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Mimi’s Homemade Ice Cream, named one of the best from Northern Virginia magazine, is located at 1201 S. Joyce Street in Arlington Westpost (formerly Pentagon Row). They offer over 40 flavors of all natural ice cream as well as sherbet, sorbets, milkshakes, floats, cakes, pies and other delights.
Arlington County has announced that Fire Dept. No. 3 in Cherrydale opened today, July 26th, 2011. The public is invited to a dedication ceremony on Friday July 29th at 2PM where they will have a ceremonial uncoupling of a fire house (serving as a “ribbon-cutting”) and a community open house on Saturday, July 30th from 10-2. when visitors can tour the state-of-the-art facility, meet the firefighters and check out the equipment.
2011’s Summer Development Camp for Washington Capitals Prospects will be held July 11th-16th at the Kettler Iceplex at Ballston. All on-ice sessions, including the three intrasquad games, are free and open to the public. Capitals prospects who are under contract as well as recent Capitals draft picks who have not been signed yet will be in attendance. The camp will wrap up with a Fan Fest on Saturday, July 16, beginning at 10 AM. The Fan Fest will feature an intrasquad scrimmage as well as the team’ annual equipment sale, interactive games, autographs and public skating.
 Arlington Pediatric Center will be holding a Bollywood themed benefit on Friday July 15th, 2011 from 7-11 pm at Washington Golf and Country Club. The event will include a Bollywood Bar & Cocktail Buffet, music and dancing with DJ Lucky, a henna artist, and silent and live auction items. Tickets for the event are $125 per person.
Arlington Pediatric Center (APC) was established in 2001 with the goal of building a healthier community through providing quality medical care to thousands of Arlington children. |
Lubber Run’s 2011 summer series opens with Mary Ann Redmond on July 29th. Its a completely free way to enjoy and support the local arts.
The Summer Schedule:
Friday, July 29: Mary Ann Redmond
http://www.marb.com/
Saturday, July 30: Justin Trawick
http://www.justintrawick.com/
Friday, August 5: Origem
http://www.myspace.com/origemband
Saturday, August 6: Teen Talent and Movie Night: FAST AND FURIOUS
Friday, August 12: Margot MacDonald
http://www.margotmacdonald.com/
Saturday, August 13: Russkie Musikanti
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Russkie-Musikanti/50950946354
Friday, August 19: Texas Chainsaw Horns
http://www.texaschainsawhorns.com/
Saturday, August 20: Andrew Acosta & the New Old-Time String Band
Friday, August 26: Eric Scott
http://www.ericscottmusic.com/
Saturday, August 27: Cartoon Johnny
http://www.cartoonjohnny.com/fr_home.cfm
Friday, September 2: The Grandsons
http://grandsons.com/index.shtml
Saturday, September 3: Teen Talent and Movie Night: INCEPTION
Shirlington Branch Library will be showing free family friendly movies every Friday through the end of August at 2:00 PM and Westover Branch Library will be showing movies on select Wednesdays at 4:00 PM. Movies include recent favorites Shrek Forever After, Tangled, How to Train Your Dragon and classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and Alice in Wonderland. For the schedule, visit the Library blog site here.
