Reston Community Center

The staff really works very hard to include all of Reston into their program. They really try to unite the community no matter how much money you make, how old or young you are, wherever you are from. The front desk staff is terrific and the head of the various departments are smart and efficient. Every year they seem to improve more. We are lucky to have this gem in our «place called Reston».

Went here to see a play. They theater was very intimate and the play was decent.

What a waste of a Sunday. We went trying to enjoy a quiet Sunday with our kids. Mind you, today is the last day before the close, and they can’t let any more people go in because one life guard didn’t show up. How do I tell my 2 year old she can’t swim in the pool because the life guard didn’t go to work? His solution was we could wait around and see if anyone left. Great.

RCCs at Lake Anne and Hunters Woods are outstanding for the quality and variety of the arts and crafts opportunities they provide for a wide range of talent and enthusiasm. I’ve benefited from fantastic classes in ceramics, water color painting, digital photography, drawing, batik and swimming as well as enjoying plays, unusual concerts (experimental music played on the toy piano for example!!) and varied media exhibitions from acquaintances whom I never even knew were artists. Sometimes the joyful sounds of the mother and baby music and motion groups flow right into the ceramics lab. 60 year olds learn swimming or cell phone technology from 16 year olds. You can even get help with your taxes! And all so astonishingly affordable!

Good place to see a show, take a swim and some classes.

The Community Center hosts a number of performances on its stage. I have seen a few superb classical music performers recently, namely, Mark O’Connor (American violin master and composer), Dimitri Murrath (award winning violist) and Leon Bates (concert pianist).
If you live close by and value the performing arts, I strongly recommend consider supporting the extraordinary artists playing at the RCC’s CenterStage.

The RCC publishes a catalog of classes at the beginning of each season that residents can enroll in for a nominal fee. If more residents than there are slots enroll, there is a drawing and some residents are waitlisted.
I believe that people who work in Reston small business district 5 can also enroll, as can Fairfax County residents (they just have different deadlines and pay a little more).
I have taken a couple of classes now and I’ve been really pleased, both with the facilities (the one at HW is nicer and newer than Lake Anne, but both are nice) and the classes and instructors. This is another of those neat little perks of living in Reston — being able to take classes at a nearby community center that’s no more than a 3 minute drive from your home.