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FALLS CHURCHCALENDAR LOCALEVENTS THURSDAY, MAY 13 News-Press “Spot of the Week.” Interested readers and supporters of the Falls Church NewsPress can join the staff at a restaurant in or around the City of Falls Church to celebrate the paper’s weekly publication. Learn how to become a member of the News-Press, get a chance to purchase one of the paper’s books, “The Front Page: The First Five Years: 1991 – 1996” or just get to know members of the staff better. This week the News-Press will be at Pizzeria Orso (400 S. Maple Ave., Falls Church) from 6 – 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 15 Falls Church Farmers Market. The Falls Church Farmers Market runs every Saturday, where
attendees will find fresh, local produce, meat, dairy, flowers & plants, honey, music and more. City Hall (300 Park Ave., Falls Church) 8 a.m. – noon. For more information, visit fallschurchva. gov/547/Farmers-Market-To-Go. Spring 2021 Habitat Restoration Event. Interested residents can join the City of Falls Church Habitat Restoration Team in restoring the local ecosystem in city parks. The group will be removing damaging invasive plants as well as planting natives that benefit the area’s local birds, butterflies and other pollinators. Participants will work in small groups, — while masked and socially distanced. The Habitat Restoration Team is limiting each event to 25 people, so they are asking attendees to preregister using the sign-up genius form. That can be found by going to fallschurchva.gov, clicking on the “Calendar” tab, finding this
restoration event under the “Events” section and then clicking on it. Once you’re on this item’s events page, there is a link on the right side of the page. Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). 10 a.m. – noon. For more information, contact Jeremy Edwards at jedwards@ fallschurchva.gov. ArlinGnomes Scavenger Hunt. Interested park goers can participate in a self-guided ArlinGnomes scavenger hunt, starting on April 24 and going until May 24, at Long Branch Nature Center at Glencarlyn Park. Here’s how to play: Find all ten gnomes along the trail; scan the QR code next to each gnome to earn a letter and learn fun facts about the element of nature each gnome protects; at the end of your journey put all of the letters together to form a password and then enter the password to become a Guardian of ArlinGnome. If
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any participants don’t have a phone, pamphlets will be located at the entrance of the park as a low-tech way to participate. Long Branch Nature Center at Glencarlyn Park (625 S. Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington).
SUNDAY, MAY 16 Birding in the Field for Beginners. Interested participants can join an Arlington Parks naturalist as the group goes into the field to learn how to identify birds using sight and sound while observing them in their natural habitat. The participants will also learn how to use the app called Merlin, which takes uploaded photos and instantly identifies birds. Registration required for children and adults; children must be accompanied by a registered adult. To register, contact 703-228-4747. Long Branch Nature Center at Glencarlyn Park (625 S. Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington). Noon – 1:30 p.m.
VIRTUALEVENTS
MONDAY, MAY 17 City Council Work Session (online). City Council work sessions are held the first and third Monday of the month, with the exception of August and December when only one meeting is held. These meetings are open to the public and are conducted to allow Council Members to discuss upcoming legislation and policy issues; the public is not generally invited to speak. All participating members of the City Council will be present at this meeting through electronic means. All members of the public may view this electronic meeting via www.fallschurchva. gov/CouncilMeetings. The meeting may also be viewed on FCCTV (Cox 11, RCN 2, Verizon 35). Video will be available after the meeting both online and on FCCTV. 7:30 – 11 p.m.
TUESDAY, MAY 18 Community Conversation: Mainstreaming African American History in the Schools (online). Interested residents can come lis-
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