A three-day-long anime convention is moving to Chantilly’s Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles from its prior Arlington home this fall.
Now in its 27th year, the volunteer-led “Anime USA” will arrive at the conference center (14750 Conference Center Drive) on Nov. 20 and continue through Nov. 22. With the theme “The RPG,” this year’s edition will have a special emphasis on role-playing games, fantasy, and their connections to anime.
After a smooth kick-off in August with its annual Logan Festival of Solo Performance, 1st Stage’s new season has hit a bump.
The Tysons theater informed patrons last Thursday (Oct. 8) that the entire run of its production of Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal” has been canceled due to “unforeseen circumstances.”
An annual celebration promoting the D.C. region’s theater scene is returning this month with an expansion to Dulles International Airport.
Theatre Week is set to kick off on Sept. 24 with pop-up performances at Dulles and Reagan National Airport, featuring actors Ben Bogen and Divine Iweha, who have both starred in past shows at Arlington’s Signature Theatre.
As the calendar turns to fall, the Alden Theatre in McLean is preparing for a new year of movies, music, theater and other entertainment.
Visits by two original cast members of the musical “Rent” and “Hollywood Shuffle” director and star Robert Townsend are among the highlights of the 2026-2027 season formally unveiled this week by the McLean Community Center’s performing arts venue (1234 Ingleside Avenue).
Hershey Super Sweet Adventure will soon kiss Tysons Corner Center goodbye.
The sweets-celebrating attraction — which consists of both a ticketed experience and a retail store — is slated to close on Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 7) after staying at the mall for more than four months.
Though summer is winding down, Wolf Trap won’t be quiet for long, as The Barns prepares to kick off a new season later this fall.
Actor and singer Matthew Morrison, best known for his role as Will Schuester on the polarizing teen show “Glee,” and tributes to icons like the Beatles and Joni Mitchell will be among the highlights of The Barns at Wolf Trap’s 2026-2027 season, announced yesterday (Tuesday) by the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.
An entertainment company that combines indoor golf simulators with full-service food and drinks is coming to Tysons.
Five Iron Golf anticipates opening its first Virginia location in early 2027 at Capital One Center, where it will occupy approximately 17,000 square feet across two floors of the banking giant’s headquarters building at 1675 Capital One Drive.
When the Broadway hit “Dear Evan Hansen” opens tonight (Friday) at South Lakes High School in Reston, it will represent more than the launch of a new show.
For some students and recent graduates of Fairfax County Public Schools, the performance marks their debut in a true community theater setting, thanks to a new partnership with the Reston Community Players (RCP).
Tysons Corner Center is poised for a busy summer with new retail options and family-friendly programs.
Following the recent openings of an expanded Zara and relocated Maggiano’s, the mall anticipates welcoming Sloomoo Institute — self-described as “the world’s #1 slime experience” — sometime in July, though a precise date hasn’t been announced yet.
The Fairfax County Park Authority has unveiled event lineups for this year’s Summer Entertainment Series, which will feature more than 100 outdoor concerts, movie screenings and other free diversions.
Kicking off with Springfield Nights at Burke Lake Park and Arts in the Parks at Frying Pan Farm Park on June 24, the 2026 offerings won’t be quite as extensive as in previous years after the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors adopted a fiscal year 2026 budget that reduced funding for the series by $136,000.
