Restaurante El Salvador | Pike Lunch Club

The Columbia Pike Partnership held its monthly Pike Lunch Club program at Restaurante El Salvador. hosted by the owner, Soledad Marreros. Arlington County School Board member and director of the Dream Project, Zuraya Tapia Hadley, was the guest speaker.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf. 

ECDC 5K run for refugees - and Cheick Hamala

ECDC, the Columbia Pike-based Ethiopian Community Development Council, heal its fourth annual fundraising 5K run for refugees. After the run was over, there was food, drink, and a music and dance celebration provided by Cheick Hamala and his Griot Street Band.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

Hispanic Heritage festival | Tyrol Hill Park - 2026

This year's Tyrol Hill Park Hispanic Festival, held in the Arlington Mill neighborhood, was organized by community activist Janeth Valenzuela and others in the community. It featured many organizations with resources for the citizens, plus dance performances, music, free food, and guest speakers including Commonwealth Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, Sheriff Jose Quiroz, Police Chief Andy Penn, School Board members Zuraya Tapia-Hadley and  Bethany Zecher Sutton, and visits from other elected officials from the Arlington County Board. 

Fun- the dancers with bottles balanced on their heads are from Paraguay.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.