Restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day

It will be a cloudy day on November 27 at 43F. Relax and make your celebration enjoyable. Restaurants in DC are widely open to entertain all the guests. In lieu of roasting turkey, dine in Nectar-wine lounge, Georgia Browns, Blue Duck Taverns, 701 Restaurant, Charlie Palmer Steak, cruise in the Spirit of Washington and other fine restaurants in the Lorton area.

Have a blessed Thanksgiving celebration!!!

Zoolights at National Zoo in DC

A 163-acre zoological park, National Zoo in Washington, D.C., is set within the Rock Creek National Park. Fill your holiday season with 400 different species of animals. Have fun with light scriptures that mimic the form of your favorite animals. There will be live entertainment and fun activities like puppet shows and carving demonstrations.
This event will start on Nov. 26 – Dec. 30,2008.

For more details visit their official website: nationalzoo.si.edu.

Occoquan Merchant’s Guild Holiday Open House

Great celebration will occur at the Town of Occoquan on November 21. Open house of Occoquan Merchant’s Guild includes drawing of gift certificate, an evening of shopping, refreshments, and specials in Historic Occoquan. This event will be highlighted with HOLIDAY TREE lighting ceremony at 8 p.m.

Upcoming Events at Lorton Workhouse Arts Center

Lorton Workhouse Arts Center will hold their 2nd Annual Small Works Exhibition. This occasion will give everybody an opportunity to witness and purchase a wide selection of small works for collection and for gift-giving. The said event will be shown on the second floor of Gallery W-16 from Nov. 26-Jan.4.

Start your Holiday Celebration at Workhouse Arts Center on November 29 with free demonstrations and workshops. There will be whole day activities in the Workhouse’s Kid Zone; additionally, glass art workshops and youth acting workshop are part of the event too. People wandering while watching art in studios can simultaneously enjoy the music from strolling musicians and have light refreshments. At 4:30, tenor singer, Troy Winemiller and Karen Knight, actress and singer, will hold their holiday concert on the Quad. And the most awaited event of the day is the TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY at 5:00 PM.

For more details, visit their website www.lortonarts.org

November Events at George Mason University

College of Visual and Performing Arts at George Mason University will have great performances to explore and strengthen the work of art and visual technology, dance, music, and theater.Witness these great events performed by different artists.
The following are the remaining events for the month:
11/ 16 University Vocal Jazz concert
11/ 20 GMU Players-Pillowman and AVT Visual Voices speaker Series:Lynell Burma
11/21 Jazz for Justice Concert
11/22 Fairfax symphony Orchestra
11/23 Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman, GMU Various Chamber Ensembles and GMU Saxophone Ensemble
11/29 Chanticleer-A Chanticleer Christmas

For additional details, visit their website at www.gmu.edu and
if you need a comfortable hotel to stay which is less than 13 miles away from the site, make reservation at Comfort Inn Gunston corner tel. no. 703-643-3100.

Veterans Day Ceremony at Arlington Cemetery

Each year on Veterans Day, the Veterans Day National Ceremony is held at Arlington National Cemetery. Beginning at 11 a.m., a wreath is placed at the Tomb of the Unknowns, followed by a ceremony in the Memorial Amphitheater, ending at around noon. This annual free ceremony is one of only three yearly special events open to the public at Arlington National Cemetery.
Veterans Day, always observed on November 11th, falls on a Tuesday in 2008. The gates will open to the public at 8 a.m. and visitors arriving by car may park in the lot next to Arlington National Cemetery Visitors Center. For visitors arriving by Metro, the Visitors Center is about a quarter mile walk from the Arlington National Cemetery stop on the Blue Line. Free shuttle buses will provide transportation between the Visitors Center and the Memorial Amphitheater from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. Seating in the Amphitheater is limited and first come - first served, so it is advisable to plan to arrive early.

Traditionally, a prelude concert begins at about 10:30 a.m. before the ceremony. For additional information, visit the Arlington National Cemetery Web Site.