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Thursday, Nov. 6 - Ice Skating Pavilion Grand Opening Celebration. Skating exhibitions 7-8 p.m. Free ice skating 8-10 p.m. Reston Town Center Ice Skating Pavilion. With champion skater Tommy Steenberg and national/world competitive skaters from Fredericksburg Ice Park and Fairfax Ice Rink. Skating hot line, 703-709-6300; e-mail skating@restontowncenter.com.Friday, Nov. 7
Swing dance. 9-11 p.m. Clarendon Ballroom, 3185 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. Chris Watling's Band of Renegades. Swing dance champs Tom Koerner, Debra Sternberg. www.gottaswing.com, 703-359-9882.
Caregiver Seminar and Resource Fair. 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Springfield Golf and Country Club, 8301 Old Keene Mill Road. Suzanne Geffen Mintz, president/co-founder of National Family Caregivers Association, author of "A Family Caregiver Speaks Up: It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard." Includes snack, buffet lunch. $10. Registration required. www.fairfaxcounty.gov/aaa, 703-324-5631, TTY 703-449-1186.
Saturday, Nov. 8
McLean Antiques Show and Sale. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave. Dealers offering American, English, European antiques, decorative accessories, furniture, folk art, porcelain, silver, paintings, prints, linens. On-site glass repair available. Appraisals Sunday only. Admission $7, good for both days. Benefits James C. Macdonald Arts Scholarship Fund. Food by La Madeleine French Bakery and Restaurant. www.mcleancenter.org.
Fall Color in the Glade: 1:30-3 p.m. Meet in Glade pool parking lot, 11550 Glade Drive, Reston. Hike paved path along Soapstone Drive, through underpass, approaching Walker Nature Center to Lake Audubon along Snakeden Branch. Reston Museum, 703-709-7700.
Ceili. 7:30 p.m. Green Acres Center, 4401 Sideburn Road, Fairfax. Irish dance; hosted by The O’Neill-Malcom Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann. Family-friendly; beginners dance workshop at 7 p.m. Includes both ceili and set dancing. Intermission features demonstration of traditional Irish step dancing. Admission $12 for CCE members; $15 for nonmembers. Kendra Swann, 703-490-5207; visit www.ccepotomac.org.
Mill Run Bluegrass. 7:30 p.m. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 1090 Sterling Road, Herndon. $12. 703-435-8377.
Craft Sale, Harvest Dinner. 4-7 p.m. St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 7628 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Handmade holiday crafts, gifts. Full turkey dinners $10 for adults, $5 for kids 11 and younger; includes dessert, drinks. Takeout available. No reservations. 703-893-9220.
Pottery Show, Sale. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Bowman House Arts and Crafts Center, 211 Center St., Vienna. Admission free. Vienna Parks, Recreation, 703-255-6360.
Preschool dinner and auctions. Silent auction, 6-8 p.m. Dinner, live auction 8 p.m. King of Kings Lutheran Church and Preschool, 4025 Kings Way, Fairfax. Tickets $15. 703-378-7419.
Cat, Kitten Adoption Fair. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike. Chris Haslam, 703-568-3600, info@commonwealthcats.com.
Sunday, Nov. 9
Second Sunday Program. 2 p.m. Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center, 10209 Main St. "Captain John Smith’s 1608 Trip Up the Potomac"; Charles Clark, Arlington County historian. Light refreshments. Free. 800-545-7950.
McLean Antiques Show, Sale. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. See Saturday.
Wednesday, Nov. 12
Springfield Art Guild. 7:30 p.m. Grace Presbyterian Church, 7434 Bath St., Springfield. Paul Roe, of Britishink Tattoos and Gallery. www.paulroe.com.
Interfaith Dialogue. 6-9:30 p.m. Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center, 3159 Row St., Falls Church. Dialogue on "Creation Accounts and their Contemporary Relevance." Clergy from the three Abrahamic faiths participate. Refreshments served. RSVP. 703-324-3453.
Nov. 13
The Bowmans with the Harley String Band. 7 p.m. The Athenaeum, 201 Prince St. Alexandria. Cello, guitar and fiddle performance. $10 at the door or prepay at www.nvfaa.org. 703-548-0035.
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