Events

Arlington Agenda (March 24-30)

By Ethan Rothstein

Arlington Agenda is a listing of interesting events for the week ahead in Arlington County.

If you’d like to see your event featured, fill out the event submission form. Also, be sure to check out our event calendar.

Monday

Arlington Central LibraryCrowd Funding Workshop
Arlington Central Library Auditorium (1015 N. Quincy Street)
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Arlington’s BizLaunch program leads a seminar on crowdfunding for small businesses and entrepreneurs. The event is free but registration is required.

Wednesday

Tools of the Trade flyerWorkshop: Advice for Nonprofits
GMU Founder’s Hall (3301 Fairfax Drive)
Time: 8:30 a.m.-noon

Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) hosts a workshop for 8th District nonprofits, advising them on how to maximize their community impact. Participants can register online. Rescheduled from March 4.

Friday

Legislative Breakfast FlyerLeadership Arlington’s Legislative Breakfast*
Westin Arlington Gateway (801 N. Glebe Road)
Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m.

Four Arlington delegates and three state senators will attend Leadership Arlington’s annual breakfast after the General Assembly. Tickets are $55 and you can register online.

Songs for a dreamConcert: Songs for a Dream*
Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (4444 Arlington Blvd)
Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Two D.C.-area youth choirs perform in a concert whose proceeds will go fully toward scholarships for Dream Scholars. Tickets are $30 online or $35 at the door.

Sunday

Run4Rights 2014 logoRun4Rights*
Bluemont Park (399 N. Manchester Street)
Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m.

Amnesty International is hosting its third Run4Rights 5K race this Sunday. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. on race day, or online for $35.

Piano TriosFree Concert: Piano Trios*
Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ (5010 Little Falls Road)
Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m.

IBIS Chamber Music continues its season-long examination of American music with a piano trio by Charles Ives and another by Johannes Brahms. Joseph Scheer, violin, Sean Neidlinger cello, and Edward Newman perform.

Company DanzanteContemporary Dance Fundraiser*
Adagio Ballet & Dance School (4720 Lee Highway, Suite E)
Time: 6:00-7:00 p.m.

New dance troupe Company Danzante celebrates its first season with three new works of art. Wine and dessert reception with a silent auction follows the performance. Tickets are $10.

*Denotes featured (sponsored) event

Sheryl Crow Musical to Debut at Signature Theatre

By Ethan Rothstein

Signature Theatre (photo via Signature Theatre website)Famed singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow will bring a musical version of the 1982 movie “Diner” to debut at Shirlington’s Signature Theatre later this year.

Crow penned the music and lyrics while the movie’s writer and director, Barry Levinson, wrote the book (musicals’ version of a script), according to Variety. The entertainment publication reports that the musical will debut at Signature (4200 Campbell Ave.) from Dec. 9 to Jan. 25.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the show was scheduled to open on Broadway twice before delays and may still end up there, depending on the show’s performance at Signature. The show will be directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall (“Anything Goes,” “The Pajama Game,” “Wonderful Town”).

From THR:

Set in Baltimore in 1959, the musical is based on Levinson’s 1982 debut feature about burgeoning adulthood, which follows a group of former high school buddies who reunite in their twenties at their favorite hangout as one of them prepares to get married. The movie’s ensemble cast included Kevin Bacon,Ellen Barkin and Mickey Rourke.

Levinson adapted the book for the show from his Oscar-nominated screenplay, while Crow wrote the music and lyrics, marking the first foray into musical theater for both.

A pre-Broadway tryout for Diner originally was announced to play San Francisco’s Curran Theatre in fall 2012, and a Broadway opening was scheduled to follow in spring 2013. That target was later pushed back to last fall, with an out-of-town tryout being scrapped in favor of further workshops. However, that plan also failed to come together.

Photo via Signature Theatre

Civil War Re-Enactments Scheduled for Sunday

By Ethan Rothstein

Fort Ethan Allen replica cannon (photo courtesy Arlington County)Fort Ethan Allen Park (3829 N. Stafford Street) will host Civil War re-enactments as part of a daylong showcase this Sunday for new interpretive features at the park.

Starting at 10:00 a.m., members of the Arlington County Board and the Old Glebe Civic Association will be on hand to unveil a replica cannon, three new viewing areas and nine new interpretive signs, all built as part of the Fort Ethan Allen Interpretive Project. In addition, a built-to-scale bronze replica of the original Fort Ethan Allen — which was built by the Union as part of the defense of Washington, D.C. — will be unveiled for the public.

The project was funded after Old Glebe requested it as part of the Neighborhood Conservation Program and the Board approved it in 2010. Construction began last fall.

The event will include speeches from county officials and community members, refreshments, a tour of the fort, and it will conclude with a hike from Fort Ethan Allen Park to one of the two other remaining Civil War forts in Arlington, Fort Marcy.

Photo courtesy Arlington County

Arlington Agenda (March 17-23)

By Ethan Rothstein

Arlington Agenda is a listing of interesting events for the week ahead in Arlington County.

If you’d like to see your event featured, fill out the event submission form. Also, be sure to check out our event calendar.

Monday

P. Brennan's logoSt. Patrick’s Day at P. Brennan’s
P. Brennan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant (2910 Columbia Pike)
Time: 3:00 p.m.

The Pike’s Irish pub is hosting live Irish music and, at 3:00 and 6:00 p.m, performances by local youths from the Boyle School of Irish Dance.

Sine logoSt. Patrick’s Day at Sine Irish Pub
Sine Irish Pub (1301 S. Joyce Street)
Time: 4:00 p.m.

Sine Irish Pub in Pentagon City is offering $5 green beer all day, and, starting at 4:00 p.m., a buffet of Irish food for $14.

Thursday

Kids Read to Dogs
Aurora Hill Library (735 18th Street S.)
Time: 5:30-6:30 p.m.

The library’s monthly program continues this month, allowing kids in elementary school to read to therapy dogs for an hour. The event is free.

Anthony PirogLive Music: The Anthony Pirog Trio
IOTA Club & Cafe (2832 Wilson Blvd)
Time: 8:30 p.m.

Guitarist Anthony Pirog brings his soft, smooth stylings, along with drummer Larry Ferguson and acoustic bassist Nathan Kawaller, to IOTA. Tickets are $10 at the door.

Friday

Rachel BloomLive Music/Comedy: Rachel Bloom
Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse (2903 Columbia Pike)
Time: 10:00 p.m.

Comedian and Musician Rachel Bloom, who has developed a YouTube following for her comical songs, comes to the Drafthouse to perform new and old songs, as well as standup. Tickets are $20.

Saturday

Careers@APS LogoAPS Instructional Recruitment Fair*
Wakefield High School (1325 S. Dinwiddie Street)
Time: 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

APS is recruiting for teachers for the 2014-2015 school years. All candidates eligible for licensure will be granted an interview. Candidates should bring a resume and copy of license or transcript.

*Denotes featured (sponsored) event.

Shirlington to Host Spring Beer Festival

By Ethan Rothstein

SpringFest 2014 PosterCapitol City Brewing Company plans to shut down the streets of Shirlington next month for an outdoor beer festival.

The event, the inaugural Springfest, is planned for Saturday, April 26 from noon to 7:00 p.m. Forty-five breweries, almost exclusively from Virginia, D.C. and Maryland, are expected to pour their brews at booths. According to Capitol City Director of Brewing Operations Kristi Griner, the format will be the same as Capitol City’s annual Octoberfest, but the event will be smaller.

Partygoers can pay $30, which will give them a wristband and 10 tasting tickets. Additional tickets are $1 apiece, but must be bought at least five at a time. The event will likely shut down Campbell Avenue in Shirlington Village, although specifics about road closures have not been determined.

In addition to the beer, Griner said she expects neighboring Shirlington restaurants, like Copperwood Tavern and Samuel Beckett’s to participate and offer food to the festival patrons. DJ Julius, who hosts Capitol City’s karaoke nights, will provide the music. The taps will be turned off at 6:00 p.m.

“We’re trying to do something to help stir up the first quarter,” Griner said. “But spring is here, and especially after this winter in particular, everybody is ready to get outside. It seemed like a good bookend to winter with our Oktoberfest.”

Capitol City’s annual Mid-Atlantic Oktoberfest was most recently held in Shirlington on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013.

‘Arlington’s Biggest Bar Crawl’ This Weekend

By ARLnow.com

The Shamrock Crawl, a St. Patrick’s Day-themed event that bills itself as “Arlington’s biggest bar crawl,” will take place on Saturday.

At least 15 Courthouse and Clarendon-area bars and restaurants are participating in the crawl, which is scheduled from 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. Tickets are $15 online or $20 at the door, and include a “signature shamrock mug,” party favors, green beads, food and drink specials and a $2 pizza slice deal at Bronx Pizza (3100 Clarendon Blvd).

“Join thousands of fellow Irish loving and beer drinkers as they flood Arlington and turn it green!” says the event’s website. Promoter Project D.C. Events also produced a video highlighting last year’s Shamrock Crawl (above, possibly NSFW due to song lyrics).

Fisette to Speak at Anti-Plastic Bag Event

By Ethan Rothstein

County Board Chair Jay FisetteArlington County Board Chair Jay Fisette will be a speaker this Thursday at the showing of a film that examines the impact that plastic bags and other plastic products have on the environment.

The film, called “Bag It: Is Your Life Too Plastic?” will be presented at Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse (2903 Columbia Pike) this Thursday at 7:00 p.m. The event is hosted by Tap In Arlington, a grassroots organization campaigning against single-use plastic water bottles.

Fisette launched a “personal crusade” against plastic bottles last year, is a supporter of Tap In and debated a bottled water industry executive in January. Fisette will speak alongside the film’s director and star, Jeb Berrier.

In promotional material, the film is described as “touching and often flat-out-funny” and Berrier is said to be an “everyman… who is admittedly not a tree hugger.”

Tickets for the event are $10 at the door, or $5 for students and seniors.

Clarendon Mardi Gras Parade Rescheduled for St. Patrick’s Day

By ARLnow.com

Mardi Gras parade poster(Updated at 11:35 a.m.) The annual Clarendon Mardi Gras parade, which was postponed this past Tuesday due to snow, will now be held on St. Patrick’s Day.

The parade has been rescheduled for 8:00 p.m. on Monday, March 17. It will still run along Wilson Blvd from N. Barton Street to N. Irving Street in Clarendon.

“Approximately 90% of the original Mardi Gras entries are able to participate on the rescheduled date,” according to the Clarendon Alliance, the parade’s organizer. “The Mardi Gras Parade registration period is being extended, to allow additional entrants to participate in the parade. New registrations will be accepted by the CA through 5pm on Wednesday March 12.”

In 2010, when snow forced the cancellation of the Mardi Gras parade, it was transformed into a St. Patrick’s Day parade, complete with Irish dancers, a leprechaun and green beads. For now, the 2014 version is still being called a “Mardi Gras parade.”

Arlington Agenda (March 10-16)

By Ethan Rothstein

Arlington Agenda is a listing of interesting events for the week ahead in Arlington County.

If you’d like to see your event featured, fill out the event submission form. Also, be sure to check out our event calendar.

Monday

The Bracket Room in Clarendon‘The Bachelor’ Viewing Party
Bracket Room (1200 N. Garfield Street)
Time: 7:00 p.m.

Watch Juan Pablo hand out the final rose at the bar owned by former “The Bachelorette” contestant Chris Bukowski. The party is free but reservations are recommended.

Tuesday

Lecture: Turf Management for Urban Gardeners
Arlington Mill Community Center (909 S. Dinwiddie Street)
Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m.

Virginia Tech professor of crop and soil environmental sciences Dr. Mike Goatley gives a free lecture on how to manage lawns and turfs for the upcoming spring season.

Thursday

Frank Hallam Day photoRosslyn Photo Exhibit Unveiling
Central Place (1201 Wilson Blvd)
Time: noon-12:30 p.m.

County Board Chair Jay Fisette will be among those on hand for the unveiling of Frank Hallam Day’s photo exhibit on the history of Central Place before JBG’s new skyscraper is built.

Friday

Back to ZeroLive Music: Back to Zero
Whitlow’s on Wilson (2854 Wilson Blvd)
Time: 9:00 p.m.

Party/funk/hip hop band Back to Zero graces the stage at Whitlow’s. They follow Celtic band the Dirty Pints, who play from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. There is no cover charge.

Saturday

The Shamrock Crawl flyerThe Shamrock Bar Crawl*
Clarendon (Check-in at Velocity 5, Mad Rose Tavern or Clarendon Ballroom)
Time: 2:00-9:00 p.m.

More than 15 bars will be participating in the pre-St. Patrick’s Day crawl. For $20, revelers will get drink specials, $2 slices from Bronx Pizza and free beads.

Bottle selection at World of Beer in BallstonDrink for the Cure
World of Beer (901 N. Glebe Road)
Time: 7:00 p.m.-midnight

A $10 cover gets you $4 craft beer and $5 cocktails Saturday night at World of Beer to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in support of Bishop O’Connell grad Danny Bessette.

*Denotes featured (sponsored) event

Bayou Block Party Still On for Mardi Gras

By Ethan Rothstein

2013 Clarendon Mardi Gras paradeToday is Mardi Gras, and although the ice and snow has forced the postponement of the annual Clarendon Mardi Gras parade, another street festival is going on as planned.

Bayou Bakery (1515 N. Courthouse Road), the Cajun-themed coffee shop and restaurant by New Orleans-native chef David Guas, is hosting its Bayou Gras Block Party this evening, starting at 5:00 p.m. in front of the store.

Northbound N. Courthouse Road is shut down to make room for a large heated tent between Clarendon Blvd and 15th Street N., and is expected to remain closed until the party ends at 10:00 p.m.

The block party will include a choice of three cajun dishes for a $30 ticket, three cocktails for a $25 ticket and/or three beers from Louisiana brewery Abita for $15. There will also be free oysters available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

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