🥯 Bite Into Something Boozy 🥂

Plus: 🎟️ Elle Woods Sparkled in Arlington

April 28, 2025

Happy Monday!
Let's pop into the good stuff.

☕️ Rise and shine, Arlingtonians! We had so much fun this weekend, between all the festivals and celebrating Independent Bookstore Day. Now we’re rolling right into another delicious week—Clarendon’s getting even hotter (and toastier) with Buffalo & Bergen’s bagels and boozy sodas headed our way. Consider your summer cravings officially triggered.

👀 In today’s bubble:

📰 News Bites
📆 Your Week Ahead in ARL
🎷 Live Music Lineup

Your Arlington cheat sheet starts now ⬇️

📰 News Bites 
Quick local updates

 🥯 Boozy Sodas & Bagels! Award-winning mixologist Gina Chersevani brings her Buffalo & Bergen bagel-and-cocktail bar to Clarendon this summer—plus new dishes honoring her Sicilian roots.

🎟️ What, Like It’s Hard? Elle Woods Takes a Bow Legally Blonde the Musical by The Arlington Players wrapped a lively run filled with gorgeous vocals, fun choreography, and empowering performances at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre.

🚀 Arlington Entrepreneurs Shine! Amir Hudda (Qu), Matt Small (Symplicity), and Felix Lloyd (Zoobean) are finalists for the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year. Winners will be announced June 18!

🚗 Speed Limiters Coming! Judges can now order reckless drivers to install devices that cap speed, under a new law championed by Arlington Delegate Patrick Hope.

🏢 Amazon HQ2 Growth Slows. Amazon lowered its hiring forecast for Arlington’s HQ2, citing “moderate” confidence in reaching job targets as the region faces broader economic headwinds.

🏗️ A 22-story, 302-unit residential tower is planned for 4420 Fairfax Drive in Ballston, replacing a five-story office building near the future Metro entrance.

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📆  This Week in Arlington 
Weekday Happenings

Today

🎮 Video Game Social at Mason Square, Free, 5:30 - 7:30 PM 

🧘‍♀️ Gentle Yoga in the Galleries at MoCA, $10 - $20, 6:30 - 7:30 PM

🎒​School Board Candidate Forum, Virtual, Free, 7 PM

Tuesday

 🫁 ​Journey Into Breath: Breathing Exercise Session, GMU-Arlington's Van Metre Hall, Free but registration encouraged, 4:30 - 5:30 PM

💃 Bailemos! Dance with Ferocity Dance Company at Mason Square, Free, 6 - 7 PM

🇺🇲 Town Hall with Arlington Legislators and Congressman Don Beyer at Central Library, Free (register here), 6 - 7:30 PM

✍️ Teens College Essay Application Presentation at Courthouse Library, Free, 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Hump Day 🐫 

💪 FIT @ Met Park featuring Pilates by Onelife Fitness, Free, 8 - 9 AM

🍴Columbia Pike Lunch Club at Abi Azteca, 12 - 1 PM

🧘 Outdoor Yoga with Mind the Mat, at Mason Square, Free, 6 - 7 PM

🏠Home Energy Efficiency 101, Virtual, $10 suggested donation, 6 PM

🍄 Plants & Fungi Microcosms Walk, Gulf Branch Nature Center, Ages 12+, $9, 6 – 7:30 PM

🌸 ​Embroidery 101: Cherry Blossom Mini Embroidery, Detour Coffee, $55, 7 - 8:30 PM

​🎤 Keifer Thompson Comedy Show at Arlington Drafthouse, $30, 7 PM​

Thursday

🚲 Community Bike Ride & Happy Hour at Kaldi’s Social House National Landing, Free, 4:30 - 7 PM

🎶 Music by the Metro Featuring Zedicus - Clarendon Concert Series at Clarendon Metro Park, Free, 6 PM

💪 Pilates with Mind the Mat at Mason Square, Free, 6-7 PM

🧘 Gentle Yoga at Columbia Pike Library, Free, 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Friday

🌳 Turf and Trees of Arlington National Cemetery, Free, 9 - 11 AM

🚲 Bike Safety Checks at Conte's Bike Shop, Register for free time slots, 10 AM - 12 PM

💃 Zumba Power Hour at Mason Square, Free, 5:30 - 6:30 PM 

🎉 Family Night at Carver Community Center! Enjoy inflatables, open game rooms, and creative crafts, Free, 6-8 PM

🎶 Friday Night Concert Series Featuring Deanna Dove at Water Park, Free, 6 - 8:30 PM

💬 Unfiltered: Body Image, Self-Talk, and Mental Health for Teens at Arlington Mill Community Center, Free with registration for Ages 12 - 18, 6 - 7:30 PM

❤️ Singles Party at Astro Shirlington, $27, 6:30 - 8:30 PM

😂 Improv Comedy Night at UPSIDE on Moore, Free admission with registration, 6:30 - 9 PM

🎷 Live Music Lineup
Where to find your groove

📍 The Renegade
Tonight: Latin Night – Lessons at 7:30 PM, Live Band at 8:30 PM
Wednesday: Country Music Night at 8 PM
Thursday: Razed in Black at 7 PM
Friday: A Night to Forget at 9:30 PM
Saturday: Fearless Era's - Taylor Swift Tribute at 9:30 PM

📍 Westover Market & Beer Garden
Wednesday: Allstar Jazz at 6 PM
Saturday: Wilbur's Redemption at 5 PM

📍 Three Whistles
Friday: Veronneau at 8 PM
Saturday: Veronneau & Friends at 8 PM

📍 Ragtime
Friday: Secondhand Chaos Duo at 9:30 PM
Saturday: Rob Hornfeck at 9:30 PM

📍 Galaxy Hut
Sunday: Mercy Alliance at 9 PM

Know a great local music venue? Share your picks at [email protected]—we love featuring your Arlington favorites!

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Have a great day, Arlingtonians!