<cal1>Music & Opera
<cal2>George Mason University Singers Spring Choral Celebration. Sunday, April 13, 3 p.m., at Harris Theatre, George Mason University corner of Braddock Road and Route 123 in Fairfax. Tickets: $7 adults, $5 students/seniors. Purchase tickets: 703-218-6500.
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra Final Season Concert. Saturday, April 19, 8 p.m., at George Mason University Concert Hall. Admission: $18-$40, with special prices to GMU students and groups.
Classical Music Piano Recital. Pianist Sara Rosado presents "From Brahms to Schoenberg: Exploring piano music from the late 19th Century to the early 20th Century. Thursday, April 24, 8 p.m., at Harris Theatre, George Mason University, corner of Braddock Road and Route 123 in Fairfax. Free.
"The Joys of Spring" with Northern Virginia Community College- Annandale Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts. Friday, April 25, 8 p.m., at NVCC Ernst Center. Admission: $10 adults/$7 seniors and teens. Children free.
Classical Music Chamber Music Recital. An afternoon of chamber music performed by GMU student ensembles. Saturday, April 26, 3 p.m., at Harris Theatre, George Mason University, corner of Braddock Road and Route 123 in Fairfax. Free.
Springtime Pops with the City of Fairfax Band and Vocalist Holly Bingham. Saturday, April 26, 8 p.m., at Fairfax High School. Tickets: $8 general/$5 seniors and students. For advance tickets or information, call 703-757-0222 or visit www.fairfaxband.org.
Brendan Mulvihill and Mark Hillman presented by Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts. Saturday, April 26, 8 p.m., Old Town Hall, Fairfax. May require tickets.
Silverwinds Flute Ensemble. Sunday, April 27, 6 p.m., at Old Town Hall. Admission: $5 adults/children under 12 free.
GMU Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble with special guests. Anthony Maiello and John Casagrande, conductors. Monday, April 28, 8 p.m., at Center for the Arts, George Mason University, corner of Braddock Road and Route 123 in Fairfax. Tickets: $7 adults/$5 students and seniors. Available at Center for the Arts box office or by calling Tickets.com at 703-218-6500.
Classi-Jazz, an Evening of Popular American Composers, featuring the Fairfax Saxophone Quartet. Monday, April 28, 8 p.m., at the Old Town Hall, Fairfax. Free.
NVCC Chorale. Tuesday, April 29, 8 p.m., at the NVCC Ernst Center, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale. Free. Donations accepted.
Federal Focus Jazz Band Concert. Thursday, May 1, 7 p.m., at the Old Town Hall, Fairfax. Free.
GMU Music Scholarship Concert. Friday, May 2, 8 p.m., at the GMU Concert Hall. Tickets: $15 adults/$8 students and seniors. Available at the Center for the Arts box office or by calling Tickets.com at 703-218-6500.
Introduction to Uilleann Pipes Workshop. Saturdays, May 3, 10 and 12, at 12 p.m., at the John C. Wood Center. Uilleann pipes virtuoso Mark Hillman gives beginning lessons in a workshop on three successive Saturdays. Free. Call 703-978-8265.
Bog Wanderers Ceili Band. Saturday, May 3, 7 p.m., at the Old Town Hall. Admission: $10. For information, call 703-978-8265.
GMU Opera Theater Performance, presented by Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts. Saturday, May 3, 8 p.m., at GMU's Harris Theater. Free. Call GMU Music Department for more information at 703-993-1380.
Civil War Music as part of Fairfax Civil War Weekend. Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4, throughout the day. See www.ci.fairfax.va.us/visitors/visitors/htm for performance times. Admission: $3 adults/$1 children under 12.
GMU Honors Recital. Sunday, May 4, 3 p.m., at GMU's Harris Theater. Free.
Fairfax Choral Society - Treble & Concert Singers present "The World Around Us." Sunday, May 4, 3 p.m., at Lanier Middle School. Admission: $20 adults/$15 seniors/$7 youths. Tickets available by calling 703-218-6500 or online at www.tickets.com. For information, call 703-642-33277 or visit www.fairfaxchoralsociety.org.
American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras, Chamber and Percussion Recital. Sunday, May 4, 6 p.m., at the Old Town Hall, Fairfax. Admission: $7 adults/$5 seniors and students. for information, visit www.ayporchestras.org.
An Evening of Opera and Broadway from the Virginia Opera. Thursday, May 8, 8 p.m., at Old Town Hall. Admission: $10. For advanced reservations, call 703-352-7515, x101.
"La Boheme" by the Virginia Opera. Friday, May 9, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, May 11, at 2 p.m., at the GMU Center for the Arts. Admission $78, $64 and $42.
Swing Shift. Enjoy and evening of big band, swing and jazz performed by Swing Shift. Friday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m., at Old Town Hall. Free.
An American Sample from the Fairfax Choral Society Master Singers. Saturday, May 10, 7 p.m., at Lanier Middle School. Admission: $20 adults/$15 seniors/$7 youth. Advance tickets by calling 703-218-6500 or online at www.tickets.com. For information, call 703-642-3277 or www.fairfaxchoralsociety.org.
Jim and Holly Lawrence perform close harmonies and soulful vocals. Saturday, May 10, 7 p.m., at the Old Town Hall, Fairfax. $10 For information, call 703-978-8265.
LaSalle Dance Orchestra concert. Sunday, May 11, 3 p.m., at the Old Town Hall, Fairfax. Free. Call 703-425-7926 or visit www.lasalledanceorchestra.com.
Cantanti Ensemble. Sunday, May 11, 7 p.m., at the Old Town Hall, Fairfax. $10. For more information, call 703-978-8265.
MusicLink Recital. Tuesday, May 13, 7:30 p.m. at Old Town Hall. Free. For information, call 703-534-9490.
An Evening of Chamber Music by the Trinity Chamber players. Wednesday, May 14, 7 p.m., at the Old Town Hall, Fairfax. $5 adults/children under 12 free.
Spring Fling concert presented by the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras. Sunday, May 18, 3 p.m., at Fairfax High School. $7 adults/$5 seniors and students. Tickets available at door or by calling 703-642-8051 x 22. For information, see www.ayporchestras.org.
<cal1>Visual Art
<cal2>NVCC Annandale Campus Student Art Show. Monday-Friday, April 6-30, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at the Ernst Cultural Community Center, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale. Free.
Fairfax Art League Exhibit. Saturday, April 26-Sunday, May 17; Tuesdays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., at Old Town Hall.
Old Town Fairfax Art Walk. Saturday, April 26, 2 p.m. Maps available at the Old Town Hall.
Fairfax Art League Opening Reception, Saturday, April 26, 2-4 p.m., at the Old Town Hall, Fairfax.
Video Fairfax 2003 Awards. Monday, April 28, 7:30 p.m., at the NVCC Ernst Center, Annandale. Free. Reservations required; call 703-642-0862 x7. For information, visit www.artsfairfax.org.
Congressional Art Competition. Month of May, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at the Ernst Cultural Community Center, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale. Free. For information, visit www.artsfairfax.org.
AVT Student Show, "Chambers of Wonder," opening reception, Thursday, 4:30 p.m., in the GMU Fine Arts Building Gallery. Free.
District Congressional Art Competition -Reception. Monday, May 12, 6:30 p.m., at the Ernst Cultural Community Center, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale. Free. Reservations required; call 703-642-0862 x7.
<cal1>Theatre & Cinema
<cal2>"Perseus Bayou," a George Mason University Theater of the First Amendment production. Thursday, April 24, and Friday, April 25, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, April 26. at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., at the GMU Concert Hall. Tickets are $25. All children 12 and under are half price. Charge by phone at 703-218-6500 or visit www.tickets.com.
"Look Homeward, Angel" by Ketti Frings, based on the novel by Thomas Wolfe. Friday, April 25, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, April 26, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., at GMU TheatreSpace, George Mason University, Fairfax. "Look Homeward, Angel" is a coming-of-age story that deals with family, love and life in the American South in 1916. Tickets are $10 for general admission, $7 for students, faculty, staff and seniors. Tickets can be purchased online at www.tickets.com or by calling box office at 703-993-2787.
Class Act: Acting Workshop Showcase. Sunday, April 27, 2-3 p.m., at Old Town Hall, Fairfax. Presented by Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts at the Old Town Hall, Fairfax. Free.
<cal1>Dance
<cal2>Duquesne University Tamburitzans. Sunday, April 13, 3 p.m., at Fairfax High School. $20 adults/$10 students of any age.
"The Red Shoes" by Virginia Ballet Company. Saturday, April 26, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, April 27, at 2 p.m., at the Ernst Cultural Community Center, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale. $20 adults/$15 seniors/$12 children. Call 703-249-8227 or see www.virginiaballet.org for additional information.
GMU Dance Company Concert. May 1-3, 8 p.m., at the GMU Dance Performance Studio. $7 general/$5 students, staff and seniors.
Happy Feet: Modern Clogging and Tap Dancing. Sunday, May 4, 3 p.m., at Old Town Hall. Free.
"Time Traveler." Fairfax High School Academy Dance Concert. May 16 and 17, 7:30 p.m., at Fairfax High School. $8 adults/$6 students.
<cal1>Community
<cal2>Second Annual Historic Fairfax City Homes Tour. Tour five private homes, four of which are open for the first time, and four historic Fairfax landmarks. Homes will be open Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and tickets are required for admission. Through April 25, advance tickets can be purchased for $15 by calling 703-385-8414. Tickets on the tour day cost $20 and will be sold at Truro Church, 10520 Main St., Fairfax. Proceeds benefit the restoration and preservation of historic properties.
Fairfax High School Academy Showcase. Friday, May 2, 7:30 p.m., at Fairfax High School. Free.
Voices in the Glen Storytelling Festival. Friday, May 2, 8 p.m., at the Old Town Hall, Fairfax. $5 for all, call Gary Lloyd at 703-968-4746 or visit www.voicesintheglen.org.
Voices in the Glen Storytelling Workshops. Saturday, May 3, 12 p.m., at the Old Town Hall, Fairfax. Admission: Single ticket price is $8 for any two workshops (includes entrance to 3-5 p.m. concert).; $5 concert. For more information, call Gary Lloyd at 703-968-4746 or visit www.voicesintheglen.org.
Magic and More with the Society of American Magicians Assembly 252. Saturday, May 10, 2 p.m., at the Old Town Hall, Fairfax. Admission: $6.