For the first time, Arlington Public Schools has hosted a summer graduation ceremony honoring the achievements of 39 high school seniors.
The students, representing all the county’s public schools, completed final diploma requirements during the school system’s four-week summer school program.
While Arlington is entering the later days of the summer, a full schedule of outdoor events continues through August.
Movie showings, live concerts and the Arlington County Fair are sure to draw crowds in the maybe-not-so-blistering heat of the late-ish season. Other outdoor attractions range from Rosslyn’s Dark Star Park Day to an outdoor bonsai class in Pentagon City.
Hot days — but not too hot, ideally — mean steady business at Arlington’s ice cream parlors.
Store owners and employees told ARLnow that an unusually hot summer has been driving healthy revenue, although some days this year, intense heat has caused slower traffic even at ice cream shops. In a business built on frosty treats, Mimi’s Handmade Ice Cream owner Rollin Amore has summertime almost down to a science.
The annual Columbia Pike Blues Festival returns Saturday, bringing a lineup of soulful tunes, artisan vendors and local bites amid the start of summer.
Preparing for its 29th year, the festival will take place from noon to 8 p.m. at a new location, Penrose Square (2597 Columbia Pike), hosting several regional and nationally recognized music acts.
A new season of free events at George Mason University is coming to Virginia Square starting next week.
This year’s lineup of weekly programming — featuring trivia nights, K-pop dance sessions, ping pong, knitting and more — kicks off Monday, June 8 and will last through Aug. 8.
A series of free summer concerts at the Lubber Run Amphitheater starts this weekend.
The annual Lubber Run Summer Concert series kicks off this Saturday, June 6, with concerts held on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Aug. 2 at 200 N. Columbus Street.
Reagan National Airport’s parking crunch has become a little less challenging as the busy summer travel season arrives.
More than 600 new spaces became available this week, part of a parking expansion in the airport’s economy lot.
The Village at Shirlington is planning to host another yacht-themed party this June to kick off the summer season.
The neighborhood is bringing back last year’s nautical bash “by popular demand.” Guests are invited to dress up and partake in the neighborhood shopping center’s sip and stroll policy, while enjoying live yacht rock and dining specials around 2700 S. Quincy Street.
Arlington Public Schools officials are brainstorming ways to encourage special-education teachers to serve as summer school instructors.
A little over half of educators who taught special-ed students at the secondary level during the 2025 summer school program expressed interest in returning for 2026, according to a survey conducted by the school system and reported at the Feb. 5 School Board meeting.
Summer Restaurant Week promotions are continuing through the end of August at several Arlington locations.
Lyon Hall, Bar Chinois and Seoul Prime are just some of the 120 D.C.-area restaurants extending their prix fixe deals through Sunday, Aug. 31, the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington announced.
It was, both literally and figuratively, the calm before the storm.
The bottles were all lined up against the wall, awaiting their executioners. The lights were on at the rides, but the vehicles were frozen in place like cars on I-95 and crowded with fair workers savoring their last moment of downtime before the floodgates opened.
Five days of live entertainment, family-friendly fun and, of course, food-eating contests kick off next week with the start of the 49th annual Arlington County Fair.
Starting next Wednesday, Aug. 13, and lasting through Sunday, Aug. 17, this year’s fair at the Thomas Jefferson Community Center (3501 2nd Street S.) includes a relocated beer garden and a new partnership with the Department of Parks and Recreation.
