“National Pancake Day” at IHOP

IHOP restaurants nationwide are celebrating "National Pancake Day" by giving away free short stacks of pancakes in exchange for charitable donations. Like last year, when the chain raised $76,000,...

Morning Notes

Early Buds -- Maybe Punxsutawney Phil was right. The photo above was taken by Flickr pooler Clio1789 near Rosslyn on Friday. Dr. Dremo's Site Set for Development -- Construction could begin by...

Isn’t it Romantic Music?

Who said the music had to be romantic around Valentine’s Day? IBIS did, and they want to you come and see them perform for free. The chamber music society will appear for its “Isn’t it...

Whole Foods Cooking Classes Back for 2011

The Whole Foods Market in Clarendon (2700 Wilson Blvd) is gearing up for another year of free cooking classes with in-house chef Michael Kiss. On the menu for January are two vegetarian classes...

Reminder: Crumbs Giving Away Free Cupcakes Saturday

The new Crumbs Bake Shop in Clarendon (2839 Clarendon Boulevard) will be giving away free cupcakes tomorrow to celebrate its grand opening. The store, which opened on Dec. 30, will give away 1,000...

Library to Hold eReader Clinic

If you unwrapped one of those hot new tablet devices over the holidays, you're probably looking for ways to make the most of it without breaking the bank by buying a virtual bookcase-full of...

Congratulations to Our Arlington Holiday Poem Contest Winner

It was hard to pick just one winner for our Arlington holiday poem contest, but in the end we went with an entry that tackled one of the most controversial issues in Arlington in 2010: towing. Our...

Announcing the 24 Hour Holiday Poem Contest

Update on 12/23 -- We have a winner. When Synetic Theater offered us two free tickets to their family-friendly performance of The Nutcracker -- playing in Crystal City through Jan. 16 -- we...

If You Could Improve One Thing About Arlington…

You may have seen the IBM ads on TV talking about "building a smarter planet." Those ads reference the company's Smarter Cities Challenge, which seeks to award 50 cities (or counties) in North...

Chick-Fil-A Devotees to Start Camping Out Overnight

Chick-fil-A expects that some people may start camping out overnight for the "First 100" giveaway at the company's new Crystal City location. The company is giving a one-year supply of free...

Sweetgreen Delays Opening, Offers Free Yoga

Froyo and salad shop Sweetgreen has pushed the opening of its Ballston store back to Monday, Nov. 29, at the earliest. That date is tentative, a company rep tells us. Despite the delay, the store...

Free Salsa Lessons at The Salsa Room on Columbia Pike

What better place is there to learn how to salsa than The Salsa Room on Columbia Pike? It's a natural choice, like ordering cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. Now thanks to one of our...

Crystal City Chick-Fil-A To Give Out 10,000 Free Sandwiches

When Chick-fil-A does a grand opening, they do it big. The opening of the new Crystal City store at 2200 Crystal Drive will be no exception. The company is expecting people to start lining up for...

Compose a Haiku About Artisphere, Drink for Free

It seems that we made yesterday's contest for free Burst @ Artisphere tickets a bit too esoteric. Turns out, no one was able to find unintentional art around Arlington. So we'll make this...

Ticket Contest for Saturday’s Artisphere Opening Bash

Do you like viewing art and drinking PBR? Are you high on creativity but low on cash? Well ARLnow.com and our friends at Brightest Young Things want to hook one lucky reader up with a pair of free...