Good Wednesday evening, Fairfax County. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
🕗 News recap
The following articles were published earlier today — Oct 18, 2023.
- 8:15 am: Morning Notes | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:45 am: Maximum security prison building in Lorton converted to new child care center | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:30 am: Barbie Dreamhouse truck to set up shop at Tysons Corner Center for a day | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:15 am: Housing development proposed to replace offices behind Herndon’s H Mart | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: Former Virginia House speaker to run for 10th District seat in Congress | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:30 pm: Vienna poised to adopt new zoning code, allowing slightly taller buildings in Maple Avenue core | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:30 pm: Fairfax County to help more HOAs install electric vehicle chargers, expanding pilot | 🗣️ Comments
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Thursday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- 12:30 pm: Pickleball Mixer & Fundraiser – Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia
- 12:30 pm: Pickleball Mixer & Fundraiser – Shepherd’s Center of Northern Virginia
🌥️ Thursday’s forecast
Clouds will increase throughout the day with a high temperature near 69 degrees accompanied by a south wind blowing at 6 to 11 mph, gusting up to 18 mph. Thursday night will remain cloudy with lows around 54 degrees while the south wind continues at 8 to 10 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
🌅 Tonight’s sunset
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Art House 7 warmly welcomes you to our upcoming Fall 2 session of classes starting on October 30th. We’re thrilled to offer a diverse range of mediums and flexible class lengths, catering to a wide age range, starting from as young as 2, and, of course, providing a multitude of engaging options for adults!
Our classes cover an exciting spectrum of creative mediums, including fiber arts such as knitting, modern embroidery, crochet, and sewing. We also offer classes in ceramics on the wheel, drawing, watercolor, gouache, oil, acrylic, still-life painting, and captivating Japanese Suminagashi and printmaking. One of the highlights of this session is the highly anticipated 5-week “Painting the Portrait and Figure” workshop, led by the renowned local artist, Danni Dawson.
For our younger artists, we have specially designed classes like “Art Exploration through Impressionism” for students in kindergarten through 5th grade, an engaging “Art Together” parent-child class designed for 2–4-year-olds, and a “Teen Taught Art Club” tailored for kindergarteners through 4th graders.
Winter Wonderland Fundraiser
Proceeds benefit Fellowship Square, improving the lives of 800+ older adults with very limited income and resources by providing affordable housing and supportive services.
Experience a festive holiday fundraiser complete with savory wines & craft beers, scrumptious hors d’oeuvres, exciting