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Alpine Ski Shop is offering free beginner in-line skate lessons Saturday mornings from 10:30–11 a.m., weather permitting, at both their Oakton and Sterling stores. Free. Basic skills such as stopping, turning and gliding are covered. Rentals are available. Call Oakton at 703-281-1511 or Sterling at 703-444-7844 or visit www.alpineskishop.com. All instructors are IISA certified.
The Brogue Show. The Old Brogue Irish Pub, 760 Walker Road, Great Falls. Sunday nights, Sept. 8-29, at 6 and 8. Irish and international cuisine and draft and bottled beer. Roman comedy meets Northern Virginia politics. Mature themes may be inappropriate for children. $12. Reservations required. Limited seating. 703-759-3309.
Toastmasters International, McLean Chapter meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the Meeting Room of the Dolley Madison Library. Join us to work on improving your communication skills, becoming more effective in meetings, and getting your point across more concisely. Contact Connie Rader, vice president of membership, at 703-356-5374 or E-mail her at cbrader@aol.com.
“Through the Eyes of an Artist,” featuring artist Janice Burns, will be presented by the Vienna Arts Society. The artwork is based on Burns’ Zanzibar series, which was inspired by a recent visit to this exotic island and cities off the East Coast of Africa. The show will run through Saturday, Sept. 21. The Gallery is located at 513 Maple Ave. in Vienna in the Village Green Shopping Center. The hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Call 703-319-3971 or visit www.vienna
artssociety.org.
Scarecrow Festival Contest will be held Oct. 5-19 at the McLean Community Center, located at 1234 Ingleside Ave. in McLean. Businesses and nonprofit organizations in McLean are being asked to decorate scarecrows and enter them in the conest. Contestants may bring their completed scarecrows to the McLean Community Center between noon and 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4. A scarecrow making workshop will be held at the Center’s Oktoberfest Celebraion on Oct. 5. Cost of workshop is $15 and does not include $5 admission fee to festival. Call 703-790-0123.
The Great Falls Women’s Club offers bridge lessons, a knitters and crocheters group, a tennis group, and a book discussion group. Anyone interested in joining the club is welcome to attend any of these activities. Membership is open to all residents of Fairfax County. Call Karen Magley at 703-430-8488.
The Crescent Model Railroaders will be hosting a series of model railroading workshops. Techniques for basic scenery, detailing and wiring will be demonstrated. The workshops are free and open to the public. The workshops are being held at 2 p.m. the first Sunday of every month from October 2002 through March 2003 at Granddad’s Hobby Shop, located at 5260A Port Royal Road in Springfield. Visit the club’s Web site, www.hirail.org, or call 703-426-0700.
The McLean Photography Club meets monthly on the second Wednesday of the month from September to May at the McLean Community Center, located at 1234 Ingleside Ave. in McLean. Programs include speakers, monthly workshops, field trips and seasonal parties. Amateur to expert photographers are welcome. Contact membership chairman Sue Teunis at 703-536-9873 or fotoclub@aol.com. .
“Visual Interpretation” is the theme for the new Vienna Arts Society Gallery Show opening Tuesday, Sept. 24, through Saturday, Nov. 2. The show will feature local artists who are participating Gallery members. The artists will work in watercolor, oils, acrylic and more. The Gallery is located at 513 Maple Ave. in Vienna in the Village Green Shopping Center. The hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
“Passages,” a program for people experiencing the pain of separation and divorce, will be held on Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. and will run for 10 weeks, beginning Oct. 9. The group will meet at Vienna Presbyterian Church, located at 124 Park St. in Vienna. Child care is available. $30. Call Vienna Presbyterian Church at 703-938-9050.
The Great Falls Arts Center will hold classes in drawing, painting, pottery and sculpture at the Walker Road Studio in Great Falls for all ages. Teens, adults and seniors can learn oil painting on canvas. Registration is ongoing. For a schedule of classes, call 703-759-3867.
The Vienna Theater Company’s production of the comedy “Same Time Next Year” will be held at the Vienna Community Center, located at 120 Cherry St. S.E., Vienna, on Oct. 18, 19, 25 and 26, and Nov. 1 and 2 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. (signed performance.) Tickets are $8 general admission and $7 for students and seniors (65 and older) and are available at the Community Center. Call the Vienna Parks and Recreation
WEDNESDAY/SEPTEMBER 18
Barry Nelson will perform at The Old Brogue Irish Pub, located at 760 Walker Road, Great Falls, at 8 p.m. Free. Call 703-759-3309.
The Mclean Newcomers Club monthly luncheon will take place beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at the Washington Golf and Country Club located at 3017 N. Glebe Road in Arlington. This social luncheon is open to anyone in the McLean area interested in learning about or joining McLean Newcomers. The cost of the luncheon is $31 for guests and $28.50 for members. Call 703-790-1775.
Tysons Business and Professional Women (BPW) will host executive coach Jean Stafford speaking on “Seven Ways to Branding Yourself” at its monthly breakfast meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 18, from 7:30-9 a.m., at Prudential Securities, located at 1921 Gallows Road, Suite 300, in Vienna. $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers. Call Liz Simpson at 703-734-0342.
Propagating and growing salvias will be the subject of a lecture and tour of the Meadowlark Botanical Gardens’ salvia collection by Meadowlark Horticulturist Tammy Burke on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 11 a.m. Burke will be addressing the McLean-based Holly Hill Garden Club meeting at Meadowlark Gardens, 9750 Meadowlark Gardens Drive in Vienna. Free. Guests welcome, reservations required. Call 703-293-9887.
Veteran folk-rock duo Aztec Two-Step will perform on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. at Jammin’ Java, located at 231 Maple Ave. E. in Vienna. $15. Call 703-255-1566 or visit www.jamminjava.com.
THURSDAY/SEPTEMBER 19
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Softouch Dental Care on Chain Bridge Road for all members and prospective members of the Vienna-Tysons Chamber of Commerce. There is no cost. To R.S.V.P., call 703-281-1333.
Chapter 227, Vietnam Veterans of America Inc., invites all veterans, friends and the general public to attend the Sept. 19 chapter’s anniversary celebration at Neighbors Restaurant, 262D Cedar Lane, Cedar Lane Shopping Center, Vienna, at 7:30 p.m. The guest speaker is Alan Wallace — Vietnam War veteran, chapter member and federal fireman — who will speak about being on duty at the Pentagon heliport at the time of the Sept. 11 attack. Call 255-0353 or visit www.geocities.com/vva227.
Barry Nelson will perform at The Old Brogue Irish Pub, located at 760 Walker Road, Great Falls, at 8 p.m. Free. Call 703-759-3309.
Third Thursday Showcase, hosted by David A. Alberding and featuring acoustic pop singer/songwriters Carey Colvin and Granger Helvey, will be held at the Starbucks at Mclean/Chesterbrook Plaza, located at 6214 Old Dominion Drive in McLean. Visit http://www.davidaalberding.com, or call 703/241-9482.
Visually Impaired Persons of Vienna, Oakton, Fairfax and McLean. Join a group of visually impaired people to exchange ideas, find resources and hear informed speakers, from 10:30 a.m.-noon at Patrick Henry Library at 101 Maple Ave. E, Vienna. To register, call 703-324-8380.
Free Synchronized Swimming Clinic will be held by the Northern Virginia Nereids, a nonprofit synchronized swimming team, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, and Thursday, Sept. 19, from 6-8 p.m. at the Audrey Moore Recreation Center in Annandale. The clinic is a major source of recruitment of new members. Swimmers must be between 7 and 18 and must be comfortable in the deep end. Call 703-569-0085 or 793-451-5391.
The Great Falls Art Center (GFAC) will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Art Studio on Walker Road in Great Falls. The program is open to the public and starts with refreshments at 7 p.m. A range of paintings by 17 famous artists who have demonstrated talent later in life will be featured in a slide show. Several senior members of the GFAC will have their own oil paintings on display. Admission is $15 at the door. For reservations, call 703-759-3867.
The Great Falls Women’s Club will kick off its 2002/03 season with its annual New Members Tea on Thursday, Sept. 19, from 1-3 p.m., at a member’s home. $18. Guests are welcome. Membership is open to all residents of Fairfax County. Call Kathy Garner at 703-430-1587.
Opening Reception for Charlotte Robinson’s exhibit “Surface Tension” will be held in the Emerson Gallery of the McLean Project for the Arts, located at 1234 Ingleside Ave. in McLean, on Thursday, Sept. 19. Gallery talk with J.W. Mahoney, Washington editor for Art in America, at 7 p.m., reception from 7:30-9 p.m. Call 703-790-0123.
Singer Garnet Rogers will perform on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. at Jammin’ Java, located at 231 Maple Ave. E. in Vienna. $12. Call 703-255-1566 or visit www.jamminjava.com.
Swing dance with the Tom Cunningham Orchestra will be held on Thursday, Sept. 19 from 8:30 - 11 p.m. at Tyson’s Westpark Hotel, located at 8401 Westpark Drive in McLean. $10. Call 202-244-9166, e-mail to debra@gottaswing.com or visit www.gottaswing.com.
The Vienna-Tysons Chamber of Commerce invites all members and prospective members to an evening networking mixer and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 19 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 2946-E Chain Bridge Road in Oakton, Hunter Mill Plaza, to announce the grand opening of Softouch Dental Care.
Gallery Talk by J.W. Mahoney will be held on Thursday, Sept. 19 in the Emerson Gallery of the McLean Project for the Arts, located at 1234 Ingleside Ave. in McLean. Free. Call 703-790-1953.
FRIDAY/SEPTEMBER 20
Penny Whistle will perform at The Old Brogue Irish Pub, located at 760 Walker Road, Great Falls, at 9 p.m. Free. Call 703-759-3309.
Kris Delmhorst will perform folk/pop at Jammin’ Java, located at 231 Maple Ave. in Vienna, on Friday, Sept. 20, at 8 p.m. $12. Call 703-255-1566.
Bike trip for mature adults will be held by the Vienna Parks and Recreation Department and will take riders along the C&O Canal to Harper’s Ferry on Friday, Sept. 20. A van will leave at 9 a.m. from the Vienna Community Center, located at 120 Cherry St. S.E., and return at 6 p.m. Fee is $55 for Town of Vienna residents and $65 for out-of-town participants and includes transportation, snacks, and a picnic lunch beside the Potomac River. Rental bikes area available for $20, and helmets can be rented for $3. Advance registration required. Call Vienna Parks and Recreation at 703-255-6360.
S.P.A.R.C. (Student Program of Arts and Recreation Combined), designed specifically with the sixth-grader in mind, will meet on Friday, Sept. 20, from 6-8 p.m., at the Vienna Community Center, located at 120 Cherry St. S.E., Vienna. S.P.A.R.C. combines recreational activities, arts and athletics. Free. Advance registration required. Call the Vienna Parks and Recreation Department at 703-255-6360.
Individual Spiritual Discernment will be addressed on Friday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the New World Unity Activity Center, located at 9331 Braymore Circle in Fairfax Station. These gatherings are designed to support individuals in attaining clarity or direction on any issue from relationships to family to career. Call 703-690-7925.
Political comedy troupe The Capitol Steps will perform on Friday, Sept. 20, at 8 p.m., at the Alden Theatre at the McLean Community Center, located at 1234 Ingleside Ave. in McLean. Tickets are $30 ($25 McLean residents). Call Ticketmaster at 202-432-SEAT for tickets. Call 703-790-9223.
Back-to-School dance for fifth- and sixth-grade students will be held on Friday, Sept. 20, from 7-9 p.m. at the McLean Community Center, located at 1234 Ingleside Ave. Tickets are $10 ($12 for non-McLean residents). Children must be picked up inside the Center by a parent or parent-designated adult no later than 9 p.m. Ticket sales are limited to 275 participants. A limited number of parents and volunteers (18 and older) are needed to chaperone. Call Maggie Shea at 703-790-0123.
Ester Berg, owner of “All the Right Moves” in Sterling, will discuss how to eliminate unnecessary paper records and unneeded personal possessions on Friday, Sept. 20 at the McLean Community Center at noon. All members, friends and interested people are invited to attend and bring a brown bag lunch. Before Berg’s presentation, Margi Vanderhye, a member of the Northern VA Transportation Authority, will answer questions on the Transportation Referendum that appears on this fall’s election ballot. Call 703-356-9038.
SATURDAY/SEPTEMBER 21
The fifth annual Child ID Health and Safety Day will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Sept. 21. For more information, contact the Village Centre Condominium Association at 703-759-2485 or at www.greatfallsva.com.
Penny Whistle will perform at The Old Brogue Irish Pub, located at 760 Walker Road, Great Falls, at 9 p.m. Free. Call 703-759-3309.
Medical Care for Children Partnership’s “America’s Country Fair” 2002 Awards Celebration Gala will be held on Sept. 21 at the Ritz-Carlton from 6:30 p.m.-midnight. A donation of $318.50 will provide comprehensive health care for one child for one year. For more information, call 703-324-5196 or visit www.mccpgala.org.
Pig Roast Barbecue and Live Band will be held at McLean VFW Post 8241, located at 1051 Springhill Road. in McLean, on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 3-10 p.m. Band Fly by Night starts at 5 p.m. Tickets are $15 each and must be purchased before the event. Only 100 tickets sold. For tickets, call 703-883-9250.
A Will Smith Movie Festival for Vienna-area high-school students will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 7-11:30 p.m., at Club Phoenix Teen Center, located in the Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St. S.E., Vienna. The movie marathon will include three of the most popular films starring Will Smith. Free. Popcorn and Pizza will be provided. Call the Vienna Parks and Recreation Department at 703-255-6360.
“Symphony No. 2 and Revelation,” composed and conducted by Brian E. Wilhour, will be performed on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 8 p.m., at Vienna Presbyterian Church, located at 124 Park St. N.E. in Vienna. Tickets are $20 at the door, and $18 for adults and $15 for students and seniors in advance. For advance tickets, call 703-356-3042.
Political comedy troupe The Capitol Steps will perform on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 8 p.m., at the Alden Theatre at the McLean Community Center, located at 1234 Ingleside Ave. in McLean. Tickets are $30 ($25 McLean residents). Call Ticketmaster at 202-432-SEAT for tickets. Call 703-790-9223.
Child ID Health and Safety Day will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Great Falls Village Green, located at the corner of Georgetown Pike and Walker Road. Free child ID booklet with your child’s fingerprints, car seat safety checks, screenings, education, live music, clowns and moon bounce. Call 703-759-5817.
Neighborhood Yard Sale. Tudor Hall, a 48-home community located one block west of Blake Lane on Kingsbridge Drive in Fairfax, is hosting its First Annual Yard Sale from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. Residents will be selling their wares throughout the neighborhood. For more information, call 703-273-4819.
The McLean Area Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will open the fall season with a meeting to celebrate the successful community book sale that took place September 13-15. Members and friends are invited to attend the meeting, beginning with refreshments at 9:30 a.m., on Saturday, Sept. 21, at the McLean Community Center. Eileen Ellsworth, who received an AAUW Community Action Grant, will discuss her project, Empower Girls, Inc., to improve computer skills of girls aged 8 to 16. Call 703-536-6498.
Pop grop The Kennedys will perform on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. at Jammin’ Java, located at 231 Maple Ave. E. in Vienna. $10. Call 703-255-1566 or visit www.jamminjava.com.
Used Bike Collection for Pedals for Progress will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. Get a tax deduction by bringing your bike, along with a ten-dollar donation to defray shipping costs, to the Vienna Jaycees Used Bike Collection, 128-A Church St., NW in Vienna. Call John or Laura Scheib at 703-255-6865.
Second Annual Community Celebration will be held at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer at its new parish facilities, located at 1545 Chain Bridge Road in McLean, on Saturday, Sept. 21 from p.m. to 10 p.m. Polka, bratwurst, silent auction, moon bounce and used book sale. Call 703-356-3346 or visit www.redeemer-mclean.org.
Ballroom dancing with the Big Band sound of Colvin Run Dance Band will be held at the Colvin Run School House, located at 10201 Colvin Run Road in Great Falls, from 9 p.m. to midnight. $12 per person. Fox trot dance lesson at 8 p.m. Call 703-430-3342.
Great Falls Park Discovery Day will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21 from 9 a.m. to about 8 p.m. at Great Falls Park to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the completion of the historic Patowmack Canal. Activities will include displays, interactive Ranger-led programs featuring the flood of 1996, snakes, vultures, gold panning and tours of the canal, live music, a presentation of live raptors, and more. $5 per car entrance fee.
SUNDAY/SEPTEMBER 22
The McLean Traveler Program will celebrate “America the Beautiful” by taking a trip to Colorado Springs and the Pike’s Peak region. The program is sponsored by the McLean Community Center. The group trip will include sightseeing at various places during the trip. The cost is $1,695 for McLean residents and $1,795 for nonresidents for double occupancy. The single supplement is $480. To reserve a spot on the trip, $500 is required. Call 703-790-0123.
Samantha Tea Party. Young ladies 8 and up and their Samantha dolls from the American Girl Collection are invited to tea at Colvin Run Mill Historic Site at 10017 Colvin Run Road from 2-3:30 p.m. There will be light refreshments and a craft of the period; reservations are required and cost is $8 per person. Call 703-759-2771.
New World Unity Church’s Sixth Anniversary Celebration will be held on Sunday, Sept. 22, at 10:30 a.m., at Irving Middle School, located at 8100 Old Keene Mill Road in Springfield. Event will include music, food, a meaningful message and an opportunity to connect with people. Come early at 10 a.m. for World Peace Meditation. Call 703-690-7925.
Dominican Retreat will hold a fall fundraising event with afternoon tea, hors d’oeuvres, dessert buffet, silent auction, raffle drawing, and entertainment at 7103 Old Dominion Drive in McLean. Join friends and community in supporting the mission of Dominican Retreat, “so that all may share the fruits of comtemplation.” tickets are $50 ($40 tax-deductible). RSVP to Dominican Retreat at 703-356-4243.
MONDAY/SEPTEMBER 23
The St. John Catholic Church Deal Hudson Lecture Series resumes Monday, Sept. 23, from 7-9 p.m. in the Adult Education Room of St. John Catholic Church, located at 6420 Linway Terrace in McLean, to discuss “The Man Who Was Thursday” by G. K. Chesterton. Hudson is a noted author, lecturer and editor of Crisis Magazine. Call Laura Pennefather at 703-356-5275.
Coalition Kids, an after-school program for fifth- and sixth-graders, hosted by the Vienna Parks and Recreation Department and the Vienna-Madison Community Coalition, will meet from 2-3:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23, at the Vienna Community Center, located at 120 Cherry St. S.E. Registration is required. A one-time fee of $10 pays for refreshments and supplies. Call Vienna Parks and Recreation at 703-255-6360.
The Dranesville District Democratic Women’s Club will meet Monday, September 23, at noon at J. Gilbert’s Restaurant in McLean. The program will feature Margi Vanderhye, Governor Mark Warner’s appointee to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, who will address the sales tax referendum and what its passage will mean for Northern Virginia. Everyone is welcome. Call Carole Herrick at 703-356-8223.
TUESDAY/SEPTEMBER 24
Patty Reese will perform at The Old Brogue Irish Pub, located at 760 Walker Road, Great Falls, at 8 p.m. Free. Call 703-759-3309.
The Market Technicians Association’s (MTA) September meeting will feature Tom Dorsey, President of Dorsey Wright & Associates, a registered investment advisory firm, who will speak about Managing Your Investments, Managing Risk With Point & Figure Charting at the Sheraton Premier, located at 8661 Leesburg Pike in Tysons Corner, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. $15 per person. Seating is limited. RSVP to Matthew Claassen, CMT Virginia Chapter President at 703-827-7617, or email to mclaassen@cox.net.
The Great Falls Woman’s Club invites all members and guests to join the Garden Club for a tour of Meadowlark Botanic Gardens on Tuesday, Sept. 24, located on Beulah Road in Vienna. The tour will begin at 10 a.m. Afterwards the group will have lunch at a local restaurant. There is no fee to the gadens. Call Jan Bergson at 703-759-2957 to make a reservation. Prospective members also welcome.
WEDNESDAY/SEPTEMBER 25
Bob and Jon will perform at The Old Brogue Irish Pub, located at 760 Walker Road, Great Falls, at 8 p.m. Free. Call 703-759-3309.
“Jewish Tales, Old and New” performed by local storyteller Barbara Effron. 7:30 p.m. at Patrick Henry Library, 101 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. This is part of the ongoing series honoring 9-11 Pentagon victim Shelley Marshall. R.S.V.P. for this free event by calling 703-938-0405.
College Planning Seminar will be held by Prudential Securities on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Ritz-Carlton in McLean. Refreshments will be served. RSVP to Stephen Salley, financial advisor, at 703-827-7622.
THURSDAY/SEPTEMBER 26
An evening mixer will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Tequila Grande on Maple Avenue, co-sponsored by the Nonprofits Roundtable. For reservations, call 703-281-1333.
Danzig and Wooley will perform at The Old Brogue Irish Pub, located at 760 Walker Road, Great Falls, at 8 p.m. Free. Call 703-759-3309.
DC based singer/songwriter Andie Perkins will perform at the Starbucks at Mclean/Chesterbrook Plaza, located at 6214 Old Dominion Drive in McLean. Visit http://www.Andieperkins.com or call 703-241-9482.