🌱 Patch AM: How to turn a free Udvar-Hazy visit into a full adventure.

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In today's newsletter:

• How to turn a free Udvar-Hazy visit into a full adventure.

Also on today's calendar: Women and Finance: Consciousness and Wealth (A Free Event) and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: I am on a seafood diet. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 46 and low of 28 degrees.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 47, low: 25.
• Tuesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 52 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Free Museums in DC and Northern Virginia to Visit with Kids (mommypoppins.com) — Families in Chantilly get a special shout-out with the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, the Air and Space Museum’s companion facility right in town, featuring the Space Shuttle Discovery and hundreds of aircraft. The guide also rounds up many other free, kid-friendly museums across DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland, with age recommendations, transit tips, and advice on avoiding crowds and maximizing each visit.
   

📸 Around Chantilly

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chantilly

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★ Featured events ★

Friday February 6

• The Nation’s Gun Show – Chantilly, VA
  Dulles Expo Center, 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center, Chantilly
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday January 11

• Women and Finance: Consciousness and Wealth (A Free Event)
  Brahma Kumaris Center, 14020 Thunderbolt Pl, Suite 200, 2nd Floor, Chantilly, VA
  12:30 pm
• Ghost Doctors Winter UFO Adventure At The Smithsonian Air and Space Udvar-Hazy Center...Look up!
  14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy , Chantilly
  3:15 pm
• Winter Gear Swap
  Chantilly Regional Library , 4000 Stringfellow Rd , Chantilly
  4:30 pm

Monday January 12

• Chantilly Library Books and Brews Book Club
  Bunnyman Chantilly , 14140 Parke Long Ct , Chantilly
  7:30 pm

Saturday January 17

• Dementia Man: An Existential Journey
  Chantilly Regional Library , 4000 Stringfellow Rd , Chantilly
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday January 11

• FPV Field Day
  Poplar Ford Park , 6714 Bull Run Post Office Rd , Centreville
  9:00 am
• Kate Dramis in conversation with Chip Pons : Q&A + Signing
  Barnes & Noble , 12193 Fair Lakes Promenade Dr , Fairfax
  12:00 pm
• Budget-Friendly Cooking
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar
  1:00 pm
• Centreville Library: New Year 2026 Journey Within - Freedom from thoughts
  Centreville Regional Library , 14200 St Germain Dr , Centreville
  3:00 pm
• Beginners Guided Meditation- Centreville Library: New Year 2026
  Centreville Regional Library , 14200 St Germain Dr , Centreville
  3:00 pm
• Monet's Sunset
  Pinot's Palette , 12976 Highland Crossing Dr ste d , Herndon
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hi, Neighbors!
  Q: Does anyone know of any reputable small businesses or companies that can clean the air ducts of a home? Would like to do that before purchasing… (Nextdoor Eastgate)
• Northbound Hunter Mill Road in Oakton was closed due to a single-vehicle crash into an electric pole, but the roadway is now open.
  3:17PM on Jan 9: Northbound Hunter Mills Rd in Oakton is closed due to a single-vehicle crash into a power pole, with the adult male driver… (Nextdoor )

• Restaurant Depot posted a job opening for Stocker - Meat in Chantilly. Apply here.
• Jetro Restaurant Depot posted a job opening for Stocker - Perishables in Chantilly. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chantilly here.

🗞 Nearby News

Centreville

• Planning commission backs new express Flagship Carwash for Dranesville area (ffxnow.com)
• DATELINE 'Bethany Vanished' The Bethany Decker story (starcasm.net)

Herndon

• Morning Notes for January 9, 2026 (ffxnow.com)
• VA v. Brendan Banfield: Au Pair Affair Murder Trial (courttv.com)
• Joyce Spencer: Community news for Friday, Jan. 9 (herald-dispatch.com)

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