Good Friday evening! Today we published 8 articles that were read a total of 8574 times on FFXnow alone, so far.
📈 Top stories
The following are the most-read articles for today (May 19, 2023)…
- Reston Town Center’s falcons have their own live webcam now
- Apple’s expanded Tysons store opens today with new location and design
- Vienna Police arrest man for alleged sexual assault of juvenile at local park
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- BREAKING: Rep. Gerry Connolly’s staff members assaulted in Fairfax City (121770 views)
- JUST IN: Woman shot in Hybla Valley (6232 views)
- First section of new I-66 Parallel Trail will open in Vienna area today (4699 views)
- New trail to Herndon Metro Station finished ahead of schedule (4042 views)
- Plan to convert bank in South Lakes Village Center on hold (2892 views)
- Herndon man arrested for three armed robberies in Sterling over two days (2331 views)
- New tea spot is coming to Worldgate Centre in Herndon (2288 views)
- Metro: Over 1 million people have ridden Silver Line Phase 2 so far (2194 views)
- Email sent to Oakton HS cheerleading coach suggests racist culture, NAACP says (1654 views)
- Rideshare driver killed in crash with deer on Dulles Access Road in Tysons (1544 views)
- FCPS proposes to update dress code and more severely punish substance misuse (1351 views)
- Man arrested after ramming trooper vehicle during Route 1 police pursuit (1176 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Fairfax County, from our event calendar.
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
- 11:00 am: Cars & Coffee x Fast & the Furious 10 ShowPlace ICON Theatre Event at The Boro
- 1:00 pm: Braddock Bark
- 2:00 pm: “On the Plaza” Art Reception
- 4:00 pm: Double Your Fun!
⛈️ Saturday’s forecast
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%.At night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. See more from Weather.gov.
🌅 Tonight’s sunset
We hope you have a great weekend! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋
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Camps are just the beginning of what’s in store at Art House 7 this summer. We’re thrilled to offer an array of exciting classes for both kids and adults!Rediscover your creativity with some of our AH7 favorites, such as drawing, hand-sewing, modern embroidery, and our popular 3-week Jump into Crochet classes. But that’s not all! We’ve added some fresh and exciting options to our summer class selection, guaranteed to spark your imagination.
To enhance your artistic journey, we have intensified some of our Ceramics: The Wheel classes to a full 3-hour duration. This extended time allows for more creativity and skill development in each class session. If you’re eager for a captivating twist, give Contemporary Still-Life Drawing & Painting a go. Or why not try an immersive outdoor painting adventure? We have a unique opportunity for you to bring your painting skills to life while learning and creating in the great outdoors with our Landscape Painting: Studio and Plein Air class!
We invite you to visit our website and explore our full Summer Session schedule, brimming with a diverse range of classes and camps. Classes and camps begin June 20th. Unleash your inner artist, broaden your horizons, and embark on a summer adventure like no other. Let’s make this a summer to remember at Art House 7!
Potomac Harmony Chorus has a new director! We’re ready
to kick off the season with new music, a new approach, and YOU!
Potomac Harmony is one of 500 choruses in Sweet
Adelines International. We’re a vibrant,
contemporary, inclusive, welcoming, and open community of women singers who
perform four-part harmony, barbershop style, committed to a high level of
achievement through teaching, mentoring, personal growth, and performance. Our vision is to entertain, educate, and
enrich lives through musical expression while promoting the barbershop art
form.
Potomac Harmony recently had our first performance
with our new director, receiving rave reviews! We invite you to stop by any Wednesday
evening and be part of the fun and harmony!
Army Birthday Festival – Free and Fun
Make Saturday, June 10, 2023 a great day!
Come celebrate the Army Birthday Festival at the National Museum of the U.S. Army from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Rain or Shine!
• Experience outdoor and indoor fun activities, for all
Unveiling of West Ford historical highway marker
Gum Springs will be celebrating 190 years of its founding by freedman West Ford on Saturday, June 17, 2023. To kick-off the celebration, there will be an unveiling of a Virginia historical highway marker for West Ford on Fordson Road
