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FALLS CHURCHCALENDAR COMMUNITYEVENTS THURSDAY, APRIL 25 High School Book Club. April Book: “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi. Book Club for teens in grades 9th-12th. Limited copies of the book are available to borrow from the Youth Services Desk. Registration required. Mary Riley Styles Library (120 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church). 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. 703-248-5034.
SATURDAY, APRIL 27 Farmers Market. The award-winning, year-round market is filled with fresh, local produce, meat, dairy, flowers & plants, honey, music and much more. City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church). 8 a.m. – noon. 703-248-5034. Habitat Restoration & City Nature
Challenge: Isaac Crossman Park. Volunteer to help remove invasive plants and install native plants (10 a.m. – noon) or participate in the City Nature Challenge, cataloging plants, birds, insects and more (noon - 2 p.m.). Tools, gloves, water and snacks will be provided. No need to register unless your group is 5 or more people. This is appropriate for children, but direct parental supervision is required. For the Nature Challenge, attendees can observe and catalogue as many species of plants, birds, insects, fungi, lichens and more as possible. Isaac Crossman Park (535 N. Van Buren St., Falls Church). 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. 570-238-5178.
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Meeting of the Social Justice Committee Working Group. Will meet at the Falls Church Presbyterian Church Library — main entrance faces back parking lot. (225 E. Broad St., Falls Church)
Community Forum on Hate and Bigotry. Residents can join members of the Fairfax community for full panel and discussion about how an interfaith community can react and proactively plan for acts
Arbor Day Celebration & Neighborhood Tree Planting. Interested residents can join their neighbors to plant new street trees throughout the City of Falls Church. The Arbor Day Celebration will take place immediately before planting begins. Mary Riley Styles Library (236 Irving St., Falls Church). 1 – 3 p.m. 703-248-5034.
SUNDAY, APRIL 28 Falls Church Home & Garden Tour. The Home & Garden Tour highlights locations within the “Little City.” 1 – 5 p.m. fcedf.org.
of hate and bigotry and explore the role of faith communities in getting at the deeper sources of the animosity that lead to such heinous incidents. Register at actionnetwork.org/events/community-interfaith-forum-on-hateand-bigotry?source=direct_link&. Temple Rodef Shalom (2100 N. Westmoreland St., Falls Church) 4 – 6 p.m.
MONDAY, APRIL 29 Town Hall: West Falls Church Project and High School Project. City and school officials will make a presentation and answer questions on the West Falls Church Economic Development project and George Mason High School project. This event will be recorded by FCCTV and posted on the City’s website. Senior Center @ Community Center (223 Little Falls St., Falls Church). 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. 703-248-5014 (TTY 711).
THEATER&ARTS
FRIDAY, APRIL 26 “Grand Hotel.” It is 1928 and Berlin is at the center of a razzledazzle world between two wars. At the bustling Grand Hotel a series of eclectic guests and staff including a fading ballerina, a destitute baron, a wannabe-starlet typist, and an ailing bookkeeper collide in a non-stop musical toast to the high life. Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer reunites the team behind “A Little Night Music” for this musical. Signature Theatre (420 Campbell Ave., Arlington). $87. 8 p.m. sigtheatre.com.
SATURDAY, APRIL 27 “Ghost-Writer.” In this haunting love story, novelist Franklin Woolsey dies mid-sentence — but his secretary, Myra, continues to take dictation. Attacked by the skeptical press and Woolsey’s jealous widow, Myra sets out to prove she’s more than just an artful forger. Is she trying to steal Woolsey’s legacy now that she cannot have his love, or might
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