6: COURTESY SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM; 7: COURTESY WOODLAWN MANOR CULTURAL PARK; 8: PROSTOCK-STUDIO/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS; 9: COURTESY IMAGINATIONSTAGE.ORG
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FEB. 19
AIR AND SPACE ADVENTURES VIRTUAL GAME
Stay safe with virtual games from the Smithsonian National Air and Space
Museum. Complete missions, activities and photo challenges with friends
and family and earn points by downloading the GooseChase app. You’ll have
a three-hour block from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. to submit activities.

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FEB. 25
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FEB. 19
BLACK HISTORY MONTH FAMILY DAY
Families can drop in at the visitor center at Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park
in Sandy Spring, Maryland, to pick up take-home activities for children ages
5-12 and trail maps for a self-guided walk through the Underground Railroad
Experience Trail. Learn with your children during Black History Month.

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FEB. 26-28
Don’t forget your true Valentine this
month. Spend some quality time with mom, dad or a favorite adult at the
McLean Community Center on Friday evening. All ages will enjoy the light
refreshments, DJ, photo booth and craft at this soiree.

Tickets start at $20; register in advance. mcleancenter.org
FEB. 27-28
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the Graffiti Fairy to help him teach his creation how to be a real boy. Dates
through April 9 in Bethesda. Best suited for ages 5-11.

Tickets start at $28.

imaginationstage.org Learn drawing, comic-making and storytelling techniques from
professional cartoonists Caitlin Gumb (Waistcoat Stories apparel) and
Jenna Ayoub (local illustrator for Adventure Time, The Regular Show) in
this new workshop at The Clay and Metal Loft in
Leesburg, Virginia, for ages 10-15.

Tickets are $50.

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