Since you can only entertain your kids indoors for so long in the summer to avoid the endless cycle of sunscreen, bug spray and sweatiness, make it count – get to Wolf Trap for its Children’s Theatre-in-the-Woods season for a bargain show and great outdoor arts experience. Here in Vienna, we’re home to the nation’s only national … Continue reading
Today I did something fun – I went to Ladybug’s preschool and shared two musical instruments with her and her friends. Another mom volunteer leads weekly music classes with the kids, and has been leading a Carnival of the Animals unit recently (bringing back memories of my own piano teacher sharing with me this famous, … Continue reading
With 10 years of piano lessons under my belt, I maintain an allegiance to music and art in my parenting approach. While it has been an achingly long time since I studied Brahms or Beethoven myself, I manage to hammer out some remnants of classical music for my daughter or play her some Billy Joel … Continue reading
So Very Vienna is proud to announce that local arts venues want to share their wonderful children and family programming with my blog readers. I’m happy to promote opportunities for kids and adults to explore the arts together. There are two great upcoming shows happening in the Vienna and DC Metro area—and two different ticket … Continue reading
Thanks to all the people who entered So Very Vienna’s contest to give away two tickets and a CD for this past weekend’s Alastair Moock show at Jammin Java. The show was fun: a few dozen kids, a guitar and banjo, and parents downing cups of coffee has the makings of a good time. For … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving! Don’t forget to enter for a chance to win two free tickets to a family music show at Jammin Java by Alastair Moock AND his latest CD, These Are My Friends. Read more about Alastair in my most recent blog post, and leave your comment there to enter the contest. The winner will … Continue reading
My 20-month-old Bug is really into music – particularly dancing around to tunes – so I am constantly on the lookout for music that I not only tolerate but enjoy, as I hit the replay button again and again. I just learned about Alastair Moock, who’s music fits nicely into the genre of interesting and fun songs … Continue reading
For nearly a month I’ve been jamming in my car to the tunes of the wonderful children’s group, The Laurie Berkner Band. You know you’re a parent when kids music CDs overrun your own in your car. But thankfully, Laurie’s music is silly, smart and musical. We saw her band at the incredible Life Is Good Music Festival, … Continue reading
This is my 101st post! Yes, usually people benchmark nice, round numbers like 100. But I looked too quickly at the data on my blog site and thought this post – right here – was number 100. It’s really just a metaphor for life with a kid: you have to take things as they come, … Continue reading
(Check out my Viva Tysons Magazine article on Education Programs at Wolf Trap, in the current July/August issue!) It’s hard to live in Vienna and not know about the tremendous cultural resource that is the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, nestled near the Dulles Road toward Tysons. I first went to Wolf Trap … Continue reading
