Falls Church and Northern Virginia's Premier Weekly Newspaper Monday, March 27, 2023
Franchises: What’s New and What’s Next The Community Business Partnership (CBP) is virtual hosting a session to assist start-up businesses on Thursday, March 30, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Heather Rosen, President of FranNet of Northern Virginia, will address topics including what it takes to be a successful franchise owner […]
In the film Ran, Japanese director Akira Kurosawa showed us how Shakespeare’s powerful play King Lear could be transferred across cultures to medieval Japan. The current production of the Shakespeare Theatre Company at the Klein Theatre in Washington, D.C., demonstrates this drama, which addresses such modern concerns such as dysfunctional […]
It seems puzzling to moderns why a town like Falls Church—steeped in southern history with some 19th-century pro-slavery sympathies—would choose to honor Abraham Lincoln on a thoroughfare. Lincoln Ave., which hugs the W&OD trail in a leafy residential neighborhood known as Sherwood, is one of hundreds across the country that […]
By Thomas L. Friedman of The New York Times It is shocking to me how much Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have in common these days: Both see themselves as great strategic chess players in a world where, they think, everyone else knows only how […]
By Paul Krugman of The New York Times Last weekend, U.S. policymakers went all-in on bailing out two medium-size banks: Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. And yes, they were bailouts. I wish the Biden administration weren’t trying to claim otherwise. Yes, stockholders were cleaned out. But legally, deposits are […]
By Julia Hall, Piper Cannon and Isabella Costa In December 2022, Environmental Club students at Meridian High School planted eight dozen seeds in a hydroponic growth system located right in the building. In February, the same students harvested produce from all 96 seed pods, which amounted to almost nine pounds […]
By David French of The New York Times There is a depressing familiarity now to the conversations I’m hearing among parents of teenagers. After the obligatory pleasantries, talk often turns to mental health. Someone’s daughter is struggling, battling body image issues. Someone’s son is sullen and lost in video games. […]
From March 10th through March 18th, SXSW — the annual South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas – premiered over 100 films this year, and two have something in common: ties to the Little City. “Join or Die” and “Riders on the Storm” are two documentary features focusing on […]
One casualty of the Missing Middle housing controversy: A rupture between the Arlington County Civic Federation and the local branch of the NAACP. As planned for six months, the century-plus-old discussion group comprising delegates from neighborhood associations on March 14 finally approved (by a 75-32 vote with eight abstentions) its […]
It’s officially springtime, which means that Meridian High School’s baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, and tennis teams have taken to the field. The first week of the new season got off to a fast start, with a number of the squads already finding their way into the win column. Baseball opened […]
