Crossroads Farmers Market offers the season’s freshest fruits and vegetables, as well as free-range eggs, honey, locally roasted coffee, tasty hot lunch items, healthy snacks and drinks, and fresh-cut flowers, all from no more than 60 miles away.
Even better: The market is cultivating a more inclusive local food system in the Takoma/Langley Crossroads. All federal nutrition benefits (SNAP, WIC, Senior/WIC FMNP) are accepted and matched dollar for dollar with Crossroads’ Fresh Checks — this season, up to $50 each week!
Join us for a day of great food and community fun as we celebrate the culinary creations of TPSS Community Kitchen users (both current and alumni) and other innovative food entrepreneurs in Crossroads’ network.
Enjoy an incredible variety of mouthwatering sweet and savory eats and drinks from 15+ local food businesses, everything from authentic Latin American delights like pupusas, empanadas, burritos, and tacos to decadent cookies, quick breads, brownies, and other baked goods to delicious vegan creations, healthy snacks, artisanal cotton candy, and refreshing infused teas and sea moss beverages.
Come for the food, stay for live music with Mr. Gabe and a steel drum band, and enjoy free face painting.
About Crossroads:
Crossroads provides affordable kitchen space and free, bilingual business support to equip food entrepreneurs with the skills and resources they need to succeed For more information, visit TPSS Community Kitchen and Microenterprise Development Program. This fair is not just about delicious food; it’s a chance to support local businesses and celebrate food justice in action.
A philosophical and practical guide for the gardener who hopes to wants to create a backyard garden in harmony with nature.
Why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. An eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson uses engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the United States, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists to demonstrate how we can apply the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces.
A book for gardens of all shapes, sizes, and budgets. Includes detailed chapters that address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden.
Includes a Getting Started section complete with general information, suggested further reading for specific regions, native plant information and regional databases, and native plant retail sources and suppliers.
Who is the humane gardener? The humane gardener practices compassionate landscaping. They attract wildlife and peacefully resolve conflicts with all the creatures that may inhabit their garden. They see the garden as a meeting place for all creatures, not a territory to be defended.
Nancy Lawson is a writer, editor, and naturalist, and the founder of Humane Gardener, an outreach initiative to help people live in harmony with the animals in their backyards. She writes the “Humane Backyard” column for All Animals magazine, published by the Humane Society of the United States. Prior to being a freelance writer and consultant, she worked for 15 years as an editor on Humane Society publications.
About the Book: Mike loves pitching, and he loves knowing his team counts on him to deliver wins. But Mike’s father starts to worry that Mike is getting too carried away with baseball and not spending time working at after school jobs and developing a sense of responsibility. Can Mike and his father reach a compromise in order to let Mike play the game he loves and help his team win the league championship?
Fred Bowen was a Little Leaguer who loved to read. Now he is the author of many action-packed books of sports fiction. For thirteen years, Bowen coached kids’ baseball and basketball teams. He also wrote a weekly sports column for kids in the Washington Post from 2000 to 2022. He was a lawyer for many years before retiring to become a full-time children’s book author. Bowen lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife, Peggy Jackson. They have two grown children. For more information, check out the author’s website at FredBowen.com.
Join Janet, a current art therapist and former bookseller in a thoughtful discussion of curated selections in the psychology realm. Typically meets the second Sunday of each month at 4pm.
In the Booker Book Club, we read some of the very best literary fiction written in the English language. We select, read, and discuss shortlisted, longlisted, and winning Booker Prize novels, delving into rich narratives that challenge, inspire, and resonate with the depth and diversity of human experience. Check out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs for the current selection!
Join us to explore novels that challenge, subvert, or reimagine the norms of fantasy writing. Every month, we will be exploring diverse and magical worlds, where LBTQ+ characters are at the center of the action and/or written by LBTQ+ authors. Epic adventures, magical beings.
Join The Inner Loop as we discuss a local author’s work, as featured in our monthly Author’s Corner.
Check out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs to see this season’s selection!
If you love to escape to different worlds, see magic, and fantastic creatures in your books, come read with us! We will talk about different worlds and the characters that evolve there, and maybe what they teach us about our own world. We will read a range of modern fantasy and speculative fiction with an emphasis on diverse writers and stories that leave us with hope!
Join Jo Ann on the third Sunday of every month and check out http://www.peoplesbooktakoma.com/book-clubs for this month’s selection!
Takoma Park Children’s Business Fair is a one-day marketplace that allows children to develop a brand, create a product or service, build a marketing strategy, then showcase to the community.
This event is hosted by local parents, the majority of funding is sponsored by Takoma Park business owners, and the generous support of our community volunteers. We all believe that principled entrepreneurs are heroes and role models for the next generation.
Who: Children Age 6-14
How many booths / children will be participating this year: 50 booths and up to 150 children!
When: Saturday May 4th between 10am – 2pm (Rain date: May 11th)
Where: Laurel Ave, Takoma Park, MD
Applications will be accepted online from 3/1 through 3/15.
Best,
TKPKCBF Team
Please join us as we host Sweet Earline’s for a Valentine’s Day pop-up shop! They will be selling their special cookies for the holiday starting at 4pm and going until 7 or whenever they sell out.
Sweet Earline’s is a family owned, home-based, custom confections business located in Rockville, Maryland. They specialize in made-to-order decorated cookies. You can find more information at https://www.sweetearlines.com/
This is an in-person shopping event.
Join Tippy Ki Yay (https://www.tippykiyay.com/) for another free tarot reading using her brand new Spacecraft Tarot deck! Pick up a deck of your own as well for purchase at the store!
