Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Here are our picks for the best events happening in the area!
Vienna Restaurant Week
Friday, March 3 – Sunday, March 12
The highly anticipated Spring program will feature 50 participants from restaurants to fast-casual eateries throughout the Town of Vienna. This is the largest number of participants to date for this Vienna restaurant dining campaign. During the week-long event, participating restaurants will offer three-course prix fixe menus of $25 for lunch/brunch and $35-40 for dinner per person. In addition to the curated menus, specialty restaurants, and eateries will offer discounted a la carte dining providing food lovers the opportunity to further explore Vienna’s culinary scene.
How the Light Gets In
Friday, March 3
8:00pm
Saturday, March 4
2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday, March 5
2:00pm
1st Stage
1524 Spring Hill Road
Tysons, VA 22102
Performance on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday through March 19
From the co-writer of the breakout hit Duck Harbor comes an uplifting story of connection and healing. Set against the backdrop of a peaceful Japanese garden, this beautifully touching story centers around four very different people who build a community of love and hope.
Huge Quarterly Used Book Sale
Friday, March 3 – Sunday, March 5
10:00am – 5:00pm
Tyson’s-Pimmit Regional Library
7584 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 2204
Come pick from 15,000+ books, 2,000+ DVDs/CDs/audio books, and an entire roomful of Children’s books and media.
Mad River Theater Works: “Freedom Flight”
Saturday, March 4
4:00pm 5:30pm
The Alden Theatre
1234 Ingleside Ave.
McLean, VA 22101
The mission of Mad River Theater Works is to create and perform inspiring original plays with music that uplift characters from the past, challenging racism, sexism and intolerance. “Freedom Flight” is a one-act play with music by Mad River that revolves around Ohio’s most famous incident in the history of the Underground Railroad: the story of Addison White, an escaped slave, and his rescue by the citizens of the town of Mechanicsburg, Ohio. “Freedom Flight” brings history to life through original songs and an array of characters that pop right out of the past to recreate the turbulence and hope of the Underground Railroad..
Trio Sefardi: Songs of Love & Loss, Heartbreak & Hope/Women in Sephardic Song
Sunday, March 5
3:00pm
the CenterStage
2310 Colts Neck Rd.
Reston, VA 20191
In honor of Women’s History Month, musicians Howard Bass, Tina Chancey and Susan Gaeta perform a collection of beautiful Sephardic music drawn from the rich heritage of Turkish, Balkan, Middle Eastern and North African traditions. Washington Post music critic Anne Midgette praised a performance of the trio at the Kennedy Center as “lovely and luminous.”
