The McLean Community Center (MCC) offers the following activities in June. All patrons are encouraged to wear masks while inside the building. Please check the center’s website, www.mcleancenter.org, for up-to-date information. Residents of the center’s tax district, Small District 1A-Dranesville, are eligible for discounts on fees. The center is located at 1234 Ingleside Ave.
The Old Firehouse
Open House
for Rising 7th Graders
Through Friday, June 10
4-7 p.m.
The Old Firehouse is opening its after-school program doors to rising 7th graders of all MCC tax district elementary schools! Join OFC to experience all of what the Old Firehouse has to offer—for free—for the remainder of the school year. Transportation from Franklin Sherman, Chesterbrook and Churchill Road elementary schools, to the Old Firehouse will be provided via the Old Firehouse’s vans. All participants from other schools are welcome to attend but must be dropped off by a parent or guardian.
The Old Firehouse
After 7 Dance
7th–10th Grader Party
Friday, June 3
7–10 p.m.
$5 per person
Preregistration is recommended
Register here
The Old Firehouse presents After 7—a themed party that includes raffles, contests, catered food and drinks. One of the hottest DJs in the DMV will be playing the hottest hip-hop, top 40 and dance hall tracks, plus your requests. Get ready for some fun and join us… After 7.
Presented by The Alden
Foreign Language Movies
Pride Month Selection
Sunday, June 5
2 p.m.
Free admission
Registration is highly recommended
Register here
By popular demand, The Alden’s foreign language movie series is back! Curated by Performing Arts Director Sarah Schallern Treff, with more than a little help from our audience, the series will pick up where it was so rudely interrupted in 2020, with a few surprises thrown in. All screenings are free, but advance registration is required. Schedule subject to change.
MCC Governing Board
June Meeting
Wednesday, June 8
6:30 p.m.
This is the final meeting of the 2021-2022 Governing Board and the first meeting of the 2022-2023 Governing Board. All Governing Board meetings are open to the public. Tax district residents (Small District 1A-Dranesville) who wish to speak during the “Citizen Comment” portion of the meeting are asked to call the center at 703-790-0123, TTY: 711, to be placed on the agenda.
Summer Sunday Concerts in the Park
Divinity Roxx
Sunday, June 12
3 p.m.
McLean Central Park
1468 Dolley Madison Blvd
McLean, VA 22102
Free admission
For all ages. Divinity Roxx’s live show is a celebration of self-love and positivity for kids and families. The upbeat and sunny music is filled with powerful messages that encourage kids to become the best versions of themselves.
American Red Cross Blood Drive
Friday, June 17
Noon-5 p.m.
MCC is helping the American Red Cross with Diverse Blood Donations. It is urgent for donors of all ethnicities to support patients in need! For an appointment, click here or visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor word: HEARTOFGOLD, or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
A Live Book Reading, Plus Family Movement and Music Workshop!
“You Are Not Alone”
with the Alphabet Rockers
Saturday, June 18
10:30 a.m.
Dolley Madison Library
1244 Oak Ridge Ave
McLean, VA 22101
Free, registration required
Registration opens Saturday, June 4
Register here
For ages 5-12. “You Are Not Alone” is an empathetic and inclusive picture book by the Alphabet Rockers that empowers kids to love their beautiful selves, celebrate their identities, stand up to hate and have one another’s backs no matter what. Register the child who will be attending. Priority seating will be given to children ages 5-12.
LGBTQ+ Pride Concert for Families
Featuring music from
The Alphabet Rockers’ album, “THE LOVE”
Saturday, June 18
4 p.m.
The Alden Theatre
1234 Ingleside Ave.
McLean, VA 22101
$10/$5 MCC district residents
Buy tickets
For all ages. This Grammy®-nominated intergenerational hip-hop album from the Alphabet Rockers gives voice to what matters: love, belonging and gender justice for all of us. Prepare to sing, dance and have fun celebrating the love of ourselves and our whole family.
MCC’s Celebration of Juneteenth
The Alphabet Rockers
Sunday, June 19
3 p.m.
McLean Central Park
1468 Dolley Madison Blvd
McLean, VA 22102
Free admission
For all ages. The Grammy-nominated Alphabet Rockers make music that makes change! This intergenerational group creates brave spaces to shape a more equitable world through hip-hop.
Summer Sunday Concerts in the Park
Garba360 Live Dance Instruction and Band
Sunday, June 26, 3 p.m.
McLean Central Park
1468 Dolley Madison Blvd
McLean, VA 22102
Free admission
For all ages. An essential component of the nine-day, fall Hindu festival, Navratri, Garba is an intoxicating, high-energy folkdance style from the Indian state of Gujarat. This community event has been reimagined for all to participate in the fun at any time of the year! This engagement of Garba360 is funded through the Mid-Atlantic Tours program of Mid-Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information, call the Center at 703-790-0123, TTY: 711, or visit the website, www.mcleancenter.org. For Old Firehouse activities, call 703-448-8336. For The Alden Box Office, call 571-296-8385.
About McLean Community Center
McLean Community Center offers a continuing program of activities for adults and children, including a wide range of classes, lectures, study tours, camps, art exhibits, theatre performances, and specialty shows. The Center also sponsors major community activities such as McLean Day at Lewinsville Park in May and the 4th of July Fireworks at Langley High School.
The McLean Community Center, an agency of Fairfax County Government, is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all programs, services and activities. We will provide reasonable accommodations upon request. To request special accommodations, call the Center 14 working days in advance of the event.
To request this information in an alternate format, call 711.
