You could pick up an album by The Infamous Stringdusters at an indie record shop. You could download a few tracks online. You could even catch their new music video on YouTube. But the real deal, says upright bassist Travis Book, is what happens when he and his string-picking bluegrass brethren get on stage. “You can only get the real thing in one place,” Book said, “and that’s wherever the five of us are.”

Almost, Maine is a town of just that: Almost. Almost love, almost heartbreak, and almost getting concussed from several hits to the head with an ironing board. This adorable winter’s evening was Falls Church High School’s production of “Almost, Maine.”

The show formerly known as Santa Jam returns to the State Theater next Thursday for a night full of blues tunes and good will. Now known as Winter SOULstice, the

Bronx Pizza and Subs joined the many restaurants that populate Clarendon Boulevard this summer, and has since been serving pizzeria favorites with big nods to New York City just steps