This Saturday, Oct 2, an encore of "night at the planetarium" is being held at Arlington's David M Brown Planetarium from 3 pm to 9:30 pm. Details are posted at Save Arlington Planetarium Come and see a show and then consider seeing the real stars at another event west of town.

The Northern Virginia Astronomy Club is hosting the 28th annual "Stargaze" (free) at CM Crockett Park about a 45 minute drive west of town. Details are posted at StarGaze This event runs from 3 pm to 11 pm