🌱 Patch AM: Labor Day Weekend Model Train Show at the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum and 13 more events

Greetings Fairfax Station! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Around The World Cultural Food Festival Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Oronoco Bay Park
• NVRC Board Meeting - Virtual at Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons
• August 2026 on Mason Arts Amplified at De Laski Performing Arts

... and check out 8 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Less humid with sunshine, with a high of 83 and low of 56 degrees.
• Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 82, low: 61.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 67 degrees.

📸 Around Fairfax Station

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fairfax Station

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• Around The World Cultural Food Festival Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary →
  Oronoco Bay Park, 100 Madison St, Alexandria
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Monday August 24
• NVRC Board Meeting - Virtual
  Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons 3951 Pender Dr STE 130, Fairfax, VA 22030
  7:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• August 2026 on Mason Arts Amplified
  De Laski Performing Arts Virtual Event
Friday August 28
• Back to School family Picnic
  Eagle View Elementary School Eagle View Elementary
  5:30 pm
• Ranjit Bawa Live in Concert
  De Laski Performing Arts Hylton Performing Arts Center, Merchant Hall
  8:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• August 2026 on Mason Arts Amplified
  De Laski Performing Arts Virtual Event
• Back to School Bash with Little Hands Pediatric and Virginia Hands
  Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons Hal and Berni Hanson Regional Park, 22831 Hanson Park Dr, Aldie\
  12:00 pm
• "As You Were" Exhibition Opening Reception
  De Laski Performing Arts 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
  4:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• August 2026 on Mason Arts Amplified
  De Laski Performing Arts Virtual Event
Sunday September 6
• Labor Day Weekend Model Train Show at the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum →
  Fairfax Station Railroad Museum, 11200 Fairfax Station Rd, Fairfax Station
  12:00 pm
Monday September 7
• Labor Day Weekend Model Train Show at the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum →
  Fairfax Station Railroad Museum, 11200 Fairfax Station Rd, Fairfax Station
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 24
• Boohoo/Woohoo Parent Breakfast
  Oak View Elementary School Oak View Elementary
  8:45 am
• Friends of Kings Park Board Meeting
  Kings Park Community Library Kings Park Conference Room, Kings Park Library
  3:00 pm
• Retirement Planning University - George Mason - August 24 & 25, 2026 →
  Merten Hall, 4441 George Mason Blvd University Hall, Fairfax
  6:00 pm
• NVRC Board Meeting - Virtual
  Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons 3951 Pender Dr STE 130, Fairfax, VA 22030
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

George Mason

• National Symphony Orchestra will play at 6 DC-area venues next season as Kennedy Center shuts (wxxv25.com)
• How clocks, calendars — and now-contentious time zones — came to be (theoaklandpress.com)

Fairfax

• School bus emergency? Fairfax County students have a plan to handle it (wtop.com)
• Mother of slain Virginia woman seeks to recall Fairfax County prosecutor (washingtontimes.com)
• 'Lioness' Season 3 Episode 4 Recap & Ending Explained: Did Byron Issue An Order To Kill Joe? (dmtalkies.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's "Pasturized" before you know it! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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