MONTHLY MEETINGS



The summer location, July, August and September, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center Meeting Room A 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814 240-777-8212 We will not be serving pre-meeting refreshments at this location. Doors open at 6:30. Lecture begins at 7:00 PM.


Directions
By Metro: Take the Red line to the Bethesda Metro station. Take the long escalator to the bus bay level and then the escalator by the cascading fountain up to the plaza level. Turn left. Keep the Food Court on your left and walk up seven steps next to the red-painted railing. Walking straight ahead and then to the right, cross the pedestrian bridge with blue/green-painted ironwork. At the end of the bridge, follow the signs on your right to the "B-CC Center" entrance.

By Car: Note for all drivers: Signs marked "B-CC Center" will direct you into the parking garage and from garage elevators to the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Services Center building entrance on the Plaza level. Take the elevators or stairs from the garage. In the elevator, push the "P" button to get to the Plaza level. Parking is 75 cents per hour.

From Virginia: Take I-495 past I-270 to exit 36. Go south on MD-187/Old Georgetown Road toward downtown Bethesda. At Woodmont Avenue (Crown gas station on the right) turn right.

From I-270: Take the split east towards Silver Spring/College Park. Do not merge onto I-495. Follow sign to MD-355/Rockville Pike south toward Bethesda. Immediately after passing National Institutes of Health campus veer to the right onto Woodmont Avenue (this street is parallel to Wisconsin Avenue). Approximate one mile later you will cross over Old Georgetown Pike (Crown gas Station on the right).

From I-495 from the east: Take exit 34, MD-355/Rockville Pike South toward Bethesda. Immediately after passing National Institutes of Health campus veer to the right onto Woodmont Avenue (this street is parallel to Wisconsin Avenue). Approximate one mile later you will cross over Old Georgetown Pike (Crown gas Station on the right.

From Connecticut Avenue or East West Highway/MD-410: Take MD-410 west toward Bethesda. Stay to the right at Wisconsin Avenue/MD-355 and continue onto Old Georgetown Road. At the second traffic light (just before Crown gas station) be in left lane and turn left onto Woodmont Avenue.

Parking: The entrance to the parking garage is immediately on the left (second driveway) and marked with a large blue and white "Bethesda Center" parking sign.





From October through June, PCSWDC holds its monthly meetings usually on the first Friday of the month at the Sumner School, 1201 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC.

For 2009 - 2010 the dates are: October 2, 2009, November 6, 2009, December 4, 2009, January 8, 2010 (this is the second Friday in the month), February 5, 2010, March 5, 2010, April 8, 2010 (this is the second THURSDAY in the month—the first Friday is Good Friday and the second Friday conflicts the Maya Weekend in Philadelphia), May 7, 2010, June 4, 2010

Refreshments are served at 6:45 PM - lecture follows. The school is at 17th and M Streets, across the street from National Geographic. Metro: Farragut North (on the red line) and Farragut West (on the Blue/Orange line).