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03/01/2026

Thank you to Melissa and her family for making community service a family affair! They shopped at Costco for much-needed bulk items, delivered them to Share, and helped restock our shelves together. What a wonderful way to involve the whole family.

01/01/2026

Lunar New Year: Year of the Horse Art Exhibit
at Del Ray Artisans Gallery
Exhibit Dates: February 6–28, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, February 6, 7-9pm

Celebrate the Lunar New Year by exploring its traditions, stories, and cultural significance—including the dynamic symbolism of the horse in the zodiac—at Del Ray Artisans’ Lunar New Year: Year of the Horse exhibit. Representing courage, vitality, speed, and independence, the horse inspires artworks that capture energy, movement, mythology, and heritage. This exhibition also reflects Del Ray Artisans’ commitment to cultural sensitivity, showcasing works that honor the origins of the Lunar New Year with respect and authenticity.

Join us for the opening reception on Friday, February 6 between 7-9pm to meet curators Morgan Parr and Annemarie Kuhns and the artists. Mark your calendar now or set a reminder through Eventbrite at lunar-new-year-exhibit.eventbrite.com.

Register in advance for our workshops in February:

•Stretchy Chainmail Bracelet - Sunday, February 9, 6-8pm
•Dime Store Alchemy: Make a Found Object Poetry Box - Wednesday, February 11, 6-9pm
•Lunar New Year Foam Block Printing (Family-friendly) - Tuesday, February 17, 4-6pm
•Laurel Burch Inspired Horses - Sunday, February 22, 10am-12pm

Plus drop in to our recurring creative programs: Del Ray Urban Sketchers, Life Drawing, Radical Sewing Club-ALX, and Nature Journaling Club; and RSVP to attend our artist support groups: Partners in Art and Live From Your Studio. View all upcoming programs online at delrayartisans.org/programs.

The Lunar New Year: Year of the Horse art exhibit runs February 6–28, 2026 at Del Ray Artisans gallery in the Colasanto Center, 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22301. Gallery hours are Thursday 12-6pm, Friday 12-9pm, Saturday 12-6pm, and Sunday 12-6pm (closed February 1 and March 1).

The gallery is free, open to the public, and accessible. For more information, please visit DelRayArtisans.org/exhibits.

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01/01/2026

Vienna’s own “The Randos” and Fairfax’s “Aftermath” helped raise about $1,000 for Educate Fairfax during a December 7 benefit concert. With talented performers like Madison High School’s social studies department head Dan Blanchet and substitute teacher Beau Dure on stage, the evening was a powerful reminder of the diverse skills our educators bring to our community. The proceeds will directly support essential initiatives like “Supplies for Success” and “Food for All.” Let’s applaud our talented educators who continue to go above and beyond for our schools.

Read more: https://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2025/dec/17/teachers-rocking-students-bopping/

29/12/2025

Free Holiday Lyft Rides Offered throughout Greater Washington to Prevent Drunk Driving; Newest WRAP Code to be Released this Wednesday (12/31, New Year’s Eve 🎉) at 9:00 pm, EST at SoberRide.com

28/12/2025

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22/12/2025

This young fan took a selfie with Moses the camel at Mr. Olivet Methodist Church’s live nativity event Sunday, December 21. The evening included a goat and sheep, warm cocoa and Mary and Joseph in the Nativity scene as well as carols and the Christmas story. But the crowd of children pushing to get a picture with Moses told the story about the favorite. Photo by Shirley Ruhe

19/12/2025

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About The Connection Newspapers

Connection Newspapers is a locally owned media company which dates its origin from 1784 and publishes 15 weekly community newspapers reaching and audience of more than 100,000 through our hard copies, digital editions, social media channels and websites in select suburban communities in the Washington metropolitan area.

In the last few years alone, The Connection Newspapers have won more than 200 editorial awards in news, sports, entertainment, business, special projects, design, graphics, photography, ad design and more.

Our newspapers are the premier publications serving their markets and are distributed to the most affluent neighborhoods in each community by mail and carrier. Each of our award-winning newspapers focuses on community news and features of intense interest and relevance to our readers. They are highly read. Our papers are consistently rated in independent surveys of readers as the community's favorite community newspapers.

The papers we publish are: the Alexandria Gazette Packet, the Arlington Connection, the Burke Connection, the Chantilly Connection, Centre View, the Great Falls Connection, the Fairfax Connection, the Fairfax Station/Clifton/ Lorton Connection, the Oak Hill/Herndon Connection, the McLean Connection, the Mount Vernon Gazette, the Potomac Almanac, the Reston Connection, the Springfield Connection and the Vienna/Oakton Connection.

Our mission is to serve our readers with local news, issues and dialogue, to provide information for them to enjoy the best of their communities, to advocate for the communities we serve and to celebrate and record milestones and events within the community and people’s lives.

Part of our mission is to advocate for the success of local businesses and organizations, and to partner with businesses and real estate communities, while building the businesses of our advertisers through multimedia marketing and micro-targeted advertising. Over the years, thousands of businesses have used the Connection Newspapers to grow and succeed.

We are the only local publication in the Washington suburbs offering micro-targeting, a hyper-local approach that ensures high local readership and offers very cost effective options for advertisers.

Local newspapers and websites serving the following communities: In Northern Virginia, counties of Fairfax, Virginia; Arlington County, Virginia; the City of Alexandria, Virginia; Alexandria, Va.; Arlington, Va.; Burke, Va.; Centreville, Va.; Chantilly, Va.; Clifton, Va.; City of Fairfax, Va.; Fairfax Station, Va.; Fair Oaks, Va.; Fair Lakes, Va.; Great Falls, Va.; Herndon, Va.; Laurel Hill, Va.; Lorton, Va.; McLean, Va.; Mount Vernon, Va.; Oak Hill, Va.; Oakton, Va.; Reston, Va.; Springfield, Va.; Vienna, Va. and in Montgomery County, Maryland: Potomac, Md.