Announcements

(This Community Post was written by BalletNova Center for Dance and underwritten by Embracing Arlington Arts.)

Registration for BalletNova’s spring semester is now open! Whether you aspire to dance professionally or for fun, BalletNova has classes for all ages and levels. Our young children, youth, and teen programs offer ballet, tap, jazz, and hip hop classes. The spring session starts February 6 and runs through June 25, 2023.

16 or older? Join our robust adult program with classes in ballet, contemporary, modern, tap, jazz, and musical theater. Whether you are new to dance, returning after a break, or a current dancer, there is a class for you. Adult classes are ongoing and run on a drop-in basis.

Don’t want to dance, but love watching? See our Conservatory Division students shine in BalletNova’s production of Coppélia – our inaugural performance at Capital One Hall. Coppélia , the classic comedic ballet about a precious doll magically coming to life, is a charming and whimsical tale for the whole family.

Coppélia

Saturday, April 15 at 7:00 pm

Sunday, April 16 at 2:00 pm

Capital One Hall, 7750 Capital One Tower Rd, Tysons, VA 22102

www.balletnova.org, [email protected], (703) 778-3008

Cultivate your creativity heading into the new year at Art House 7! We have a range of fantastic winter classes (typically 5-6 sessions) for ages preschool on up. Highlights this year for adults include figure drawing, ceramics, oil painting, watercolor painting, portrait painting and sewing.

We also offer single-session workshops, including BYOB art nights and morning art socials, where you can learn linocut, Japanese Suminagashi (floating ink), and much more.

Art House 7 has a comfortable 2-story studio in Arlington, near the Lee Harrison Shopping Center. Our teachers come from the art departments of local schools and the local art community. We also have a small art supply store next to our studio. See more about AH7 and sign up for classes at:

Art Classes and Art Supplies in Arlington, Va.

All students must be vaccinated for Covid-19. Masks are optional.

It’s the New Year and you might be ready for a change but some mental blocks might be getting in the way. If you’re looking for a mental health professional to help break down barriers and get started on the deep work needed to make a change, we can help. Set up your free 15-minute consultation and see if we are a good fit.

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Join us for a fun and challenging free workout!

Since opening in February 2012, Ballston CrossFit has helped thousands of people get fit in the popular Ballston neighborhood of Arlington. Many members meet amazing new fitness friends while

Our gym and workout programs are completely designed around driving results for our members. Our CrossFit coaches provide the best in fitness training, coaching and workouts designed for all fitness levels (we are proud to have received 9 community awards for our excellence in coaching). Our program efficiently combines the most effective methods of weight training, gymnastics, kettlebells, dumbbells and high intensity cardio. At Ballston CrossFit you will be challenged and motivated every day with constantly varied high intensity functional workouts, resulting in a greatly enhanced level of fitness.

We have found that the more fit a person is, the more they are physically able to do the things that bring joy and fun to life. Everything from feeling strong, confident and energetic through your normal work day, to running around with your friends or kids, being physically active and playing sports, and traveling to remote corners of the earth. Being physically fit is inspiring, feels good, enriches your life, and adds both years to your life, and life to your years. Fitness allows you to live your best, and we will help you achieve your highest levels of fitness.

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Continuing the Embracing Arlington Arts holiday poem tradition using the “Santa Baby” tune. Remember to support artists, theaters, arts organizations, and galleries this holiday, as well as throughout 2023.

Santa baby, just slip a painting under the tree for me

Been an awful good girl

Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa baby, a subscription to theater too, for two

I’ll wait up for you dear

Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight

Think of all the fun I’ve missed

Due to all the openings that were dismissed

Next year, we hope all will be good

And we check off COVID from the list

Santa baby, I want a plot, and really that’s not a lot

For a new venue here

Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa honey, one little thing I really need

With speed, a ticket to a concert

Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight

Santa cutie, fill my stocking with art arrays and plays

Donations to the arts too

Santa cutie, so hurry down the chimney tonight

Come and trim my Christmas tree

With decorations from a gallery

I really do believe the arts

Has an impact on me

Santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing

A fling of a dancer on stage

Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight

Wishing everyone a festive season and Happy New Year!

CHRISTMAS EVE – Dec. 24

4:00 pm Children’s Pageant and Holy Eucharist

6:00 pm Festival Holy Eucharist with Choir, Brass, Organ, and Candlelighting.

A Carol Sing begins at 5:45 pm.

10:00 p.m. Festival Holy Eucharist with Choir, Brass, Organ, and Candlelighting (with incense)

A Carol Sing begins at 9:45 pm.

*The 4 pm and 6 pm services will be live-streamed.

CHRISTMAS DAY – DEC. 25

9 am: Holy Eucharist Rite II

(This Community Post was written by Avant Bard Theatre and underwritten by Embracing Arlington Arts.)

Avant Bard kicks off 2023 with a world premiere: Billy and George , written by Daryl L. Harris and Ken Jones, and directed by DeMone Seraphin. It’s December 25, 1776, just hours before General George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River to defeat the Hessian soldiers at Trenton, New Jersey. Washington and his closest companion, the enslaved person William “Billy” Lee, prepare for the crossing while discussing, arguing, and challenging the concepts of freedom, war, and love. Come for a more nuanced portrait of the nation’s first president and meet the unexpected confidante who influenced Washington’s perspective on peace, freedom, and independence.

March brings Julius Caesar , directed by Kathleen Akerley. Akerley modernizes the Shakespeare classic with an ensemble of nine actors who dismantle the story to question what determines historical outcomes: the ambition and speeches of a few or the shifting personalities and demands of the citizenry? Video and contemporary text will place this question squarely in post-2016 America.

Billy and George : Jan 19-Feb 11, Gunston Arts Center

Julius Caesar : Mar 9-Apr 1, Gunston Arts Center

Avant Bard is committed to making theatre accessible and affordable. Gunston Arts Center is wheelchair accessible. Each production will include ASL- interpreted performances. Avant Bard provides student and veteran discounts and makes all previews and Saturday matinees pay-what-you-can.

Tickets and details: www.avantbard.org

Join us on December 14, 2022, from 7-9 pm for Arlington’s biggest civil rights & social justice event of the year!

Awards will be presented Wednesday, Dec. 14 at the Freedom Fund Virtual Banquet, 7-9 pm EST

Learn more about the awardees: https://mailchi.mp/arlingtonnaacp/2022awards?e=b2f2151d69

General Admissions Ticket: $30.00 (Deadline: 5:00 pm Wednesday, December 14).

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Hello Everyone — You are invited to the final meeting of NAACP Arlington Branch NAACP for 2022
When: Dec 12, 2022, 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: 2022 General Membership Meeting — NAACP Arlington Branch
Register in advance for this webinar

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

7:00 pm Meeting Opens.
7:30 pm Installation
8:00 pm Presentation/Q&A; by Dave Schutz on Ranked Choice Voting
8:30 pm Final Remarks and Comments by Newly Elected Members
9:00 pm Meeting Adjourns

Installation Official Robert N. Barnette, Jr. President, Virginia State Conference NAACP The President of the Virginia State Conference NAACP will serve as the Installation Official and provide remarks for our newly elected officers at the general membership.

NAACP Arlington Branch Election Results
President-Elect: Michael Hemminger
1st Vice President-Elect: James Younger, 2nd Vice President-Elect: Bryan Coleman, 3rd Vice President-Elect: Lorelle Langhorne
Secretary-Elect: Wanda Younger
Assistant Secretary-Elect: Kathleen McSweeney
Treasurer-Elect: Adriana Spain
Assistant Treasurer-Elect: Kenya Pennington
Executive Committee-Elect: Nadia Conyers, Kellen MacBeth, Karen Nightengale

Their terms officially begin January 1, 2023. 3rd Monday of the month meeting date changed due to the festival observance of Hanukkah.

Join us December 10 & 11 for our Annual Handmade Holiday Workshop Series. We have a myriad of fun and festive programs from linoleum block wrapping paper printing and buttonhole book making workshops led by Eliza Clifford to a meditative grid workshop and Calligraphy Card Making with Anjelika Deogirikar. Join these wonderful artists and get creative this holiday season!