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Hot Wheels will motor into Tysons Corner Center with brand-new ‘experience’

By Angela Woolsey
The Hot Wheels Champion Experience is coming to Tysons Corner Center this December (courtesy Mattel)

Prepare for competing “interactive experiences” at Tysons Corner Center this winter, when the year of Mattel will continue with the worldwide debut of its Hot Wheels Champion Experience.

After making its mark on the summer box office with Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” the toy company will venture into immersive entertainment with a 16,000-square-foot exhibit and play area based on its 55-year-old model cars and race tracks.

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MPAartfest returns to McLean this Sunday with music, food and mini galleries

By Angela Woolsey
Children's Art Walk at MPAartfest (courtesy McLean Project for the Arts)

Art will take over McLean Central Park this weekend with the return of MPAartfest.

Now in its 17th year, the annual festival from the McLean Project for the Arts (MPA) will be back on Sunday (Oct. 1), promising dozens of artists, food trucks and live entertainment from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Camp to open ‘Encanto’ experience and toy shop at Tysons Corner Center

By Angela Woolsey
The retailer Camp is bringing an experience and store inspired by the Disney movie "Encanto" to Tysons Corner Center (courtesy Camp)

In recent months, Tysons Corner Center visitors have likely encountered a “coming soon” sign for a store that promises a hodgepodge of toys, games, gifts, slides, “schmutz” and “farts.”

Details about the incoming retailer have at last emerged, though flatulence doesn’t appear to be a planned offering.

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