By Tori McKinney D.C., Maryland and Virginia — Get ready for the exciting re-branded and re-styled 26th Annual Tinner Hill Music Festival (previously a blues festival)! Family fun, adult fun and great music along with a mix of history, all at the same place…a winning combination. Enjoy a fun and […]

In less than two weeks, on Tuesday, June 11 there will be a Democratic primary election for which all Democratic registered voters in the City of Falls Church, Arlington and surrounding areas are eligible and encouraged to vote. There has been a lot of money poured into two Democratic primary […]

The pop-up park is coming! Construction begins this week to transform the site of the old Landmark Building, next door to Radley Acura on Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads, into an exciting interim park for active and passive recreation. A plaza space will incorporate hexagonal concrete paving, native plantings, outdoor […]

As the last graduates of Washington-Lee High prepare for their diplomas (over the summer comes the switch to Washington-Liberty), I’ll submit another tribute to the school’s heralded heritage. No, that legacy will not fade away because of a one-word name change. Last month I received a call from Blanche Kirchner, […]

By Ken Feltman The Third Punic War ended in 146 BCE when Roman legions led by Scipio completed a three-year siege by burning Carthage. Scipio did not celebrate. He was observed crying as he listened to the screams of the dying. Asked why he would cry at the moment of […]

One of the most fascinating technological advances in recent memory has been the development of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), popularly called drones. (Note: Although the formal terminology is Unmanned Aircraft System Program, drones have no gender. Since I prefer the term “unstaffed” to “unmanned,” I am using the simple term […]

Perhaps it is perceived as obligatory more than anything else, but the catch phrase “small town character” became the focus of a bit of a discussion by the Falls Church City Council Monday night when it was discovered as included in a draft vision statement for the update of the […]

I’ve logged a few hours in the unpretentious Clarendon studios of Arlington Independent Media (AIM), pontificating on community radio or TV — once joining a pick-up chorus to record a YouTube production of the “Arlington County Song.” But the time I put in is dwarfed by that of Jackie Steven, […]

By Del. Mark Levine What do you get when you combine lesbian comediennes, gay storytellers, bisexual singers, trans rock and rollers, rainbow politicians, and drag queens, along with a fierce commitment to make Virginia respect its entire LGBT+ community? You get my Third Annual Rainbow Democrats Extravaganza, of course, which […]

The Virginia House Democratic Caucus issued a stern warning yesterday after Alabama virtually outlawed abortion. In a statement, the Caucus warned that Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country are escalating their coordinated assault on women’s reproductive rights noting that Tuesday, Alabama passed an already-infamous bill that would ban abortion in […]