Artist Meetups For Over 60S

Fountain Pen & Stationery Hangout 🖋️

Let’s meet again to share the joy of fountain pens with each other! Bring your spare inks to swap samples, if you enjoy that sort of thing. Journaling and art is welcome as well. See you there!

Chinese Fortune Cookie Day

Let’s celebrate fortune cookie day with a delicious dinner at China Jade. Fortune Cookie Trivia Fortune cookies are not a creation of China. They were first made in California. It is believed they were created by Japanese immigrants to America in the late 1800s or early 1900s. Fortune cookies evolved from Japanese cookies. There are only four ingredients: flour, sugar, vanilla, and oil. It is estimated that over 4 million fortune cookies are made each day. Fortune cookies give positive, optimistic fortunes. People would not want them if they were pessimistic or foretold bad news. Fortune cookies get their shape after baking. Immediately and quickly after removing them from the oven, they are folded into a curved shape and a fortune is inserted while the cookie is still pliable. Wonton Food Company is the largest manufacturer of fortune cookies. They have an inventory of 15,000 fortunes. It is somewhat of a tradition for friends to read the fortune out loud and add the words “in Bed” at the end of the fortune. The resulting statement is often hilarious. The fortune cookie-making machine was invented in 1964. Before this, they were made by hand. Most fortune cookie manufacturers put lucky lottery numbers on the back of each fortune. And, the numbers have produced winners.

Live Music (MBS) @ Lost Rhino

David Cole and Main Street Blues at Brookside Gardens

### David B. Cole is a guitarist, entertainer, and songwriter. Influenced by artists like Curtis Mayfield and James Brown, he has played with notable artists such as Roberta Flack, Archie Bell, and Percy Sledge. He has also toured with acts such as The Delphonics and Little Royal. Cole holds a degree in Music Education and co-founded the group Main Street Blues. Bring a chair

The Arts of Life with Nancy Burbridge - Design the Life You Imagine

Learn how to draw, paint, and explore the beauty within, cultivating the best version of yourself in a serene and supportive environment. **You're Invited to 'Arts of Life'.** Join us every month at the Meditation Museum Virginia for creativity, relaxation, and self-discovery. In this interactive session, you will learn how to draw, paint, and explore the beauty within, cultivating the best version of yourself in a serene and supportive environment. Come experience the magic of art and meditation as tools for self-expression and inner growth. All materials are provided, and no prior experience is necessary. Just bring your curiosity and a willingness to explore! We can't wait to see you there! **In Person at the Meditation Museum - Virginia** **FREE EVENT - Registration Required** *Support the Brahma Kumaris Meditation Museum with your tax deductible contribution.* **Held at Brahma Kumaris Meditation Museum - Virginia** **14020 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 200 , Second Floor Chantilly, VA**

Dueling Pianos

Get ready for a high-energy night of music, laughs, and sing-alongs at **Comus Beer Garden**! Join us for a lively **Dueling Pianos Show** featuring two talented performers battling it out on the keys with crowd favorites, requests, and plenty of audience participation. Grab a drink, bring your friends, and come ready to sing, clap, cheer, and make it a night to remember! There is plenty to order from the beer garden menu.

Beginner Zentangle Class

To sign up, visit our calendar: https://www.wellnessloudoun.org/event-details-registration/back-to-school-mind-reset-beginners-zentangle-r-class-2 Back-to-School Reset. Take a well-deserved pause as school begins and make something beautiful. In this relaxing, beginner-friendly class, Certified Zentangle Teacher Kerstin Becker of ArtCafe Studios will guide you step by step as you create a charming Zentangle art piece using the Zentangle Method®. Simple patterns will quiet the mind and spark your creativity. No art skills needed. Kerstin Becker is a Transformational Arts Coach, fine-art photographer, and Certified Zentangle Teacher in Ashburn, VA. Through [ArtCafe Studios](https://artcafephotography.com/), she integrates mindful art (Zentangle®, Neurographic Art, and more), gentle breathwork, and soothing sound meditation into experiences that support gentle healing, restore calm, spark clarity, and build confidence. No art experience is needed, just a willingness to let go for a moment. Kerstin has master-level training in sound-based relaxation (Master Sound Healer) and brings an empathetic, heart-centered approach to everything she does.

Paint, Relax, Connect! ( Reston)

Reston Musical Get-Together Jam

Friendly get-togethers to play music, sing, drum, and learn. Musicians, singers, professionals, amateurs, beginners, all musical levels and all kinds of instruments welcome. We have informal/casual gatherings where you can enjoy playing music and singing with other members, can meet friendly people, and get inspired by others. Every meeting is adifferent combination! All musical levels, including beginners, are welcome, so long as you enjoy it! Bring extra instruments if you have them. Please come with 2 or 3 songs in mind that you would like to learn or play. Do not use the front door. Enter through the gate to the left rear of the house and the basement.

Roggenart - Reston

Come join us at this European bakery and cafe in Reston for good conversation and a relaxing start to your Saturday. Roggenart has a nice assortment of sweet and savory pastries and breakfast sandwiches. Free parking in the lot or garage.

Rupert Wates - London Roots to American Music

Meaningful Conversation and Coffee. At Caffe Amouri in Vienna

Join us for conversations that go beyond small talk, diving into topics like the shifting nature of spirituality, the challenges and joys of midlife transitions, the impact of culture and capitalism, and the search for meaning in art, travel, and daily life. Our gatherings are about genuine, thought-provoking dialogue, with no set leader or strict agenda—just an open space to share ideas, perspectives, and experiences that matter to us. The direction of the discussion is shaped by everyone who shows up, making each event unique and enriching. Come ready to share, reflect, and connect with others who are also seeking deeper conversations. Let the conversation flow from topic to topic. Optional questions are listed below.

Optional Questions: Life Stages & Transitions

1. What did you think you'd have figured out by now that you're still completely winging?
2. When did you realize your parents' advice was for a world that no longer exists?
3. What are you finally old enough to stop pretending to care about?

Optional Questions: Identity After the Roles

4. Who are you when nobody needs anything from you?
5. What dream keeps resurfacing even though the "practical" time has passed?
6. How do you handle having the freedom you always said you wanted?

Optional Questions: AI & Being Human

7. What human experiences will AI never truly understand?
8. If machines handled all your have-to's, what would you actually do?
9. What becomes more precious as everything becomes automated?

Optional Questions: Belief & Meaning

10. What certainties have you given up, and what rushed in to fill that space?
11. How has knowing someone who died changed how you live?
12. What do you believe now that would shock your younger self?

Optional Questions: The Modern Psyche

13. What anxiety do you carry that previous generations didn't have?
14. Which of your survival strategies are you ready to retire?
15. What uncomfortable truth about happiness did it take you years to accept?

Optional Questions: Work & Purpose

16. When did you stop believing that your job would complete you?
17. What would you do for work if money and status weren't factors?
18. How has your definition of "making it" changed over the years?

Optional Questions: Relationships & Connection

19. What relationship dynamic do you keep recreating, and why?
20. When did you realize your parents were just people trying their best?
21. What kind of loneliness doesn't go away even when you're with others?

Optional Questions: Time & Mortality

22. What are you running out of time to say or do?
23. How differently do you spend your time knowing it's finite?
24. What will you regret not trying, even if you fail?

Optional Questions: Society & Culture

25. What social convention do you follow even though it makes no sense?
26. Which generation do you understand least, and what might you be missing?
27. What aspect of how we live now will seem insane in 20 years?

Optional Questions: Personal Philosophy

28. What rule for life did you create after learning something the hard way?
29. When did you stop believing that everyone else had it figured out
30. What paradox about life have you learned to live with?