<cal1>THURSDAY/MAY 9
<cal2>The League of Women Voters will review recent changes in policies and programs in the area of domestic violence at its May unit meetings. The focus will be on programs and practices affecting the handling of domestic violence in the Fairfax area. Meetings are free and guests are welcome at the Thursday, May 9 meeting at 6:45 p.m. at the Beacon Street Restaurant (13041 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway in Fairfax) or at any of the other 14 unit meetings scheduled for May 8, 9 and 14 at locations throughout the Fairfax area. Call 703-658-9150 or visit www.lwv-fairfax.org for the location in your area and further information about the League and its activities.
<cal1>FRIDAY/MAY 10
<cal2>See the Occoquan River in a new light, on a guided, evening canoe trip at Bull Run Marina in Clifton, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., on Friday, May 10; Saturday, May 11, Friday, May 31; Friday, June 14, Saturday, June 22 and Friday, June 28. Canoes will depart from and return to the marina shore, gliding along Bull Run, through the Occoquan Reservoir. Adventurers may sight a variety of wildlife, such as beaver, bald eagles, deer muskrat and more. Staff members from Hemlock Overlook will lead the canoe rides. Bull Run Marina is located at 12619 Old Yates Ford Road in Clifton. The fee is $30 per three-person canoe. Call 703-993-9827 or 703-993-4313.
<cal1>MAY 10-12
<cal2>In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, many quilts were tucked in among the thousands of gifts and letters of support sent to the building. At least 16 of these treasured Pentagon Quilts will be on display for the first time to the public during the Quilters Unlimited 29th Annual Quilt Show.
Quilters Unlimited will hold its Annual Quilt Show on May 10-12 at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly. There will be 70 vendors offering thousands of quilt-related items, such as books, fabric, patterns, antique quilts, quilt hangers, etc. Some 600 quilted items will be on display for viewing purposes only. There will be a silent auction, bazaar and raffle quilt. Hours are Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Admission is $5/one-day pass or $10/three-day pass. The Dulles Expo Center is located at 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center, Chantilly. Visit the Web site at www.quiltersunlimited.org. Call 703-812-0066.
<cal1>MAY 10-12
<cal2>The Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus will be coming to Bull Run Regional Park in Centreville on Friday, May 10 through Sunday, May 12. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus of St. Andrew's and St. Clare's Council, the show times are Friday, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m., Saturday 1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m., Sunday 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale starting April 27 at the Fair Lakes Wal-Mart or visit www.tickets.com or by phone at 1-888-332-5600. Advance tickets range from $9 to $20, show day prices are $9 to $22. Call 1-800-796-5672.
<cal1>SATURDAY/MAY 11
<cal2>A War of 1812 Militia Muster will be held Saturday, May 11 from noon to 4 p.m. at Sully Historic Site in Chantilly. Bring your blanket and basket to enjoy a picnic and muster with Federal period interpreters. Musters were traditionally a time for socializing — observe a military drill, hear period music, see a puppet show, play lawn bowls, learn about work and leisure in the Federal period and what foods the enslaved cooks at Sully would prepare for picnics. Cost is $6/adults, $4/seniors and children. Call 703-437-1794.
The Lane's Mill Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) will meet on Saturday, May 11 at 1 p.m. at the Centreville Regional Library. New officers will be installed by the District V Regent. Lane's Mill is a small but active chapter that offers a broad range of programs on historic and natural conservation and preservation, education of the nation's youth and promotion of patriotism and love of country. All prospective members and guests are encouraged to attend the meetings. Call Lorraine Sims, Chapter Regent, at 703-815-2802, for more information or browse the chapter Web site at www.dar.org. under chapters.
<cal1>MONDAY/MAY 13
<cal2>Sam Donaldson, a 34-year ABC News veteran and former White House correspondent, will appear in person to discuss the Reagan presidency on Monday, May 13 at 7 p.m. at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway in Fairfax. The program is part of the free "Presidents, Politics and Power" series sponsored by the Center for the Book. No registration is required. Call 703-324-8333.
<cal2>The New Mothers Luncheon Group in Northern Virginia is beginning the Spring 2002 series. The group is an opportunity for mothers and their infants (up to eight months old) to get together for lunch, a speaker and fun. It meets Tuesdays at Seasons Restaurant in the City of Fairfax. There is a different program each week. Reservations are required for all luncheons. Contact Rochelle Goldberg at 703-961-9179 or go to eventbuilders@hotmail.com. The schedule is as follows:
* Monday, May 13 — "Take your mother (or mother-in-law) to lunch." Call for location.
* Tuesday, May 21 — "Healthy eating habits."
* Tuesday, May 28 — "Planning your child's financial future."
<cal2>The Prince William Purlers Knitting Guild will meet Monday, May 13 from 7-9 p.m. at the Bull Run Regional Library, 8051 Ashton Ave., Manassas. All interested in knitting are welcome to attend. Call 703-491-8619.
<cal2>Junior Naturalists — The Hunt of the Wild Canines will be held Monday, May 13 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. at E.C. Lawrence Park, Walney. Learn the instinctive hunting techniques of the fox, coyote and wolf. Reservations required. Cost is $2. Call 703-631-0013.
<cal1>TUESDAY/MAY 14
<cal2>The Centreville Regional Art Guild and Jamie's General Bean Coffee Shop will hold a reception to meet the artists whose work is hanging in Jamie's this month. It will take place on Tuesday, May 14 from 7-9 p.m. at Jamie's, located at 5967 Centreville Crest Lane, in the Shopper's Food Warehouse shopping center. Call 703-815-8580. Live music is planned.
<cal2>Take a bird hike at E.C. Lawrence Park, Walney on Tuesday, May 14 from 8-9:30 a.m. Walk the park's woodlands and fields with a naturalist in search of resident and migratory bird species. Bring binoculars and field guides. Reservations required. Free.
<cal1>THURSDAY/MAY 16
<cal2>The Clifton Community Woman's Club will host its Annual Homes Tour on Thursday, May 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Each home has been carefully selected to illustrate the diverse lifestyles of those who call Clifton home. The Fire House will be a place to browse and shop. There will be a boutique with several vendors, a Great Escapes Silent Auction, a Clifton Closet, featuring home accessories, assorted neat stuff and Table Top Books. In addition, there will be a Membership Table for those interested in knowing more about the club and a Fairfax Station Museum Table as well. New this year will be a Doll's and Teddy Bears exhibit at the Primitive Baptist Church. Reservations for lunch will be taken at the Heart in Hand Restaurant, and the Clifton Store will be selling boxed lunches. The tour is the primary fund-raiser for the club; all proceeds go to local charities and scholarships. Call Diane Smith at 703-830-3428 or Dini White at 703-803-1425. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 the day of the tour. Tickets may be purchased at Antiques of Clifton, Heart in Hand Restaurant, Baskets and Boughs or Cottage Arts.
<cal1>THURSDAY/MAY 16
<cal2>Amnesty International, Fairfax branch, will meet at the Fair Lakes Barnes & Noble on Thursday, May 16, at 7 p.m. Visitors are welcome for discussion of cases of political and religious oppression around the world. The group will sponsor a table at the flea market at Nottingway Park, Vienna, on Saturday, May 11. Call 703-830-4194 for information, or write aigroup528@lycos.com
<cal1>FRIDAY/MAY 17
<cal2>Walney Visitor Center will celebrate its 20th Anniversary on Friday, May 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Enjoy site tours, archeological exhibits, farm animal displays, Civil War re-enactors, children's activities, raptor and reptile presentations, ice cream making and more. Call 703-631-0013.
<cal1>SATURDAY/MAY 18
<cal2>More than 70 homes will be participating in the Annual Spring Virginia Run Community Yard Sale scheduled for Saturday, May 18 from 8 a.m. to noon, rain or shine. Maps to the participating homes, along with a brief description of what is being sold will be available at the neighborhood entrance on that day. Virginia Run is located at the intersection of Route 29 and Pleasant Valley Road.
<cal2>Little Rocky Run will hold a community yard sale Saturday, May 18, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Items sold that day at 13629 South Springs Drive will help fund travel expenses for Centreville High's Odyssey of the Mind team, heading to Colorado, later this month, to participate in the World Competition.
<cal2>Walney Visitor's Center will hold its 20th anniversary on Saturday, May 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at E.C. Lawrence Park. The event will include site tours, tobacco planting and garden tours, woodworking and smokehouse demonstrations and butter making along with tastings. Children's activities will include 19th century games, face painting and raptor and reptile programs. The park is located at 5040 Walney Road in Chantilly. Call 703-631-0013.
The Youth and Family Volunteer Day will take place on Saturday, May 18. On this day, families around Fairfax County will participate in volunteer projects. Families can help by recovering children's books at a local library, gardening with senior residents, participating in a stream clean up at a nature center, or helping to replicate a fence from the 18th century at a historic site. For more information or to register, contact Judith Silverstein at Volunteer Fairfax at 703-246-3460, email: jsilverstein@volunteerfairfax.org or go to the Web site at www.volunteerfairfax.org.
<cal1>SUNDAY/MAY 19
<cal2>The H&K Law Enforcement Memorial Sporting Clays Shoot will be held Sunday, May 19 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Bull Run Regional Park Shooting Center, located at 7700 Bull Run Drive in Centreville. For fees and more information, call 703-830-2344.
<cal1>MONDAY/MAY 20
<cal2>The Greenbriar Woman's Club will meet on Monday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Greenbriar Community Center on Stringfellow Road. The program will include installation of officers for the 2002-2003 club year. Also, Leslie Stagg from the YMCA Resource Mother's program will be the guest speaker. All women in Greenbriar and surrounding communities are welcome to attend. Come and meet members of this club who have been serving the community since 1968. Call 703-273-3548 or 703-378-6216.
<cal1>THURSDAY/MAY 23
<cal2>New Paths — The Younger Widowded Group for ages 60 and under meets at local restaurants for get-togthers so members can share friendships with other widowded persons in the area. Some people in the group may have been widowed only a short period of time, for others, it may be years. The group is meeting locally at Copeland's Restaurant, 13810 E Braddock Road, in Centreville, on Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. Call 703-590-6001.
<cal1>SATURDAY/MAY 25
<cal2>Bull Run Regional Park's swimming pool opens for the summer on Saturday, May 25 at 10 a.m. The pool is located at 7700 Bull Run Drive in Centreville. Call 703-631-0552.
<cal2>Joey and Maria’s Comedy Italian Wedding will be celebrated Saturday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Dulles. (Seating starts at 7 p.m.). The address is 1000 Sully Road, Sterling.
Joey and Maria’s Comedy Italian Wedding begins its evening with Joey and Maria’s ceremony, the first of many scenes in which members of the audience are treated as actual participants. The Italian family-style dinner adds a touch of realism to the festivities; the celebration that follows finds the actors talking and dancing with the guests, making them key players in the wedding reception that fills much of the two-and-a-half hour show.
Tickets for all shows are $49.50, which includes a complete Italian wedding dinner and champagne toast. Reservations can be made by calling 1-800-944-JOEY (5639).
<cal1>SATURDAY/JUNE 1
<cal2>A citizens C.P.R. class will be held on Saturday, June 1 at the Old Centreville Road firehouse. It is a non-certification heart saver class. Instruction will be given in adult, infant and child C.P.R. as well as rescue breathing and the Heimlich maneuver. Cost is $25/person. Call 703-830-1479 and leave your name on the C.P.R. line.
<cal1>JUNE 7-9
<cal2>Celebrate Fairfax! is Northern Virginia's best entertainment, music and tech festival. This year's event, June 7, 8 and 9, on the grounds of the Fairfax County Government Center in Fairfax, showcases the very best in entertainment, crafts, exhibits, activities, carnival rides and food. This event provides visitors a jam-packed weekend of music and entertainment while it highlights many features that contribute to the quality of life in Fairfax County. More than 2,200 volunteers give their time each year. To volunteer, call 703-324-3247 or visit www.celebratefairfax.com.
<cal1>JUNE 8-9
<cal2>Babies R Us, the Baby Superstore will hold a Baby Fest the weekend of June 8-9 from noon to 4 p.m. There will be seminars on parenting, special events and more. Located at 13954 Metro Tech Drive, Chantilly.
<cal1>WEDNESDAY/JUNE 12
<cal2>Energy will be the subject of the June meetings of the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area. The Fairfax Station unit, which encompasses primarily residents of Clifton, Fairfax Station and Burke, will meet on Wednesday, June 12 at 9:30 a.m. Guests are encouraged to attend. For directions, call the hostess at 703-730-8118 or the membership chair at 703-830-8198.
For a unit meeting at a more convenient day or time, call the League office at 803-658-9150. The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government. Any person of voting is encouraged to join. The League's Web site is www.lwv.fairfax.org.
<cal1>SUNDAY/JUNE 16
<cal2>The 28th Annual Antique Car Show will take place on Sunday, June 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sully Historic Site. Classic cars from almost every manufacturer will fill the grounds and compete for awards. The show is co-sponsored by the Fairfax County Park Authority and the George Washington Chapter of the Model A Ford Club of America. Cost is $6/adults, $5/senior, $4/child. Call 703-437-1794.
<cal1>SUMMER 2002
<cal2>Take the stage in the Pied Piper Theatre Summer Camps. Camps are available for ages 5-18 and are offered in both Manassas and Woodbridge. Theatre Express! for ages 8-12 is a musical theater day camp which runs for two weeks. Students receive training in acting, improvisation, voice, dance and stage combat in the morning session with a musical production class in the afternoon. Footlights and Fairy Tales is a beginning musical theater experience for ages 5-7. Will Shakespeare's Excellent Adventure and the murder mystery workshop Whodunit? are offered for teens ages 13-18. Voice for Actors and Acting for the Camera are new this season and are added to the How to Audition classes. For a brochure or to register, call 703-330-ARTS.
<cal1>ONGOING
<cal2>A Parkinson's disease support group meets the fourth Saturday of each month in the Sully Senior Center at Centreville Presbyterian Church from 10 a.m.-noon. The program is free. The church is located at 5690 Sully Road, in Centreville. Call 703-378-9213.
<cal1>Persons 50 or over who are looking for permanent work in the Northern Virginia area are invited to seek help from Senior Employment Resources. Since 1983, SER has placed more than 7,700 seniors in area jobs, and many employers need their skills and experience. SER provides job counseling, resume review and fast referral to companies that offer immediate employment in Northern Virginia. To schedule an interview with a job counselor, call SER Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at 703-750-1936.