Registration to Win Prizes is Open in the Artists and Families & Kids Categories On October 17, Market Street at Reston Town Center will become a giant canvas as professional and amateur artists, families, and kids fill the pavement with a kaleidoscope of chalk creations at ChalkFest 2026, one of the community’s most colorful and […]

Music, Dance, Art and Storytelling Return to Reston Town Center The Reston Multicultural Festival celebrates 25 years of bringing people together on Saturday, September 19, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Reston Town Center. Thousands are expected to gather for a day of music, dance, art and cultural exchange. The festival began with […]

The “note-perfect” play begins performances on September 17th  Fresh off a sold-out, five-star run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Second-Best School Shooting comes to NextStop Theatre in Herndon, VA, for its U.S. premiere, performing from September 17th through October 11th. The play, written by former Chicago public school teacher Alice Stanley Jr., is a dark comedy about grief, friendship, and what […]

The Ovissi Foundation and Ovissi Boutique invite the public to the opening of States of Being, a 2026 Ovissi Foundation Awardees Exhibition featuring recent work by four Persian American artists. The exhibition opened Saturday, September 12 at Ovissi Boutique, 11932 Democracy Drive, Reston, Virginia, and will remain on view until October 5, 2026. The exhibition brings together the artistic practices […]

Paradise in Yonkers opens October 1 at Reston Art Gallery and Studios, featuring vibrant mixed-media landscape paintings inspired by memories of Untermyer Gardens Northern Virginia artist Jennifer Duncan invites visitors to experience her colorful reimagining of the architecture, sculpture, and plant life of Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers, New York, in her solo exhibition Paradise in Yonkers, on view October […]

Featured Exhibition at Reston Art Gallery and StudiosSeptember 5 – September 27, 2026 Rosemarie Forsythe’s new solo exhibition, Natural Wonders, runs from September 5 through September 27 (Saturdays 10-5pm and Sundays noon-5pm) at Reston Art Gallery & Studios at Lake Anne Plaza in Reston, Virginia.  All are welcome to the reception to meet the artist on September […]

“The Poetry of Everyday Things” opens August 1 at Reston Art Gallery and Studios, featuring layered collages inspired by the overlooked beauty of everyday life.  Mixed-media artist Julia Tova Malakoff invites viewers to see the familiar through fresh eyes in The Poetry of Everyday Things, a solo exhibition on view at Reston Art Gallery and Studios […]

NextStop Theatre proudly announces its 2026/27 Season, Reimagining Resiliency, the second season curated by Producing Artistic Director, Heather Lanza. Following the launch of the company’s “NextPhase” in 2025, which introduced new branding, expanded new work initiatives, and a world premiere production, the upcoming season continues NextStop’s investment in new voices and intimate theatrical experiences for the […]