Oddities, Orbs and the Old Dominion
Author finds uncommon ghosts in the commonwealth’s history: Whispers and sighs susurrating from deep within empty shadows. Candles flickering to life, lit by unseen hands. Soft currents of air from an abandoned train trestle lifting the small hairs at the nape of the neck. The crew of a Spanish galleon roaming the dunes of the Eastern Shore centuries after its treacherous shoals claimed their lives | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Odd Angles
Costume foolery: Costumes and masks can't disguise the people who never outgrew Halloween. They rode this children's holiday right into adulthood, from child-size Junior Mints to grownup Paydays, from Ring Pops to mom and pops. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Pumpkin Chunkin' at Cox
Pumpkin Madness at Cox Farms: Cox Farms, 15621 Braddock Road in Centreville hosts its annual Pumpkin Madness days, an event that allows people of all ages to destroy their own pumpkins or the pumpkins at Cox in a wide variety of ways. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Halloween
Friday, Oct. 31: 21th Annual Mall-o-ween at Fair Oaks Mall. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Fair Oaks Mall, intersection of I-66 and Route 50, Fairfax. Children are invited to dress up in costumes and fill up their trick-or-treat bags at mall stores. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
On Stage
The following is a list of upcoming productions and auditions in the Fairfax-Loudoun area: Productions - 'Secrets of a Soccer Mom.' The Elden Street Players present “Secrets of a Soccer Mom,” a comedy by Kathleen Clark, through Nov. 15 at The Industrial Strength Theater, 269 Sunset Park Drive in Herndon. Remaining performances are at 8 p.m. Oct. Oct. 31, Nov. 1, Nov. 7-8 and Nov. 13-15; also Nov. 2 at 3 p.m. and Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
On Exhibit
The following are some of the art exhibits taking place in the Fairfax-Loudoun area: ArtsCapade. There will be a tour of seven Reston artists' home studios Saturday, Nov. 1, noon-5 p.m. It will be followed by a silent auction and raffle 5-7 p.m. at the Reston Art Gallery & Studio, Lake Anne Village center, Reston. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Calendar
Friday, Oct. 31: Rock Band Live Tour. 7 p.m. George Mason University Patriot Center 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax. Features Panic at the Disco, Dashboard Confessional, Plain White Ts and The Cab. Tickets $39.95, $35.95, $29.95 plus service charges. Available through Ticketmaster, www.ticketmaster.com, 703-573-SEAT. www.rockbandlivetour.com. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Dining Out
Free meals for veterans: Veterans receive a free lunch or dinner entree at McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants and M&S Grill restaurants Sunday, Nov. 9, in tribute to Veterans Day and as a show of thanks. Veterans must show proper identification. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Class Acts
The following are classes and workshops offered in the Fairfax area: Teen theater workshop: The Reston Community Players are offering a two-part, 16-session Teen Ensemble Workshop for 12- to 15-year-olds. The workshops, instructed by Haley Murphy and Heide Zufall, are Saturdays, Nov. 8-March 28, with Ensemble Class 9:30-11:30 a.m. and Ensemble Production 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Dining In
To A Tea: To A Tea is a specialty company that provides desserts and tea event planning. Owner Kimberly McDonald has years of event planning experience coupled with expertise in confectionery baked goods. She will bring this expertise to a private home or a place of business. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
On the Road Again
Historic drive: For residents looking for a scenic and informative fall trip, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership has an interactive Web site and a guide book about the 175-mile corridor that runs from Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to Monticello in Charlottesville. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Snow Business
Ski discount deadline nears: Three resorts are offering a $399 season pass. Early season pass rates for Liberty Mountain, Whitetail Resort and Ski Roundtop are $399 for a single or first-person family season pass, and $299 for each additional family member. This price is 30 percent lower than last season’s rates. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Book Marks
Saturday, Nov. 1 - Multicultural Children’s Book Festival. Noon-6 p.m. Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. N.W., Washington, D.C. Book signings, interactive workshops, performances, readings by noted guest authors, illustrators and storytellers. Performances on the Millennium Stage include West African dance; drumming troupe Farafina Kan; Silk Road Dance Company’s women’s dance traditions from Middle East, Central Asia, the Caucasus; Washington, D.C., hip hop dance company Culture Shock. Visit kennedy-center.org/bookfestival. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Calendar
Thursday, Oct. 16 : The MOMS Club of Herndon. 10-11:30 a.m. St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 432 Van Buren St., Herndon. Monthly meeting topic: "Tips for Surviving the Holiday Season." Discussion of upcoming events, including trip to local senior home for trick or treating. Open to all Herndon stay-at-home mothers. Children welcome. Sarah, herndon_moms_info@yahoo.com. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Tea at Oatlands
Tea at the mansion: Oatlands' teas return this fall with seatings Oct. 17-19, Nov. 6-8, Nov. 13-15, Nov. 20-22 and Nov. 28-30. Teas are held in the historic Oatlands Carriage House. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Odd Angles
If the shirt fits: The only thing I hate more than clothes shopping is malls. Yet, there I was at the mall looking for a shirt, and all because the nicely dressed ladies at work make me look like a slob. If I've told them once, I've told them a thousand times -- I don't need their help. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Class Acts
The following are classes and workshops offered in the Fairfax area: Teen theater workshop: The Reston Community Players are offering a two-part, 16-session Teen Ensemble Workshop for 12- to 15-year-olds. The workshops, instructed by Haley Murphy and Heide Zufall, are Saturdays, Nov. 8-March 28, with Ensemble Class 9:30-11:30 a.m. and Ensemble Production 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
On Stage
The following is a list of upcoming productions and auditions in the Fairfax-Loudoun area: Productions - Virginia Virtuosi. Northern Virginia’s new string trio, Virginia Virtuosi, launches a six-concert series Thursday, Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m., at the Old Town Hall in the City of Fairfax. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Flight Plans
ExecJet USA makes private plane travel more accessible: Philadelphia-based ExecJet USA, a broker for people who want to fly in comfort, in style and, most of all, in private, has just made this kind of travel a little more accessible to more people than those with incomes in the seven-digit bracket. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Dining Out
French cooking demonstrations, meals: Jacques Haeringer, chef de cuisine of L'Auberge Chez Francois, has announced his fall 2008 cooking demonstration schedule. Haeringer will share his passion for French cuisine and demonstrate expert cooking techniques. Each demonstration will be followed by a five-course luncheon paired with three fine wines. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
On Exhibit
The following are some of the art exhibits taking place in the Fairfax-Loudoun area: Great Falls Art Studio Tour. The Great Falls Art Studio Tour takes place Oct. 18-19, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. This is a self-guided driving tour to visit 38 painters, potters, sculptors and other artists in home studios on scenic back roads in Great Falls. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Dining In
To A Tea: To A Tea is a specialty company that provides desserts and tea event planning. Owner Kimberly McDonald has years of event planning experience coupled with expertise in confectionery baked goods. She will bring this expertise to a private home or a place of business. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Book Marks
The following are book events, book releases and writing workshops in the Fairfax-Loudoun area: hursday-Sunday, Oct. 16-19 - Used book sale. Friends of the George Mason Regional Library, 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale. 703-256-3800. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Worth the Drive
Balloon and Wine Festival: Long Branch is hosting the 12th annual Hot Air Balloon and Wine Festival on Oct. 17-19 at the 400-acre Long Branch estate south of U.S. 50 in Millwood. Activities include a Kiddies Korner, featuring the Children’s Annex tent as well as the Beale Street Puppets, Peter McCrory’s One Man Band, Haywire Masters of Magical Mayhem, Jumpworks Inflatables, a rock climbing wall and a jungle tree climb. The hot-air balloon and pumpkin glow takes place Friday evening with live entertainment by the jazz group The Shenandoah Sheiks. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
On the Road Again
Historic drive: For residents looking for a scenic and informative fall trip, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership has an interactive Web site and a guide book about the 175-mile corridor that runs from Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to Monticello in Charlottesville | 0 comments - ›› more ...
The Final Act
Sweitzer’s ‘Tootleoo’ examines the process of dying: Welsh poet Dylan Thomas told his father to rage against the dying of the light. Jacobean poet John Donne addressed Death itself, telling it to be not proud. Swiss psychiatrist Elizabeth Kubler-Ross divided everyone’s final confrontation into five stages. Those who work with the dying on a daily basis, however, know death comes sometimes in broad daylight, sometimes humbly, and rarely in a clearly defined progression. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
On Exhibit
The following are some of the art exhibits taking place in the Fairfax-Loudoun area: 'Sleeping Tree.' Shinji Turner-Yamamoto's “Sleeping Tree” will be at the Greater Reston Arts Center, 12001 Market St., Suite 103, Oct. 10-Nov. 14. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
On Stage
The following is a list of upcoming productions and auditions in the Fairfax-Loudoun area. Productions -'Dog Sees God.' “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead” by Bert V. Royal will be presented Oct. 9-11 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 11-12 at 2 p.m. at George Mason University's College of Visual and Performing Arts' Black Box Theater, 4400 University Drive in Fairfax. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Calendar
Thursday, Oct. 9: Concert. 7 p.m. The Athenaeum, 201 Prince St., Alexandria. Lori Grigsby, Sandy Moyer, Patricia Cooper. Singing, guitar performance. Tickets $10 at door, prepay at www. nvfaa.org. 703-548-0035. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Dining Out
French cooking demonstrations, meals: Jacques Haeringer, chef de cuisine of L'Auberge Chez Francois, has announced his fall 2008 cooking demonstration schedule. Haeringer will share his passion for French cuisine and demonstrate expert cooking techniques. Each demonstration will be followed by a five-course luncheon paired with three fine wines. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Book Marks
The following are book events, book releases and writing workshops in the Fairfax-Loudoun area. Thursday, Oct. 9 - Freanklin book signing, discussion. 7:30 p.m. Centreville Regional Library, 14200 St. Germain Drive. Benjamin Franklin, author of " Counter-Thrust: From the Peninsula to the Antietam." Free. Registration required. 703-830-2223. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Dining In
To A Tea: To A Tea is a specialty company that provides desserts and tea event planning. Owner Kimberly McDonald has years of event planning experience coupled with expertise in confectionery baked goods. She will bring this expertise to a private home or a place of business. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
One Canon, One Community
The Amadeus Concert Series uses music to create solidarity: A canon is a melody, a song with layered parts that join in at regular intervals, combining to create a rich sound. The entrances of the different parts may be varied to suit the moment, as can the pitch and the tempo. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
MPAArtfest
MPAartfest reflects region's spirit: Some events start off slowly -- not the McLean Project for the Arts' MPAartfest. An immediate success its first year, this year's second festival is expected to be equally if not more successful, attracting more than 3,500 people to McLean Central Park on Sunday, Oct. 5. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Odd Angles
Lake reflections: A few months ago, we spent a week at the lake. When the rest of my family went water skiing, I stayed back. Hydroplaning isn't on my bucket list; sitting firmly on the deck overlooking a lake is. Anyway, I had time to think about life. Here are some of the things I contemplated. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Calendar
Friday, Oct. 3 : Enrique Iglesias with Aventura. 8 p.m. George Mason University Patriot Center, 4500 Patriot Drive, Fairfax. Tickets $88, $58. Ticketmaster, 703-573-SEAT, www.ticketmaster.com. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Filmmaker Josef Wldayka
Fairfax filmmaker keeps close to his roots: Wladyka hopes to shoot his next movie in Falls Church. A troubled guy with a mohawk haircut is carefully putting together a plastic Huey helicopter. There is the ambient noise of people running by, the whooshing of bike tires, and wheel sounds from a skateboard. You only see their feet, and then you see the man trying to paint a flag on the helicopter. Frustrated by the noise, the man abruptly paints a streak instead of a stripe. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
On Exhibit
The following are some of the art exhibits taking place in the Fairfax-Loudoun area: 'Invisible Forces' exhibit: An exhibit of the works of sculptor and landscape architect RG Brown III will run through Oct. 23 at George Mason University's Fine Arts Gallery on the Fairfax campus at the intersection of Braddock Road and Route 123. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Widescreen - Nights in Rodanthe'
A hurricane of emotions: Dr. Paul Flanner (Richard Gere) is struggling with his life in "Nights in Rodanthe." He doesn't really know where he is going, but he knows things must change. Adrienne (Diane Lane) is having trouble in her relationship. Her husband has cheated on her but now wants to come back into her family's life. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
On Stage
The following is a list of upcoming productions and auditions in the Fairfax-Loudoun area: Productions - Shakespeare weekend. The American Shakespeare Center's Touring Ensemble will present two performances at the Loudoun campus of Northern Virginia Community College in the Waddell Theater, 1000 Harry Byrd Highway, Sterling. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Book Marks
The following are book events, book releases and writing workshops in the Fairfax-Loudoun area: Friday, Oct. 3 - James book signing. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Waterford Homes Tour and Craft Exhibit. Jessica James, author of "Shades of Gray: A Novel of the Civil War in Virginia," set entirely in Loudoun and Fauquier counties, 1862-1865. equiculture@superpa.net. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Dining Out
French cooking demonstrations, meals: Jacques Haeringer, chef de cuisine of L'Auberge Chez Francois, has announced his fall 2008 cooking demonstration schedule. Haeringer will share his passion for French cuisine and demonstrate expert cooking techniques. Each demonstration will be followed by a five-course luncheon paired with three fine wines. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Widescreen - 'Eagle Eye'
They see everything: Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) is rolling through life on his charm "Eagle Eye." After a devastating event, he returns home to an apartment filled with explosives and weaponry stacked to the ceiling. What follows is a crazy phone call, an arrest and another phone call that leads him to the similarly confused Rachel (Michelle Monaghan), and the two begin a race against time. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Dining In
To A Tea: To A Tea is a specialty company that provides desserts and tea event planning. Owner Kimberly McDonald has years of event planning experience coupled with expertise in confectionery baked goods. She will bring this expertise to a private home or a place of business. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
On the Road Again
Historic drive: For residents looking for a scenic and informative fall trip, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership has an interactive Web site and a guide book about the 175-mile corridor that runs from Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to Monticello in Charlottesville. | 0 comments - ›› more ...