dollar club. We pulled the most Potomac-relevant takeaways into a quick, skimmable article for your reading pleasure.
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| | ⚠️ Environmental group calls sewage spill catastrophic. Environmental groups are calling the Potomac River sewage spill 'catastrophic,' with E. coli levels exploding to nearly 12,000 times normal levels following the sewer line collapse. Read the full report [WTOP] | | ❄️ County Executive provides storm recovery update. Marc Elrich's special snow edition newsletter addresses ongoing cleanup challenges, including ice-layered conditions slowing progress and extended cold affecting residents and workers. Read the full update | | 🚴 MacArthur Boulevard bikeway meeting tonight now fully virtual. Tonight's public meeting on the MacArthur Boulevard Bikeway project from Old Anglers Inn to Falls Road has been changed from hybrid to virtual-only due to inclement weather. Sign up here | | 🚜 Honey Acres offers grown-up farm school. The local farm is launching beginner-friendly adult workshops covering horse care, fiber arts, and flower harvesting for those who want to get their hands dirty beyond the weekend farmers market. See the schedule | | 📌 Women's Legislative Briefing this Sunday. The Montgomery County Commission for Women leads the 2026 Briefing at the Universities at Shady Grove this weekend to inform Maryland residents about proposals before local, state, and national legislative bodies that address issues of specific concern to women. Get more details | | 🚰 WSSC urges 1.9 million to cut water use now. With temperatures plunging below zero, WSSC Water asks Montgomery and Prince George's residents to skip non-essential water use while crews battle frozen pipes and main breaks across the system. Get conservation tips | | 🗑️ Trash & recycling pickup slides back one day after storm. This week's collection schedule restarted yesterday and runs one day behind normal, so Monday's pickup happened Tuesday, Tuesday's on Wednesday, and so on through Saturday. Do them a favor and clear the snow from your bins | | 🛒 Amazon closes all Fresh and Go stores nationwide. Amazon announced Tuesday it will close all 72 Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh grocery stores nationwide, including all Maryland locations, as the company shifts focus away from physical retail. Read the announcement |
| | Support the Loop by mentioning it when you attend. | | | | Speaker Series: Tips for Effective Recruiting and Hiring of Employees in Any Field 9am-10am · Jurisdiction clothing Free informal chat with coffee and donuts about what you need to know for hiring, presented by HR Solutions founder Kristyn Berger. ☕ | My First Art Class 10:30am-11:30am · Potomac Library Toddlers can dip their fingers (and maybe toes!) into art-making with simple materials exploring shapes, color, and texture in this drop-in program. Ages 1-3. 🎨 | Teen Entrepreneurship 101 6:30pm · Potomac Library Learn business fundamentals and why entrepreneurship builds critical life skills like leadership, financial literacy, and creativity, presented by Montgomery County Business Center. Ages 13+. *Registration required* 💡 | Mahjong Night 7pm-9pm · Whelan's Beer & Wine America's favorite tile game in a lively, welcoming atmosphere with options for beginners, experienced players, or complete newcomers to learn step-by-step. *Spaces limited* 🀄 |
| | Frost Bite Hike 2pm · Seneca Creek State Park - Park Office Don't let winter keep you indoors! Bundle up for a slow-paced loop discovering how trails change in cold weather and learning tree identification by bark. 🥾 | Family Night - PJ Party 6pm · My Gym Potomac Games and activities with favorite teachers in your comfiest clothes, because sometimes the best family fun happens in pajamas. *Reserve your spot* 👨👩👧👦 | HADESTOWN: Teen Edition 7pm · Bullis School The 8-Tony Award-winning musical comes to life through outstanding high school performers, intertwining mythic tales of Orpheus, Eurydice, and the underworld. Free admission. 🎭 |
| | Kick Off Library Lovers Month with the Opera Bears 1pm-2pm · Potomac Library Meet Grizzelina and Grizzelino, puppet opera stars who teach kids that opera is just musical storytelling with extra drama and beautiful voices. 🐻 | Hadestown: Teen Edition 2pm · Bullis School High school performers bring the Tony Award-winning musical about young dreamers and mythic tales to life in this acclaimed underworld journey. *Free admission* 🎭 | Sugar Maple Tapping Demonstration 2:30pm · Seneca Creek State Park - Park Office Learn the surprisingly simple art of tapping maple trees for sap and discover which other trees can produce sweet syrup. *Meet outside by the Grusendorf Cabin* 🍁 | Annie 7:30pm-10:30pm · 10621 S Glen Rd, Potomac, MD 20854, USA Little orphan Annie charms her way from Depression-era NYC streets to billionaire Daddy Warbucks' mansion in this Tony-winning musical. *Tickets in link* 🎵 |
| | Rosie's Farm Sanctuary Volunteer Day 10am-12pm · Rosie's Farm Sanctuary 10717 Tulip Ln · Potomac Help rescued animals with physical farm chores like cleaning stalls and replacing bedding while supporting this local sanctuary. *Sign waiver in link, wear boots* 🐷 |
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| 👉 See every Potomac event on our full calendar 👈 | | Wed | Bill Baker Band Hank Dietle's Tavern · 5:30pm Inn House Band Irish Inn At Glen Echo · 6pm Gabby Cameron Kennedy Center Family Theater · 6pm · TIX Michael McSweeney, percussion The Mansion at Strathmore · 7:30pm · TIX Rick Whitehead Jazz Trio Hank Dietle's Tavern · 8pm-10pm | Thu | Richard Green & Scott Mattern Hank Dietle's Tavern · 5:30pm Jeff Herbert & Lindsay Austin Irish Inn At Glen Echo · 6pm NSO: Le Poème Divin Brahms’ Double Concerto Kennedy Center Concert Hall · 7pm-8pm · TIX Gina DeSimone and the Moaners Hank Dietle's Tavern · 8pm-11pm | Fri | NSO: Le Poème Divin Brahms’ Double Concerto Kennedy Center Concert Hall · 11:30am · TIX Susan Gaeta & Mike Sobel Windridge Vineyards · 5pm The Other O'Briens Hank Dietle's Tavern · 5:30pm Randy Barrett Kennedy Center Millennium Stage · 6pm Billy Price Band Hank Dietle's Tavern · 9pm-11:59pm · TIX | Sat | No Stoplight Rocklands Farm Winery · 1pm-4pm Esther Haynes, Keith Grimes & Dean Dalton Hank Dietle's Tavern · 5pm Brandon Woody’s Upendo Kennedy Center Millennium Stage · 6pm NSO: Le Poème Divin Brahms’ Double Concerto Kennedy Center Concert Hall · 8pm · TIX Gabe Dixon The Barns at Wolf Trap · 8pm · TIX BSO: Rachmaninoff & Shostakovich The Music Center at Strathmore · 8pm · TIX The Barco Beat Hank Dietle's Tavern · 9pm-11:59pm | Sun | NSO Music for Young Audiences: Musical Tails Kennedy Center, Family Theater · 1:30pm · TIX American Darling Hank Dietle's Tavern · 2pm-4pm DC Anthem Singers Shine The Barns at Wolf Trap · 3pm · TIX Reunion with the Nisaika Quartet The Constellations Music Salon · 3pm · TIX ASO: Legends The Music Center at Strathmore · 3pm · TIX Brooks Tegler & Friends Irish Inn At Glen Echo · 4:30pm Peter Holsapple w/ Janine Wilson & Arch Alcantara Hank Dietle's Tavern · 6pm · TIX |
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