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All Night Grad is Less Than 2 Weeks Away The All-Night Grad Celebration is on Wednesday, June 2, from 7 – 11 p.m. — just under two weeks away — for all the graduating seniors. The party is outdoors this year on the patio at the State Theatre (220 N. Washington St. Falls Church) and Clare & Don’s Beach Shack (130 N. Washington, Falls Church). ANGC will provide a safe, fun event with games, refreshments, live entertainment and prizes. Senior parents should make sure they sign up their senior student for the celebration. All Falls
Church City Public School parents are asked to consider donating or volunteering to make this night a success for the Class of 2021. Links to register, donate and volunteer are available on Mason’s All Night Grad website — georgemasonhighptsa.org/all-night-gradinformation.html.
No Contact Food Drive at F.C. Episcopal on Saturday The Falls Church Episcopal (115 E. Fairfax St., Falls Church) is holding a contactless food drive on Saturday, May 22 from 9 a.m. – noon. Donors should use the
church’s E. Broad Street entrance to make their drop offs. For more information, contact John Wunderlich at jwunderlich@ thefallschurch.org.
Mason Senior & Figure Skater Receives Honors The United States Figure Skating Association recognized Jillian Kendrick as a 2021 Graduating Seniors Award recipient, Gold Distinction. Kendrick began figure skating at the age of 5, and has been active in the sport through high school. Her skating experience has given
her the opportunity to compete at various levels. After taking some time off to play ice hockey, she passed her “Moves in the Field” test — Senior Level as a high school freshman. Kendrick is a member of the Washington Figure Skating Club. She volunteers as a mentor with NOVA Cool Cats Special Hockey, and she also teaches ice skating to beginner figure skaters and hockey players. Kendrick will graduate with the George Mason High School Class of 2021, and has plans to continue her studies at Indiana University – Bloomington in the fall.
Creative Cauldron’s Youth Troupe Performs at Cherry Hill Creative Cauldron will showcase its newest production, “Tales from the Brothers Grimm: Original Movie Musical in the Park” at Cherry Hill Park (312 Park Ave., Falls Church) on Saturday, May 22 at 7:45 p.m. The Brothers Grimm has come to life as a movie musical, complete with professional special effects and a score. Filmed outdoors and socially distanced, and crafted along with the cast of nine students and two professionals, this is a musi-
DAR AL-HIJRAH ISLAMIC CENTER held a picnic at Bluemont Park over the weekend to celebrate Eid, the holiday that signals the end of Ramadan. Hundreds of the mosque’s congregants turned out to take in some good eats while younger parishioners got to enjoy some inflatable rides. (Photos: Facebook.com/hijrahva)
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