🌱 How a Fair Oaks boxing gym helped one professor fight back
Fair Oaks, Virginia Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Fair Oaks! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Fair Oaks boxing gym helped one professor fight back
Also on today's calendar: Susannah and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: When is a car not a car? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 98 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: An afternoon t-storm or two, temps: high: 94, low: 71.
- Monday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 85 and low of 70 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Boxing in metaphors (fairfaxtimes.com) — A George Mason University English professor traces how boxing at a UFC gym in Fair Oaks helped her channel grief over her mother’s cancer into strength and focus. Now, at 52, she’s training for a charity bout that uses boxing as a powerful metaphor for the fight against cancer. 
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★ Featured events ★
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Susannah →
Shakespeare Opera Theatre,
7:30 pm
Friday July 10
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Other local events
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Flare: Finding a Sense of Place in the Chronically Ill Body Art
De Laski Performing Arts Off Campus Location
11:00 am -
Faculty Recital: Mason Summer Piano Academy
De Laski Performing Arts 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
4:30 pm -
Flare: Finding a Sense of Place in the Chronically Ill Body Art
De Laski Performing Arts Off Campus Location
11:00 am -
Dr. Yukiko Fujimura in Concert
De Laski Performing Arts 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
4:30 pm -
Flare: Finding a Sense of Place in the Chronically Ill Body Art
De Laski Performing Arts Off Campus Location
11:00 am -
Dr. Linda Monson and Dr. Anna Balakerskai in Concert
De Laski Performing Arts 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
4:30 pm -
Flare: Finding a Sense of Place in the Chronically Ill Body Art
De Laski Performing Arts Off Campus Location
11:00 am -
Brian Ganz in Concert
De Laski Performing Arts 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
4:30 pm -
Purcellville Wine and Food Festival →
Fireman's Field Complex, 250 S. Nursery Ave., Purcellville, VA, 20132
2:00 pm
Sunday July 5
Monday July 6
Tuesday July 7
Wednesday July 8
Thursday July 9
Saturday July 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Flare: Finding a Sense of Place in the Chronically Ill Body Art
De Laski Performing Arts Off Campus Location
11:00 am -
Richard Walton: Live Solo Acoustic in Chantilly VA →
Mellow Mushroom Chantilly, 14335 Newbrook Dr, Chantilly
6:00 pm -
Class of 2027 Senior Photos (Session A)
Robinson Secondary School Robinson Secondary
8:00 am -
Free! The Really Big Dinosaur Show @ Oakton Library →
Oakton Library, 10304 Lynnhaven Pl, Oakton
11:00 am
Saturday July 4
Monday July 6
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🗞 Nearby News
George Mason
- ‘The Complex Legacy of George Mason' explores ideals, contradictions (fairfaxtimes.com)
- Fairfax Cancels Evening On The Ellipse Concert As Heat Plan Remains In Effect (patch.com)
- Venezuela death toll climbs as rescuers search quake rubble (prismnews.com)
Reston
- 2026 July 4 Fireworks Guide For Reston (patch.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: When it is turning into a driveway! (Thank you Dana J. for sending it in!)
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