Community Corner
Grab & Go: Events for Parents and Kids in McLean
This Week: Time on the Farm; A Funny Play; A Beautified Benefit
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You're time-pressed enough, so we're happy to do the research and find the best things to do and places to go, both locally and within reasonable striking distance.
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Where/When: Claude Moore Colonial Farm, Thursdays throughout the Spring and Summer—next on Thursday, April 28, from 10 am - 12pm.
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Why Go: Where else could your child learn how to pound corn, card wool, spin thread and dip candles? Claude Moore volunteers and staff—all dressed in period costume, naturally—will run activity stations on the farm grounds, giving your kids fun and priceless insight into life on an 18th-century farm. Maybe they’ll stop taking their iPods for granted after its all said and done.
Pricing: $5.00 per individual, which includes the $2.00 general admission fee. Members are $3.00, and under age 3 are free.
Ages: Appropriate for ages 4 and older
Where/When: Alden Theatre, April 29 through May 14; Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sunday Matinees at 3pm.
Why Go: The McLean Community Players—an always lively bunch—are staging this comedic play, based on the autobiographical book by Frank Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. Audience will love the amusing anecdotes and antics centered around the large Gilbreth family.
Pricing: $15 for adults, $13 for Seniors, Students, and McLean Residents; $10 for groups of 10 or more.
Ages: All welcome.
Where/When: Reflections Of You Salon/Spa in Fairfax, Sunday, May 1 from 4 pm – 7 pm.
Why Go: ROF Salon is raising money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life this Sunday. It’s a perfect way for moms and daughters to be pampered while supporting a good cause. ROF will have a meet and greet with the Baltimore Blast Cheerleaders, a hair fashion show, complimentary food and beverages, and a raffle filled with goodies.
Pricing: Ticket prices start at $10.
Ages: All welcome.
