ARTA Events 2019 - 2020
Meetings are on Mondays unless otherwise noted.
If ACPS is delayed or closed for inclement weather, ARTA will not meet.
(For maps and directions, click on addresses. A monthly calendar is available on the EVENTS CALENDAR page.)
Canned food donations for "Alive" are welcomed at every meeting.
August 12, 2019 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, 8513 Paul Revere Ct, Annandale, Virginia 22003
ARTA Executive Board Meeting
September 9, 2019 1:00 - 2:30 pm, Ramparts, 1700 Fern St, Alexandria, VA 22302
ARTA Book Group Lunch and Book Discussion
The ARTA Book Group is currently reading a biography of Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run, for our fall meeting. We will be discussing the book during lunch at Ramparts. After our discussion, we will be selecting our next book to read. Come and join us for fun and intellectual stimulation, as well as a great lunch. You don't have to have read the book to join us.
September 16, 2019 12:30 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302.
ARTA Meeting
Thu Hang Nguyen, Director of Benefits and Compensation, Department of Human Resources, ACPS, will be the featured speaker for this meeting.
October 21, 2019 12:30 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302.
ARTA Meeting
Olivier Daubresse, a French wine importer, will be our speaker. This will be great preparation for the ARTA Wine Tasting Tour on October 24!
October 24, 2019
ARTA Wine Tasting Tour
On Thursday, October 24, ARTA members have an opportunity to visit two vineyards and have a wine tasting of fine Virginia wines. We will leave Alexandria at 10:00 am on a charter from Chariots for Hire and visit Blue Valley Vineyard and Philip Carter Vineyard, have a picnic lunch, and return to Alexandria by 4 in the afternoon. The cost will be $68.00 per person, which includes the bus, the tastings and lunch. Space is limited, so if you are interested, please send in your form as soon as possible with the check, made out to ARTA.
November 13, 2019 (WEDNESDAY) 12:30 – 2:30 pm, Arlington Community Church, 6040 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22205
ARTA Meeting with Arlington
Author Nadine James, who wrote Memoir Your Way, will speak.
December 16, 2019 12:30 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302.
ARTA Meeting
Holiday program.
January ?, 2020 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, 8513 Paul Revere Ct, Annandale, Virginia 22003
ARTA Executive Board Meeting
February 18, 2020 (TUESDAY) 12:30 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302.
ARTA Meeting
ARTA member Ruby Osia has set up a special program with Audrey Davis, from the Black History Museum in Alexandria.
March 16, 2020 12:30 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302.
ARTA Meeting
Joint meeting with Arlington retired teachers.
This meeting's topic is Human Trafficking, with the Alexandria Police Department.
April 20, 2020 12:30 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302.
ARTA Meeting
TBA
May 18, 2020 11:30 - 2:00 pm
ARTA Luncheon
TBA
If ACPS is delayed or closed for inclement weather, ARTA will not meet.
(For maps and directions, click on addresses. A monthly calendar is available on the EVENTS CALENDAR page.)
Canned food donations for "Alive" are welcomed at every meeting.
August 12, 2019 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, 8513 Paul Revere Ct, Annandale, Virginia 22003
ARTA Executive Board Meeting
September 9, 2019 1:00 - 2:30 pm, Ramparts, 1700 Fern St, Alexandria, VA 22302
ARTA Book Group Lunch and Book Discussion
The ARTA Book Group is currently reading a biography of Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run, for our fall meeting. We will be discussing the book during lunch at Ramparts. After our discussion, we will be selecting our next book to read. Come and join us for fun and intellectual stimulation, as well as a great lunch. You don't have to have read the book to join us.
September 16, 2019 12:30 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302.
ARTA Meeting
Thu Hang Nguyen, Director of Benefits and Compensation, Department of Human Resources, ACPS, will be the featured speaker for this meeting.
October 21, 2019 12:30 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302.
ARTA Meeting
Olivier Daubresse, a French wine importer, will be our speaker. This will be great preparation for the ARTA Wine Tasting Tour on October 24!
October 24, 2019
ARTA Wine Tasting Tour
On Thursday, October 24, ARTA members have an opportunity to visit two vineyards and have a wine tasting of fine Virginia wines. We will leave Alexandria at 10:00 am on a charter from Chariots for Hire and visit Blue Valley Vineyard and Philip Carter Vineyard, have a picnic lunch, and return to Alexandria by 4 in the afternoon. The cost will be $68.00 per person, which includes the bus, the tastings and lunch. Space is limited, so if you are interested, please send in your form as soon as possible with the check, made out to ARTA.
November 13, 2019 (WEDNESDAY) 12:30 – 2:30 pm, Arlington Community Church, 6040 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22205
ARTA Meeting with Arlington
Author Nadine James, who wrote Memoir Your Way, will speak.
December 16, 2019 12:30 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302.
ARTA Meeting
Holiday program.
January ?, 2020 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, 8513 Paul Revere Ct, Annandale, Virginia 22003
ARTA Executive Board Meeting
February 18, 2020 (TUESDAY) 12:30 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302.
ARTA Meeting
ARTA member Ruby Osia has set up a special program with Audrey Davis, from the Black History Museum in Alexandria.
March 16, 2020 12:30 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302.
ARTA Meeting
Joint meeting with Arlington retired teachers.
This meeting's topic is Human Trafficking, with the Alexandria Police Department.
April 20, 2020 12:30 - 2:30 pm, Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302.
ARTA Meeting
TBA
May 18, 2020 11:30 - 2:00 pm
ARTA Luncheon
TBA
