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Crafts, Plays, Dance: Events for Fall

Below is a partial listing of autumn events happening in the area:

Brief: Fall for Fairfax KidsFest Returns

Enjoy the best that fall has to offer at the 20th annual Fall for Fairfax KidsFest on two days this year, Saturday, September 29, from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 30, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway.

Training Solutions Marks 17 Years

Chantilly-based Training Solutions, Inc., co-owned by Michael and Sharon Ferraro, is celebrating its 17th anniversary this month.

Centre View Bulletin Board: Sept. 28, 2012

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Family Fun At Cox Farms

Cool, crisp weather, apple cider, pumpkins and changing leaves are sure signs of autumn. In the local area, it also means it’s time for the annual fall festival at Cox Farms.

Get Ready for Clifton Day

45th annual festival is Sunday, Oct. 7.

Live bands, moonbounces, handmade crafts, Civil War re-enactors, food galore, pony rides and a unicyclist — all these things and more will be part of the 45th annual Clifton Day. The festival is slated for Sunday, Oct. 7, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Rain date is Oct. 14.)

Alliance Plans Book Fair Fundraiser

The Alliance Theatre is holding a Book Fair Fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 13, all day, at Barnes & Noble, 12193 Fair Lakes Promenade (off West Ox Road) in Fair Oaks.

Quakers Gather at Homecoming

Enjoying perfect weather Sunday, Sept. 23, some pacifists celebrated “homecoming” on their two acres of tranquility surrounded on three sides by the U.S. Army.

18th Century Colonial Market and Fair at Mount Vernon

The lanes of the marketplace echoed the names of the five farms on General George Washington’s estate in Mount Vernon: Muddy Hole Farm, Dogue Run Farm, Union Farm, River Farm and Mansion Farm.

Brief: Dance Center Hosts Family Event

Metropolitan Fine Arts Center of Alexandria is hosting their 13th annual family open house on Sunday, Sept. 30 from 1-4 p.m., featuring free dance and fitness classes for all ages, seminars and workshops, arts and crafts vendors, performances, a meet and greet with center staff, as well as refreshments.

Brief: Kaleidoscope for Kids Arts Festival Premieres

Alexandria arts non-profit Access through the Arts introduce a new children’s festival that is part of the fall Kaleidoscope arts celebration throughout the City called Kaleidoscope for Kids Arts Festival. The children’s festival will take place the weekend of Sept. 29-30 at the Durant Center for the Arts, Alexandria’s multicultural center for the performing and visual arts.

Fall Fun: Beer and Brats

Bands, bratwurst, and brews to celebrate Bavaria

What to do and see this fall

Alexandria Calendar: Sept. 26, 2012

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Run for Purpose and Pancakes

Family Fun Day this Sunday.

Support Alexandria’s local charities by participating in the Inaugural Family Fun Day/5K on Sunday, Sept. 30, and enjoy a post-race pancake breakfast provided by the Alexandria South Rotary Club.

On Exhibit

Two Living Legend portraits by Nina Tisara — Lillian Patterson, 2012, and Nelson Greene Sr., 2010 — were selected by jury for the Young At Art exhibition currently at the Durant Center for the Arts, 1605 Cameron St.

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