Jon Wiant Honored at Creative Cauldron’s 10th Anniversary

Creative Cauldron held a party at ArtSpace Falls Church on February 25 to celebrate its 10th anniversary. 

In remarks to the gathering of about 50 people, board president Gina Caceci noted that ”this celebration of Creative Cauldron’s 10^th year is also a celebration and recognition of the people and organizations that have donated time, talent, expertise and funds to furthering our mission of making the arts affordable and accessible to everyone.”

Caceci noted the many and significant grants for programming, operations and capital funding that Creative Cauldron has received during the past decade from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the Arts Council of Fairfax County, the City of Falls Church, the Falls Church Economic Development Authority, Dominion Virginia Power and Falls Church Arts.

Some of the individuals who were highlighted for their contributions to the organization’s success were founder and producing director, Laura Connors Hull, who started Creative Cauldron in 2002.  Also noted were theater artists Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith who are part of Creative Cauldron’s ”Circle of Teaching Artists” and entertained at the reception on Friday.  Others singled out for their significant service on behalf of Creative Cauldron included several current and past board members Marty Meserve, Debra Jordan, Nick Benton and Tom Gittins.

Jon Wiant received the first “Creative Cauldron Patron of the Arts” award, presented by the board of directors for his “generous gift made in tribute to your beloved wife, Cay Wiant, [that] provided Creative Cauldron with the critical resources that enabled us to open the doors to our new artistic home: ArtSpace Falls Church.”

Creative Cauldron is a non-profit arts organization offering year-round educational programs in the arts as well as professional performances of live theater, music and dance for adults and for children. Creative Cauldron at ArtSpace is located at 410 S. Maple Avenue in the Pearson Square building.

There’s Nothin’ Like a Great Big Pile of… FREE Double Ground Leaf Mulch!

By STEVEN VALLEY
Falls Church Times Staff

Between the Boy Scouts, the Athletic Boosters, and now the City we’re knee deep in mulch. Bagged, delivered, or self service we seem to really like the stuff. One of the many benefits of being an urban arboreal retreat is all the leaves we generate, be they green, red, yellow, brown, or ultimately black, FCC really takes pride in them. So with that in mind we offer you the following from the city’s communications department:

Free double-ground leaf mulch is available for pickup
At the City of Falls Church Recycling Center, 217 Gordon Road, located near Don Beyer Volvo at the intersection of Shreve Road and Route 7.

The Recycling Center is open 7 a.m. to dusk, 7 days a week.

Bring your own container and tools for loading mulch. You may hire someone to load and/or haul mulch for you. Contractors may not bring heavy equipment into the Recycling Center (no loaders or dump trucks, please). Residents who have a truck or rent a truck can take advantage of Leaf Mulch Loading Day on Saturday March 19, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Rain date Saturday March 26.)

City staff will use heavy equipment to load pickup trucks and other open-bed vehicles. Be prepared to sign a waiver prior to vehicle loading. You do not need to be a City of Falls Church resident or business to participate and there is no limit to the number of loads available per customer.

For more information, call the Environmental Programs Specialist at 703-248-5176 (TTY 711).

So come on by and get a load of your FREE Leaf Mulch!