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Specials & Lectures

Tyler Cowen, author of "An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies", speaks at the Arlington Public Library.

Tyler Cowen: An Economist Gets Lunch

Tyler Cowen, author of “An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies” speaks on the art of ordering food at ethnic restaurants.

The USS Arlington (LPD 24) at her commissioning ceremony on April 6 2013.

USS Arlington Commissioning Ceremony

The USS Arlington (LPD 24) was commissioned on April 6, 2013, at Naval Station Norfolk. She is named in commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Steel taken from the Pentagon after the September 11 attacks will be displayed aboard.

Martha Ann Miller, Author and Centenarian

Martha Ann Miller, Author and Centenarian

101-year-old Martha Ann Miller, author of “The First Century, and Not Ready for the Rocking Chair Yet” talks at the Arlington (VA) Public Library.

Sara Heisey Receives Hunter Award

Sara Heisey Receives Hunter Award

Sara Heisey received the James. B. Hunter Human Rights Awards, held in Arlington VA on Dec. 13, 2012

Wakefield HS Upstanders Receive Hunter Award

Wakefield HS Upstanders Receive Hunter Award

Wakefield High School Project Upstanders received James B. Hunter Human Rights Award on Dec. 13, 2012.

W-L HS Best Buddies Club Receive Hunter Award

W-L HS Best Buddies Club Receive Hunter Award

Washington-Lee High School’s Best Buddies Club received the James B. Hunter Human Rights Award.

Kip Laramie Receives Hunter Human Rights Award

Kip Laramie Receives Hunter Human Rights Award

John “Kip” Laramie received the James B. Hunter Human Rights Award in Arlington, VA on Dec. 13, 2012.

Judith Heuman Gives Keynote at Hunter Awards

Judith Heuman Gives Keynote at Hunter Awards

Judith Heuman, Special Adviser, International Disability Rights for the U.S. Department of State, gave the keynote address at the 14th annual James B. Hunter Human Rights Awards.

James B. Hunter Human Rights Awards 2012

James B. Hunter Human Rights Awards 2012

The James B. Hunter Human Rights Awards were held on Dec. 13, 2012.

Books That Shaped America

Books That Shaped America

Mark Dimunation of the Library of Congress reflects on 88 American books that changed the way we think.

Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master's Son

Adam Johnson Reads From The Orphan Master’s Son

Adam Johnson reads from his novel, The Orphan Master’s Son

Blaine Harden: Escape from Camp 14

Blaine Harden: Escape from Camp 14

Blaine Harden talks about and reads excerpts from “Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West”.

County Board Chair Mary Hynes delivers Arlington VA State of the County address

Arlington VA State of the County

Arlington County Virginia’s 11th annual State of the County Address delivered by County Board Chair Mary Hynes.

Arlington VA Resident Satisfaction Survey

Arlington VA Resident Satisfaction Survey

A presentation by Chris Tatham of the ETC Institute on the findings of the Arlington County Virginia 2012 Resident Satisfaction Survey.

Arlington in the Civil War

Arlington in the Civil War

The Arlington Learning in Retirement Institute presents a joint lecture by two Civil War historians on the topic of Arlington in the Civil War.