George Mason High School alumnus Gregg Curtin hopes that an online fundraising campaign will help his performance troupe Fighting Gravity bring their blacklight stage show to Broadway. The group gained a worldwide audience in the summer of 2010 with its first appearance on “America’s Got Talent,” a televised talent competition. [...]

After hearing the gritty, down-home Americana of The Howlin’ Brothers, it’s hard to believe these three musicians met while receiving jazz and classical training as music students at Ithaca College. And after hearing their latest album, Howl – with those growling vocals and that wailing harmonica, moving from a Dixieland [...]

For the 17th year, D.C.-area restaurants are coming together for a night of fundraising to help battle HIV/AIDS, cancer and other illnesses. Food & Friends’ Dining Out for Life takes place Thursday, April 25, and features over 100 area restaurants that have pledged to contribute between 25% and 110% of [...]

Chinese food? Check. Thai food? Check. Korean food, Vietnamese food, and Japanese food? Check, check, and check. At Red Parrot Asian Bistro, diners can go on a culinary excursion across Asia without even leaving the restaurant, much less the country. One might order an appetizer of Thai crispy spring roll, [...]

By Giselle Betbeder The saying, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” was proved true by a group of artists this month, when they used trash collected around the City of Falls Church to do something extraordinary. The morning of April 13, a group of eco-conscious artists met at the Falls [...]

By Yena Seo What is true happiness? Is it flying a kite, becoming a queen and ruling over loyal subjects, perfecting “Chopin’s Nocturne in B-flat” on the piano after months of practicing? The cast and crew of J.E.B. Stuart High School explore this age-old question in their uplifting and delightful [...]

Once upon a time, a brilliant mind decided that an excellent way to serve meats, cheeses, and other toppings would be between two pieces of bread. Some claim it was the Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, who earned those founding honors hundreds of years ago. Whomever its inventor may be, [...]

Rosemary Hartman says that in a farce, it’s tough to strike a balance between showing honest characters and performing their odd and deeply comedic circumstances. It’s the fine line she walks in directing her cast in the McLean Community Players production of Neil Simon’s “Rumors,” which opens Friday night at [...]

By Kristen Popham “The heart may freeze or it can burn, the pain will ease if I can learn, there is no future there is no past, I live this moment as my last,” sings the youthful, adventurous Mimi, worn by the corruption of NYC. In the 1990s, AIDS aggressively [...]

The documentary “Shenandoah,” produced by J.E.B. Stuart High School alumnus Billy Peterson, will have its Northern Virginia premiere at the Stuart auditorium next week. The screening,  sponsored by the J.E.B. Stuart High School PTSA, will take place next Wednesday, April 17, at 7 p.m.  A donation of $8 is recommended, but not [...]