Clarendon Art Festival

The annual Arlington Festival of the Arts returns to the heart of Clarendon this weekend, April 22 and 23rd. Every year in the spring since 2012 the intersections of Washington Blvd and Highland Street are closed to cars for a huge art show and sale. Many unique local artists display their works, including my favorite Whitney "SPOON" Summerford pictured here. You are actually encouraged to use a phone camera to view her hand painted scenes, which helps bring out the abstracted images.

One hundred and fifty national and international artists are set to display their fine works from across the globe in a prestigious show encompassing fine jewelry, exquisite works of art and hand-crafted apparel and decor. Whether your passions run to sparkling jewels and one of a kind paintings; exquisitely crafted glasswork or an art deco sculpture, you are sure to find it during the free, two-day event. Pets welcome.

Atoms Apart at Pancakes and Booze DC

The annual Pancakes and Booze art show is hitting Penn Social in DC again this Thursday, April 6. This huge underground music and art party draws thousands of people to the large Chinatown location. This time the Arlington brothers Atoms Apart are performing from 7 to 8:30.

Brothers Mike and Emil Favila are the electronic pop duo Atoms Apart from Washington DC. They write, perform and record all their own music, lyrics and videos. Their sound has been compared to bands like Postal Service, M83 and New Order. Their debut album White Label is out now on Bandcamp, Itunes, Google Play, Amazon MP3 and all major digital outlets.

Thursday night will include:

- 100+ Emerging Artists

- Live Body Painting

- FREE Pancake Bar

- 21+ EVENT

- And live DJ sets by:

• 7:00-8:30 Atoms Apart
• 8:45-10:15 Missing
• 10:30-12:00 DJ Jon Chris
• 12:30-2:00 Moose Baby