Bowling a perfect game of 300 on Monday, Nov. 1 for the first time in his 50 years of bowling, 81-year-old Ken Farley was recognized with a commemormative banner hung above the lanes at Bowl America in Falls Church.
Around F.C.
Arena Stage Opens Student Play Contest
The 2010-11 Arena Stage Student Playwrights Project invites all students in fifth through 12th grades in the Washington, D.C.-metro region to enter into competition an original 10-minute play. Entries must be delivered to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (1101 6th St. SW, Washington, D.C.) by Friday, […]
McLean Packs 100,000 Meals for Stop Hunger Now
More than 600 volunteers from the McLean community participated in a Stop Hunger Now meal-packaging activity last Saturday to help eradicate hunger worldwide. Every time the gong blared at Parents’ Hall at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in McLean, it meant volunteers had packed 1,000 meals. By the end of […]
F.C. Civil War Reenactment In Time for Thanksgiving
The City of Falls Church is hosting a Civil War Thanksgiving Reenactment at Cherry Hill Farmhouse (312 Park Ave., Falls Church). on Saturday, Nov. 27. Visitors are welcome to stop by any time between 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. to see what an 1863 Civil War Thanksgiving was like in […]
UPDATE: Critter Corner: Carmine Found!
UPDATE: Carmine, the pooch missing since last Sunday has been found and returned to his owners! HELP FIND CARMINE! This lost male Brindle Pit Bull mix from Falls Church was last seen at Grove Avenue and Haycock Road in F.C. last Sunday, Nov. 7.
Date Clarification for Challenge Days Benefit This Sunday, Nov. 7
An error in the Events Calendar in today’s News-Press may confuse some readers about the correct date of the Falls Church Education Foundation’s “Les Mis-ocentric Open Mic” Challenge Days benefit event. It is Sunday, Nov. 7, at 6 p.m. at the ArtSpace Falls Church, 410 S. Maple, and not Saturday, […]
Critter Corner: November 4 – 10, 2010
It’s a three-dog day. Pals (left to right) Scout, Diamond and William Wallace like to hang out together, enjoying lovely, sun filled afternoons. On afternoons like this one, after a full day of play, the feisty threesome sit down to take a brief puppy break.
Galifianakis Signs Prints at ArtSpace
Popular syndicated cartoonist Nick Galifianakis signed prints and answered questions from the audience at a “Meet the Artist” last Thursday at ArtSpace.
Candy Trek & Carnival Halloween Hits in F.C.
From the News-Press trick-or-treat photo post last Sunday to the annual City of Falls Church Halloween Carnival on Saturday night, treat seekers hit the streets of F.C. over the weekend.
McLean & Marshall Learn The Business World
Students from George C. Marshall and McLean High Schools will learn the importance of quality customer service while taking part in an educational tasting of the food offered at Coastal Flats at Tysons Corner Center on Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 9:30 a.m. Students from the two Fairfax County Public Schools study […]
