Weekend Planner: Mother's Day, Boat Cruises and English Tea (and More!)

Friday, May 11 through Sunday, May 13

Making special plans with mom this weekend? Patch has found lots of ways to help you celebrate Mother’s Day with events in our local area.   Studio 3 Theatre for Young Audiences presents: Rapunzel   2012 Car Show at George Mason University   Fairfax Jubil-Aires “A Salute to the Troops and Moms” Concert Clifton Caboose Twilight Run Fairfax Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Concert Rhythms Around the World Concert Mother’s Day Tea Mother’s Day Cruise Toccatas! Organ Recital American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras presents: Suite Meditations Virginia Chamber Orchestra “Sunday in the Woods” Concert Cello Recital Library Highlights: Nature Highlights:  

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Susan Larson

9:46 pm on Friday, May 11, 2012

Drove by today and noticed this weekend is the Lorton VFD's Ladies' Auxiliary Yard Sale! Saturday, May 12, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Details here: http://www.lortonvfd-auxiliary.com/5-12-2012-YARD-SALE.html   more ›

Competition: Student Art to Hang In U.S. Capitol

An award ceremony was on Saturday at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton.

The U.S. Capitol is home to such famous pieces of art as “The Declaration of Independence” by John Trumbull and hundreds of sculptures and portraits of lawmakers like John Adams and Daniel Webster. Now you can add a painting from a local high school student to the collection. Hope Martin of Battlefield High School in Haymarket won first place in U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly’s annual 11th District Congressional Art Competition. Martin’s charcoal work “Awestruck” will hang in the Capitol for one year. Second-place went to Brooke Sullivan of Paul VI High School in Fairfax; third prize went to Emilia Blaszkiewicz of West Potomac High School in Alexandria; Oakton High School’s Chan Song Yoon took fourth place and fifth place was awarded to Brianna …

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Local High School Students Display Art at Workhouse

Students were chosen in Congressional competition.

The 2012 Congressional Art Exhibition is coming to the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton. The show is up now and runs through April 29. It features 162 pieces of art from 117 students in Fairfax and Prince William counties. “There’s 162 works of art that are featured in the gallery, which is more than we’ve ever had,” said Andrea Cordray, a spokeswoman for the Workhouse Arts Center.” … We’re just very happy we can provide students a space to exhibit their work in a professional gallery.” The public is invited to attend the reception and awards ceremony from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 28. The festivities will take place at the Workhouse Arts Center’s McGuire Woods Gallery, 9601 Ox Road, Lorton. The Annual Congressional Art Competition is a …

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Help Is On The Way

Partnering with the LCAC Makes for a Stronger Community

And it helps your neighbors.

When we try to do things by ourselves, we get burned out and may never get very far. Why do you think Batman works with Robin? Partnerships are critical in community work, and I'm excited about a new partnership between the Lorton Community Action Center and the Workhouse Arts Center. "LCAC Night", our first event, will be held on Saturday, April 14, at the Workhouse Theatre. Please bring a non-perishable item (canned fruit, rice or canned/dried beans) to donate! Drop off area will be located in the lobby of Building W-3. The show, “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is a musical comedy about six young people overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves. They learn that winning isn't everything and that …

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Lorton Weekend Planner

Weekend Planner: Motorcycles, Egg Hunts and Classical Music

Got any plans this weekend?

Making plans for the weekend? Patch has got you covered with our list of local events that is sure to have something for everyone.   Studio 3 Presents: Sinbad - The Untold Tale GMU Dance Company 2012 Gala Concert Motorcycle Scavenger Hunt Shoji Lamp Workshop Dinner for the Washingtons Walking Tour Alexandria Symphony Orchestra: A Magical Spell Animal Rescue: A Musical Adventure Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Friends and Family Chamber Orchestra with the Mason Symphony Orchestra The Acting Company: Julius Caesar Egg Hunts: Nature Programs:  

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Lorton Arts Foundation Sets Sights on Self-Sustainment

The Workhouse Arts Center is in for some big changes this year.

The nonprofit Lorton Arts Foundation has been in the red since the Workhouse Arts Center opened in 2008, and LAF President and CEO John Mason has a goal to make the complex self-sustaining by summer 2013. "We have been operating at a loss," Mason told Patch. "How can we do that? You move some money around to cover your immediate expenses, and, at the end of the year, the negative balance gets carried to the next year. At some point, you run out of opportunities to plug holes, and so here we are in 2012, and we're coming to grips with a new business model that hopefully makes sense." County Assistance The LAF reported that revenue dropped to negative $500,000 in 2010 from $2.75 million in 2009, according to the nonprofit's most recent tax …

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James Cullum

5:14 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012

Thanks for the note, Mary Jane! The stats and rates on the events center have not been released, but I'll post them as soon as possible. Also, go check out the Workhouse! Don't let another 25 years go by!   more ›

Workhouse Screens 'Metropolis' Saturday

The epic tale will be accompanied by live music from award-winning percussionist Tom Teasley.

Science fiction film buffs will want to check out the Workhouse Arts Center screening Saturday of the 1927 epic "Metropolis" with live music provided by percussionist Tom Teasley. The Plot The futuristic city of Metropolis seems idyllic and carefree. But Freder Fredersen, the son of the city's mastermind, discovers an underground network of the city workforce—poor, overworked and overtaxed people living hopeless lives. Society is sharply divided, and soon Fredersen falls in love with a prophet who foretells of a savior who will reunite the disparate factions. A crazed inventor then kidnaps Fredersen and creates a robot in his image, which wreaks havoc on Metropolis and the working class. What's to be done?  Percussion by Tom Teasley …

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Weekend Planner: Live Music, Art and Zombies

Friday, March 16 through Sunday, March 18

The weather is beautiful and it's St. Patrick’s Day weekend—let Patch help you plan ahead with our list of local events happening this Friday through Sunday. Studio 3 Presents: Sinbad - The Untold Tale Army Blues with Doc Severinsen Celtic Concert Capitol Steps Performance Metropolitan Performing Arts Theatre presents: Zombie Prom Library Events for Kids: Nature Programs: Potomac Watershed Cleanup Day Art Guild of Clifton Grand Opening Show Fairfax Symphony Orchestra 39th Annual All-Heisey Antique Glass Show Jane Austen’s English Country Garden Presidential Salon with James Madison

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Weekend Planner: Wine at Mount Vernon, Sinbad and Books

Don't forget to turn your clocks forward one hour on Sunday!

Making plans for the weekend? Patch has got you covered with our list of local events that is sure to have something for everyone.   Studio 3 Presents: Sinbad - The Untold Tale A Well-Stocked Cellar: Dinner and Wine Tasting at Mount Vernon Local Library Book Sales: Library Events for Kids: Tea Ceremony and Tasting Making House Storybooks: Activity for Kids Tracing Your Civil War Ancestors Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet “Battle at the Capitol” Cheer and Dance Competition Nature Programs: Vienna Boys Choir

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Lorton Rallies For 'Have A Heart Project'

Hundreds of pounds of food picked up today

Artists John Gascot and Mary Gallagher Stout of the Workhouse Arts Center are happy - they just finished a two-month-long project collecting hundreds of pounds of food for charity to fill their "empty kitchen".  On Friday afternoon, donations from the "Have A Heart Project" in Building 4 were picked up by Food For Others, the largest distributor of food in Northern Virginia. The project began in mid-January, and included an art show with food-themed paintings.   "It was definitely successful and rewarding," said Gascot. "We were working so hard to get donations that it was exciting when people donated on their own." Stout said that more than 500 pounds of food was collected. "I feel the community came through," she said.  

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