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September 16, 2005
Weekend Watch
This weekend is the big, big, big International Children's Festival at Wolf Trap in NoVa. Saturday starting at 10 a.m. you can enjoy children's performers (and children performing) from all over the world, in addition to special activities and plenty of food.
And if you have a little critter who's into little critters, consider BugFest 2005 at the National Museum of Natural History on the Mall. Events take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is a hands-on learning experience for kids of all ages. Smithsonian scientists will be on hand and kids can use microscopes, learn about habitat, learn about preparing insect collections. Plenty of exhibits and even a few surprise performances. That's all fine and good, but my favorite is the Hissing Cockroach Race.
On Sunday the 18th, check out the Fiesta Musical at the National Zoo. Admission is free, and it runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The annual event celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with Hispanic and Latino music, costumed dancers, food, and crafts.
Coming up next Wednesday, September 21, an ICAN of Northern Virginia meeting at 7 p.m., Tyson's Pimmit Regional Library, 7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. The event is free and open to the public. (This event repeats on the third Wednesday of every month, same time and place unless otherwise announced.) The International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc. (ICAN) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through education, providing support for cesarean recovery, and promoting vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). For more info., contact ICAN of Northern Virginia by email at info@icanofnova.org or by phone at 703.444.3093.
Posted by Sarah at September 16, 2005 8:00 PM.
