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Weekend Activities 06/29 and 06/30
Posted by:
Fairfax County Event Calendar
()
Date: June 28, 2013 10:57AM
Fairfax County Event Calendar
http://www.fxva.com/seedoplan/fairfax-virginia-events/
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Jun 26 - Jul 7, National Mall
Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Address: National Mall, Washington, DC
Times: 11am-5:30pm, evening events 5:30pm
Phone: (202) 633-1000
Admission: Free
At the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival, you will find many exemplary practitioners of diverse, authentic, living traditions-both old and new. The goal of the Festival is to strengthen and preserve these traditions by presenting them on the National Mall. Tradition-bearers and the public can connect with and learn from one another and, in a respectful way, begin to understand cultural differences and similarities.
2013 Festival Programs include:
Hungarian Heritage: Roots to Revival
One World, Many Voices: Endangered Languages and Cultural Heritage
Will to Adorn: African American Identity and the Aesthetics of Dress
Read More.
Anthony 'Swamp Dog' Clark
Jun 28, Grist Mill Park
Address: 4710 Mt. Vernon Memorial Hwy, Alexandria, VA
Times: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Admission: Free
Blues with a funk edge. As a 2012 Washington Area Music Association Nominee, Anthony Clark is a world class musician who has performed and recorded with some of the best local and national blues acts.
Read More.
City of Fairfax "Main Street Community Band"
Jun 28, Lake Accotink Park
Address: 7500 Accotink Park Rd, Springfield, VA
Times: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Admission: Free
The Main Street Brass Quintet was formed in the summer of 2010 with the original goal of getting together to play quintet music and to land an occasional gig. In the past year the group has played in traditional and contemporary church services, corporate functions, retirement homes and appearances with the Main Street Community Band. The repertoire ranges from Baroque to Beatles including works by Gabrieli, Stephen Foster, Holst, as well as some arrangements by members of the group.
Read More.
NSO @ Wolf Trap – Frozen Planet in Concert
Jun 28, Wolf Trap National Park – The Filene Center
Address: 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, VA
Times: 8:30 pm
Phone: 877WOLFTRAP
Admission: $22 - $55
George Fenton, conductor Giant screens in-house & on the lawn! The ultimate portrait of Earth’s great frozen wilderness, presented with stunning imagery and an original score conducted by the composer and performed by the National Symphony Orchestra.
Read More.
Nu-Blu (Bluegrass)
Jun 28, Mason District Park Ampitheater
Address: 6621 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA
Times: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Admission: Free
Founded by husband and wife team Carolyn and Daniel Routh, Nu-Blu has worked hard to develop a group that would give the listener a diverse experience. By mixing their original songs along with traditional material and even incorporating songs from other genres, the group has created a unique and driving blend of music that keeps audiences coming back for more.
Read More.
Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Jun 28, Patriot Center
Address: 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax, VA
Times: 8pm
Admission: $50-$500
Doors open at 7:00pm
Read More.
Sixth Generation Concert
Jun 28, Workhouse Arts Center
Address: 9601 Ox Road, Lorton, VA
Times: 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $10-$15
The Sixth Generation is a dynamic rock and roll band at the forefront of musical style from the late 1960s. Formed in Michigan in 1966, the band was honored in 2011 when it was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends hall of fame. Playing remakes of hits from the 1960s as well as original songs that Baby Boomers can readily identify with, the band performs across the Midwest and Mid Atlantic regions. Their crowd pleasing performances bring back fond memories for baby boomers and a surprising appreciation of good music for younger generations. Performance will take place in the Rizer Pavilion, weather permitting. Seating is provided--but you are welcome to bring your own lawn chairs and blankets. Beer, wine and concessions will be sold onsite. No outside alcohol, please.
Read More.
Snake and Turtle Feeding
Jun 28, Hidden Oaks Nature Center
Address: 7701 Royce St., Annandale, VA
Times: 2pm
Phone: (703) 941-1065
Admission: $5
Enjoy a brief presentation and demonstration by our animal caretaker staff. At least one snake, two turtles and a toad will be fed. Children must be accompanied by a registered, paying adult. Learn to identify the county's only venomous snake, the northern copperhead. See four snakes and 4 turtles plus other reptiles. Learn what makes a reptile different from an amphibian. Learn to identify the county's only venomous snake, the northern copperhead. See four snakes and 4 turtles plus other reptiles. Learn what makes a reptile different from an amphibian.
Read More.
The Hot Seats
Jun 28, Royal Lake Park
Address: 5344 Gainsborough Dr, Fairfax, VA
Times: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Admission: Free
"The Hot Seats specialize in unearthing and inventing traditional music and twisting it into new concoctions. Full of virtuosity and reverent irreverence, they are a sight to behold." - Relix Magazine. The Hot Seats play stringband music with simple intentions: to keep the role of traditional musician as entertainer and commentator alive and kicking.
Read More.
The Legwarmers
Jun 28 - 29, The State Theatre
Recurring daily
Address: 220 N. Washington St., Falls Church, VA
Times: 9:30pm
Phone: (703) 237-0300
Admission: $18
Washington DC's Premier 80's Tribute Band.
Judging from the huge response we get every time they're here, a lot of you find the same guilty pleasure we do in reliving the 80s. The big hair. The lacy ankle socks. And the music! You thought it was a forgettable decade, but the Legwarmers (great accessory, great band name) will make you remember each and every hit. Come out and Safety Dance like it's 1985.
Read More.
On-Going Events
President Lincoln's Cottage Signature Cottage Tour
Jan 1 - Dec 30, President Lincoln`s Cottage
Recurring daily
Address: Upshur St. NW and Rock Creek Church Rd. NW,, Washington, DC
Times: First tour at 10am, Last tour at 3pm
Phone: (202) 829-0436
Admission: Adult: $12; Children (6-12):$5;
The Signature Cottage Tour, an innovative small group tour in which a professional guide uses "historical voices" and images through multimedia technology to bring the stories of Abraham Lincoln and his family to life.
Read More.
Hoecakes & Hospitality: Cooking with Martha Washington
Jun 12 - Aug 11, George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens
Recurring daily
Address: 3200 George Washington Memorial Pkwy, Mount Vernon, VA
Times: 9am - 4pm
Admission: Included in regular Estate admission: adults, $15.00; children ages 6-11, $7.00; and children under 5 are admitted free.
George and Martha Washington welcomed thousands of guests to Mount Vernon in the more than forty years they lived here. How did Martha manage to feed so many in a world without refrigerators, microwaves or running water?
Experience a behind-the-scenes look at the Washingtons' kitchen through the new exhibition, Hoecakes & Hospitality: Cooking with Martha Washington. On display inside the Donald W. Reynolds Museum, this temporary exhibition explores how foods were prepared and presented at 18th-century Mount Vernon. Before appearing in dining rooms, crispy hoecakes, smokes hams, frozen ice creams, and other foods required the work of gardeners, housekeepers, enslaves cooks, butlers and waiters - all under Martha Washington's careful supervision.
Following food from the Estate's field to kitchen to table, visitors will see recipes and cookbooks that Martha treasured, pots that simmered in her kitchen, and fine tablewares that made Mount Vernon's dining room fit for a president. For the first time ever, visitors to the Museum will experience scents as they explore the exhibition - smelling cinnamon, coffee, and warm bread. Open through August 11, 2013.
Entrance to the Donald W. Reynolds Museum is included in regular Estate admission.
http://www.fxva.com/seedoplan/fairfax-virginia-events/
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Jun 26 - Jul 7, National Mall
Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Address: National Mall, Washington, DC
Times: 11am-5:30pm, evening events 5:30pm
Phone: (202) 633-1000
Admission: Free
At the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival, you will find many exemplary practitioners of diverse, authentic, living traditions-both old and new. The goal of the Festival is to strengthen and preserve these traditions by presenting them on the National Mall. Tradition-bearers and the public can connect with and learn from one another and, in a respectful way, begin to understand cultural differences and similarities.
2013 Festival Programs include:
Hungarian Heritage: Roots to Revival
One World, Many Voices: Endangered Languages and Cultural Heritage
Will to Adorn: African American Identity and the Aesthetics of Dress
Read More.
Anthony 'Swamp Dog' Clark
Jun 28, Grist Mill Park
Address: 4710 Mt. Vernon Memorial Hwy, Alexandria, VA
Times: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Admission: Free
Blues with a funk edge. As a 2012 Washington Area Music Association Nominee, Anthony Clark is a world class musician who has performed and recorded with some of the best local and national blues acts.
Read More.
City of Fairfax "Main Street Community Band"
Jun 28, Lake Accotink Park
Address: 7500 Accotink Park Rd, Springfield, VA
Times: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Admission: Free
The Main Street Brass Quintet was formed in the summer of 2010 with the original goal of getting together to play quintet music and to land an occasional gig. In the past year the group has played in traditional and contemporary church services, corporate functions, retirement homes and appearances with the Main Street Community Band. The repertoire ranges from Baroque to Beatles including works by Gabrieli, Stephen Foster, Holst, as well as some arrangements by members of the group.
Read More.
NSO @ Wolf Trap – Frozen Planet in Concert
Jun 28, Wolf Trap National Park – The Filene Center
Address: 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, VA
Times: 8:30 pm
Phone: 877WOLFTRAP
Admission: $22 - $55
George Fenton, conductor Giant screens in-house & on the lawn! The ultimate portrait of Earth’s great frozen wilderness, presented with stunning imagery and an original score conducted by the composer and performed by the National Symphony Orchestra.
Read More.
Nu-Blu (Bluegrass)
Jun 28, Mason District Park Ampitheater
Address: 6621 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA
Times: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Admission: Free
Founded by husband and wife team Carolyn and Daniel Routh, Nu-Blu has worked hard to develop a group that would give the listener a diverse experience. By mixing their original songs along with traditional material and even incorporating songs from other genres, the group has created a unique and driving blend of music that keeps audiences coming back for more.
Read More.
Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Jun 28, Patriot Center
Address: 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax, VA
Times: 8pm
Admission: $50-$500
Doors open at 7:00pm
Read More.
Sixth Generation Concert
Jun 28, Workhouse Arts Center
Address: 9601 Ox Road, Lorton, VA
Times: 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $10-$15
The Sixth Generation is a dynamic rock and roll band at the forefront of musical style from the late 1960s. Formed in Michigan in 1966, the band was honored in 2011 when it was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends hall of fame. Playing remakes of hits from the 1960s as well as original songs that Baby Boomers can readily identify with, the band performs across the Midwest and Mid Atlantic regions. Their crowd pleasing performances bring back fond memories for baby boomers and a surprising appreciation of good music for younger generations. Performance will take place in the Rizer Pavilion, weather permitting. Seating is provided--but you are welcome to bring your own lawn chairs and blankets. Beer, wine and concessions will be sold onsite. No outside alcohol, please.
Read More.
Snake and Turtle Feeding
Jun 28, Hidden Oaks Nature Center
Address: 7701 Royce St., Annandale, VA
Times: 2pm
Phone: (703) 941-1065
Admission: $5
Enjoy a brief presentation and demonstration by our animal caretaker staff. At least one snake, two turtles and a toad will be fed. Children must be accompanied by a registered, paying adult. Learn to identify the county's only venomous snake, the northern copperhead. See four snakes and 4 turtles plus other reptiles. Learn what makes a reptile different from an amphibian. Learn to identify the county's only venomous snake, the northern copperhead. See four snakes and 4 turtles plus other reptiles. Learn what makes a reptile different from an amphibian.
Read More.
The Hot Seats
Jun 28, Royal Lake Park
Address: 5344 Gainsborough Dr, Fairfax, VA
Times: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Admission: Free
"The Hot Seats specialize in unearthing and inventing traditional music and twisting it into new concoctions. Full of virtuosity and reverent irreverence, they are a sight to behold." - Relix Magazine. The Hot Seats play stringband music with simple intentions: to keep the role of traditional musician as entertainer and commentator alive and kicking.
Read More.
The Legwarmers
Jun 28 - 29, The State Theatre
Recurring daily
Address: 220 N. Washington St., Falls Church, VA
Times: 9:30pm
Phone: (703) 237-0300
Admission: $18
Washington DC's Premier 80's Tribute Band.
Judging from the huge response we get every time they're here, a lot of you find the same guilty pleasure we do in reliving the 80s. The big hair. The lacy ankle socks. And the music! You thought it was a forgettable decade, but the Legwarmers (great accessory, great band name) will make you remember each and every hit. Come out and Safety Dance like it's 1985.
Read More.
On-Going Events
President Lincoln's Cottage Signature Cottage Tour
Jan 1 - Dec 30, President Lincoln`s Cottage
Recurring daily
Address: Upshur St. NW and Rock Creek Church Rd. NW,, Washington, DC
Times: First tour at 10am, Last tour at 3pm
Phone: (202) 829-0436
Admission: Adult: $12; Children (6-12):$5;
The Signature Cottage Tour, an innovative small group tour in which a professional guide uses "historical voices" and images through multimedia technology to bring the stories of Abraham Lincoln and his family to life.
Read More.
Hoecakes & Hospitality: Cooking with Martha Washington
Jun 12 - Aug 11, George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens
Recurring daily
Address: 3200 George Washington Memorial Pkwy, Mount Vernon, VA
Times: 9am - 4pm
Admission: Included in regular Estate admission: adults, $15.00; children ages 6-11, $7.00; and children under 5 are admitted free.
George and Martha Washington welcomed thousands of guests to Mount Vernon in the more than forty years they lived here. How did Martha manage to feed so many in a world without refrigerators, microwaves or running water?
Experience a behind-the-scenes look at the Washingtons' kitchen through the new exhibition, Hoecakes & Hospitality: Cooking with Martha Washington. On display inside the Donald W. Reynolds Museum, this temporary exhibition explores how foods were prepared and presented at 18th-century Mount Vernon. Before appearing in dining rooms, crispy hoecakes, smokes hams, frozen ice creams, and other foods required the work of gardeners, housekeepers, enslaves cooks, butlers and waiters - all under Martha Washington's careful supervision.
Following food from the Estate's field to kitchen to table, visitors will see recipes and cookbooks that Martha treasured, pots that simmered in her kitchen, and fine tablewares that made Mount Vernon's dining room fit for a president. For the first time ever, visitors to the Museum will experience scents as they explore the exhibition - smelling cinnamon, coffee, and warm bread. Open through August 11, 2013.
Entrance to the Donald W. Reynolds Museum is included in regular Estate admission.
Re: Weekend Activities 06/29 and 06/30
Posted by:
waldenthreenet
()
Date: June 28, 2013 11:04AM
July 28, 2013
Weekend Activities 06/29 and 06/30 new
Posted by: Fairfax County Event Calendar ()
Date: June 28, 2013 10:57AM
Fairfax County Event Calendar
http://www.fxva.com/seedoplan/fairfax-virginia-events/
These are all valuable events but just "entertainment" for the moment type with mass audience outreach.
With a limited time my family has available. my family prefers to go our Temple and participate in a spiritual music event or a religious festival event where we are teaching our kids about our cultural heritage and meeting with friends with whom we share our own cultural and spiriutal heritage.
This second event types helps strengthen "Moral Wisdom" but your "Weenend Activites" are all mass thinking entertainment type and not community and family building type of events.
For this week-end, ""entertainment" will take a back seat to a family picnic at the neighborhood park with a few other family friends.
Waldenthreenet
Weekend Activities 06/29 and 06/30 new
Posted by: Fairfax County Event Calendar ()
Date: June 28, 2013 10:57AM
Fairfax County Event Calendar
http://www.fxva.com/seedoplan/fairfax-virginia-events/
These are all valuable events but just "entertainment" for the moment type with mass audience outreach.
With a limited time my family has available. my family prefers to go our Temple and participate in a spiritual music event or a religious festival event where we are teaching our kids about our cultural heritage and meeting with friends with whom we share our own cultural and spiriutal heritage.
This second event types helps strengthen "Moral Wisdom" but your "Weenend Activites" are all mass thinking entertainment type and not community and family building type of events.
For this week-end, ""entertainment" will take a back seat to a family picnic at the neighborhood park with a few other family friends.
Waldenthreenet
Re: Weekend Activities 06/29 and 06/30
Posted by:
The Hard Truth
()
Date: June 28, 2013 01:04PM
waldenthreenet Wrote:
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> July 28, 2013
>
> Weekend Activities 06/29 and 06/30 new
> Posted by: Fairfax County Event Calendar ()
> Date: June 28, 2013 10:57AM
>
>
> Fairfax County Event Calendar
> http://www.fxva.com/seedoplan/fairfax-virginia-eve
> nts/
>
>
> These are all valuable events but just
> "entertainment" for the moment type with mass
> audience outreach.
>
> With a limited time my family has available. my
> family prefers to go our Temple and participate in
> a spiritual music event or a religious festival
> event where we are teaching our kids about our
> cultural heritage and meeting with friends with
> whom we share our own cultural and spiriutal
> heritage.
>
> This second event types helps strengthen "Moral
> Wisdom" but your "Weenend Activites" are all mass
> thinking entertainment type and not community and
> family building type of events.
>
> For this week-end, ""entertainment" will take a
> back seat to a family picnic at the neighborhood
> park with a few other family friends.
>
> Waldenthreenet
How disgusting. You hold your own heritage in such high regard, yet you insult our ways here in America. If you want to come to our country to find the American dream, that's fine. But for you to come here and insult our practices is beyond offensive. You care not for our culutre, or our history, or our customs. You come here to suck the fat of our land, and nothing more. Go home if you like it there so much, you give all the other immigrants a bad name.
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> July 28, 2013
>
> Weekend Activities 06/29 and 06/30 new
> Posted by: Fairfax County Event Calendar ()
> Date: June 28, 2013 10:57AM
>
>
> Fairfax County Event Calendar
> http://www.fxva.com/seedoplan/fairfax-virginia-eve
> nts/
>
>
> These are all valuable events but just
> "entertainment" for the moment type with mass
> audience outreach.
>
> With a limited time my family has available. my
> family prefers to go our Temple and participate in
> a spiritual music event or a religious festival
> event where we are teaching our kids about our
> cultural heritage and meeting with friends with
> whom we share our own cultural and spiriutal
> heritage.
>
> This second event types helps strengthen "Moral
> Wisdom" but your "Weenend Activites" are all mass
> thinking entertainment type and not community and
> family building type of events.
>
> For this week-end, ""entertainment" will take a
> back seat to a family picnic at the neighborhood
> park with a few other family friends.
>
> Waldenthreenet
How disgusting. You hold your own heritage in such high regard, yet you insult our ways here in America. If you want to come to our country to find the American dream, that's fine. But for you to come here and insult our practices is beyond offensive. You care not for our culutre, or our history, or our customs. You come here to suck the fat of our land, and nothing more. Go home if you like it there so much, you give all the other immigrants a bad name.
Re: Weekend Activities 06/29 and 06/30
Posted by:
Mikeymike
()
Date: June 30, 2013 01:43AM
The Hard Truth Wrote:
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> waldenthreenet Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > July 28, 2013
> >
> > Weekend Activities 06/29 and 06/30 new
> > Posted by: Fairfax County Event Calendar ()
> > Date: June 28, 2013 10:57AM
> >
> >
> > Fairfax County Event Calendar
> >
> http://www.fxva.com/seedoplan/fairfax-virginia-eve
>
> > nts/
> >
> >
> > These are all valuable events but just
> > "entertainment" for the moment type with mass
> > audience outreach.
> >
> > With a limited time my family has available. my
> > family prefers to go our Temple and participate
> in
> > a spiritual music event or a religious festival
> > event where we are teaching our kids about our
> > cultural heritage and meeting with friends with
> > whom we share our own cultural and spiriutal
> > heritage.
> >
> > This second event types helps strengthen
> "Moral
> > Wisdom" but your "Weenend Activites" are all
> mass
> > thinking entertainment type and not community
> and
> > family building type of events.
> >
> > For this week-end, ""entertainment" will take a
> > back seat to a family picnic at the
> neighborhood
> > park with a few other family friends.
> >
> > Waldenthreenet
>
> How disgusting. You hold your own heritage in such
> high regard, yet you insult our ways here in
> America. If you want to come to our country to
> find the American dream, that's fine. But for you
> to come here and insult our practices is beyond
> offensive. You care not for our culutre, or our
> history, or our customs. You come here to suck the
> fat of our land, and nothing more. Go home if you
> like it there so much, you give all the other
> immigrants a bad name.
preach it brother. +1000
-------------------------------------------------------
> waldenthreenet Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > July 28, 2013
> >
> > Weekend Activities 06/29 and 06/30 new
> > Posted by: Fairfax County Event Calendar ()
> > Date: June 28, 2013 10:57AM
> >
> >
> > Fairfax County Event Calendar
> >
> http://www.fxva.com/seedoplan/fairfax-virginia-eve
>
> > nts/
> >
> >
> > These are all valuable events but just
> > "entertainment" for the moment type with mass
> > audience outreach.
> >
> > With a limited time my family has available. my
> > family prefers to go our Temple and participate
> in
> > a spiritual music event or a religious festival
> > event where we are teaching our kids about our
> > cultural heritage and meeting with friends with
> > whom we share our own cultural and spiriutal
> > heritage.
> >
> > This second event types helps strengthen
> "Moral
> > Wisdom" but your "Weenend Activites" are all
> mass
> > thinking entertainment type and not community
> and
> > family building type of events.
> >
> > For this week-end, ""entertainment" will take a
> > back seat to a family picnic at the
> neighborhood
> > park with a few other family friends.
> >
> > Waldenthreenet
>
> How disgusting. You hold your own heritage in such
> high regard, yet you insult our ways here in
> America. If you want to come to our country to
> find the American dream, that's fine. But for you
> to come here and insult our practices is beyond
> offensive. You care not for our culutre, or our
> history, or our customs. You come here to suck the
> fat of our land, and nothing more. Go home if you
> like it there so much, you give all the other
> immigrants a bad name.
preach it brother. +1000