For over three decades, the Tephra ICA Arts Festival has engaged the Fairfax County and Northern Virginia community through arts and performances. The festival will celebrate its 35th anniversary with a two-day event on May 16-17 at Reston Town Center for the public.
It will have 200 artists nationwide and from the D.C. region, dance performances, original paintings and a concert.
The environment will take center stage across Fairfax County over the next two days, thanks to an abundance of Arbor Day and Earth Day festivities.
The county’s headliner is the annual Earth Day Fairfax festival, which has relocated to Lake Fairfax Park (1400 Lake Fairfax Drive) in Reston this year after previously taking place at the Sully Historic Site in Chantilly.
Good Thursday evening, Fairfax County. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
The following articles were published earlier today — Apr 23, 2026.
Here is what’s going on Friday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
There is a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 PM, with mostly sunny skies and a high near 82°F. Winds will be light and variable, shifting to the north at about 5 mph in the afternoon. Later, the night will be mostly cloudy with a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms, and temperatures will drop to a low of around 55°F, with southeast winds around 6 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.
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A national outdoor furniture retailer held a grand opening for its new Springfield store today (Thursday).
Fortunoff Backyard Store is now open at Springfield Commons, with a new, 11,000-square-foot store and showroom at 6721B Frontier Drive. The showroom sells a variety of outdoor furniture, including dining sets, chaises, gazebos, fire pits and other patio decor.
Taste of Vienna is set to return this weekend, putting a spotlight on local restaurants while also raising funds for the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department (Vienna VFD).
The 13th annual food festival will take over the fire department’s parking lot at 400 Center Street South from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. this Saturday (April 25).
Good Wednesday evening, Fairfax County. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
The following articles were published earlier today — Apr 22, 2026.
Here is what’s going on Thursday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
Expect sunny skies with a high of 81°F and a northwest wind at 5 to 7 mph. Thursday night will be partly cloudy with a slight 20% chance of showers before 2 a.m., a low of 58°F, and light winds from the west. See more from Weather.gov.
The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.
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Several Fairfax County bookstores are participating in an annual bookstore crawl program in Northern Virginia this spring.
The third annual NoVa+ Bookstore Crawl Passport program kicks off this Saturday (April 25) at 18 independent bookstores across Northern Virginia, including Bards Alley and Big Planet Comics in Vienna, Scrawl Books in Reston and Fonts Books & Gifts in McLean.
A Virginia-based chain of fastpitch softball training facilities for girls will expand to Fairfax County this spring.
An exact opening date hasn’t been set, but SixFour3 Fairfax will open at 8600 Morrissette Drive in West Springfield soon — likely within a month, local franchise owner Bob Reuss told FFXnow.
Tysons Galleria hasn’t bid farewell to Saks Fifth Avenue yet, but a potential new occupant for the emptying space has already emerged.
The chain Onelife Fitness is proposing to convert the two-story department store into a full-service fitness facility with exercise areas, studios and other indoor recreational amenities, according to Wire Gill land use attorney Evan Pritchard.
From a new beer garden to newborn lambs, George Washington’s Mount Vernon is rolling out events for spring and the country’s 250th anniversary celebration.
The 500-acre estate, which served as Washington’s home before and after his presidency, is gearing up for warmer weather for the first time since reopening the centerpiece mansion in December after a two-year renovation project.
