This summer, we invite you to Find Your Park at Wolf Trap as we honor and celebrate the 100th birthday of the National Park Service! Everything you love about the Wolf Trap experience was made possible by the vision and support of Wolf Trap’s founder, Catherine Filene Shouse. When she donated her farmland and the funds to build the Filene Center, Mrs. Shouse made a commitment not...
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With the New Year coming up, it’s time to kick start your goals for 2016. Read on for some of the most popular New Year’s resolutions and learn how Wolf Trap can help you make them happen! Get healthy Lose weight. Be more active. There’s a reason these goals are a regular New Year’s resolution—let’s face it, they’re hard to stick to. After the first...
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At Wolf Trap Foundation, the staff likes to kick off the holiday season by indulging in delicious homemade treats, baked and brought to us by our very our dedicated colleagues. Each December, the “Trapper Holiday Cookie Exchange” is a hungrily anticipated tradition that gives us the perfect excuse to unearth some of our favorite family recipes to share, and this year we’d like to share...
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American Airlines Travel Certificates – Terms & Conditions Procedures for requesting Travel Authorization Certificates (each a Travel Certificate”) will be provided to Organization or recipient upon receipt of the signed Agreement. Travel Certificates have no value except when redeemed in accordance with the terms and conditions listed below. Travel Certificates are not transferable or refundable. Travel Certificates are subject to availability of promotional inventories and...
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We have the attitude of gratitude! Here’s to some of the amazing people who, through their support, talents, and endless enthusiasm, make Wolf Trap possible. We asked them: What does Wolf Trap mean to you? “There are several reasons why I love Wolf Trap. The Filene Center, The Barns, and Children’s Theatre-in-the Woods are beautiful venues and provide an awesome experience. The schedules always provide...
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Contest Rules: SPONSOR. Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts (“Foundation” or “Sponsor”), 1645 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia 22182. TERM. Sweepstakes begins at 9:30 am Eastern Time (“ET”) on Monday, December 7, 2015 and ends at 11:59 pm ET on Friday, December 18, 2015. (“Sweepstakes Period”) ELIGIBILITY. Wolf Trap Sweepstakes (“Promotion”) is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States (including the District of Columbia) who...
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Looking for something special to add to your holiday meal? Wolf Trap Executive Chef Chris Faessen has the perfect recipes for you: Sweet Potato Mashed Yields: Approx 4 servings 4 pounds sweet potatoes (about 10 sweet potatoes) peeled cut into 1 inch cubes 1 ½ cups butter cut into cubes 3 tbls brown sugar ½ tsp ground cinnamon ¼ tsp ground nutmeg 4 tbls pure maple...
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Learn how Wolf Trap’s sustainable beekeeping program results in a sweet treat. For more information on Wolf Trap’s beekeeping program, click here. Video credit: Angelina Namkung.
In the past few years, chefs from five-star restaurants to local co-ops have taken up beekeeping. Wolf Trap’s Executive Chef Chris Faessen is among them. “In 2011, I found myself a guest at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, where I spotted the First Lady’s organic garden, and then, just down the path, an official beehive,” says Faessen. He learned that beehives were installed...
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