Announcements

Arlington will be sure to continue our four-year reign as the Fittest City in the USA with the opening of a new 8,000 sq. ft. fitness center in the Long Bridge Aquatics & Fitness Center. With an open area for cardio and weights, a group exercise room, locker rooms for men, women and families, two wet classrooms and a robust class schedule, the center will meet all your fitness needs.

Better yet, Long Bridge Aquatics & Fitness Center also gets you access to the only 50-meter pool in NOVA, an indoor sprayground and to all of the County’s Community Center Fitness Facilities. Memberships start at $360 for six months; daily, 10-visit and 25-visit passes also available. Free parking available for members, punch pass holders and class members. Learn more and sign up at visitlongbridge.us, or come on by for a tour and to sign up.

Have you found your quarantine oasis? Are you tired of paying down someone else’s mortgage? Please join us for a Rent vs. Buy Happy Hour on Wednesday, September 15 at 6 p.m. via zoom (link to be provided upon RSVP).

A lot has happened in the local market since the beginning of the pandemic. Sip on your drink of choice and learn from Northern Virginia and Washingtonian Magazine top producing agents on how you can get $1,500 towards your closing costs immediately! We will discuss the latest market updates, the home buying process and rent vs. buy cost savings. Please RSVP by clicking on the link. Call/text Manavi at 703-869-6698 with any questions!

(This Community Post was written by the Arlington Visual Art Studio Tour and underwritten by Embracing Arlington Arts.)

Do you like paintings? Sculpture? Drawings? Prints? Jewelry? The makers of all those things and more throughout Arlington will open their studios to visitors the last week of September.

Forty-seven artists will participate in the fourth Arlington Visual Art Studio Tour (AVAST) on September 25 and 26. Anyone can pick their favorite art works on the project’s website, find studios on the map, and visit from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. It’s a rare opportunity to meet artists in their work spaces and find out how they produce their objects.

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Online Group — We drink for many reasons: it’s fun, a way to get together with friends, a learned behavior, a part of celebrations, discomfort and loneliness. If your drinking is starting to negatively impact your life and you are feeling alone, we will be your new support system, where you can open up to your joy and share your worries.

An ongoing therapeutic group limited to 8 women who want to make an investment in themselves. Moderated by two local psychotherapists. For details and to interview for a spot, please email: [email protected].

Do your art supply shopping with us, at Art House 7. We sell high-quality oil, acrylic and watercolor paints, as well as brushes, canvases, paper, palettes, pastels, markers and more. All at competitive prices. You can come by our store and browse, or check out our inventory online for local pickup. Masks required.

Monday-Friday, 10-5 p.m. and Saturday 10-3 p.m. See our inventory: arthouseseven.com/store. You’ll be set for our Fall 1 classes, beginning September 8! Still time to sign up: painting, drawing (including Comic/Manga), ceramics, sewing and more. Excellent teachers. Ages k through adult: arthouseseven.com

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Second Saturday Divorce workshops are designed to equip you with the legal, financial, and emotional resources you need to make the right decision for your marriage and your life. This is a supportive and understanding space focused on encouraging peaceful, empowered decisions about divorce — from the comfort of your home or office.

At a Second Saturday Workshop, you’ll hear from local divorce professionals including family law attorneys, financial advisors, therapists, and more who will offer professional, unbiased support, prudent information, and assist with your questions and concerns regarding the divorce process. All Second Saturday workshops value privacy and we will never release personal information or specifically identify any registrants or attendees.

Wednesday, September 8, hosted by Argent Bridge Advisors: Register Here
Saturday, September 11, hosted by Cooper Ginsberg Gray PLLC: Register Here

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Online Group — We drink for many reasons: it’s fun, a way to get together with friends, a learned behavior, a part of celebrations and dating and sex, discomfort and loneliness. If your drinking is starting to negatively impact your life and you are feeling alone, we will be your new support system, where you can open up to your joy and share your worries.

Limited to 8 women who want to make an investment in themselves, and moderated by two professionals. For details and to interview for a spot, please email: [email protected].

(This Community Post was written by Educational Theatre Company and underwritten by Embracing Arlington Arts.)

With fall on the horizon and so many unknowns with the school year, Educational Theatre Company (ETC) is still doing what we do best, finding creative solutions for reaching our community where they are. Following a successful return to in-person summer camps, ETC will be in your neighborhood this fall!

ETC Neighborhood Classes are small-group, outdoor classes for PreK-8th in neighborhoods where you live, making theatre arts accessible to everyone. To meet the need for in-person theatre programming in our community, we added to our robust online programming by starting outdoor socially-distanced Neighborhood Classes in Summer 2020 to bring students from various households together to share their stories in imaginative ways. We are facing the possibility that despite in-person school days, after school programming may face severe restrictions.

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Online Group: We drink for many reasons: it’s fun, a way to get together with friends, a learned behavior, a part of celebrations and dating and sex, discomfort and loneliness. If your drinking is starting to negatively impact your life and you are feeling alone, we will be your new support system, where you can open up to your joy and share your worries.

Limited to 8 women who want to make an investment in themselves, and moderated by two professionals. For details and to interview for a spot, please email: [email protected].

Are you interested in joining a community where you’ll continue to enjoy your current lifestyle with the added advantages of retirement community living — such as a gym or pool onsite, meal plan options, and when you need extra support as you age, it would be available?

Join us via Zoom on Wednesday, Aug. 11 from 3:30-5 p.m. to learn about different models of life plan (continuing care) retirement communities, where care is provided throughout the continuum of your life.

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(This Community Post was written by Festival Argentino and underwritten by Embracing Arlington Arts.)

Join us in celebrating the 34^th Festival Argentino, an annual day-long festival of Argentinean & Latin-American Music, Food, Exhibitors and Culture in Arlington, Virginia. The Festival Argentino 2021 is presented under the auspices of the Embassy of Argentina and partially supported by funding from Arlington Cultural Affairs Division of Arlington Economic Development and the Arlington Commission for the Arts.

The Festival, which began in 1987, brings together cultures and generations — there’s something for everyone!

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