The Marine Corps Marathon is back for its 51st year this weekend, resulting in quite a few road closures around Arlington.
Portions of southbound Richmond Highway, Washington Blvd and I-395 will be closed to accommodate the race that begins on Sunday morning. Eastbound Langston Blvd will also be closed from N. Lynn Street to N. Kirkwood Road, while westbound Spout Run Parkway will be closed from Langston Blvd to GW Parkway.
Gently used Halloween costumes will be available for free in Arlington at a pair of events this weekend.
Arlington Mill Community Center and the new 2700 Art Space in Green Valley are both hosting costume swap events at the following times:
A celebration of Diwali featuring art, dancing and a pop-up market is coming to Ballston Quarter next week.
The free event, Festival of Lights: Diwali Celebration, will take place at the mall for the first time from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, featuring henna artists, a traditional dance performance and a community art activity.
The Army Ten-Miler is returning for its 42nd year this weekend, resulting in road closures throughout the morning and early afternoon.
The race, which regularly brings tens of thousands of contestants from around the world, will begin on Sunday at 7:50 a.m.
Arlington’s annual celebration of Latin American culture is set to take over Arlington Mill Community Center tomorrow (Saturday) evening.
The free Festival Latinoamericano runs from 5-9 p.m. outdoors and 5-8 p.m. inside the community center at 909 S. Dinwiddie Street, along Columbia Pike. The event, organized by the county’s parks department, coincides with Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs through Oct. 15.
Two screenings of an international short film festival are coming to a Falls Church movie theater this weekend and next.
Paragon Theaters will host two screenings of the Manhattan Short Film Festival on Founders Row at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27 and Sunday, Oct. 4.
Clarendon Day is back this weekend, bringing music, vendors and several road closures around the neighborhood’s Metro station.
The event, which starts at 11 a.m. on Saturday, will feature live rock, yacht rock and ska music through the day, in addition to 175 vendors and booths from local organizations.
A panel, booth and fair focused on best practices for raising kids around technology are taking place in Arlington this week.
All three events are organized by the local chapter of The Balance Project, “which equips and mobilizes families, schools and communities to shift cultural norms around technology and bring modern childhood into balance,” according to a press release.
Oktoberfest season opens in Arlington and Falls Church this weekend, with a three-day festival in Courthouse, a five-brewery run in Shirlington and — a bit incongruously — a mechanical bull at a restaurant in Crystal City.
Ten celebrations of note are on the local calendar between now and Oct. 3, most of them free. Munich’s original festival runs from Saturday through Oct. 4.
Samuel Beckett’s is hosting its annual Celtic Festival on Saturday, bringing Irish music, drinks and vendors to Shirlington.
The annual event will take place from noon to 6 p.m., closing off Campbell Avenue from S. Randolph Street to 28th Street S.
The Falls Church Festival is coming back for its 50th year this weekend, with music, food and a scavenger hunt.
“We’re celebrating it very much like a big bash,” Falls Church spokesperson Mary Catherine Chase told ARLnow. “We want an anniversary or a birthday party. I think that’s going to play up a whole lot, is the celebratory mood of this.”
Rosslyn Jazz Fest is back for its 34th year this weekend, bringing food trucks, local vendors and live performances to Gateway Park.
With a lineup featuring Americana, Latin Jazz, funk and global sounds, Arlington’s largest free outdoor music festival is expected to bring big crowds from 1-7 p.m. on Saturday.
