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USA Science and Engineering Festival returns to DC
UPDATE 3/12/20: Events cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com The USA Science & Engineering Festival, which bills itself as the largest event of its kind in the United States, kicked off in 2010. Ten years later, we've got some updates, and they are of the "good news, bad news" (and yet more good news) kind. First, the good news: the biennial two-day expo happens on the even-numbered years, which Continue Reading...
Review: Disney on Ice Celebrates Memories
By Mariana Azuero for Fairfax Family Fun Kids grow up. Sad, but true. With the upcoming ninth birthday of our oldest, we have been reminiscing the younger years. Last night we went to Disney on Ice Presents Celebrate Memories!, and it was so fitting. Throughout the entire show, every song that played my husband and I looked at each other with smiles and instantly remembered a moment in time. From Moana’s “How Far I’ll Go” to Frozen’s “Do Continue Reading...
Disney on Ice presents Celebrate Memories
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Valentine's Day is coming up and you may be making plans to celebrate with your significant other... or with your significant others, plural. Although it's still mostly a day when people celebrate romantic love, for others it's also a day to celebrate all kinds of love, including the affection they hold for family members, especially children. In a fun coincidence, every year when Disney on Ice presents its Continue Reading...
Review: Monster Jam is a loud, wild thrill for all ages
By Ole Orset, special to Fairfax Family Fun A sure sign of Monster Jam weekend in DC: the scores of families and children trekking through Chinatown with protective earmuffs. And ticket scalpers trying to sell more earplugs and hearing protection, than tickets, outside of the arena. Monster Jam is both loud and noisy. And it is served up with a side of dust and fumes. But it all blends into a true multimedia show that engages the audience, all Continue Reading...
Lunar New Year celebrations in DC and VA
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com Happy New Year! Not the one that just passed -- but the one that is coming up! Each year in Northern Virginia and the metropolitan Washington, DC, area there are several festivals to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Commonly called Chinese New Year, several countries and cultures actually celebrate the holiday. The Vietnamese community, which hosts Tet events for the Vietnamese New Year, also celebrates in Continue Reading...
Monster Jam rolls into DC with a ‘Triple Threat’ in January!
January... a time for resolutions, a fresh start, snowy days, and, for those of us in the DC area, the chance to see Monster Jam again! Each year Monster Jam rolls into the area with another exciting competition that features your favorite monster trucks (and more!) doing amazing stunts. This year's event takes place January 25-26, 2020 (three shows), at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC. This activity is fun for all ages, and we're sending one Continue Reading...
Learn about Christmas at a live nativity
For an experience that celebrates the true meaning of Christmas and teaches kids about history and other lands, consider taking your family to an area live nativity. These events (also called living nativities) enable you to "travel back in time" and see what the Christmas nativity would have looked like. Each year several Northern Virginia churches host special presentations to take you back in time to experience the story of the birth of Jesus Continue Reading...
Holiday Lights Dazzle in Northern Virginia
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Feliz Navidad! Each Christmas season, Northern Virginia and DC are all aglow with holiday lights everywhere. Beyond the neighborhood light displays are huge festivals with hundreds of thousands of bulbs. Some of these events also offer entertainment and other extras. Most of these events have an entry fee, but a few are completely free to attend and still deliver an amazing experience. At most of these Continue Reading...
Go ‘green’ with the Grinch at Christmas on the Potomac ICE!
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun How can you get the warm and fuzzies when you're in sub-freezing temperatures? If you've attended the Christmas on the Potomac ICE! show, you know that it's worth braving some cold -- and I do mean very, very cold! -- temperatures to delight in the frozen artistry it presents. Add to that the delight of your kids as they glide down ice slides, and fun photo opps with beloved characters, and you get that Continue Reading...
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