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McLean: ‘Footloose’ coming to Alden Stage

McLean Community Players present musical July 8-24.

School is out for the summer with vacations coming, but the McLean Community Players (MCP) take on the musical “Footloose” will give local audiences a reason to have a “staycation.”

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George Washington's Great Falls: A Tour of Local Historic Sites

The Great Falls Historical Society conducted its very first bus tour around sites that George Washington frequented during his lifetime in Great Falls

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Chantilly: ‘Caring, Creative, Fun, Kind and Inspiring’

Monk’s students explain his impact upon them.

Chantilly High’s Ed Monk is one of the most popular and effective theater teachers/directors around. And some of his seniors recently shared their thoughts about him.

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End of an Era at Chantilly High

Theater Director Ed Monk is retiring.

It’s the end of an era; Chantilly High Theater Director Ed Monk is retiring. He’s bringing down the curtain on his career here after 31 years with Fairfax County Public Schools — 26 of them at Chantilly.

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Arlington Photos: Happy 50th Birthday

Happy 50th Birthday

It was quite a day. Artifacts of American Indians were displayed beside children making butterflies of paper and clothespins.

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Area Residents Celebrate Fairfax!

A three-day event draws more than 70,000 visitors.

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Taste of Reston Returns Friday and Saturday, June 16-17

Taste of Reston is expected to draw record crowds to Reston Town Center Friday and Saturday, June 16-17.

Arno’s Pastries Come to Reston

Meet pastry chef Arnaud Herodet.

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Local Art on Exhibit at ArtSpace Herndon

A reception was held on June 11 at ArtSpace Herndon for new exhibit, Truths in False Positives.

Herndon: Theater to Inspire Conversation

‘Guerrilla Theatre Works: At What Cost?’ at NextStop in Herndon.

Opening NextStop Theatre’s summer 2016 series of one-night only performances is a show about a very contemporary social issue; the search for home in an unsafe, complex world.

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Chantilly: Celebrating Three Decades of Music

Chantilly High’s 30th annual Jazz & Pizzazz was June 8-11.

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2016 Vienna Idol Voted by Community on Town Green

Brian Bui pulled the most cash-votes to take the title.

It took 45 auditions, months of preparation and community outreach, and dozens of sponsors and volunteers to come down to this moment: Vienna Idol 2016 finals.

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Great Falls: Summer Concerts Return to Village Green

Great Falls singer-songwriter Mary Ann Redmond kicks off 2016 series.

Families, neighbors, and groups of friends gathered on the Village Green, and as the hot summer day drifted into a cooler evening last Sunday, it really began to feel like summer in Great Falls.

Stretching from Great Falls to La Jolla

Delivering yoga class close to home on Great Falls Green.

Victoria Weseley’s mother lives in La Jolla, California.

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Springfield Days' Petfest 2016 at South Run RECenter in Fairfax Station

Diane Roadcap of Springfield wants people to understand that animals are spiritual beings. Ever since she was a girl of five and felt drawn to a box at the local dump in Luray that contained a dog duct-taped to the inside, doomed to be incinerated, she says she’s had the gift of being able to translate for animals.