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Bikes for the World received a truck full of bikes donated during e-cycling. Here, Ellen Berty, left, who together with her husband Pete has volunteered with Bikes for the World since 2005 and Keith Oberg, right, stand next to a truck destined for Sierra Leone. The group has recycled over 120,000 bikes which serve as the main source of transpor-tation for many in the countries where they are sent.

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See Makers, Page 14

By Eden Brown

The Connection

Adding to an extensiveset of activities and ex-periences availablethrough Arlington li-

braries, “The Shop,” a freemakerspace that comes equippedwith wood working tools, 3Dprinters, sewing machines, thingsone has never heard of like “MakeyMakey,” the “Wacom Tablet andPen,” and “Silhouette Cameo 3,”opened on April 23.

At its inaugural maker discus-sion on April 25 the Shop’s TeamLeader, Katelyn Attanasio, talkedabout how to restore home mov-ies, whether they are the kind inmetal tins found in a grandfather’sbasement or the kind a mothertook on VHS tape. All of them arevulnerable, she said. Old 8 milli-meter film can get moldy, twisted,warped, or rot. VHS tapes can losetheir quality. Although digitizingthem helps keep them in a formthat is easier to preserve, at leastfor the time being, “you should

always hold onto the originals” shesaid.

Attanasio is prepared to helpresidents decide whether their oldmovies are salvageable, and shehas the equipment to help do it ifthey want to digitize 8 and super8. Attanasio has worked in a filmlab and at the Library of Congress.She was the person the Universityof Maryland called when they re-alized they had old films in theirbasement that no one had seen,catalogued, or preserved.

Attanasio stressed during herhour-long presentation: Don’t putyour film through the projector ifit looks warped or twisted, store

Makers Shop at Central Library.

‘The Shop’ Hosts Home Movie Restoration Talk

DETAILSUpcoming Shop Classes at Central

LibraryMay 8 - Shop Class: Make It WednesdayMay 13 - Shop Class: Make/Fix AnythingMay 15 - Shop Class: Make It

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Katelyn Attanasio worked in a fim labrestoring old film and did a documentaryabout it, shown at the lecture, in whichshe shows pictures of nearly destroyedfilm which was restored.

Katelyn Attanasio discusses types of oldfilm and the disasters which could havebefallen them. Here she goes through a listof the different sizes and types of film, fromthe basic 8 MM to the older 16mm, andwhether they are on nitrate film or not.

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See Keeping Waste, Page 12

See Arlington, Page 13

By Steve Hibbard

The Connection

The Arlington Neighbor-hood Village (ANV), avolunteer-driven non-profit organization,

celebrated its five-year anniver-sary with a volunteer recognitioncelebration last Friday, May 3, atthe NRECA headquarters (Na-tional Rural Electric CooperativeAssociation) in Arlington.

The catered event was a way tothank its volunteers and featuredopening remarks from JohnVihstadt, master of ceremonies;comments from Christian Dorsey,chair of the Arlington CountyBoard; thoughts from ANV Voices– John Richardson, GeorgeRuppert, Pat Burke and MarissaLorenzetti; and closing remarksfrom ANV President DonnaPastore.

Formed in 2014, the groupserves about 220 senior membersin the Arlington area with about240 volunteers. To join, you haveto be 55 years old, but most of themembers are older than 70 andabout two-thirds are women whoare living alone after having lost aspouse.

According to Donna Pastore,ANV president of the Board of Di-rectors: “Arlington NeighborhoodVillage opened its doors in 2014after the founders spent two yearsengaged in a labor of love to cre-ate an organization in Arlingtonthat was dedicated to helping se-

niors age in place in their ownhomes for as long as they can.”

If you join ANV, you can receivefree transportation services todoctor’s appointments, shoppingassistance, rides to exercise classesor anything you want to attend,said Pastore. They have seniorhealth and wellness classes, a TaiChi class; Spanish conversationgroup; and social events such as a‘Dine Around’ at a local restaurantonce a month. In addition, there’ssenior holiday events like theThanksgiving Potluck and HolidayParty; and coming in June theywill be hosting a summer picnic.All of the services are performedby volunteers and the ANV com-mittees and its board are com-pletely volunteer-run.

She continued: “As you growolder, sometimes you become so-cially isolated. And one of themain purposes of ANV is to helppeople remain engaged so theydon’t become too lonely and theydon’t become withdrawn becausethat defeats the purpose of themliving in their own homes as theyage in place.”

Added Wendy Zenker, executivedirector of ANV: “We help seniorsto age in place. The simple way toput it is that for all of us therecomes a time when you can’t liveat home independently as youwould have done for the past 70years of your life. And you needhelp. You can’t drive as well as youused to; you can’t go up on a lad

Helping Arlington Seniors Age in PlaceArlington Neighborhood Village celebrates fifth anniversary; honors volunteers.

The founders of the Arlington Neighborhood Village (in no particular order): GailKutner, Carol Paquette, Elaine Collins, Susan Jung, Andrea Pendleton, Ann Connelland Mary Beth Tschetter. Not pictured: Peter Olivere and Andrea Walker.

County Board Chair Christian Dorsey, right, with Arling-ton Village member Barbara Kahlow.

Member and volunteer PatBurke

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There was a lot of paint, poisons(pesticides), cooking oil, batteries,light bulbs, metal, ink, and car flu-

ids getting dropped off by an endless streamof cars at the e-cycling event on Saturday,May 4.

Where was it all going to go? “The peopletaking this waste are vendors,” saidEmmanuel Nocon, Household HazardousMaterial coordinator for Arlington. “Theytake it, process it, and resell it. ”

Brian Potter of MXI industries based inAbingdon, Va. said everything brought tothe event is recycled or burned; none of it

E-Cycling Keeps Waste Out of LandfillFrom fishbowls togiant staple guns.

E-cycling day in Arlington attracts a large volume of material turned in by residents.

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‘SafeguardingYour Future’

Arlington’s Office of SeniorAdult Programs hosts its 42nd an-nual Senior Law Day which willfocus on “Safeguarding Your Fu-ture.” The event will take place,Monday, May 13, 12:30 -3 p.m. atthe Walter Reed Community Cen-ter, 2909 S. 16th Street.

Attorney Betsey Wildhack willwelcome senior adults and give anoverview of the subjects to be dis-cussed. Del. Patrick Hope will de-liver a legislative review of infor-mation pertinent to security issues.Other speakers are attorney AlisonMathey Lambeth who will discusssettling a

decedent’s estate; attorney Mat-thew Whitfield will focus on scamsand attorney Gene D. Robinson III,financial and health care powersof attorney.

There is no admission fee andfree parking is onsite.

For more information, contactLaw Day Planning coordinator JimMorris at [email protected] orcall 703-819-5631.

Sentencing inOxycodone Plot

A Maryland man was sentencedApril 26 to five years in prison forhis participation in a conspiracy todistribute oxycodone.

According to court documents,Daniel Webster Ray, Jr., 53, ofHughesville, participated in a con-spiracy to distribute oxycodonethrough a scheme whereby one ofhis co-conspirators, a former medi-cal assistant at doctor’s offices inArlington and Alexandria, stoleblank prescription pads and elec-tronically generated fraudulent

prescriptions using a medicalrecordkeeping system.

Ray both filled prescriptions forhis co-conspirator and boughtprescriptions and/or alreadyfilled-prescriptions from the co-conspirator, in order to sell theoxycodone pills thereafter. Raypaid his co-conspirator $1,000per pre-filled bottle of oxycodoneand $800 for each blank prescrip-tion, in order to sell the pills forprofit. During the conspiracy, Rayfacilitated the distribution of atleast 353 oxycodone prescrip-tions, totaling 42,360 pills of 30milligram oxycodone.

Battle of BadgesFundraiserGame

The public is invited to showsupport for Arlington’s finest andbravest during the second annualBattle of the Badges FundraiserBasketball Game on Friday, May17, 6 p.m. at Yorktown HighSchool. The 2018 inaugural gamecame down to the wire with Ar-lington County Fire Departmenttaking the win by 1 point. Bothteams are ready to once againbattle it out on the court, all insupport of a good cause.

Officers with the ArlingtonCounty Police Department haveteamed up with students fromYorktown High School and will gohead-to-head against firefighterswith the Arlington County FireDepartment and students fromWashington-Lee High School.

There is no entry fee for theBattle of the Badges BasketballGame. Donations will be ac-cepted at the event to supportboth school’s Student Govern-ment Associations.

“Flourishing After 55” from ArlingtonOffice of Senior Adult Programs for May19-25.

Senior centers: Lee, 5722 LeeHwy.; Langston-Brown Senior Center,2121 N. Culpeper St.; Walter Reed,2909 S. 16th St.; Arlington Mill, 909 S.Dinwiddie St.; Aurora Hills, 735 S. 18thSt.

Senior trips: Shirley Plantation,Charles City, Va., Monday, May 20, $79(includes lunch); Miss Minerva’s TeaRoom Culpeper, Va., Tuesday, May 21,$42; Rehoboth Beach, Del., Wednesday,May 22, $35; Glenstone Museum,Potomac, Md., Friday, May 24, $8. CallArlington County 55+ Travel, 703-228-4748. Registration required.

NEW PROGRAMSBallroom Dance instruction,

Monday, May 20, 6:30 p.m., $35/5 ses-sions, Walter Reed. Register,703-228-0955.

Nutrition brain boosters, Mon-day, May 20, 6:30 p.m.,Langston-Brown. Details, 703-228-6300.

Intergenerational greenthumbs, Monday, May 20, 1 p.m.,Walter Reed. Register, 703-228-0955.

Pickleball for absolute begin-ners, Mondays, 9 a.m., Arlington Mill.Details, 703-228-7369.

How to plant a bucket garden,Tuesday, May 21, 11 a.m., Langston-Brown. Register, 703-228-6300.

Grilling tips, food safety, Tues-day, May 21, 10 a.m., Walter Reed.Register, 703-228-0955.

Rubber Stampers, Tuesday, May21, 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m., Lee. Details,703-228-0555.

Aging services and resources,Wednesday, May 22, 2 p.m., AuroraHills. Register, 703-228-5722.

Health directives, two-part series,Wednesday, May22 and 29, 11 a.m.,Langston-Brown. Register, 703-228-6300.

What is the Cloud, Wednesday,May 22, 7 p.m., Arlington Mill. Register,703-228-7369.

Women’s basketball skillsclinic, Wednesday, May 22, 6:30 p.m.,$24-$32/4 sessions, Langston-Brown.Register, 703-228-6300.

“Flourishing After 55”

The Arlington County Fire andPolice departments and the Vir-ginia Hospital Center have createda Hospital Response Task Forcedesigned to save lives in the eventof a mass casualty incident suchas a terrorist attack or activeshooter situation in Arlington orthe greater region, and to protectthe hospital in the event of second-ary threats.

This partnership was startedafter research of prior tragediesthat have occurred elsewhere in

the United States and globally. Innearly all cases where events in-cluded a large number of victims,significant issues were docu-mented at hospitals nearby theincident. Hospitals were overrunwith victims who self-trans-ported to the hospital, oftentimeswith friends or ride-sharing ser-vices. The Hospital ResponseTask Force model in Arlingtonaims to provide immediate assis-tance to hospitals to prevent thesurge of self-reporting victims

from reducing the hospital’s abil-ity to save lives.

The plan is managed by the Ar-lington County High Threat Re-sponse Program and Virginia Hos-pital Center Emergency Manage-ment Committee. Both groups areworking with regional law en-forcement, fire and hospital part-ners in order to expand the pro-gram outside of Arlington. Theplan will be fully integrated intoArlington County’s emergency re-sponse operations this month.

Creating Hospital Response Task Force

*The Northern Virginia District meeting will serve as the required joint public meeting with the Northern Virgin-

ia Transportation Authority, the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, the Virginia Railway Express,

and the CTB per § 33.2-214.3 of the Code of Virginia.

Beginning at 3 p.m. (except in Northern Virginia and Fredericksburg, which will begin at 5 p.m.), there will

also be an open house with information and opportunities for public feedback on the statewide, multimod-

and will cover the vision and goals for the plan as well as information on the required statewide multimodal

Needs Assessment. More information can be found at www.VTrans.org or via email at [email protected].

There is no formal hearing for the VTrans open house.

You can also submit your comments via email or mail by May 27, 2019, to:

For roads and highways: [email protected], or Infrastructure Investment Director, Virginia

Department of Transportation, 1401 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219.

For rail and public transportation: [email protected]

of Rail and Public Transportation, 600 East Main Street, Suite 2102, Richmond, VA 23219.

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Thursday, April 11, 2019 Lynchburg District

Holiday Inn Lynchburg

601 Main St.

Lynchburg, VA 24504

Monday, April 15, 2019 Hampton Roads District

Auditorium

7511 Burbage Drive

Monday, April 22, 2019 Staunton District

Blue Ridge Community College

Plecker Center for

Continuing Education

One College Lane

Weyers Cave, VA 24486

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 Bristol District

Southwest Virginia

Higher Education Center

One Partnership Circle

Abingdon, VA 24210

Thursday, April 25, 2019 Richmond District

Richmond Marriott - Short Pump

4240 Dominion Boulevard

Glen Allen, VA 23060

Monday, May 6, 2019 Culpeper District

Culpeper District Auditorium

1601 Orange Road

Culpeper, VA 22701

Tuesday, May 7, 2019 Salem District

Holiday Inn Tanglewood

4468 Starkey Road

Roanoke, VA 24018

Thursday, May 9, 2019 Fredericksburg District

James Monroe High School

2300 Washington Avenue

Fredericksburg, VA 22401

**meeting begins at 6 p.m.

Monday, May 13, 2019 NOVA District

Potomac Conference Room

4975 Alliance Drive

Fairfax, VA 22030

**meeting begins at 6 p.m.

Public Meetings Funding the Right Transportation Projects

You are invited to share comments on transportation projects that have been recommended for funding in the

FY2020-2025 Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP). Additionally, pursuant to §33.2-202, comments will be

accepted for new projects valued in excess of $25 million. Hearings held in Northern Virginia and Fredericks-

burg will also provide opportunity for input on the I-95 Corridor Improvement Plan. The Commonwealth Trans-

portation Board (CTB) will consider your comments as it develops the FY2020-2025 Six-Year Improvement

Program. The program allocates public funds to highway, road, bridge, rail, bicycle, pedestrian, and public

transportation projects. All federally eligible projects in the SYIP will be included in the Statewide Transporta-

tion Improvement Program to document how Virginia will obligate its federal funds. Meeting materials will be

available at http://www.ctb.virginia.gov/planning/springmeetings/default.asp beginning April 11, 2019.

Public hearings begin at 4 p.m. in each of the locations except as noted below: A formal comment period will be held at these meetings.


NEWOperation Fire Safe. Through Oct. 5.

Arlington County firefighters will begoing door to door offering homesafety checks to include inspectingsmoke and carbon monoxide (CO)alarms and giving relevant fire safetytips. For homes not protected bysmoke alarms, firefighters will installworking smoke alarms free of charge.Visit www.arlingtonva.us for more.

FRIDAY/MAY 10Peace Officers Memorial Day. 8

a.m. at Arlington County JusticeCenter Plaza, 1425 North CourthouseRoad. The Arlington County PoliceDepartment and the ArlingtonCounty Sheriff’s Office will gather tohonor and pay tribute to the memoryof the seven law enforcement officersof Arlington County who gave theirlives in service to our community.

SATURDAY/MAY 11Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

Letter carriers will pick up donatedfood. Leave donations before yourtypical mail delivery time. All foodstays in the local community. The toprequested non-perishable food itemsare: cereal, pasta, pasta sauce orspaghetti sauce, rice, canned fruitsand vegetables, canned meals (suchas soups, chili and pasta), 100percent juice, peanut butter,macaroni & cheese, canned protein(tuna, chicken and turkey), beans(canned or dry). You also can donatehealthy, low-sodium, low-sugar items

such as beans, oatmeal and otherwhole grains, and canola or olive oil.Specific questions regarding the FoodDrive should be directed to 202-662-2489.

Family Caregiver Expo. 10 a.m.-2p.m. at Richard J. Ernst CommunityCultural Center at Northern VirginiaCommunity College, AnnandaleCampus. Capital Caring will host itsfirst Caregiver Expo in partnershipwith AARP and Virginia HospitalCenter. The expo is free and willfeature information highlightingresources and support programsavailable to family caregivers,including home care services,financial and estate planning, elderlaw, and information sessions onsuch topics as Alzheimer’s andDementia, Preservation of Assets, andCaring for the Caregiver. Free healthscreenings will be offered as well asfree massages. Contact Amy Shieldsat [email protected] or call703-531-6095 for more.

WEDNESDAY/MAY 15Learn About CBD Products. 6:30-

8:30 p.m. at Lyon Park CommunityCenter, 414 N. Fillmore St. Preston’sPharmacy is the oldest independentpharmacy in Arlington. Theirpharmacists are hosting a free CBDcommunity education seminar tohelp educate the community aboutthe benefits of CBD products, whichare legal, non-psychoactive andavailable without a prescription. Visitwww.eventbrite.com/e/cbd-community-education-seminar-tickets-60276558810 to register.

Submit civic/community announcements at ConnectionNewspapers.com/Calendar. Photos and artwork welcome. Deadline is Thursday at noon, at leasttwo weeks before event.

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As usual every year at this time, TheConnection calls for submissions toour Mother’s Day photo gallery.Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 12.

This year we will continue to publish submis-sions through the May 22 edition. Photo sub-missions are due by Friday, May 17.

Send photos of mothers, grandmothers,great-grandmothers, with children orwithout children in the photos. Pleasename everyone in the photo, the ap-proximate date, describe what is hap-pening in the photo and include your name,address, email address and phone number. Wewill not print your full address or contact in-formation.

You can upload photos and informationdirectly to www.connectionnewspapers.com/mothersday/ or email [email protected].

This is a fine time for submissions for ourannual Father’s Day galleries. Online atwww.connectionnewspapers.com/fathersday/

Throughout the year, we ask for communitysubmissions. Twice a year we ask you to tellus stories about your pets and how they havecome into, touched and left your lives. The nextPet Connection is the last week in July.

In late summer, we invite readers to sharewhat they know about their community forneighbors and newcomers alike.

And wrapping up the year, we gatherwriting and art from local students to fill ourholiday edition. Each year, through an enor-mous effort by area teachers and school staffwe receive more material than is possible topublish for most of our 15 editions.

In addition, regular contributions to ourentertainment calendars, community bulletinboards, school notes, and business notes help

Send in photos now or right after you take new Mother’s Day photos;and more reasons to contact the Connection.

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By Eden Brown

The Connection

Nearly all the vendors atthe Northern Alexan-dria Native Plant Sale

agreed it was great, despite blus-tery winds that took down a tentor two. The sale was held on Sat-urday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 2p.m. at the Church of St. Clementin Alexandria. It is a fixture on lo-cal gardeners’ calendars. Onewoman said she had rented a carin order to come to the sale. Shewouldn’t miss it. Several othersclaimed they were not going totake anything home with them:their gardens were full. They wereseen leaving with little red wag-

Local vendors explain how to plant and care for them.

Residents Love Native Plants

ons (“plant taxis”) trailing behindthem … full of plants. “It’s addic-tive,” said one.

The organizers (Scott Knudsen,a local expert, and his wife, Jen-nifer Pease) had arranged for liveentertainment provided by localguitarist Jim Sheats; he would playsoft jazzy/funky guitar to makeshopping for native plants evenmore fun, they said.

This year the sale featured anotherof Catherine Zimmerman’s films,“Urban & Suburban Meadows,” in-side the church. It is a step by stepguide to establishing a meadow.

See: www.NorthernAlexandriaNativePlantSale.org orwww.facebook.com/NorthernAlexandriaNativePlantSale.

Native plants are becoming more popular because theygrow better in this state and thus keep away weeds anddon’t need as much care.

Photos by Eden Brown/The Connection

Who knew Jerusalem Artichoke wasactually a flower you can grow inyour garden, and native to Virginia?

A favorite sign at the native plant sale: “Switch-grass” has a fancy name that suggests muchmore excitement.

“Long Suffering Wife” ofNative Plant sale organizerScott Knudsen, JenniferPease.


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By Eden Brown

The Connection

There weren’t a lot of run-ners on Saturday, but Itwas a feel-good, hometown race. Held at the

Bluemont Junction train stop, andfeaturing snacks by local favoriteslike Joe’s Pizza.and Detour Coffee,one of the race’s supporters, theevent also had a jazz band cranking

Residents of all ages came out to run.out tunes at the finish line, and araffle for a basket of books from OneMore Page Books.

Prosperity Now and VADEMS Ar-lington were major supporters of theevent, along with Etz Hayim Con-gregation, OAR, Encore Stage andStudio, and the Athlete Develop-ment Center of Falls Church, amongothers. It was a family affair, withchildren in strollers and backpacks,and several grandparents.

First Challenging Racism 5K Is Hometown Race

School Board Chairman ReidGoldstein, with Ebony White,senior program manager,Racial Wealth Divide, as shewas volunteering at theregistration desk.

Del. Rip Sullivan greetsJenna Carroll, a recentgraduate of William andMary living in Arlington.Carroll placed second in thewomen’s category. Sullivanhad a 28:48 race time.

Carolyn Crumpler teachesninth grade history at H-BWoodlawn and is interestedin Challenging Racism froma teacher’s perspective andcurriculum designer.

County Board member EricGutshall with his wife,Renee, who is a board mem-ber with Challenging Racism.

Marty Swaim, Challenging Racism founder, stands withmembers of Prosperity Now and others to hand outprizes at the race’s end.

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ONGOINGArlington Art Truck. Through May

11, various locations. Packed withdigital and traditional creative tools,the “Truck” is a curated mobiletoolbox for five artists-in-residencethroughout the season. For the startof the second Arlington Art Truckseason, artist Rachel Schmidttransforms the inside of the ArlingtonArt Truck using discarded plasticsfrom her everyday life wrapped inpaper printed with originalphotography of Arlington’s fauna byDrew Model and Discovery Schoolstudents. Visit arts.arlingtonva.us/arlington-art-truck/ for times andlocations.

Art Exhibit: The Binding Ties.Through June 2, gallery hours in theWyatt Resident Artists Gallery atArlington Arts Center, 3550 WilsonBlvd. In The Binding Ties, RoxanaAlger Geffen presents sculpturescreated in part with objects andmaterials drawn from her family,ordinary things found in her ownattic or her grandmother’s junkdrawer. Visit arlingtonartscenter.orgfor more.

Art Exhibit: Onwards andUpwards. Through June 2, galleryhours at Arlington Arts Center, 3550Wilson Blvd. Organized by instructorFaylinda Kodis, Onwards andUpwards presents work by H-BWoodlawn seniors who have made acommitment to the visual arts,concentrating on creating a portfoliothroughout their time as high school

students. As they prepare forgraduation and their school movesfrom its longtime location onVacation Lane to a new building inRosslyn, these five students reflect onthe experience of moving on andconsider the history, ideology, andaccomplishments that shape both theschool and their time as students.Visit arlingtonartscenter.org formore.

Spring SOLOS. Through June 7,gallery hours in the Main Galleries atArlington Arts Center, 3550 WilsonBlvd. Artists Brian Barr, EmilyCampbell, Noel Kassewitz, GregStewart, Greta Bergstresser, JackWarner, and Ying Zhu will installsolo-style exhibitions in AAC’s sevenmain gallery spaces. The artiststackle timely environmental issues,draw on their own experiences ofchildhood, and create installationsthat shift viewers’ perceptions oftime, space, and history in work thatencompasses sculpture, photography,installation, drawing, and painting.Visit arlingtonartscenter.org formore.

Spunk. Through June 26, in Signature’sARK Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave.Guitar Man and Blues Speak Womaninterweave three tales of the early20th century African Americanexperience, from the fiercedetermination of a resilientwasherwoman, to the zoot suit strutsof 1940s Harlem, to the bittersweetinnocence of young married love.Specialty nights: discussion nights –May 29 and June 4; pride nights –

May 31 and June 7; and opencaptioning – June 2. Call 703-820-9771 or visit www.SigTheatre.org.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY/MAY 10-11“Curtains.” Friday-Saturday, 8 p.m. at

the Thomas Jefferson CommunityTheatre, 125 S. Old Glebe Road. TheArlington Players presents “Curtains.”The Colonial Theatre is host to theopening night performance of a newcowboy musical, Robbin’ Hood.When the leading lady mysteriouslydies on stage, the entire cast andcrew are suspects. Enter Lt. FrankCioffi, a local detective who justhappens to be a musical theatre fan.The May 4 performance will be ASLinterpreted. $15-$25. Visitwww.thearlingtonplayers.org.

SATURDAY/MAY 11International Migratory Bird Day

Festival. 9-11 a.m. at Lacey WoodsPark, 1200 N. George Mason Drive.Tiny hummingbirds and fierce ospreyare all migrating back from SouthAmerica. Come learn about these andother fabulous fliers. There will behands-on activities, games, crafts,bird walks, bird-friendly coffee andmore. Free pairs of pocket binocularsfor the first 25 families. Meet atLacey Woods Park Picnic Shelter.Free. No registration required. Visitparks.arlingtonva.us/events/international-migratory-bird-day-festival/ or call 703-228-3403.

Arlington Mill Farmer’s Market.

Calendar Submit entertainment announcements at www.connectionnewspapers.com/Calendar/.The deadline is noon on Friday. Photos/artwork encouraged.

Jane Franklin Dance Presents EyeSoarEyeSoar highlights the landscapes near 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive, a some-

what non-gentrified neighborhood that spans across Nelson Street, thefootbridge and Jennie Dean Park and curves around to South Oakland Street.Featuring Carly Miks, Kelsey Rohr, Amy Scaringe, Brynna Shank, RebeccaWeiss with Ken Hays and Richard Nyman. Saturday, May 11, 7:30 p.m. atTheatre on the Run, 3700 S. Four Mile Run Drive. $22-$35. Visitwww.janefranklin.com/eyesoar or call 703-933-1111.

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Signature Theatre willpresent “Spunk” fromnow through June 23.Based on three short sto-

ries by Zora Neale Hurston andadapted by writer George C.Wolfe, the play sets the humanability to endure to the strums ofa guitar in a musical fable. An un-earthly Guitar Man and BluesSpeak Woman interweave threetales of the early 20th century Af-rican American experience — fromthe determination of a resilientwasherwoman, to the zoot suitstruts of 1940s Harlem, to the bit-tersweet innocence of young mar-ried love. Three tales of survivalare told in the key of the blues.

Ines Nassara is playing four dif-ferent characters — one being FolkWoman, who is the female story-teller in the series of tales. “I playDelia in the first tale. She provesher resilience in a long-term abu-sive relationship. In this secondtale, I play Girl. She gets cat-calledby two men and by surprise setsthem straight. For the final tale, Iplay Missie May. She’s the wife toJoe Banks. They are in a happycommitted relationship until un-

suspected trouble arises. You watchthem work through the damage intheir marriage,” she said.

She said some of her challengeswere just about believing in her-self. “Working with these stellaractors and (Director Timothy Dou-glas), I was feeling very insecure.Every day I listened to upliftingmusic (Lizzo) and prayed and re-

peated mantras to believe in my-self. I wanted to enjoy coming towork so I could learn and grow andbe a more specific and clear story-teller like my fellow castmates. Iwanted to see what I already hador gained and I wanted and neededto believe that I have it within mealready,” she said.

“Everyone was always so wel-

coming and so supportive and pa-tient and all the hard work paidoff. This show is so much fun. Ifeel way more confident than dayone. Timothy Douglas is so hon-est. So honest. And I thank himfor his honesty. It only helps plantthe fertile seed that is our versionof ‘Spunk.’ I can’t wait to see howthe show continues to blossom

through June 23,” she said.As far as audience takeaways,

she said the show is beautifullyblack. “I love it so much. Zora soperfectly crafts dialogue in such apoetic way that describes so fullyand so simply the black experi-ence. I hope people take away justhow beautiful and vibrant and vi-vacious and resilient and power-ful the black experience is. I espe-cially hope they see the strength,courage and growth of blackwomen — that Zora so perfectlysets up in each tale,” she said.

Marty Austin Lamar also playsfour roles in the play. “As it a com-pilation of three stories I play Man2 in the first story (Sweat). I playJelly in the second story (Story inHarlem Slang), and I play Boy andClerk in third story (Gilded Six-Bits). While these characters arevastly different in their objective,visual presentation on stage andpresence in the stories, Zora’s cre-atively specific voice is proclaimedin each,” he said.

He said the biggest challengehas been letting go and trusting.“This piece. The table work, thespecificity of language, the com-mitment to decoding and definingany language foreign to the castwas instrumental to every elementof the final production. This pro

Musical of three short stories told in the key of the blues.

Signature Theatre Presents ‘Spunk’

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”Spunk” will be featured at Signature Theatre from now through June 30.

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Saturdays, through Nov. 23, 9 a.m.-1p.m. at Arlington Mill CommunityCenter, 909 S. Dinwiddie St. Themarket features produce, meats, anddairy products from our region’s toplocal vendors. Support local farmersand entrepreneurs. Come for openingday and meet special guests, theArlington Art Truck, South ArlingtonMoms Club, Long Branch NatureCenter, and more. Visit columbia-pike.org/fm-arlington-mill.

Ask a Gardener. 10-11 a.m. at theOrganic Vegetable Garden, PotomacOverlook Regional Park, 2845 N.Marcey Road. Have questionsregarding growing vegetables inNorthern Virginia? Come to theOrganic Vegetable Garden inPotomac Overlook Regional Park totalk all things vegetable with anExtension Master Gardener. Free.Call 703-228-6414 or [email protected].

Ranger Meetup Walk. 10 a.m.-12:30p.m. at the US Marine Corps WarMemorial. Take a brisk walk with aPark Ranger and view some uniqueperspectives on the historic landscapeof the George Washington MemorialParkway. Covers three miles in 2 1/2hours. Free. Call 703-235-1530 orvisit www.nps.gov/gwmp/planyourvisit/calendar.htm

Rosslyn Blooms! Flower Festival.10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Rosslyn CentralPlaza, 1800 N. Lynn St. The marketwill feature flowers from localgrowers in Virginia and Maryland,live music, a pop-up café on the plazaand a table of live plants dubbed“impossible to kill.” Throughout theday, The Lemon Collective, aworkshop space focused oncreativity, curiosity, teaching andlearning, will be hosting a series ofhands-on, DIY activities. Fees to

participate in the workshops rangefrom $20-$30 and pre-registration isrequired. Visit RosslynVA.org/blooms

for more.Wandering the West Pike Walking

Tour. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Meet atArlington Mill Plaza, S. DinwiddieStreet and Columbia Pike (beside theArlington Mill Community Center).Join one of Arlington County’s PublicArtists-in-Residence, Graham Coreil-Allen, to explore and reimagine thepublic spaces of Columbia Pike’sWest End, (rain date Saturday, May25). Graham’s tours often fill quickly,so in order to keep the tour amanageable size, registration isencouraged. Free. RSVP at Eventbriteor www.walkarlington.com/events/

Patriotic Entertainment. 1-3 p.m. onthe Metro Level of the Fashion Centreat Pentagon City. Saturdays in May,families can listen to live music bylocal bands. May 11 featuresMoonstone Duo. Also, celebrateMilitary Family Day: families ofactive and retired servicemen andwomen are invited to a day ofactivities where children can get theirfaces painted, make patriotic crafts,visit balloon artists, meet Uncle Samand more. Visit simon.com/fashioncentreatpentagoncity formore.

George Washington’s ForestHistory Walk. 1:30-3:30 p.m. atBall-Sellers House, 5620 3rd St.South. Walk in the footsteps ofGeorge Washington on a guidedwalking tour with a local historian.Free to the public, all ages welcome.Wear good walking shoes, dress forthe weather, and bring water. Visitarlingtonhistoricalsociety.org or call703-892-4204.

Argentine Festival 2019. 4 p.m. atKenmore Middle School Auditorium,200 S. Carlin Springs Road. The 32ndAnnual Argentine Festival is acolorful, fun, and food-filledcelebration of Argentine culture.Along with musical performances,the festival will include vendors andcraftsmen from traditional crafts,from jewelers to weavers. $20. Visitwww.Festivalargentino.org or call703-212-5850.

Jane Franklin Dance PresentsEyeSoar. 6:30 p.m. at Theatre onthe Run, 3700 S. Four Mile Run

Drive. EyeSoar highlights thelandscapes near 3700 S Four MileRun Drive, a somewhat non-gentrified neighborhood that spansacross Nelson Street, the footbridgeand Jennie Dean Park and curvesaround to South Oakland Street.Featuring Carly Miks, Kelsey Rohr,Amy Scaringe, Brynna Shank,Rebecca Weiss with Ken Hays andRichard Nyman. $22-$35. Visitwww.janefranklin.com/eyesoar orcall 703-933-1111.

MONDAY/MAY 13Mosquitos and Ticks:

Identification and Control. 7-8:30 p.m. at Central Library, 1015 N.Quincy St. Extension MasterGardeners and Master Naturalistswill teach participants to identify themosquitoes and ticks that arecommon in this area, as well aslearning about their life cycle, howthey reproduce, and where they go inthe winter. Free. Advanceregistration requested at mgnv.org.Call 703-228-6414 or [email protected].

The Arlington Chorale. 7:30-9 p.m.at First Presbyterian Church ofArlington, 601 North Vermont St.The Arlington Chorale will beperforming highlights from 2018-2019 in two final concertperformances in May to benefit localcommunity partners. Free, donationsof nonperishable food encouraged.Call 703-933-2500 or visitarlingtonchorale.org/ for more.

TUESDAY/MAY 14Take Me To The River Celebration.

6:30-8:30 p.m. at University ofVirginia Darden School of Business,1100 Wilson Boulevard, 31st floorRooftop Deck. Celebrate onArlington’s newest rooftop deck andraise money for a healthy and cleanPotomac River with food and drinkand the company of friends. Fundsraised through Take Me To The River2019 will support local conservationto keep pollution out of the Potomac.$150. Visit potomac.org for more.

WEDNESDAY/MAY 15Spring Concert. 7:30 p.m. in the

Wakefield High School Black BoxTheatre, 1325 S. Dinwiddie St. “SingOn!” is the theme of the ArlingtonCommunity Chorus Spring Concert.The chorus will perform a variety ofclassical, contemporary and worldmusic including compositions byJoseph Haydn and Antonín DvoYák,African American spirituals, SouthAfrican songs and more. Free andopen to the public. Visitwww.apsva.us/arlington-community-learning or call 703-228-7200.

MAY 15-JUNE 16Richard III. At Synetic Theater, 1800

South Bell St. Paata Tsikurishvili’smodern cyber-punk adaptationexplores King Richard III’sMachiavellian rise to power is amovement-driven and action-packeddisplay of stunning physicality andpowerful visuals. Starring Alex Millsas Richard III and Irina Tsikurishvilias Queen Elizabeth. Tickets start at$35 at www.synetictheater.org or866-811-4111.

THURSDAY/MAY 16Horticulture Specialty Show. 2-4

p.m. at Little Falls PresbyterianChurch’s Friendship Hall, 6025 LittleFalls Road. Rock Spring Garden Clubis hosting “Poetry in the Garden -There’s a Flower That Shall Be Mine,”a National Garden Club HorticultureSpecialty Flower Show. Theeducational show will be open post-judging to view horticulture,photography and temporary gardenexhibits. Free and open to the [email protected] formore.

There’s No Place Like Home. 6-9p.m. at Arlington Arts Center, 3550Wilson Blvd. The 2nd Annual“There’s No Place Like Home” eventis for Arlingtonians and their friendsfor sipping and nibbling andmingling. Meet Christian Dorsey andenjoy open bar and authentic localcuisine. $30. Call 571-733-9626 orvisit apah.org/events/home/.

Arlington Historical SocietyAnnual Banquet. 6:30 p.m. atWashington Golf and Country Club,3017 N. Glebe Road. The ArlingtonHistorical Society’s annual banquethonors those who led the fight todesegregate Arlington Public Schools.Our keynote speaker is N.Y. Timesbest-selling author James McGrathMorris who best documented thefight lead by black and whiteArlingtonians. $65 for AHS membersand $75 for non-members. Visitarlingtonhistoricalsociety.org or call703-892-4204.

Author Event: Laure Eve andSarah Nicole Lemon. 7 p.m. atOne More Page Books, 2200 NorthWestmoreland St. Young Adultauthors Laure Eve (THE GRACES),with Sarah Nicole Lemon (DONEDIRT CHEAP) to share from theirnew books. In CURSES, Laure Eve’ssequel to THE GRACES, SummerGrace tells her side of the story. Thisriveting sequel is saturated withmagic, the destructive cost of power,and the nature of forgiveness. When17-year-old Rilla is busted forpartying in VALLEY GIRLS, a mere 24hours into arriving in YosemiteNational Park to live with her parkranger sister, it’s a come-to-Jesusmoment. Visitwww.onemorepagebooks.com or call703-300-9746.

FRIDAY/MAY 17Bike to Work Day 2019. Pit stop

times vary, all over the region. Joinmore than 20,000 area commuters

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Arlington Historical SocietyAnnual Banquet

The Arlington Historical Society’s annual banquet honors those who ledthe fight to desegregate Arlington Public Schools. Our keynote speaker is N.Y.Times best-selling author James McGrath Morris who best documented thefight lead by black and white Arlingtonians. Thursday, May 16, 6:30 p.m. atWashington Golf and Country Club, 3017 N. Glebe Road. $65 for AHS mem-bers and $75 for non-members. Visit arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org or call703-892-4204.

Spring SOLOSArtists Brian Barr, Emily Campbell, Noel Kassewitz, Greg Stewart, Greta Bergstresser, Jack Warner, and Ying Zhu will

install solo-style exhibitions in AAC’s seven main gallery spaces. The artists tackle timely environmental issues, draw ontheir own experiences of childhood, and create installations that shift viewers’ perceptions of time, space, and history inwork that encompasses sculpture, photography, installation, drawing, and painting. Through June 7, gallery hours at Ar-lington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd. Visit arlingtonartscenter.org for more.

Brian Barr, Installation View, Fictionhearted, 2018


for a free celebration of bicycling as afun, healthy and environmentally-friendly way to get to work. Thereare 115 Bike to Work Day pit stops tochoose from.The first 20,000 toregister and attend will receive a freeBike to Work Day T-shirt, enjoyrefreshments and chances to winprizes. Visitwww.biketoworkmetrodc.org.

Battle of the Badges. 6 p.m. atYorktown High School located, 5200Yorktown Blvd. The public is invitedto show support for Arlington’s finestand bravest during the second annualBattle of the Badges FundraiserBasketball Game. Officers with theArlington County Police Departmenthave teamed up with students fromYorktown High School and will gohead-to-head against firefighters withthe Arlington County FireDepartment and students fromWashington-Lee High School. Free,donations will be accepted at theevent to support both school’sStudent Government Associations.Visit newsroom.arlingtonva.us/release/public-invited-to-second-annual-battle-of-the-badges-fundraiser-basketball-game/ formore.

Bowen McCauley at the KennedyCenter. 7:30 p.m. at John F.Kennedy Center for the PerformingArts. Bowen McCauley DanceCompany (BMDC) returns to theJohn F. Kennedy Center for thePerforming Arts Terrace Theater witha premiere, Exuberant Fanfare, fromArtistic Director and Choreographer,Lucy Bowen McCauley, set to IgorStravinsky’s Suite Italienne from hisballet Pulcinella and played live byArlington’s National ChamberEnsemble. $40-$50. Get tickets at202-467-4600 or www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/RTXBN.

SATURDAY/MAY 18JK Community Farm’s Plantathon.

8 a.m.-6 p.m. at JK Community Farm,35516 Paxson Road, Purcellville. Tohelp kick off the growing season, theJK Community Farm is seeking teamsof volunteers to participate in its firstannual Plantathon. Volunteers willsow 9,000 vegetable on seven acresof land to help support the work ofthe farm, a nonprofit started by JKMoving Services to alleviate hungerin the community. The farm donatesthe food to nonprofit partners,including Food for Others andArlington Food Assistance Center.$25 individual/ $200 team of 10.Call 703-881-6548 or visitjkcommunityfarm.org/event/plantathon/.

Ranger Meetup Walk. 10 a.m.-12:30p.m. at the US Marine Corps WarMemorial. Take a brisk walk with aPark Ranger and view some uniqueperspectives on the historic landscapeof the George Washington MemorialParkway. Covers three miles in 2 1/2hours. Free. Call 703-235-1530 orvisit www.nps.gov/gwmp/planyourvisit/calendar.htm

ACF Home Tour. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. atArlington Ridge. Join the 3rd AnnualArlington Community FoundationHome Tour presented by WashingtonFine Properties. Tour elegant homesin the beautiful Arlington Ridgeneighborhood and support the localCommunity Foundation. Ticketsonline at $35, $40 at the door. Call703-243-4785 or visit arlcf.org/hometour.

Quarterfest Crawl. Noon-6 p.m.Attendees are invited to travel theneighborhood while sampling food ata variety of venues. The crawlrequires a wristband to participate.Purchasing a Quarterfest Crawlwristband will include the ability tosample free food at differentlocations in Ballston, plus a chance towin a prize for turning in acompleted Crawl map. Two freedrink tickets to use at the QuarterfestStreet Pub on Wilson Blvd. Visitwww.quarterfestballston.org/quarterfest-crawl for more.

Patriotic Entertainment. 1-3 p.m. onthe Metro Level of the Fashion Centreat Pentagon City. Saturdays in May,families can listen to live music bylocal bands. May 18 features RyanForrester Band Trio. Visit simon.com/fashioncentreatpentagoncity formore.

Book Launch: Tif Marcelo. 3 p.m. atOne More Page Books, 2200 North

Westmoreland St. Celebrate thelaunch of Tif Marcelo’s new book,“The Key To Happily Ever After,” acharming romantic comedy aboutthree sisters who are struggling tokeep the family wedding planningbusiness afloat—all the while tryingto write their own happily-ever-aftersin the process. Visitwww.onemorepagebooks.com or call703-300-9746.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY/MAY 18-19Quarterfest. Noon-6 p.m. The first

annual Quarterfest presented byDittmar is a family-friendly, two-dayfestival with a free concert,restaurant crawl and street pub.Gather friends and family over aweekend in Ballston to sip and savora great time. Proceeds fromQuarterfest will benefitBallstonGives.Purchase tickets atwww.quarterfestballston.org/tickets.Sign up to volunteer and learn moreabout Quarterfest atwww.quarterfestballston.org.

MONDAY/MAY 20“Standoff: How America Became

Ungovernable.” 3-4:30 p.m. atArlington County Central Library,1015 N. Quincy St. Encore Learningpresents a lecture by Bill Schneider,

“Standoff: How America BecameUngovernable.” CNN’s former seniorpolitical analyst will describe howAmericans vote and why their votessometimes seem to make no practicalsense. Schneider will discuss thepolitical future in the context of hisdeep understanding of politicalhistory. The public is invited. Theprogram is sponsored jointly byEncore Learning and the ArlingtonPublic Library. Call Encore Learningat 703-228-2144.

Author Event: Liv Constantine. 7p.m. at One More Page Books, 2200North Westmoreland St. LivConstantine, the internationallybestselling author of “The Last Mrs.Parrish” follows that success with“The Last Time I Saw You,” a novelfilled with shocking twists about theaftermath of a brutal high-societymurder. Liv Constantine is the penname of sisters Lynne Constantineand Valerie Constantine. Visitwww.onemorepagebooks.com or call703-300-9746.

The Arlington Chorale. 7:30 p.m. atWestover Baptist Church, 1125Patrick Henry Drive. The ArlingtonChorale will be performing highlightsfrom 2018-2019 in two final concertperformances in May to benefit localcommunity partners. Free, donationswill support Westover’s ministry. Call703-933-2500 or visit

arlingtonchorale.org/ for more.

TUESDAY/MAY 21Container Gardening for Food,

Fun and Beauty. 7-8:30 p.m. atWestover Library, 1644 N. McKinleyRoad. Learn to grow edible andornamental plants in containers on aporch, deck, balcony or patio. Thisworkshop will cover soil, containers,maintenance and selection of suitableplants. This class is offered byExtension Master Gardeners. Free.Advance registration requested atmgnv.org. Questions? Call 703-228-6414 or email [email protected].

Master Gardener TrainingInformation Night. 7-8:30 p.m. atFairlington Community Center, 3308South Stafford St. Learn aboutbecoming an Extension MasterGardener and what the requirementsof the volunteer training programinclude. Meet the Extension Agentand Program Coordinator, as well asmany of dedicated volunteers. Free.Call 703-228-6414 or [email protected].

EcoAction Author Night. 7:30-9:30p.m. at Josephine’s Italian Kitchen,2501 Columbia Pike, Arlington.Come meet local authors and hearreadings from their works as weenjoy food and beverages fromJosephine’s Italian Kitchen. Thisevent is free. Food and drink will beavailable for purchase. Forregistration or more information,visit www.ecoactionarlington.org.

WEDNESDAY/MAY 22Best Business Awards. 5:30-8:30

p.m. at Key Bridge MarriottHotel,1401 Lee Highway. TheArlington Chamber of Commerce willhold the 33rd Annual Best BusinessAwards, where this year’s awardwinners will be announced and theHall of Fame inductees will berecognized before an audience ofmore than 200 of the area’s leadingprofessionals. Register online byFriday, May 17 by 5 p.m. $125-$150.Visit www.arlingtonchamber.org.

Author Panel. 7 p.m. at One MorePage Books, 2200 NorthWestmoreland St. Join for the line-upof history, mystery and black comedywhen author and columnist BethannePatrick (“The Books That ChangedMy Life”) moderates a panel of OMPfavorites Louis Bayard, Angie Kimand Ed Aymar. Visitwww.onemorepagebooks.com or call703-300-9746.

SATURDAY/MAY 25Patriotic Entertainment. 1-3 p.m. on

the Metro Level of the Fashion Centreat Pentagon City. Saturdays in May,families can listen to live music bylocal bands. May 25 features KennyHolmes Trio. Visit simon.com/fashioncentreatpentagoncity formore.

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cess has been so masterfully, patiently,and creatively led by Director TimothyDouglas. His faith in my ability to do verychallenging work has been a blessing.Trusting the work and the necessity ofease necessary to convey the artful penof Zora Neal Hurston has been a wel-

comed challenge,” he said.He said it’s his hope that audiences will

celebrate a literary giant that this nationlost all too soon. “Zora Neal Hurston was aheroine of truth. She invites audiences intothe most intimate, painful, heroic, andmeaningful aspects of ‘colored, negro, black’life. Sister Zora exquisitely details the truthof a specific time in the history of this na-

tion that is often forgotten and silenced.Sister Zora ‘gits to the git, with some pain,and some spit, and some spunk.’ I am grate-ful to share time and space with such anamazing company of artists. God is amaz-ing,” he said.

Signature Theatre will present “Spunk”through June 23. Show times are Tuesdaysthrough Saturdays at 7:30 and 8 p.m.; Sat-

urdays at 2 and 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 and7 p.m. Tickets are $40 to $89. SpecialtyNights are Discussion Nights on May 29and June 4; Pride Night on May 31 andJune 7; and Open Captioning on June 2,at 2 p.m. The venue is located at 4200Campbell Ave., Arlington. Call the boxoffice at 703-820-9771 or visitwww.sigtheatre.org.

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JK Community Farm’s PlantathonTo help kick off the growing season, the JK Community Farm is seeking teams of volunteers to participate in its first

annual Plantathon. Volunteers will sow 9,000 vegetable on seven acres of land to help support the work of the farm, anonprofit started by JK Moving Services to alleviate hunger in the community. The farm donates the food to nonprofitpartners, including Food for Others and Arlington Food Assistance Center. Saturday, May 18, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. at JK Commu-nity Farm, 35516 Paxson Road, Purcellville. $25 individual/ $200 team of 10. Call 703-881-6548 or visitjkcommunityfarm.org/event/plantathon/.


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By Marilyn Campbell

From pastel colors to floralaccents, it’s the time ofyear to celebrate theemergence of spring. Local

designers offer spring decorating ideasthat embody the season.

“Spring is the perfect time to freshenup your house by swapping out heavy,darker winter fabrics on linens andpillows with crisp and light patternsand designs,” said Ann O’Shields of theNest Egg in Fairfax. “Throw pillows areone of the easiest ways to instantly re-fresh a space. Greens and yellows arequintessential colors of spring and arepopular currently in interior design.Whether you prefer florals orgeometrics, there’s a variety of optionsin fabric design for pillows.”

When decorating the master bed-room in a Potomac, Md. home recently,designer Cameron Manning finishedoff the design with a cheery area rug.“The right rug can pull a room togetherand make a powerful statement,” shesaid. “The client’s favorite season wasspring and she wanted a bedroom thatwas light and cheerful. For this mas-ter bedroom, I chose a vintage rug ina pale orange shade.”

Manning also recommends usingpaint to breathe fresh, spring air intoa winter-worn space. “Paint-ing a room with an off-whiteshade infused with subtleundertones of yellow, pinkor pale blue can reallylighten and brighten it. Ifyou don’t want to paint andentire room, consider paint-ing just the door frame.”

From peonies and daffo-dils to lilacs and tulips, de-signer Connie Hall of HallDesigns says that movingspring blooms out of thegarden and into a fresh flo-ral arrangement is a sure-fire way to usher out win-ter.

“Nothing says spring likea bouquet of fresh springflowers,” she said. “A largebouquet can really can be-come the focal point of aroom. Sometimes they’re allyou really need to show thatspring has arrived.”

Blossoms and branches from one’s backyard cancreate visual interest and O’Shields suggests magno-lia stems, cherry blossom stems and forsythia.

“Preserved floral arrangements are also an excel-lent choice and will last for years,” she added. “Hy-drangea flowers are a lovely, full option often usedin preserved florals.”

Lush greenery can be used for more than decorat-ing a garden. “If you have a green thumb, consideradding in some plants in ceramic pots to add color

and texture,” said O’Shields.Among the popular plants

that O’Shields suggestsfiddle figs. “[They] can alsoadd height to your space,”she said. “More foolproofplants include Pachiraaquatic, also known as amoney tree, succulents andrubber tree plants. They’reall easy to care for and adda freshness to your space.”

Those who don’t have agreen thumb shouldn’t beafraid to fake it. “There areso many realistic options forartificial greenery available,said O’Shields. “Artificialbranches can be almostidentical to the real thing.”

Textiles and florals usher in a new season

Designs to Welcome Spring

Photo by the Nest Egg

Whether fresh or preserved, local designers advisewelcoming spring with a seasonal floral arrangement.

Photo by the Nest Egg

Adding throw pillows in spring colorslike green and yellow to an interiorspace is one of the easiest ways todrive out the winter doldrums. “Spring is the

perfect time tofreshen up your house byswapping out heavy, darkerwinter fabrics on linens andpillows with crisp and lightpatterns and designs.”

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At the “walk up” table, forpeople who arrived on footor bike, a pile of miscella-neous e-cycling items werebeing sorted for sendingdown the line. What wasthe strangest item thewalk-up table got on Satur-day? “This huge fish bowl,”said Justin Corwin.

The walk-up, drop off table, for people who don’t drive tothe event.

Brian Potter of MXI Environmental Ser-vices, located in Abingdon, Va., left, over-saw much of the e-cycling, because hiscompany recycles the hazardous house-hold waste. He is standing with EmmanuelNocon, Arlington County’s HazardousHousehold Waste coordinator (right).

Orlando Roca (left) and Anthony Nuriddin stand next tothe metal objects dropped off on Saturday. What was theweirdest thing handed in? “This motorcycle, for one,”said Nuriddin, “and this giant staple gun,” he said,demonstrating the staple gun’s ability to spit out,rapidfire, large staples.

Justin Corwin, an ArlingtonCounty employee, holds outthe new “registration” padbeing used this year torecord what ZIP codes arebringing items for recy-cling.

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ends up in the landfill. Latex paint, for instance, isreprocessed, batteries are recycled, paints that can’tbe recycled are used in cement kiln fuel. Reprocess-ing paint involves separating the paint by color, fil-tering out any solids, mixing with new paint andadding any pigment to get a desired color. It is thensold as recycled-content paint.

In 2001, MXI built a Materials Recovery Facility(MRF) which enabled the company to provide ser-vices for universal and industrial waste disposalmanagement and reuse exempt hazardous waste.The MRF has a Distilled Spirits Plant onsite, enablingMXI to recycle and reclaim fuel grade ethanol fromrecycling containing alcohol. It started its House-hold Hazardous Waste program the same year.

“Bikes for the World” is always the most enthusi-astic of the recyclers: they take bikes for countriesthat need them for basic transportation. They hadfilled a truck donated by Buck and Associates RealEstate, a local firm, which would now take the bikesto the next shipper where they would be headed forSIerra Leone.

For the next e-cycling event see: https://recycling.arlingtonva.us/household-hazmat/e-care/

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Gwendolyn Sutton and Cathy Turner of Virginia HospitalCenter at the Arlington Neighborhood Village five-yearanniversary celebration May 3.

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der to change a light bulb; you can’t getboxes out of the attic; and maybe you needa few home repairs done.” She continued:“Well, we have 200 volunteers who areready to come to your house to take you onrides; to take care of you so you can stay in

your home as long as possible. And our vol-unteers love what they do; they’re passion-ate and committed to help seniors stay inplace.” Arlington native and volunteer PatBurke said she “got to meet these wonder-ful, interesting people” when she starteddriving them around in 2017. That wasn’t

enough so she started helping on the ITCommittee and she now goes into the of-fice every Thursday to lend her support. “Ijust love it; I don’t know what I would dowithout Neighborhood Village,” she said.Arlington Neighborhood Village is locatedat 2666 Military Road, Arlington, VA 22207.

Call 703-509-8057. To join, visitwww.arlnvil.org. Sign up to become a vol-unteer and initiate the process of joining asa member. Once you sign up as a member,they will send someone to interview you inyour home. They have volunteer trainingand all volunteers are vetted.

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all your media upright, not on itsside, always keep originals, andseek advice. She pointed out thatputting them on disks isn’t alwaysthe answer, and even the trustyUSB drive may not always be thebest choice given that some manu-facturers are not installing USBdrives on their new computers.Attanasio is happy to talk aboutwhat’s good to send out to com-mercial digitizing firms as well.

The “Shop” is one of the resultsof the recent renovation, and partof a trend to keep libraries relevant.The motto of the shop, managedby Patricia West and led byAttanasio, is “where people andideas connect.” The Shop is opento beginning and advanced mak-ers. It has classes, one on one tu-toring and open lab time. The hoursfor the time being are Mondaythrough Thursday, 2-6 p.m., Fridayclosed, and Saturday 1-5 p.m.

For a list of the equipment at the“Shop,” see:https://library.arlingtonva.us/explore/for-makers-and-crafters/the-shop/the-shop-technology-and-equipment/.

Makers Shop at Central Library

To illustrate the beauty of old family films and the impor-tance they have in people’s lives, Katelyn Attanasioshowed clips of her own family’s history, including grand-parents and parents from 50 years ago. She noted thatthere is something about a home movie that is particu-larly poignant, pointing out that in her movies she couldsee a favorite family member, who during her lifetimehad always been in a wheelchair, walking.

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Local ResidentsCompete inWestfields Triathlon

The sixth annual Westfields Triathlon tookplace on April 28 at the Cub Run RECenterin Chantilly. The event was hosted by theWestfields Business Owners Association andput on by Revolution3 Triathlon. The sprintdistances included a 250 yard pool swim, a12 mile bike ride, and a 3.1 mile run. Therewere also two shorter “Splash & Dash”swimming and running distances for chil-dren. This year’s race beneficiaries are Girlson the Run of Northern Virginia, SecondStory Youth Services and Safe Shelter, and911 Promise Run.

Echo Sneckenberg, 247, of Arling-ton raises her arms as she ap-proaches the finish line.

Tessy Sproul, 242, of Arlingtonsprints to the finish line.

Photos By Tom Manning/The Connection

Christine Fischer, 339, of Arlingtonduring the bike ride.

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Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative forThe Potomac Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

Hardly am I Robert Johnson, but every time I’m about to be “CT-scanned,” I feel like I’m at a crossroads.

And though I’ve never made a deal with the devil for good scan results (at least results with which I can live), I have to admit to making a mo-mentary prayer of sorts when I see an email from my oncologist. An email that, given its arrival in my

one containing the results of the previous week’s scan.

So, I take a deep breath and then exhale as I prepare to click until I see his words. More often than not, almost every time, in fact, his words: “CT scan looked good,” as an example, have been encouraging. Although, as with many things, past results don’t guarantee future performance – or a reasonable facsimile thereof.

Each good scan result (stable, shrinkage) does not portend another good result in the future. The results, both good or bad quite frankly, are kind of a limited offer. If it’s good, it means your treatment is likely quo. If it’s bad, it probably means things your treatment is about to change.

Whatever treatment protocol you start or stop or continue is only good, bad or indifferent until your next scan (when the rubber hits the road, so to speak). Which for me, according to my current bi-weekly immunotherapy infusion schedule, is ev-ery two months. So next week, the hammer comes down or rather the slide (the thing you lay on) comes out of the CT scanner and in and out I go.

Typically (meaning during my previous 10 years of chemotherapy), I have been mostly symptom free – other than the symptoms/side effects of the treatment itself, not from the underlying cancer cause. I have rarely felt anything and I certainly haven’t/didn’t/couldn’t see anything.

It’s/I’m different now. Now I can see and feel something, that some-

thing, located under my Adam’s apple is what precipitated the change from chemotherapy/alimta to my current immunotherapy/opdivo. The tumors in my lungs (mediastinum), which is where this whole mess began, remain stable. However, the appearance of the “Adam’s apple” tumor changed my reason for living.

And my new life, or rather my new cancer life, has been tightened/shortened up. Now my infusions are every two weeks, instead of the most recent seven-week intervals (with alimta) and my CT scans which had occurred every 12 weeks are now only eight weeks apart.

All of which means I am constantly in the throws of some kind of cancer anxiety (“labbing,” infusing, scanning, meeting with my oncologist).

Not that after 10 years, I am unaccustomed to this sort of “cancer-centricity,” it’s more that its crushing regularity is a constant reminder of my mortality.

And not that I’m “woeing” is me, hardly. I’m lucky to be alive. You all know I know that.

It’s more the recurrence of “scanxiety” (not my

the anxiety one feels waiting for the life and death scan results, especially so if the results come more frequently than previously. And believe me, that extra month is well worth not having to wait.

So the news of my possible negative (not good) scan results hopefully will be exaggerated, along with my demise. And in that exaggeration perhaps I

‘Solace’ in that it turns out: what’s all the fuss? Humor, in that “It’s better to look good than to feel good, and you know you are, darlings,” as when Billy Crystal invoked his inner Fernando Lamas in his famous bit from his 1985 year on Satur-day Night Live! In summary, it’s nothing until it’s something, and even if it’s something, it might not be anything.

This sort of confusing mental gymnastics is what occurs before, during and after these diagnostic scans. And until you hear back from your oncolo-gist, you really don’t know whether you’re coming or going, or whether it’s too little, too late.

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