Arlington Snapshot: Bringing Opera into Public Schools
Virginia Opera has launched an initiative to provide free in-school opera performances for elementary school students.
Arlington: Artist To Exhibit ‘Birth of the Mother’
Local painter Sue Grace presents 20 years of paintings.
Along a quiet, tree-lined street in the Ashton Heights neighborhood, the house is already a reflection of the painter inside.
Arlington: Exhibit Captures Life After Breast Cancer
Surgeon hosts exhibit depicting patients resuming their daily lives.
The effects of breast cancer on survivors far outlast a mastectomy, the last round of chemotherapy or the final radiation treatment. Part of survival is planning for life after cancer is no longer in one’s bloodstream.
Arlington: Chiefs Face off Against Chefs at Fundraiser
Competition benefits Arlington Food Assistance Center.
Steam rises from the pots. Chefs on stage sharpen their knives.
Arlington Snapshot: Howl-O-Ween
Stella, the French bulldog, won ”best big dog” in the Howl-O-Ween festivities at James Hunter Dog Park on Sunday Oct. 25.
Arlington Snapshot: Fall Heritage Festival
Dhaya Wood stuffs straw into hand-made scarecrows lined up on bales of hay while her brother Shaan (who has chosen his World Series team) looks for a refill at the Gulf Branch Fall Heritage Festival on Saturday, Oct.17. The festival gives children the experience of stepping back in history to recreate life in the early 1900s in Arlington. Dave Farner, park manager, says the festival had gone on long before the first one he did in 1998.
Arlington: Signature Theater Presents ‘Cake Off’
It's a battle-of-the-baking-sexes world premiere musical.
It’s the 50th Annual Millberry Cake Off. The legendary jackpot: $1 million for the best homemade sugary delight.
Arlington: Shea Wins Spelling Bee 67 Years Later
But this time without fainting.
It was a sudden death spell-off between two contestants who had gone through 43 rounds with no mistakes.
Synetic Theater Presents ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Arlington theater does Gothic version of Lewis Carroll classic fairy tale with dialogue.
Alice’s story by Lewis Carroll takes a sharp turn as she falls down the rabbit hole into the dark and mysterious Wonderland. Artistic directors Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili combine their signature cinematic-style with a script by recent Helen Hayes Award nominee Lloyd Rose, that promises to be a fresh take on this fairy tale of the absurd.
Arlington Snapshots: Clarendon Day
The street was lined with pizza stacked high, chili tasting booths for the International Chili Cookoff Tournament, one-hour free yoga giveaways, craft beer and a sangria booth, five bands playing all day, balloons and face painting for Clarendon Day on Saturday, Sept. 26.