EVENT
Langston Blvd. Renaming
October 2, 2021 | 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
October 2, 2021 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Join LBA this October at FREE events to celebrate the renaming of Langston Boulevard and learn about our corridor’s significant and prevalent history.
WALKING TOUR
Saturday, October 2 | 10:00-11:30 am
Join Wilma Killgo, President of the John M. Langston Civic Association, on October 2 for a Walking Tour discussing the history of racial injustice along the corridor and the community’s strategies to overcome and thrive. Meet at the Langston Brown Community Center at 10:00 am and prepare to visit multiple significant locations along the Boulevard, such as Fire Station 8.
FALL FESTIVAL
Join LBA and the Waverly Hills Civic Association at Woodstock Park for a FREE and family friendly day of festivities! The Festival will feature live music, food trucks, the R.E.A.D. book bus, and a multitude of other fun and free activities.
11:00am Family Yoga with Sun & Moon Yoga
1:00pm Children’s theatre with Synetic Theatre
12-3:00pm Plein air art, live music, and food
4:00 pm. Happy hour at Thirsty Bernie’s
Past Events
Columbia Pike Blues Festival
This year, the festival will be held in a new location: Penrose Square, part of the Penrose Square development at 2597 Columbia Pike. Even with the new spot, the Blues Festival will deliver the same energy, great music, and community spirit that people have come to love about this great festival.
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Cherrydale Farmers Market
Established in 2021, Cherrydale is the latest addition to the Field to Table family of markets. As a local, producer-only market, everyone who sells at our market grows, raises, bakes, cooks, or prepares the food themselves. And it’s all done within 125 miles of Arlington!
View Details Lubber Run Concert Series: Dogo du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band
Emerging from Lomé, Togo , Dogo du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band is a collective of top Togolese musicians led by Massama Dogo, aka Dogo du Togo, who are putting Togolese music on the map by blending psychedelic rock and afrobeat into a genre-defying sound Dogo calls the “Alagaa Beat.” Combining Togolese festive and ritual rhythms, hypnotic voodoo melodies, and lyrics that speak to a new generation of young Africans with a message that resonates globally, Dogo du Togo…
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