Three years we’ve been waiting. We finally welcome Artomatic to Arlington for six weeks of creativity. Doors open to the public at 6pm tonight (5/18/12). There are endless activities for ...
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17 Ways to Meet Your Neighbor | Arlington Neighborhood Day
Connect with Neighbors on Neighborhood Day, Saturday, May 12th. Neighborhood Day’s goal ...
Arlington Youth Shine in Gymnastics
Arlington County’s gymnastics’ team is having a banner year. The team had ...
Mother and Son Date Knight in Ballston Monday
Chick-fil-A at Ballston Common Mall will host a Mother – Son Date ...
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Five Little Monkeys, a Magical Show (REVIEW)
If you want to introduce your little ones to live theater, then Five Little Monkeys is the show for you! Adventure Theatre MTC, located in historic Glen Echo Park, is currently running this fun performance based on the wildly popular books by Eileen Christelow. The show is recommended for the 3 and over crowd, but [...]
President Obama to Speak with Parents and Students at Washington-Lee High School
The President will share remarks at Washington-Lee High School today. He plans to speak with juniors and graduating seniors and their parents about the need to prevent interest rates on federal subsidized student loans from doubling on July 1. While at the school, the President will hold a roundtable discussion with a group of seniors [...]
Arlington High School Students Invited to Program for After Hours Study at Central Library
Arlington Central Library hosts a late night study session for High School students May 6, from 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm. Caontact your teacher or the library to see if your school has planned participation. 703-228-5946 lcosgrove-davies@arlingtonva.us Teachers may reserve a table for study sessions. Participants meet in the Central library Auditorium at 9 p.m. [...]
Take a Family Friendly Tour of “Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic”
Family Day at The National Postal Museum on Saturday May 5th. Family Activities are 12:00 – 3:30 p.m. Join curator, Cheryl Ganz as she leads a tour of “Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic” at 2:00 p.m. This is a kid-friendly program and deals delicately with disaster, focusing on the way people communicated in the [...]
Celebrate Japanese Children’s Day at Discovery Theatre with Half Off Tickets
Master artist Shizumi Shigeto Manale will be at Discovery Theatre this weekend celebrating Japanese Children’s Day. Come see how a kimono is made from one piece of cloth, how a fan becomes a sword, learn how to count in Japanese, and watch a giant origami crane take shape right before your eyes! After the show, [...]
APS Roundup | $500M Budget Approval, Todd McCracken Appointed to Board, New Principal for Jefferson Middle
School Board Approves $500 Million Budget School Board members on April 26 tiptoed right up to the half-billion dollar mark, peering over the edge but not taking the final leap, in adopting a record-setting budget to fund operations for the year beginning July 1. The final budget total – $499,977,853 – was so close to [...]
Nature Play and Family Fun Day at Bluemont Park Arlington
Explore the outdoors through Nature Activities, sport games, art projects, inflatable moon bounces and more all day Saturday, April 28th at Bluemont Park! Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy or buy a hot dog lunch for $3 (hot dog, chips & drink) and meet live reptiles at 11am! Nature Treasure hunts at 12pm, Relay Races [...]
Teaching the Lost Art of Letter Writing | Smithsonian National Postal Museum Letter Writing Social
It’s probably been a year since my last hand written letter. This got me to thinking about kids today growing up in the age of email, Google Hang-Outs and texting. It’s seems that writing a letter the old fashioned way, on paper and in pen, doesn’t exist for this generation of kids. They miss out [...]
Barry Louis Polisar, a Pioneer in Childrens Books and Music to Perform at 1st Stage Saturday
On April 28, Barry Louis Polisar, a two time Grammy winner, will perform at 1st Stage, in Tysons Corner. Two shows are scheduled to delight both kids and their parents, one at 11 am, and the second at 1:30 pm. Barry is an author, songwriter, story-teller and poet. A five-time Parents’ Choice Award winner, Barry [...]
New Summer Line-Up at Wolf Trap Children’s Theatre in the Woods
This year, Wolf Trap Children’s Theatre-in-the-Woods has new line-up of performers from across the country and around the globe and you can buy tickets now before they go on sale to the public Saturday, April 28 at 10 am. Shows begin June 26th and end August 11th. Hot Peas ’N Butter Come explore the rhythms of [...]
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100 Years of the Titanic | Exhibit and Film at National Geographic
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Have leftover plastic eggs from Easter? Cute craft for kids
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Cute spring/easter craft to do with kids.
