Read Between The Wines: Outdoor Reading + Game Night at Water Park

Some Friday nights call for a drink and a dancefloor. This one calls for a drink and a good book.

Read Between the Wines is Water Park's outdoor reading and lantern evening: a slow, atmospheric Friday night designed for people who want to be outside, be present, and maybe discover their next favorite book or board game.

What to expect: Wander in, grab a drink from the bar, and find your spot on the lawn. Daydrift Cafe's book cart will be stocked with curated picks and staff favorites — browse, buy, or just take a reading list home. A typewriter poet will be set up in the park, writing short, personalized poems for anyone who sits down. Leave a book you loved on the community table. Take one someone else left behind.

As dusk falls, the park is lit by candles and lanterns. The lo-fi music keeps the volume conversational. Board games are out if you want them. Blankets + pillows are staged if you want to get cozy.

The details:

📅 Friday, May 15

⏰ 6:00–9:00pm

📍 Water Park, National Landing, Arlington VA

🎟 Free admission

🍷 Satellite bar open all evening

📚 Books by Daydrift Cafe

✍️ Typewriter poet on-site

Come alone, come with a friend, come make a new friend, come with the book you've been meaning to finish. No agenda. Just a really good Friday night.

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