One-Day Events
Address: 1234 Ingleside Ave, McLean, VA
Times: 8 p.m.
Contact: Box Office
Phone: (703) 790-9223
Admission: $6 - 10
Before CGI and Johnny Depp, there was Douglas Fairbanks: the original swashbuckler. Experience on the big screen this legendary film with its innovative special effects and gorgeous art direction. With introduction and commentary from film historian Bruce Lawton.
On-Going Events
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.
Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Address: 131 Church Street NE, Vienna, VA
Times: Wednesday through Sunday noon-4pm
Phone: (703) 938-5187
Admission: FREE
Educational exhibit on the Civil War will be showcased in the historic Freeman Store from May 21st 2011 through May 31st 2012.
Recurring daily
Address: 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA
Times: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Phone: (703) 267-1600
Admission: FREE
A permanent exhibit of pistols, rifles and imported weapons used by both sides during the war. A recreated federal arms factory demonstrates how guns used by the Union were made.
Recurring weekly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Address: 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia
Times: 9a to 5p (Mon to Fri) & 12n to 5p (Sat)
Phone: (571) 272-0095
Admission: Free
The National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum will feature Exercising Ingenuity, an exhibit highlighting inventions, patents, and trademarks tied to the fitness, nutrition, and exercise industries. Many leading health and fitness innovations, from 19th century health elixirs, to 1950s fitness programs for kids, to today’s extreme exhilarating sports, will be featured through October 2012.
Recurring weekly on Wednesday
Address: 2501 Sherwood Hall Lane, Alexandria, VA
Times: 8am-noon
Phone: (703) 642-0128
Admission: FREE
The Markets offer a wide variety of freshly picked fruits, vegetables, and cut flowers. There are also fresh eggs, baked goods, honey and cider to purchase. Milk and cheese products, along with a wide array of meat products, round out the edible delights. If gardening is an interest, many vendors have small plants at the beginning of the season, while other vendors have larger landscape plants for those ambitious projects.
Recurring weekly on Wednesday
Address: 3200 Jermantown Road, Oakton, VA
Times: 8am-noon
Phone: (703) 642-0128
Admission: FREE
The Markets offer a wide variety of freshly picked fruits, vegetables, and cut flowers. There are also fresh eggs, baked goods, honey and cider to purchase. Milk and cheese products, along with a wide array of meat products, round out the edible delights. If gardening is an interest, many vendors have small plants at the beginning of the season, while other vendors have larger landscape plants for those ambitious projects.
Recurring weekly on Wednesday
Address: 8100 Braddock Road, Annandale, VA
Times: 2pm-6pm
Phone: (703) 642-0128
Admission: FREE
The Markets offer a wide variety of freshly picked fruits, vegetables, and cut flowers. There are also fresh eggs, baked goods, honey and cider to purchase. Milk and cheese products, along with a wide array of meat products, round out the edible delights. If gardening is an interest, many vendors have small plants at the beginning of the season, while other vendors have larger landscape plants for those ambitious projects.
Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Address: 9601 Ox Road, Gallery W-16, Second Floor, Lorton, VA
Times: Wednesday - Saturday 11:00am - 7:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Contact: Workhouse Arts Center
Phone: (703) 584-2900
Admission: FREE
Creature Comforts, on display from May 4-27 in the Workhouse Gallery, is an installation and sculpture exhibition that explores the idea of the things that make us comfortable and at ease in everyday life. In modern day society many luxury items are considered a necessity and are difficult to live without. This exhibition will explore the artist's view on modern creature comforts, and society's dependence on the luxuries in life, and their residual effects. The jurors for this exhibition are Mary Cook and Allison Nance of microWave project llc. Please join the artists at the opening reception for "Creature Comforts" on Saturday, May 5 from 5-7pm in the Workhouse Gallery.
Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Address: 9601 Ox Road, Gallery W-16, Second Floor, Lorton, VA
Times: Wednesday - Saturday 11:00am - 7:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Contact: Workhouse Arts Center
Phone: (703) 584-2900
Admission: FREE
The Workhouse proudly presents the exhibition, microWave project, from May 4-27. Please join us at the reception on Saturday, May 5 from 5-7pm. microWave project, LLC acts as a conduit between artists & groups/businesses to provide space for temporary pop-up, "micro" galleries. Its mission is to help promote these artists and educate the community, with its main focus on site-specific installation art.
Recurring weekly on Wednesday
Address: 1468 Dolley Madison Blvd, McLean, VA
Times: 12:30pm
Admission: Free
Free lunchtime concerts for ages 2-5. Concerts will be held in the McLean Central Park Gazebo, located at Route 123 and Old Dominion Drive. Parking available at McLean Community Center. Concerts begin at 12:30pm.
May 9 - Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys (www.vanessatrien.com)
May 16 - Two of a Kind (www.twoofakind.com)
May 23 - Peter McCory (www.petermccory.com)
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Recurring daily
Address: 9000 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA
Times: Woodlawn is open from 10 am to 4 pm, Wednesday through Monday, including weekends
Phone: (703) 323-1781
Admission: Adults $10.00; Students through 12th Grade $5.00; Children 5 and under are free.
The nation's premiere exhibition of contemporary needlework is held annually at Woodlawn, a National Trust Historic Landmark located in Alexandria, VA. Woodlawn was the home of Eleanor Custis Lewis, one of America's foremost needleworkers. The exhibition honors her legacy by maintaining the tradition of the needle arts and by raising funds to preserve her estate. Woodlawn is a completely self-supporting nonprofit historic site. Your support is vitally important to us, because Woodlawn receives no federal, state or local government funding. Download the needlework brochure here.
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