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Art Scene
Art Scene
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Turning the Tables on Caustic Critics
Natural Theatricals’ world premiere studies roots of cynical power.
Turning the Tables on Caustic Critics
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Fine Arts Scene
Fine Arts Scene
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Police Notes
Police Notes
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Weekly Police Beat
Weekly Police Beat
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Getting To Know... Kathryn Lang
This Arlington teenager is an aspiring opera singer.
Getting To Know... Kathryn Lang
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Trial Opens in Aburant Killing
Defendant’s gun links him to the murder of a taxi driver.
Trial Opens in Aburant Killing
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Week in Reston
Week in Reston
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When One Lifetime Isn’t Enough
St. Andrews putting on the Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical “Carousel.”
When One Lifetime Isn’t Enough
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Week in Loudoun
Week in Loudoun
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Hollywood Meets History Or Vice Versa
History comes alive using action films in the classroom.
Hollywood Meets History Or Vice Versa
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Students Honor Teacher's Mother
Fashion Show to Benefit ALS Association
Students Honor Teacher's Mother
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Horton Hears a Hit
Horton Hears a Hit
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Masked Men Approach Young Girls in Hybla Valley
Purse Snatching Suspect Arrested
Masked Men Approach Young Girls in Hybla Valley
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Crime
The following incidents were reported by the Arlington Police Department. ARSON & ATTEMPTED ROBBERY, 5500 block of S. Columbia Pike. At 10:37 p.m. on May 2, a subject attempted to rob a store by demanding that a store employee give him money. When the employee refused, the subject proceeded to light coffee filters on fire and announced that no one could leave the store. The subject threw several items at store employees, including at their 16-month-old child. All of the victims barricaded themselves in another room where they stayed until police arrived on scene. The suspect knocked over shelves, broke machines, and threw store merchandise all over the store. A 49-year-old Arlington man was arrested and charged with arson, attempted robbery, four counts of abduction, felony destruction of property, and three counts of assault and battery. He is currently being held without bond.
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‘A Fantastic Piece of Escapism’
Woodson High presents Tolkien’s classic, “The Hobbit.”
Welcome to Middle Earth, as envisioned by J.R.R. Tolkien in Woodson High’s production of “The Hobbit.” It’s the adventure of a peaceful homebody persuaded by a wizard to help a group of militant dwarves reclaim their treasure from a marauding dragon. “One of our biggest challenges was building a huge, dragon puppet,” said Director Terri Hobson. “There’ll be lots of caves, rocky hills and earth tones. And we actually have five girls who are being trees.”
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Lake Braddock Theatre Revisits ‘Rashomon’
Director and fight choreographer also worked on school’s 1994 production.
Nineteen years ago, Lake Braddock drama teacher R.L. Mirabal and local choreographer Casey Kaleba worked together on “Rashomon,” the staged version of Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 dramatic film rooted in Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Japanese folkloric stories and "In a Grove."
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Deadly River Claims Victim Number Two
In less than one week, two people have drowned in the Potomac River. On Saturday, a 21-year-old drowned near Bear Island. Three of his friends attempted to save him, but were unsuccessful.
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Goodwill Fashion Show at Artisphere
Designer Tu-Anh Nguyen selects used clothing from Goodwill stores.
Arlington’s Artisphere featured the Fashion of Goodwill Runway Show and Gala on Tuesday, Sept. 24, which raised about $155,000 for the cause. With the theme “The Art of Fashion,” Vietnamese designer Tu-Anh Nguyen of Fairfax created the show from hand-selected items found at Goodwill of Greater Washington’s 15 retail stores.