By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun When you live in an area as rich in history as Northern Virginia is, you have ample opportunities to relive moments of days gone past. NOVA (and areas nearby) is home to several Civil War and Revolutionary reenactments, as well as many other living history events throughout the year. Now you can add a different one to the list: the viking festival returns! The Manassas Viking Festival, coming May 11, Continue Reading...
Experience Europe at DC’s EU Open House Day
May is a great time to travel the world without leaving home. How? Because those of us in the DC area can take advantage of great back-to-back international events! Last weekend was the “Around the World Embassy Tour,” when more than 50 embassies in Washington, DC, held a free open house on the same day. This Saturday, a similar event takes placed, focused on the countries of Europe. Saturday, May 11, is the European Union (EU) Open House Continue Reading...
See the world at embassy open house day!
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Living so close to the nation's capital has some distinct advantages, one of them being the ability to meet people truly from all over the world. And there is no better time to do this than during the annual "Around the World Embassy Tour" (AWET). This festival, which happens each spring, is open to the public, highly educational and fun, and completely free. AWET happens this year on Saturday, May 4, Continue Reading...
Fairfax County hosts free kids’ fishing day
Fishing is a great family activity, and kids are never too young to learn the basics. If you want to introduce our kids to the sport, or just spend a fun spring family day together, plan to spend part of April 6, 2018, in Chantilly, Virginia. On that Saturday, Fairfax County is hosting a free fishing day at Flatlick Stream Valley Park (near Walney Park), 9 am to 1 pm. Event organizers will stock the stream with rainbow trout. There will Continue Reading...
Family friendly St. Patrick’s Day events in Northern Virginia
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com St. Patrick's Day (Lá Fhéile Pádraig) is coming up March 17! The day, a national holiday in Ireland, is celebrated unofficially in the United States as well with parades and other big community celebrations, including some close to us in Alexandria, Manassas, and Washington, DC. While you may be spending the day celebrating a meal with corned beef and cabbage, Irish soda bread, and maybe even some green Continue Reading...
Celebrate Mardi Gras at the Wharf
Let the good times roll! We may not be down in "the Big Easy," but you still can get a taste of Mardi Gras in the metro Washington, DC, area! Mardi Gras (French for "Fat Tuesday") is a holiday that's part of the carnival festivities that start after the Christian celebrations of the Epiphany (Three Kings Day) and end on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, when Lent season begins. For many people, the carnival season is a time to let Continue Reading...
nZone hosting free Celebrate Calm parenting workshop
Parenting, as you know, is not for the faint of heart. Despite it being one of the most (if not THE most) rewarding things you can experience, it sure comes with its challenges. For all the loving moments, fun times, exciting adventures, and wonderful surprises, there's also the hard part. One area that many parents struggle with it discipline. How can you best provide important lessons and raise a child properly but do so in a loving way that Continue Reading...
Dr. King celebrations, volunteering, and family fun on MLK Day
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. Day is coming up on Monday, January 21, 2019. It's a federal holiday and day off from school for many kids, so some local families will find themselves with a bonus day to spend together! What started as a day to pay tribute to an iconic American often now serves as good opportunity for volunteering, with some businesses and organizations using the holiday as a "day on, not Continue Reading...
The year of the pig: Lunar New Year is coming up!
Celebrations of the new year aren't over when the January 1st has come and gone. For some people around the world, the traditional new year won't happen for another few weeks: Lunar New Year (sometimes called Chinese New Year) is coming up soon! This year (4717 in the Chinese lunar calendar) is the “Year of the Pig” (or sometimes called The Year of the Boar) and it begins on February 5, 2019. With a sizable Asian population in the Northern Continue Reading...
U.S. states that offer free skiing for kids
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Ready to take your son or daughter to the slopes? Children who enjoy skiing, are just starting out, or want to learn to ski can take advantage of programs across the country designed to get them on the slopes -- for free. Many ski resorts throughout the United States participate in state ski association programs offer free skiing for kids. These programs are designed to get children outside to enjoy active Continue Reading...
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