• S26-0319P, Space Art from the National Air and Space Museum

    Manassas Park Community Center, 99 Adams St., Manassas Park, VA 20111

    (This class was re-scheduled from our Fall 2025 Program) Did you know that the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has an art collection? Curator Carolyn Russo will present the […]

  • S26-0211A, Crypto 101

    Manassas Park Community Center, 99 Adams St., Manassas Park, VA 20111

    Two experts will explain cryptocurrency, including a discussion of crypto markets and investment scams to avoid. Presenter: Jorge Herrada and Laura Walker Jorge Herrada is the Acting Director of the […]

  • F24-1113P, Novemberfest—a Non-alcoholic Beer Tasting

    Manassas Park Community Center, 99 Adams St., Manassas Park, VA 20111

    Non-alcoholic beer sales have been increasing rapidly in the US as more people consider the health benefits of avoiding alcohol. As a result, more brewers have been offering non-alcoholic options. […]

  • S24-D18P, How the Enigma Code Was Broken

    Manassas Park Community Center, 99 Adams St., Manassas Park, VA 20111

    The now legendary Enigma machine was used by all branches of Nazi Germany’smilitary to encode messages by scrambling letters that could be read only by another machine with proper decoder […]

  • F23-041, Mexican Modernism and the art of Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo

    Manassas Park Community Center, 99 Adams St., Manassas Park, VA 20111

    This class will be an in-depth exploration of the artistic movement that shaped Mexico in the early 20th century: Mexican Modernism. It will focus on the works of the most […]

  • F23-121, Night Birds — the Nocturnal Lives of Owls and Nightjars

    Manassas Park Community Center, 99 Adams St., Manassas Park, VA 20111

    Owls and nightjars are fascinating creatures that are unfamiliar to many people because of their nocturnal habits. How do these birds see at night and what special adaptations do they […]

  • S23-083, Extinct Languages

    Manassas Park Community Center, 99 Adams St., Manassas Park, VA 20111

    It can be fascinating and mysterious to encounter an extinct language, which is a language that no longer has any speakers. We can discover words, sentences, and entire texts that once had meaning and importance for groups of people in the past, but no longer do. As it happens, there are many living languages spoken […]