Your Update on News and Upcoming Events*

We're in tune with June. Finally, the summer months are upon us and with the lifting of pandemic restrictions, we are happy to be able to offer exciting in-person programs to our patrons.

Join us Friday night for our LGBTQ+ Pride Month: Teen Open Mic Night and on Sunday, June 13, Summer Sunday Concerts in the Park return! See details below.

New! Join Us for MCC Pride Month Activities

(Rain Date: Saturday, June 5)

McLean Community Center Plaza

(along Oak Ridge Road, across from the Dolley Madison Library)

LQBTQ+ teens, allies, and family are invited to share their uplifting words and art on our illuminated plaza!

We will have:

Come however you feel comfortable, but we encourage you to wear your favorite Pride swag! This is a great opportunity to reflect and have fun with friends and loved ones while being surrounded by the community.

McLean Community Center Plaza (along Oak Ridge Road, across from the Dolley Madison Library)

To show our support of our LGBTQ+ neighbors, the McLean Community Center will be displaying the Progress Pride flag designed by Daniel Quasar and a rainbow lighting display on the building’s plaza. We invite the entire community to come by to reflect on what LGBTQ+ Pride month means to them and take photos with the exhibition.

Take a picture with the Pride display and tag #McLeanCenterPRIDE on social, and we’ll enter you to win two tickets to Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo at The Alden. One winner will be randomly selected each week.

ZOOM Meeting ID: 864 083 24210

Password: 362336

All Governing Board meetings are open to the public. 

This meeting will be the final meeting of the 2020-2021 Board and the first meeting of 2021-2022 Board.

Tax district residents (Small District One A-Dranesville) who wish to speak during the “Citizen Comment” portion of the meeting are asked to call the Center at 703-790-0123, TTY: 711, to be placed on the agenda.

MCC is helping the American Red Cross with diverse blood donations! It is urgent for donors of all ethnicities to support patients in need.

McLean Community Center

1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean Va. 22101

The Sickle Cell Foundation of Northern Virginia and the Red Cross are recruiting people of color to register to donate blood at this special drive. Blood given to patients with rare blood types or conditions such as sickle cell disease must be matched closely with someone from the same race to avoid complications. By indicating your race when you donate, you help the Red Cross best meet the needs of patients of all backgrounds.

Join us and support the community with your lifesaving blood donation. All donors will receive a Red Cross T-shirt and a $10 Amazon Gift Card via email.

For an appointment, click here or visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor word: HEARTOFGOLD, or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) Eligibility Questions: Call 1-866-236-3276.

(No concert on July 4)

McLean Central Park Gazebo

1468 Dolley Madison Blvd.

Free and open to the public

Josh Lovelace (Family Friendly)

Free admission

Joyous and heartfelt Americana music for the whole family. Josh Lovelace, a member of the Grammy-nominated rock band NEEDTOBREATHE, Lovelace took his first step into the family music scene with Young Folk in 2017 after a lifelong appreciation of children’s music.

Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats (Family Friendly)

Grammy winner in 2019 for the album, “All the Sounds, ”Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats make bilingual, jazz age-inspired music for families. Frontwoman Lucy Kalantari is an award-winning artist, composer and producer who is passionate about creating children’s music that brings joy, inspires community and highlights the power of resilience.

Find out more

New York City-based JoJo & The Pinecones bring their skillful musicianship and love of jazz to the family audience. Known for their distinctive "jazzed-up pop and popped-up jazz" style as Joelle & The Pinehurst Trio, the group now shares their exceptional talent with a new audience as their all-ages friendly alter ego JoJo & The Pinecones.

It's always exciting to have our McLean Project for the Arts exhibitions reviewed in The Washington Post. Check out this review of our two current exhibitions that appeared in this past Sunday's print edition.

See these current exhibitions: Alonzo Davis' Navigating Climate Change, Extended (Atrium Gallery) and Yuriko Yamaguchi's Initium Novum: Humanity's End As A New Beginning (Emerson Gallery, featuring writer Mineke Schipper) through June 10. Both exhibitions were generously underwritten by Donna and Bruce Berlage.

Images of both exhibitions are available on the MPA website. The Atrium Gallery Exhibition (Navigating Climate Change, Extended) is available for viewing during McLean Community Center operating hours. The Emerson Gallery exhibit (Initium Novum) is open for visitors with timed passes on Thursdays from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.. Visit mpaart.org for information.

MPA is currently seeking submissions for our 15th annual MPAartfest, a one-day, in-person juried fine arts and craft show held in McLean Central Park on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. Accepted Artists will be provided one tent on Sunday, Oct. 3, as well as a virtual online profile and promotion on the MPAartfest website.

MPAartfest was recently recognized by Sunshine Artist as one of the Top 100 Fine Art and Design Shows. Artists retain 100 percent of in-park sales from MPAartfest. Additional rules and submission instructions are available here: https://tinyurl.com/mpaartfest2021. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, June 15, at midnight.

Register TODAY for MPA Summer Art Camps! — Watch this delightful video on our Summer Art Camps

It's June. Summer will be here soon, and MPA in-studio summer art camps are filling up quickly! MPA has 8 fabulous weeks of summer art camps for kids of all ages, beginning June 28. Have your kids join MPA for a summer of creativity and fun! Sessions run June 28-August 13, 2021. In-studio camps will take place at MPA’s studios and galleries in the McLean Community Center. Join us and ignite your child’s creativity! See https://mpaart.org/education/summer-art-camps/ to learn more!

Please note: The safety of our campers, staff, and community is at the forefront of our minds as we redesign our in-studio camps in this new environment. Please review our MPA Summer Camp Policies & Procedures.

MCC Weeklong Summer Camp Programs

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Six high school students have been selected as the recipients of the 2021 Math, Science, and Computer Science Achievement Awards from the McLean Area Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). For the last eight years, the McLean Area Branch has partnered with counselors at local high schools to present these achievement awards to female students finishing their junior year. The program was expanded in 2021 to include an award in computer science. The branch instituted the awards to encourage young women to pursue educational opportunities related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).

Each student received a certificate of merit and a check for $100, and the awards were funded through the branch’s fundraising efforts. The students will be invited to a branch event in the fall for recognition by branch members.

For more information on the McLean Area Branch, visit the AAUW McLean Area website at http://mclean-va.aauw.net.

Photo: Two of the recipients of the 2021 Math, Science, and Computer Science Achievement Awards from the McLean Area Branch of the American Association of University Women (from left): Alex Vasilcoiu of McLean High School and Summer Parise of Langley High School.

Friday, June 18, 2021

The McLean Community Center and the Old Firehouse Center will be closed for the Juneteenth holiday on Friday, June 18.

The centers will reopen on Saturday, June 19, at regular business hours.