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Not Another Valentine’s Day
Some alternatives to the usual fare.
Roses, chocolates and Hallmark Cards are standard Valentine’s Day fare. Gifts with a personalized element, however, are all the more significant for impressing that special someone.
Cherry Dishes Compete in Alexandria
Restaurants help celebrate George Washington’s birthday.
Twelve years ago, the George Washington Birthday Celebration Committee was looking for a way to get the local restaurants involved.
New at Lake Anne
Installation and performance combine action and form.
Reston Community Center, the Initiative for Public Art – Reston, Friends of Lake Anne and the Reston Museum are co-presenting Out of Place, a site-situated installation and contemporary dance performance conceived by architect Ronit Eisenbach and dance artist Sharon Mansur, inspired by the history of the planned community of 1960s New Town of Reston and the sculpture and architecture of Lake Anne Plaza. The dance performance will take place on Saturday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. at Lake Anne Plaza.
This Week in Potomac
This Week in Potomac
Crime
Crime
Filling the Boot and More
Area charities, businesses pitch in for hurricane relief.
Filling the Boot and More
News Briefs
News Briefs
News Briefs
News Briefs
Woman Dead of West Nile Virus
Woman Dead of West Nile Virus
Headaches on Hall Road
Some gaps are better left unfilled say Hall Road residents.
Headaches on Hall Road
Crime Report
Crime Report
Welcome to the Neighborhood
Habitat of Northern Virginia begins works on 50th house.
Welcome to the Neighborhood
Wedderburn Decision Sticks
Proposed land-use changes head to the Fairfax County Planning Commission in April.
Wedderburn Decision Sticks
McLean Orchestra to Open ‘A Season of Imagination’
The McLean Orchestra has announced its 41st season, “A Season of Imagination,” introducing newly appointed Music Director and Conductor Miriam Burns of New York City.
Two Generations of Cajun Dancehall Music at Artisphere
Two generations of Cajun music legends unite when the new group Joel Savoy, Jesse Lége & Cajun Country Revival heat up the ballroom at Artisphere on Wednesday, Oct. 17.
Column: Our Health Depends on the Air We Breathe
For too many Americans and Virginians, simply breathing the air can be dangerous. That’s especially the case for the 306,000 Virginia children and 96,000 adults who battle asthma, the 1.1 million with cardiovascular disease, the 154,000 with chronic bronchitis and the estimated 411,000 who live in poverty. But it is true for all of us and it’s that way because of soot in our air.
Alexandria Letter: Regulating Tour Buses
Letter to the Editor
The Alexandria city manager is about to release his appointments to the newly reconstituted Tour Bus Task Force.
Potomac: Haunted House Created to Entertain
Each October Haynes Davis turns the parking lot of American Plant in Bethesda into a wonderland of fear.
McLean: Inspiring Students to Speak Up
McLean High students work with the Longfellow Middle School’s debate team and D.C.’s Stanton Elementary to improve students’ public speaking skills.
Public speaking: these two words strike fear in almost anyone, whether 6 years old or 60. McLean High School senior Michelle Ma tackles this fear one child at a time through “The Speak Up Initiative.”