MARCH 24-25
<cal2>Spring Back into the Past at Sully. 1-4 p.m., Sully Historic Site. Call 703-437-1794. Springbreak activities at Sully. Wednesday: play games from the early 19th century. Thursday: write with a quill pen. Friday: visit the slave quarter and learn about some of the children in the enslaved community. House or outbuilding tour included. $5/adult, $3/senior and child.
<cal1>THURSDAY/MARCH 24
<cal2>Eggs Galore. For ages 3-8 years. From 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, Cabell's Mill. Call 703-631-0013. Children participate in eggs-citing lawn games, storytelling and nature hikes. Reservations required. $3.
CentrevilleDogs, a group of more than 150 Centreville residents, are seeking to establish an off-leash dog park. It's proposed for Quinn Farm Park, at Braddock and Old Lee Roads in Centreville.
To learn more about the organization or to get involved, attend CentrevilleDogs' next meeting, Thursday, March 24, from 7-8 p.m., at the Sully Station II Community Center, 5501 Sully Park Drive in Centreville. Those who can't attend, but want to get involved may e-mail CentrevilleDogs@yahoo.com and type "new member." Or see www.centrevilledogs.org.
The Dominion Valley Garden Club Fashion Show and Luncheon will be held at 10 a.m. at the Country Club of Fairfax on Ox Road, Fairfax. Fashions will be provided by Coldwater Creek. Proceeds go to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, which promotes the health of the Bay, scholarships toward gardening, which helps set up gardens in urban areas. Cost is $30. Call 703-425-2431 for reservations.
Mothers First – Chantilly/Centreville is dedicated to supporting women who have chosen to alter their careers to raise their children at home. Activities include parent/child morning meetings and field trips, moms night out, and lectures. March's meetings are March 3 and 24, 10:15-11:30 a.m. at the Centreville Regional Library, 14200 Saint Germain Drive. Call 703-827-5922 or visit www.mothersfirst.org.
<cal1>Friday/March 25
<cal2>Swing dances are held Friday nights in the solarium at the Dulles Hilton in Herndon (corner of Route 28 and McLearen Road). All dances include a beginner class from 8:30-9 p.m. and then the band plays three sets between 9 p.m. and midnight. It's all for $13 per person. Visit www.gottaswing.com or call 703-359-9882.
* March 25: BG and The Mojo Hand, Solarium (Spring Dance, rabbits and stuff);
* April 1: Daryl Davis;
* April 8: Rockin' Bones;
* April 15: Jokers Wild (April Birthday Dance);
* April 22: Lush Life;
* April 29: Dagmar & the Seductones;
* May 6: Joker's Wild;
* May 13 Rockin' Bones;
* May 20: Terence McArdle & Jumpin Tonight (May's Birthday Dance);
* May 27: The Sevilles (Sock Hop);
* June 3: Jimmy & Blue Dogs;
* June 10: Joker's Wild (Hawaiian Shirt Night....Luau Theme);
* June 17: TBA (June's Birthday Dance);
* June 24: Bad Influence;
* July 1: July 4th celebration;
* July 8: Swing Command (16-piece big band!);
* July 15: Big 4 Combo;
* July 22: TBA (July's Birthday Dance);
* July 29: Terence McArdle & Jumpin Tonight;
* Aug. 5: Rockin' Bones;
* Aug. 12: Daryl Davis;
* Aug. 19: Lush Life (August's Birthday Dance);
* Aug. 26: The Sevilles (Sock Hop).
<cal1>March 26-27
<cal2>Easter Egg Hunt at Cox Farms. Farmer Cox will be hosting an Easter Egg Hunt at Cox Farms corner market in Centreville. Free — all are welcome. Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27 from 11-2. Cox Farms Corner Market is located at 15621 Braddock Road. Visit www.coxfarms.com
<cal1>APRIL 1-3
<cal2>The Super Pet Expo will be held April 1-3 at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly. The show provides the opportunity to enjoy live animal entertainment, learn best pet practices and how to adopt a pet, shop for pet products and services. Highlights will include Stupid Pet Trick Auditions, Elephant Rides and a Pet Psychic Medium (Barb Mallon), K-9 Dog Shows, Exotic Bird Show and more. The show is open Friday, April 1 from 4-9 p.m.; Saturday, April 2 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday, April 3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children. Visit www.SuperPetExpo.com or call 866-SUPER-PET.
<cal1>Saturday/April 2
<cal2>Craft Day. Learn to knit or crochet with the staff of Noodles & Noggins, 7145 Main St., Clifton. 2-4 p.m. For ages 6 and up. Cost: $20/person (includes all supplies). Reservation required. Call the store at 703-815-8600.
The 17th Annual Potomac Watershed Cleanup will be held from 9 a.m. until noon. Volunteers are needed this year to help with a designated cleanup site or to organize a cleanup site in their neighborhoods. People or groups willing to organize a site in their neighborhood are urged to contact the cleanup coordinator, Wende Pearson, with the Alice Ferguson Foundation at 301-292-6665, TTY 711 or visit the Web site at www.PotomacCleanup.org.
DAR meeting. The Lane's Mill Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) will meet at noon at the Centreville Library. Special meeting time to celebrate of the Chapter’s eighth anniversary. For more information, contact Jennifer Smith at jsmithtot@aol.com.
<cal1>SUNDAY/APRIL 3
<cal2>The Clifton Horse Society will sponsor a 5-, 10- or 15-Mile Spring Ride at Fountainhead Regional Park, Fairfax Station. Call 703-222-8253 or wkime@cox.net.
<cal1>Monday/April 4
<cal2>Mothers and babies newborn to 8 months old, unite for lunch, speakers, discussions and fun every Monday from 11:45 a.m.-2 p.m. at Il Lupo Italian Restaurant, 4069 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax. Individual luncheon $20; 4-lunch series $75. Reservations required.
Here are the upcoming events:
* Monday, April 4: “Stress — What is it and how to manage it," by Chris Carlock, Fairfax County;
* Monday, April 11: “Baby proofing your house," by Mary Baker, BabyGuard;
* Monday, April 18: “Safety in and around your home,” by Officer Liz Barrington, Fair Oaks Office of Public Safety.
To make a reservation, call Rochelle Goldberg at 703-273-5593 or email: eventbuilders@hotmail.com.
<cal1>Wednesday/April 6
<cal2>The Sully Democratic Women's Group will hold its first meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Sully District Governmental Center, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd, Chantilly. All interested women in Sully District are invited to attend. Contact Stephanie Hando at 703-467-3090.
The Fairfax County Commission For Women and the Office for Women are sponsoring a forum, Women's Voices, on Wednesday, April 6 at the Fairfax County Government Center. The keynote speaker features Maxine B. Baker, vice president, Community Relations, Freddie Mac; president and CEO, the Freddie Mac Foundation. The forum will be held from 9:15 a.m. until 2:45 p.m. and includes six discussion topics: Domestic Violence, Affordable Housing, Senior Issues, Career Paths, Financial Independence and Nutrition. The forum is open to the public, free of charge, with a light lunch to be provided. Pre-registration is required. Call the Office For Women at 703-324-5730 Voice; 703-324-3959 Fax; 703-324-5706 TTY.
<cal1>Thursday/APRIL 7
<cal2>The Naomi Project, a free, confidential, interfaith program sponsored by the Virginia Council of Churches, needs volunteers who will be trained to serve as mentors to at-risk pregnant women and new mothers. Mentors provide positive reinforcement and encouragement, help clients learn about good health during pregnancy, locate needed information and services, model sound parenting skills, and support their clients as they plan for healthy, stable futures.
The next training session for volunteers is four Thursday evenings — April 7, April 14, April 21 and April 28 — at the Fairfax County Government Center from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Spanish-speaking volunteers are especially needed. Contact Pilar Jones at 703 860-2633 or naomiproject@hotmail.com, or visit www.naomiproject.homestead.com.
Mothers First — Chantilly/Centreville is dedicated to supporting women who have chosen to alter their careers to raise their children at home. Activities include parent/child morning meetings and field trips, moms' nights out, and lectures. April's meetings are April 7 and 21 from 10:15 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. at the Centreville Regional Library, 14200 Saint Germain Dr. Call 703-827-5922 or visit www.mothersfirst.org.
Mothers First — Lecture on Developmental Delays and Early Intervention. Lecture is at 7:30 p.m. at George Mason Library, 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale. Open to the public. Visit www.mothersfirst.org.
<cal1>APRIL 8-9
<cal2>The Accessibility Summit 2005, presented by Access Ministry, McLean Bible Church will be held Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9. This sixth-annual conference for the Washington, D.C., area disability community brings together families and caregivers of those affected by disabilities, as well as faith-based organizations, professionals, community resource organizations and government agencies. Visit access.mcleanbible.org, or contact Jan Sanders today at 703-770-2938.
<cal1>Friday/April 8
<cal2>The 25th Annual Fairfax Salvation Army Women's Fashion Show/Luncheon will be held at Waterford at Fair Oaks, 12025 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax. A silent auction will also be held. Noelle Szkody, associate manager of Talbots at Fair Oaks, will coordinate the fashions for the show. Reservations must be made by March 22. Call Sylvia Laiti at 703-830-8849, Megan McLane at 703-750-3568 or Pauline Mitchell at 703-533-8739.
<cal1>SATURDAY/APRIL 9
<cal2>Equality Fairfax Second Annual Spring Dinner and Dance. 6 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn — Tysons Corner/McLean. Evening features hors d'oeuvres with cash bar, sit-down dinner and dancing. Tickets: $35 members/$32 non-members. Dance-only tickets also available. Visit www.EqualityFairfax.org or call 703-255-1552. This event is being held in cooperation with Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance. Equality Fairfax is a not-for-profit, social and advocacy organization serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community of Fairfax County.
<cal1>Sunday/April 10
<cal2>Assistance League of Northern Virginia, an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization, will host its spring benefit, “Great Escapes,” featuring wine tasting, Northern Italian cuisine and a silent auction, to raise funds for Operation School Bell and Operation Hugs. Great Escapes will be held at Dante Ristorante, 1148 Walker Road, Great Falls, on Sunday, April 10 from 4-7 p.m. Wine tasting will be presented by The Wine Seller located in Herndon. Silent auction bidding will take place from 4-6 p.m. Tickets are $75 per person. Call 703-860-0412 or 703-914-2882 by April 5. Information about chapters and National Assistance League is available at www.assistanceleague.org.
<cal1>Wednesday/April 13
<cal2>Help Plan Centreville Day, Sept. 17, 2005! Join Centreville Day chairperson Sue Davis, and other volunteers on Wednesday, March 9, to plan Centreville Day. Centreville Day is an annual community event that includes entertainment, children's activities, a business and craft expo and food. Some 4,000 people of all ages enjoy the day. Held each September, it is organized by the Centreville Community Foundation and planned by volunteers who represent all aspects of the community. The planning committee will meet monthly in Chantilly at the Sully District Building (Police Station) on Stonecroft Boulevard, from 7-9 p.m. The planning committee meeting schedule is as follows: April 13, May 11, June 8, July 13, Aug. 10, and Sept. 14. Contact Sue Davis, 703-327-4392 (work) or 571-213-7298 (cell).
<cal1>Saturday/April 16
<cal2>Craft Day. Make something fun with the staff of Noodles & Noggins, 7145 Main St., Clifton. 2-4 p.m. For ages 6 and up. Cost: $20/person (includes all supplies). Reservation required. Call the store at 703-815-8600.
The Northern Virginia Model Railroaders, Inc. will be holding an open house from 1-5 p.m. Come and see the action on Northern Virginia's largest fixed operating "HO" scale model railroad. Featuring digital control, sound and smoke. Also, visit the W&OD railroad's real caboose. The club is located in the historic "Washington & Old Dominion Railroad" station, 231 Dominion Road in downtown Vienna, Virginia. Free; donations accepted. Visit www.nvmr.org, by e-mail at nvmrinc@hotmail.com, or by calling 703-938-5157 on the day of the open house.
<cal1>SUNDAY/APRIL 17
<cal2>The 37th annual Bull Run Bluebell Walk will be held at 2 p.m. View a spectacular display of Virginia bluebells, one of the east coast's largest array of these blossoms, along the one-and-a-half-mile Bluebell Trail at Bull Run Regional Park in Centreville. Call 703-631-0550.
<cal1>April 22-24
<cal2> Musical. The Manassas Presbyterian Church will present the musical production of "Godspell" on Friday and Saturday, April 22 and 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 24 at 4:00 p.m. The church is located at 8201 Ashton Ave., Manassas and tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for ages 18 and under. For an additional charge, dinner will be available on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 6 p.m. Call 703-753-0065.
<cal1>FRIDAY/APRIL 22
<cal2>The Town of Clifton has been selected for the site of the 72nd Annual Historic Garden Week in Virginia: Home & Garden Tour, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Five homes and gardens will be featured. Cost is $17 pre-tour; $20 day of tour. Send a self-addressed stamped, legal size envelope with check payable to The Garden Club of Fairfax, by April 13, to Mrs. George Whipple, 11508 Yates Ford Road, Fairfax Station, VA 22039. Call 703-978-4130. Or visit www.VAGardenweek.org.
<cal1>Saturday/April 23
<cal2>A neighborhood yard sale to benefit Centreville's Fire Station 17 will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the station's parking lot, 5856 Old Centreville Road, Centreville. Cost is $35 to rent a table and sell items. To rent space or for details, call 703-222-6049 after 5 p.m.
<cal>Sunday/April 24
<cal2>The Eighth Annual Walk for Shea will be held Sunday, April 24, at 9 a.m. in Centreville's Virginia Run community. The daughter of Virginia Run's Larry and Megan Megale, Shea, 9 1/2, has SMA (spinal muscular atrophy), a rare and terminal form of muscular dystrophy which has no cure. And the annual, 5K walk through the community will help raise money for research, in hopes that a cure might be found in time to save Shea's life and those of others like her.
The event begins at the Virginia Run Community Center, at Pleasant Valley Road and Wetherburn Court, off Route 29 in Centreville. It's held, rain or shine, and registration forms are available at the Web site, www.walkforshea.com. Cost is $6 for adults and $4 for children under 18; children under 2 are free; strollers and friendly dogs are welcome.
<cal1>April 29-May 1
<cal2>The Friends of Chantilly Regional Library are holding their Spring Used Book Sale from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Chantilly Regional Library at 4000 Stringfellow Road, Chantilly. A clearance sale will be held on Sunday, May 1 from 12-3 p.m. There will be a wide assortment of children and adult fiction and non-fiction as well as audio visual, textbook, and reference materials all at bargain prices. Call 703-502-3883.
<cal1>ONGOING
<cal2>Noodles and Noggins offers themed storytimes featuring crafts and music for children ages 1-6 every Wednesday from 10-11 am. The story times are held at Clifton Town Meeting Hall, 12641 Chapel Road, Clifton. Reservation requested. $5 donation to cover supplies requested. Call the store at 703-815-8600.
The Glory Days Grill of Centreville will host a fund-raiser for Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) of Northern Virginia, donating 10 percent of SCAN guests’ bills to the organization. Guests must ask a server for a copy of their bill and then drop off or send to SCAN. It will be held now through April 30 on Monday–Thursday from 4 p.m. to close; and Sundays, 11:30 a.m. to close. Visit SCAN’s Web site: www.scanva.org.
Tax preparation and filing assistance will be offered at the Centreville Regional Library. Volunteers from the American Association of Retired Persons' Tax-Aide program will help low and middle-income taxpayers, and people age 60 and older, file their taxes electronically. AARP will have tax counselors available at the Centreville Regional Library, 14200 St. Germain Drive, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays. Call 703-830-2223.
The Meals on Wheels program is in immediate need of volunteers to deliver meals to clients in the areas of Chantilly/Centreville. The job involves picking up meals at specified sites between 10:30 a.m. and noon and ensuring that the meals are delivered to the clients, usually by 1 p.m. Drivers can choose to deliver meals weekly, bi-weekly, monthly or to substitute as needed. Call the Volunteer Intake Hotline at 703-324-5406, TTY 703-449-1186.
Ballroom Dance Classes. The Center for the Arts, 9415 Battle St., Manassas, offers Ballroom Dance lessons, which began on Feb. 3. Classes meet each Thursday from 7:30-8:30, until March 24. Couples, singles, beginners, and those needing a refresher course are all welcome. The cost is $90 for singles and $126 for couples. Call the Center for the Arts at 703-330-ARTS.
A Mindfulness Meditation Class will be held every Sunday from 7-8 p.m. at the Fairfax Sun and Moon Yoga Studio, 9998 Main Street, Fairfax. Free. Contact ErikaKL@aol.com or call 703-864-2807.
Northern Virginia Bookcrossing Meetup. These book lovers like to keep their books busy by reading, releasing and tracking their books' adventures with others locally, nationally and internationally. Fun book challenges, hunt for books "in the wild" and more. Share your books and be a unique group with a different angle to book loving. Visit http://bookcrossing.meetup.com/72/.
Fairfax Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is recruiting community-minded citizens from diverse backgrounds to volunteer as advocates for children whose families have been cited for abuse and neglect by the Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. The role of a CASA is to investigate a child's situation and to advocate for what is in the best interest of the child in court. All CASA Volunteers undergo training to prepare them for this role and no prior experience in child welfare is required. To learn more about this volunteer opportunity and upcoming orientation and training dates, visit www.casafairfax.org or contact CASA's development and recruitment associate at 703-273-3526 or staff@casafairfax.org.
Red Hat Society — A chapter of the Red Hat Society is now in Centreville. Women age 50 and up wear red hats, purple outfits and kick up their heels. Meetings are the last Wednesday of the month, at 11 a.m., at the Sully Senior Center, 5690 Sully Road (inside Centreville Presbyterian Church, off Route 28 south, near the I-66 west exit). All area seniors are welcome to join or come for a visit. Call Mary Doerman, 703-968-7889; Scotti Brennan, 703-378-5206; or Sully Senior Center Director Carma Ryan, 703-322-4475.
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<cl>CUTLINE: The 25th Annual Fairfax Salvation Army Women's Fashion Show/Luncheon will be held Friday, April 8 at Waterford at Fair Oaks, 12025 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax. A silent auction will also be held. Noelle Szkody, associate manager of Talbots at Fair Oaks, will coordinate the fashions for the show. (Pictured): Linda Clark, associate manager of the Talbots at Fair Oaks, adjusts the scarf on Judy Rodes as Patricia Connelly looks on. Judy and Patricia will be modeling Talbots fashions