Events Calendar
Our Stomping Ground offers a variety of programs including book clubs, games nights, art and fitness classes and more. We are always adding new events. Be sure to explore our calendar and register for those programs that are of interest. Some events are open to just residents of a specific community, some are open to residents and Friends of OSG, and others are open to anyone in the Northern VA area.
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What: Book Club
Where: Zoom
We’re reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.
The OSG Book Club meets every Tuesday at 7 PM. All are welcome! You may purchase the book yourself but it is not required since the host will read out loud in the group.
If you’d like to join, just register once to receive the Zoom link, and we’ll send it automatically thereafter.
*Note: Sign-up is mandatory. We will communicate any changes of plans via email or Whatsapp here.
What: Book Club
Where: Zoom
We’re reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.
The OSG Book Club meets every Tuesday at 7 PM. All are welcome! You may purchase the book yourself but it is not required since the host will read out loud in the group.
If you’d like to join, just register once to receive the Zoom link, and we’ll send it automatically thereafter.
*Note: Sign-up is mandatory. We will communicate any changes of plans via email or Whatsapp here.
What: Book Club
Where: Zoom
We’re reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.
The OSG Book Club meets every Tuesday at 7 PM. All are welcome! You may purchase the book yourself but it is not required since the host will read out loud in the group.
If you’d like to join, just register once to receive the Zoom link, and we’ll send it automatically thereafter.
*Note: Sign-up is mandatory. We will communicate any changes of plans via email or Whatsapp here.
What: Book Club
Where: Zoom
We’re reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.
The OSG Book Club meets every Tuesday at 7 PM. All are welcome! You may purchase the book yourself but it is not required since the host will read out loud in the group.
If you’d like to join, just register once to receive the Zoom link, and we’ll send it automatically thereafter.
*Note: Sign-up is mandatory. We will communicate any changes of plans via email or Whatsapp here.
Where: Queens Court
What: Reading Circle
Come bury your nose in a book with OSG, APAH and our younger friends and neighbors. All are welcome!
We will meet in the lobby of Queens Court. Contact Donna Budway at donnab@ourstompingground.org for any questions.
*Note: Sign-up is mandatory. We will communicate any changes of plans via email or Whatsapp here.
Where: Queens Court
You’re invited to our monthly movie night at our Queens Court community. Together we’ll watch Home Alone 1 and enjoy each other’s company. Please feel free to bring popcorn, snacks, blankets, or anything you need to be comfortable.
The movie night will be held in the Queens Court community room. All are welcome, however, it is mandatory to sign up so we have an accurate headcount and we ask that you please arrive at 6:30 PM sharp since a key card is needed to enter the building.
*Note: Sign-up is mandatory. We will communicate any changes of plans via email or Whatsapp here.
Where: Queens Court
When: 1st Wednesday, Monthly
Join OSG and APAH at Queens Court for an afternoon of reading with our younger friends and neighbors. All are welcome! We will meet in the lobby of Queens Court. Contact Donna Budway at donnab@ourstompingground.org for any questions.
*Note: Sign-up is mandatory. We will communicate any changes of plans via email or Whatsapp here.
Book: “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot. You’re welcome to purchase the book yourself but it is not required since the host will read out loud in the group.
When: Every Tuesday at 7PM
Where: Zoom. If you’d like to join, just register once to receive the Zoom link, and we’ll send it automatically thereafter.
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All are welcome!
About the book:
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine: The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb’s effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions.
Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave.
Henrietta’s family did not learn of her “immortality” until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.
Over the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family—especially Henrietta’s daughter Deborah. Deborah was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Had they killed her to harvest her cells? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn’t her children afford health insurance?
Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.
*Note: Sign-up is mandatory. We will communicate any changes of plans via email or Whatsapp here.
Book: “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot. You’re welcome to purchase the book yourself but it is not required since the host will read out loud in the group.
When: Every Tuesday at 7PM
Where: Zoom. If you’d like to join, just register once to receive the Zoom link, and we’ll send it automatically thereafter.
***
All are welcome!
About the book:
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine: The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb’s effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions.
Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave.
Henrietta’s family did not learn of her “immortality” until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.
Over the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family—especially Henrietta’s daughter Deborah. Deborah was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Had they killed her to harvest her cells? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn’t her children afford health insurance?
Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.
*Note: Sign-up is mandatory. We will communicate any changes of plans via email or Whatsapp here.
Where: Gilliam Place
When: 2nd Tuesday, Monthly
Join OSG and APAH at Gilliam Place for an afternoon of reading with our younger friends and neighbors. All are welcome!
We will meet in the lobby of Gilliam Place. Contact Donna Budway at donnab@ourstompingground.org for any questions.
*Note: Sign-up is mandatory since we need a headcount and may need to cap the number of reservations. Additionally, things may change. We’ll communicate these changes via email and our Whatsapp group here.