Announcements

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

Summer Camps at AAC started this week and we are thrilled to be working with our creative campers again! Camps for ages 5-18 run through August 27 with virtual and in-person options. Reserve a spot for your creative kiddo today! 

Offering both on and offsite camps allows campers to get creative wherever they are! Campers at the beach or at grandma’s house can have an activity to come back to every day at the same time and have the opportunity to hold a creative routine. Campers in both formats of camps will explore the fundamentals of the visual arts through exciting projects in two and three dimensional media, while learning about new and different artistic techniques and contemporary artists working in the world today!

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$109, one hour couple’s massage. Escape and unwind side-by-side with our signature couple’s massage for two.

A perfect date with a special someone, a chance to chill with your good friend, or an escape with a buddy from the stress of our current situation. Reward yourself and your partner today! Monday-Friday only!

mPowered Virtual Learning & Education Support, founded by Mary Doherty, former APS special education teacher, serves students through virtual, one-to-one, and small group personalized learning. We focus on strengthening and developing reading, writing, elementary math and executive function skills.

We are trained in the Orton-Gillingham Approach, which is a highly structured and systematic program that breaks down reading and spelling into smaller skills. Each lesson is sequential, direct and multisensory. Limited availability for summer tutoring sessions remains!

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Reading tutoring and intervention for students with Dyslexia and other learning disabilities. Summer hours available. Meg Hunter is a Special Educator with 9 years of experience and a passion for teaching students with Dyslexia and other disabilities.

Trained in Wilson Reading System, Orton Gillingham, PALS, Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and Leveled Literacy Intervention. Offering direct phonics instruction, multiple catered interventions, comprehension strategies and take home games to play with the family. Email [email protected] to start your child’s new chapter!

Come join us at Nathan’s Lemonade Stand to help raise awareness for pediatric cancer this Saturday, June 19 from 1-5 p.m. at the Lee Harrison Shopping Center.

All proceeds will fund pediatric cancer research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Support the team at alexslemonade.org/Nathanscancerslayers. Lee Harrison Shopping Center is located at 2425 N. Harrison Street, Arlington, VA 22207.

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

Best known as General George Washington in Hamilton, Broadway star Christopher Jackson now leads Signature Theatre’s After Midnight, streaming now through August 4th at SigTheatre.org.

The professionally filmed exhilarating song and dance extravaganza is set to the swinging sounds of Duke Ellington, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, Harold Arlen and more and framed by the poems of Langston Hughes.

In addition to Christopher Jackson, After Midnight stars Helen Hayes Award Winner Nova Y. Payton (Signature’s Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Shakespeare Theatre’s The Amen Corner) and a cast of the D.C. area’s finest actors and dancers with a band of seven. Featuring 28 of the big band era’s most memorable songs including “Stormy Weather,” “I’ve Got the World on a String,” “On the Sunny Side of the Street,” and “It Don’t Mean a Thing,” this non-stop revue showcases the gorgeous glamour and sophisticated syncopation of the Harlem heartbeat after midnight.

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Assuming financial responsibility of your household can be overwhelming. Whether you’ve lost a partner, caring for one that is ill or aging, or you find yourself in a situation in which you’re now the estate manager of your household, it can be confusing and you could be finding yourself at a loss as to where to even begin.

On Friday, June 18 (10 a.m. ET), Argent Bridge Advisors and MJ Harford are hosting “WiseWealth: Finding Your Financial Footing”, where we’ll gather an ace team of professionals (a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Financial Planner®, and estate attorney) who will simplify some all-important pillars of managing your life’s assets. Register now.

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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, June 16 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!

Thinking outside the box again, local nonprofit READ is turning the traditional read-a-thon into a Read-O-Rama with PajamaMama as a summer fundraiser. Activities include a game board with daily activities for every READer in the family, a family scavenger hunt and outdoor read-alouds to name a few.

All money raised will help READ launch its new initiative Baby Book Bundles that will provide 5 new board books to uninsured moms-to-be to start reading to their babies the day they are born, plus they’ll receive a new book every month of their baby’s first year. Think of it as a community service opportunity for the whole family.

Cody Chance and Dick Nathan of Long & Foster are hosting an online workshop on the topic of “down-sizing” Wednesday, June 9 from 5-6:30 p.m. Every great endeavor begins with a great plan. This workshop will give you the tools to design your plan.

We have created a workbook with an extensive planning guide to enable you to design a personalized written plan for your move, and more than twenty pages of resources specific to Northern Virginia to help you along the way! These resources will help you to find the best people to assist you in your move, and help you get the belongings that won’t move with you into the hands of people who will value them. The workshop format is a “guided group discussion” of the workbook, with a chance for the participants to ask their own questions, and special guest presenter Alexandra Fry of Orchestrated Moves will be joining us to share her many years of expertise in organization and moving.

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APAH’s Terwilliger Place recently celebrated its “Topping Out”, the milestone when a construction project reaches its tallest point. Terwilliger Place will be home to 160 apartments of affordable housing — 50% with veteran’s preference and a new home for American Legion Post 139 when it opens in 2022.

Terwilliger Place will be demobilizing the construction crane on June 5 and 6 which will cause closures at 3445 Washington Blvd. But, even though the road will be closed, our neighbor, Casual Adventure, is open! They are extending their Spring Kick Off Sale with 20-30% OFF select items of your favorite outdoor clothing and gear June 5-6. Gear up and get outside with a great selection of brands like Arc’Teryx, Mountain Hardwear, the North Face, Kuhl, Keen, Salomon and more. Shop in store or online (sale prices will appear in cart upon check out).

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