Chantilly, VA: Chantilly/Centreville (Chantville) Pokemon League and The Fantastic Store are hosting the 2022 Fantastic Classic Pokemon TCG Tournament to benefit St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Additionally, fun Side Events will be available for all attendees. All proceeds from the event will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The tournament will run on Saturday, November 19, 2022 at the Fantastic Store located between the intersections of Route 50 and 28 in Chantilly, VA. When you donate $30 or more on the St. Jude website (https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?fr_id=139709&pg=entry) for this event, you will receive an invitation to the main tournament. Check-in opens at 11:00 AM until 11:45 AM. The tournament is scheduled to start by Noon time.
Players of all ages and experience levels are welcome to compete in this fun event. There will be three different divisions: Juniors (children to age 11), Seniors (from 12 through 15), and Masters (16 years and older). The main event will be the Pokemon trading card game. Players competing in this event will need to bring a 60-card Pokemon deck in the Standard Format (through Sword & Shield Silver Tempest). Thanks to the generous donation from the Fantastic Store, top finishers will earn Pokemon-themed prizes.
Transurban, operator of the 495, 95 and 395 Express Lanes, Safe Kids Fairfax County and State Farm Agent Kenya Z. Knight hosted a free child passenger seat safety check and donation event on October 6 in southern Fairfax County at the Gum Springs Community Center.
The 495/95/395 Express Lanes operator donated 100 infant-to-toddler car seats to offer to local families from communities including Mt. Vernon, Hybla Valley, Fort Hunt and Groveton.
South Lakes High School Theater presents Peter and the Starcatcher, directed by Mr. Michael Viola.
This family-friendly comedic play is set on the high seas in a faraway land. You’ll enjoy the fast-paced adventure of Peter and his friend Molly, as they overcome bands of pirates and thieves in their quest to keep a fantastical secret safe. Suitable for all ages, and most enjoyable for children 9 and up.
Oct. 14, 2022–Arlington, VA-based Perpetuo Films announced today the screening of its award-winning documentary Dani’s Twins at the Washington West Film Festival. Dani’s Twins will hit the screen at the Showplace Icon Theatre in Tysons Corner, VA, on Sat., Oct 15 at 3 pm. A post-film Q&A will feature film star and producer Dani Izzie and her husband Rudy, director and cinematographer Steve Dorst, and producer and impact producer Angie Gentile.
Set in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Dani’s Twins follows the pregnancy and early parenting journey of Izzie, one of the few quadriplegics in the world ever to give birth to twins. Captured largely in cinema verité, the documentary depicts the ups and downs of Izzie’s story, from battling outdated perceptions of disability, to her harrowing race to the ER during Covid, to the giggles of her children in the rolling hills of Virginia.
Lorton, VA – (Sept. 30, 2022) The Workhouse Arts Center is thrilled to announce the return of a Northern Virginia Halloween season favorite, the Workhouse Haunt, an immersive scare-inducing outdoor haunted trail. This year’s Haunt, titled “Nightmare Harvest,” will run on weekends from Friday, Oct. 7 through Saturday, Nov. 5. Friday and Saturday hours are 7-11pm and Sunday hours are 7-10pm. The Haunt will also perform on Halloween night, Monday, Oct. 31, from 7-9pm. Each Friday and Saturday night from Oct. 7 through Oct. 29, live bands will perform in the Rizer Pavilion near the Haunt Bar, where guests can purchase snacks and beverages. Tickets are now available for purchase and prices start at $30 per person. Visit www.workhousearts.org for schedule and event details.
The Workhouse Haunt is a long-standing Northern Virginia tradition, which serves not only as Halloween entertainment, but also as an extension of the Workhouse Performing Arts Program, allowing local youth to practice their acting skills, set production and overall theatrical skills, with the training of seasoned professionals, Guests will travel in small groups for a frightening experience that brings them next to the site’s abandoned, historic buildings where they will encounter terrifying characters and sights that are not for the faint of heart. Tickets are sold online only, via timed entry, and advance purchase is highly recommended to reserve a time slot.
Fifty-one artists will be featured in the ‘Scapes exhibit at the Falls Church Arts gallery from October 8 through November 12. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, October 8, at 7:30 pm. Artists will be on hand to share their processes and inspirations. Juror and internationally renowned landscape artist Bryan Jernigan will speak about the jurying process. This event is free and open to the public.
The exhibit theme, “landscapes, memoryscapes, seascapes, dreamscapes,” challenged artists to contemplate the “‘scapes” that inhabit their world–inner or outer, real or imagined, representational or abstract, macro- or microscopic–in this all-media show.
During fall bird migration, which is peaking from now until November 3in the Fairfax County area, hundreds of millions of birds are expected to fly overhead. Did you know that artificial light–whether from tall buildings or residences– attracts and disorients migrating birds, confusing and exhausting them as well as making them vulnerable to collisions with buildings? Hundreds of millions of birds die in collisions with buildings annually, including many species of high conservation concern.
Turning off or dimming non-essential lighting during critical migration periods drastically reduces bird deaths. Type your town’s name into BirdCast’s local migration alert tool to see how many birds are expected to fly over your area on any given night. If the tool indicates migration is expected to be “High,” please consider turning off any nonessential lights that would be visible to birds, including outdoor lights and those in tall office buildings.
Lime Connect will host its fifth annual Ride to Rebrand Disability on Saturday, October 8, 2022 at The Bike Lane in Reston, Virginia. Designed as a great ride (10-, 30-, 62- and 100-mile routes) for a great cause, cyclists will enjoy the gorgeous northern Virginia foliage along the W&OD Trail and suburban streets with rest stops and rider support along the way.
Post-ride festivities include lunch from Mission BBQ (Herndon), music, massages, and beer specially brewed by Bike Lane Brewery – in addition to fun swag and giveaways. “The Lime Connect Ride is probably the best I’ve ever done. It’s a great ride through the Loudoun County countryside, and I’m riding again this year!” stated Dave Duvall, Lime Connect Ride participant.
The 2022 Falls Church Arts “Scenes in the City” Plein Air Festival is underway. Artists from the local area as well as those who choose to travel from a distance, in this case as far away as New York, can be spotted at scenic areas throughout the Little City painting en plein air, or outside. This type of painting must be done quickly and on site to capture the ever-changing light. Popular locations in the past have been the W&OD trail, local parks, the farmhouse at Cherry Hill Park, Clare and Don’s Beach Shack, and the Farmer’s Market. If interested, please feel free to join the artists as they compete to capture the history, architecture, and natural beauty of Falls Church in their paintings. Artists will continue to paint daily until the morning of the festival.
Artists may register for the event at https://fallschurcharts.org. To be considered for the competition, participating artists must visit Falls Church Arts gallery or Art and Frame of Falls Church during their open hours, to have their papers or canvases stamped. Works will be on display at Falls Church City Hall grounds, 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church, starting between 8 and 9 am, until noon on Saturday, September 24. The festival will also include a Quick Draw Competition from 8 am to 11 am. During this competition, artists will start and complete a work of art in just three hours.
