GRUMP Holiday Art and Craft Fair
Some 55 vendors make up this holiday market featuring toys, maple syrup, handmade bars of soap, geometric prints, and other local goodies available for purchase. Attend workshops throughout the day, such as how to make an ornament or earrings from recycled materials. And of course there’s the Yeti (several of them) for a great photo-op! More
Sat., Dec. 14 | 11am-4 pm | 2100-B Crystal Dr. | Crystal City
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National Chamber Ensemble: Holiday Cheer
NCE's Holiday Concert will bring classical masterpieces and holiday favorites together for the whole family. Outstanding Young Artist Award piano competition winners Michael Chen, 13, Tucker Stone, 16, and Daniel Kim, 15, join the ensemble to perform the music of Mozart, Granados, Prokofiev and Gershwin. A group of young violinists will perform festive film music by Shostakovich. Audience favorite, tenor, and media personality Patrick D. McCoy returns to sing selections from Handel's Messiah and to lead the Carols Sing-Along, which concludes the program to get everyone in the holiday spirit. More
Sat., Dec. 14 | 7:30 pm | Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington | Barcroft
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Arlington Artists Alliance
Color, solo show of acrylic and oil paintings by Rebecca McNeely
This series of abstract paintings is based on McNeely’s emotional response to memories of the beautiful places she has visited, particularly the wide-open vistas of the American West. Each painting is a collaboration of her perception, attention, and intuition with the medium itself. Beginning with expressive brush strokes alla prima, she builds up the paint, layering with glazes and mixtures of pure pigment, sometimes scraping back, always enhancing the line, color, and form. In each case, the challenge is to simultaneously use training and intuition while remaining responsive to the prompts of the particular painting, and to its moment of completion. More
Opening Reception: Fri., Dec. 13, 3-7pm
Dec. 7-Jan. 4 | Gallery Clarendon | Clarendon
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Jane Franklin Dance: Winter Break Day Camps
Learn imaginative thinking, cooperative skills, spatial awareness, movement fundamentals, and character development. Camp themes include The Magic Butterfly, Play in a Day, and Splatter. All camps conclude with a showing for family and friends at 2:45pm. For ages 6-11. More
Dec. 23, 27, and 30 | 3700 S. Four Mile Run Dr. | Shirlington
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Educational Theatre Company: Parents' Night Out
ETC's first Parents' Night Out offers a unique experience for students to participate in an evening of the arts! Professional teaching artists guide students through specialized workshops in drama and movement. Students will learn basic skills by using their bodies, voices, and imaginations to tell a story. The evening is filled with improv games, acting workshops, and a pizza party! Parents can pick up at whatever time is convenient for their child. Join us for this fun and education theatrical night! More
Sat., Dec. 14 | 5-9pm | Trinity Presbyterian Church | Tara-Leeway Heights
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Arlington Arts Center: Assembly 2019
Assembly 2019, AAC’s inaugural regional biennial, explores current material and conceptual trends among artists in the region, with the goal of highlighting the strength of the work being made and making connections across media and generations. The program features work by young and emerging artists alongside new work by artists with longstanding connections to the Mid-Atlantic region and its art scenes. More
thru Dec. 22 | Arlington Arts Center | Virginia Square
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Readings on the Pike has emerged as one of the area's best reading series for discovering new writers. On Tuesday, December 17, Hannah Greico will host a special holiday-themed reading with the event's first open mic night. Do you have a funny/strange/outrageous/maddening/adorable story or poem, true or not, about the holidays? Readings on the Pike is the place for you. First-come, first-served. Sign up begins at 7:00. More
Tues., Dec. 17 | 7:30pm | Acme Pie Co. | Columbia Pike
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