OakOak HillHill ❖❖ HerndonHerndon Inside HomeHome LifeStyleLifeLifeStyleStyle HerndonHerndon HostsHosts ClassicClassic CarsCars News,News, PagePage 33 Classifieds, Page 14 Classifieds, ❖ Swing dancers give a demonstra- tion in front of the Herndon Municipal Center Sunday, Sept. 8 during the 12th annual AARP Dulles Classic Car Show. Sports, Page 12 ❖ Entertainment, Page 8 ❖ Opinion, Page 6 Cinema and Brew Series Begins at ArtSpace Herndon News, Page 2 Saving Jobs in Hard Times News, Page 4 Photo by Alex McVeigh/The Connection online at www.connectionnewspapers.com www.ConnectionNewspapers.comSeptember 11-17, 2013 Oak Hill/Herndon Connection ❖ September 11-17, 2013 ❖ 1 News Photos by Ryan Dunn/The Connection by Ryan Photos Photo contributed Photo President of the Herndon Foundation for the Cultural Arts Harlon Reece stands by some paintings done by Jeanne Treschuk. ArtSpace Herndon Hosts Keith Oberg, head of Bikes for the World, teaches Life Scout Conor Mears how to prepare the donated Cinema and Brew Series bikes for shipping. have some good techniques including oils, pastels, Herndon Scouts Collect Gallery also opens a new mixed media and glass,” said Dorothy Donahey, a resident of Reston and volunteer with ArtSpace. art exhibit, “Menagerie.” Painter Jeanne Treschuk has brightly colored paint- Bikes for the World ings with glittering surfaces, colorful visions of air, By Ryan Dunn land and sky. Treschuk has a studio in Building 9 at On Sept. 28, donation of $10 per bike or The Connection the Lorton Workhouse. She has exhibited in many portable sewing machine to places in the Metro Area including at Art a la Carte Boy Scout help offset the cost of shipping n Friday, Sept. 6 ArtSpace Herndon hosted on Mill Street in Occoquan, Va. (it costs about $25 to ship one Oits first Art House Cinema and Brew. The Painter Mireille Molette was born in France, and Troop 159 will bike). Both the bike and the movie selected to kick off the new series now resides in Northern Virginia. Molette works in cash (or check) donation are was the cinema classic “Metropolis.” Directed by Fritz oil and pastel in a realistic/impressionistic style. have a bike tax deductible and donors will Lang, Metropolis was the first feature length movie Molette has exhibited in Northern Virginia, Mary- receive a receipt. of the science fiction movies genre. Giorgio Moroder, land and locations throughout the world. drive for Bikes The bikes are refurbished and a music producer, released a version with a Reston artist Jill Banks is an award-winning oil provided to people who need soundtrack by rock artists such as Freddie Mercury painter who exhibits extensively regionally and na- for the World. reliable transportation to and Adam Ant in 1984. Ann Rust, wife of Delegate tionally. Banks started painting in 2003, and now school, work or health care. In Tom Rust, and a board member for the Herndon teaches through the Great Falls School of Art, and addition, some people receive id you just buy a new Foundation for the Cultural Arts, welcomed every- shares a studio with 14 other artists at the Artists’ training in bike repair, provid- bike and find someone one to the event. Atelier in Great Falls. D ing them with a valuable skill to adopt your old bike “The development committee came to develop the Sculptor Jacqueline Ehle Inglefield studied at the and an opportunity to find gain- which is not in a perfect condi- idea of the movie series and they presented it to the Virginia Commonwealth University. While at VCU, ful employment. Many people tion? Do you have a child’s bike Board of Directors for the Herndon Foundation for a professor suggested she use non-traditional mate- have old bikes that are no at home that’s not fit for your the Cultural Arts. It is a fundraising event for the rials and sparked a new interest in sculpting. longer being used. They may be son or daughter? Do you have new art center,” said Harlon Reece, president of the Inglefield enjoys creating with things discarded, ex- languishing in their garages or a bike with missing parts? Put Herndon Foundation for the Cultural Arts. Sofas and perimenting with trash and non-traditional materi- basements. Instead of collecting your old bike to good use by do- chairs were set out at main gallery, and popcorn and als, to create her sculptures. Inglefield intends to be dust or ending up in a landfill, nating it to Bikes for the World. microbrews were available for purchase: 37 people at the ArtSpace Herndon again for the upcoming these bikes could literally On Sept. 28, Boy Scout Troop attended the first movie event. Paint Herndon event on Sept. 21. change someone’s life in places 159 will have a bike drive for The first Friday of the month, September through The Menagerie art exhibit will continue to be on such as the Philippines, Ghana, Bikes for the World at St. May, ArtSpace will show an important piece of film display at ArtSpace until Sunday, Sept. 29. To learn or Panama. A child could be Timothy’s Episcopal Church in history by the finest producers and directors in the more about ArtSpace Herndon, visit their webpage able to stay in school and a dis- Herndon from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. world. The next movie will be Oct. 4 with a showing at http://www.artspaceherndon.com. abled adult can get a good job. of the 1941 movie Citizen Kane, with tickets going All types of bikes are accepted This is the Eagle Scout service at a price of $20 each. children’s and adults, moun- project of Conor Mears with On Sept. 7, the ArtSpace Herndon held an artists tain, BMX, hybrid, road bikes, Troop 159. Residents in reception for the new art exhibit, “Menagerie.” The recumbents, unicycles, etc. The Herndon, Reston or nearby ar- exhibit displays the work of five local artists, focus- only things not accepted are eas can bring their bikes to St. ing on the fun nature of animals. Painters Jill Banks, kids tricycles and anything with Timothy’s Episcopal Church at Lori Goll, Mireille Molette, Jeanne Treschuk and a huge amount of rust eating 432 Van Buren St., Herndon on sculptor Jackie Ehle-Inglefield have renderings of into the frame or a rusted fro- Sept. 28. Troop 159 will be goats, cows, peacocks, horses and even a lion. Over zen gear wheel. The bikes do there from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to 90 people attended the reception. not have to be in perfect condi- help out the donation process- Painter Lori Simmerman Goll has previously had tion, just repairable. They can ing. If you have questions or are artwork on display at the ArtSpace Herndon, and be missing some parts and we unable to donate on that day, was excited to return again. “I get some of my draw- also take parts and accessories contact Conor Mears by e-mail: ing inspiration from the Frying Pan Farm Park in Artist Lori Goll by her oil painting “The like tires and helmets. Bikes for [email protected] or visit Herndon,” said Goll. Flapper,” now on display at ArtSpace the World asks for a suggested http://bikesfortheworld.org. “I think this is a very well rounded exhibit and Herndon. 2 ❖ Oak Hill/Herndon Connection ❖ September 11-17, 2013 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com News The parking lot next to the Herndon Municipal Center is filled with classic cars Sunday, Sept. 8. Herndon Hosts Classic Cars Automobiles, live music, swing dancing come to Visitors to the annual classic car show in down- town Herndon explore a variety of automobiles downtown. Sunday, Sept. 8. By Alex McVeigh The Connection by Photos owntown Herndon went back in time by Alex McVeigh D more than a half-cen- tury Sunday, Sept. 8, for the 12th annual AARP Dulles Classic Car Show. Classic cars of all types from all eras were parked /The Connection along downtown streets, and live music and dancing demonstra- tions stretched from the munici- pal center to the depot station. “I had to break it to my grand- son that the classic Chevy that looks like something out of a mu- Folk singer Mary Shapiro performs in downtown seum is the same model that was Herndon Sunday, Sept. 8. my prized possession when I was a teenager,” said Sherman Fritz of Jarmin of Reston. “I was all set to The event also featured a swing Herndon. “He looked shocked that plan our outing around this year’s dancing demonstration and a anyone could drive one of these, week one game, but we got lucky, raffle, the proceeds of which went let alone use it as their everyday the Redskins don’t play until to- to benefit the George Mason Uni- vehicle.” morrow night.” versity School of Nursing. Fritz surely wasn’t the only One of the biggest attractions of With temperatures hovering in grandparent in downtown Sunday, the day was “Vanadu,” a van that the mid-70s and the crowd for the as the event also doubled as had been transformed into some- car show mixing in with the regu- Herndon’s celebration of National thing out of “The Road Warrior,” lar Sunday afternoon downtown Grandparent’s Day. The recogni- covered in gray industrial metal crowd as well as the football fans tion of the first Sunday after La- and sporting a set of smoking heading to Jimmy’s, O’Sullivan’s bor Day as National Grandparent’s chimneys. “I used to think the and other venues, Mayor Lisa Day was signed into law in 1978 scariest car to crash into would be Merkel said days like Sunday are by President Jimmy Carter.