Good Thursday 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 — Nov 2, 2023.
- 8:15 am: Morning Notes | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:30 am: Franconia District school board candidate back on ballot after disqualification | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:15 am: Vienna candle-maker gifted $10,000 check on Drew Barrymore’s talk show | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:00 am: First block of major Isaac Newtown Square redevelopment in Reston approved | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:45 am: Project to widen Route 28, add shared-use paths reaches substantial completion | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:30 pm: Vienna Town Council approves funding for new parks master plan | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:30 pm: New Reston art exhibit takes deep dive into Blue Ridge mountains | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:30 pm: Fairfax City refines concept for bicycle facilities on University Drive | 🗣️ Comments
- 4:45 pm: Most and least expensive homes sold in Fairfax County (October 2023) | 🗣️ Comments
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Friday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
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☀️ Friday’s forecast
Expect sunny skies and a high of approximately 58°F, accompanied by a south wind blowing at 5-8 mph. As nighttime falls on Friday, the sky will remain clear and the temperature will drop to around 38°F, with a south wind persisting at 6-8 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
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