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Harvest Happenings at McLean Community Center
Award-winning children’s music group Rocknoceros, with band members Coach Cotton, Williebob and Boogie Woogie Bennie, will perform at McLean Community Center’s Harvest Happenings on Saturday, Sept. 22.
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WES To Present ‘Little Mermaid Jr.’
Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. will be performed by the sixth-grade class of Washington Episcopal School, on Thursday, March 14 at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 15 at 7 p.m., and Saturday, March 16 at 12:30 p.m.
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ArtSpace Herndon Photography Competition Call For Art
ArtSpace Herndon invites photographers to participate in the 2013 Fine Art Photography Competition.
The competition is open to fine art photographers aged 18 or older working in any medium (digital or analog, color or monochrome), and using any printing technique—they care about well-done art more than the specific medium, technique or format. Fine art photography of any subject is welcome; there is no required theme for entries.
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Entertainment Brief: Upheaval at Target
In celebration of Fotoweek DC, the Target Gallery hosts a juried photography exhibition that explores the theme Upheaval, whether in our own lives or throughout the world.
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Entertainment Brief: World Premiere at Artisphere
A multi-media collaboration between Viennese composer/visual artist Wolfgang Seierl and BMD's artisticdirector Lucy Bowen McCauley in a study of movement "from the ground up."
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Brief: ‘My Fair Lady’
Potomac Theatre Company is kicking off it's 2012-2013 season with Lerner & Loewe's musical “My Fair Lady.”
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Week in Lorton
Things happening in the Lorton area.
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Fundraiser to Support Children’s Science Center
A fundraiser for the Children’s Science Center has been announced by HBC Realty Group’s Community Charity Champions. Come to dinner on Monday, Oct. 15, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Pulcinella Italian Host in McLean to support Children’s Science Center and approximately 60 percent of the proceeds from food and drink will go to the charity, as long as the diner brings the flyer for the event.
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Brief: Sunrise Senior Living Earns Energy Star Certification
Sunrise of Arlington has recently earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star certification.
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Arlington: CorePower Yoga To Open Studio
CorePower Yoga is opening a new studio in Pentagon City at 560 12th Street South. Studio manager DeDee Cai will officially open doors to the brand’s fifth Washington D.C. location later this month.
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MxLean/Great Falls: Langley High Choral Department Presents Renaissance Feaste
The Langley High School Choral Department will present its annual Renaissance Feaste on Friday, Dec, 4, and Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. at Capital Church, 10233 Leesburg Pike, Vienna.
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Week in Great Falls
Weekly happenings in Great Falls
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Brief: Friends of the Library Seeks Trustees
Friends of the Library is accepting applications for Board of Trustees.
Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, the not-for-profit organization that supports Montgomery County Public Libraries by raising funds and awareness for the system, is accepting applications for its Board of Trustees.
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VRE Announces Operations Board Officers
The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Operations Board instilled its 2015 slate of officers at its monthly meeting. The following were unanimously approved by the Operations Board in December and took on their new roles: Supervisor John Cook (R-Braddock), as chairman; Gary Skinner, Spotsylvania County Supervisor, as vice chairman; Paul Smedberg, City of Alexandria Councilor, as secretary; Maureen Caddigan, Prince William County Supervisor, as treasurer.
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Vital Theatre’s ‘Pinkalicious’ at The Alden Feb. 14
Vital Theatre’s “Pinkalicious,” a musical adaptation of the book by Victoria and Elizabeth Kann, will come to The Alden in McLean for a single performance at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14. Tickets are $20 for the general public and $15 for McLean tax district residents.
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Tiny Dancers Summer Camp
There’s something afoot at Tiny Dancers in Fairfax City this summer, as they offer their award-winning program of themed, week-long camps. Each session includes daily instruction in dance, a snack, fine motor exercise through a theme-related craft, and ballet camps include a favorite story with dress-up dance interpretation.
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Herndon Village Network Hosts Wine Tasting
Herndon Village Network (HVN), a nonprofit organization in Herndon that will help to improve the lives of the 55+ seniors living in the community, hosted a Wine Tasting Fundraiser - an evening of wine, food, music and art on Feb. 15 at ArtSpace Herndon.
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Gail Péan Wins ‘Viewers Choice’ Award
Oil painter Gail Péan is the winner of the "Viewers Choice" Award in "A Sea of Sticks and Stones" a juried exhibit in the Art Hall of U.S. Geological Survey headquarters in Reston.
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New Works by Ronni Jolles at Reston Art Gallery & Studios
New works by Ronni Jolles will be featured in her September show, “Painting with Paper,” at Reston Art Gallery & Studios (RAGS), 11400 Washington Plaza, Reston, on the waterfront of Lake Anne Plaza.
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Lorton Road to be Widened to Four Lanes
The widening of Lorton Road to four lanes will begin this spring. Construction will occur Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. The project area is 2.5 miles and includes Lorton Road, Furnace Road and newly-named Workhouse Road. Lorton Road will be widened from Ox Road to the Silverbrook Road intersection. Furnace Road will be widened to the Lorton Road Intersection from north of Hooes Road.