The rock band Red Wanting Blue were traveling from Salt Lake City to Denver, through a Wyoming snowstorm, while they were on tour in 2013 when they went through a life-threatening experience. The band’s tour bus, a converted mobile home, was nearly hit by a jackknifed tractor-trailer. “The truck came […]
Author: Drew Costley
Youth Baseball Player Wins Anti-Spit Tobacco Slogan Contest
Alex Smith will be fulfilling two people’s dreams when he throws out the first pitch at a Little League Baseball World Series game on Friday afternoon – his own and his grandfather’s. That’s because Smith, a 12-year-old resident of the Little City and former member of the Falls Church Kiwanis […]
Mason Football Prepares to Try to Build on Turnaround Season
On the first Thursday of the George Mason High School’s varsity football team’s training camp George Mason head coach Tony Green blew his whistle to pause the team’s pursuit drill. Some of the less experienced players on the team, under the intense summer sun, had started dragging their feet during […]
Press Pass: Jonny Lang
Jonny Lang (metaphorically) blew up his house and didn’t just survive through it – he made new fans to whom he can tell his tale. The 33-year-old Grammy Award-winning blues musician hadn’t put out an album in seven years before releasing Fight For My Soul in September 2013. The lead […]
Restaurant Spotlight: Saran Indian Cuisine
Saran Indian Cuisine appears low-key at first glance. It’s one of several storefronts in a strip of diverse commerce that’s under development on the 5100 block of Lee Highway in Arlington. But the fare and atmosphere inside is worthy of high praise. Saran is owned by Ravinder and Karan Hazrah, […]
Press Pass: Pure Prairie League
It’s been almost 45 years since Pure Prairie League (PPL) formed and, although their touring pace has slowed down to only playing shows on the weekends, they’re still trying to surprise – and rock – their fans. “The band is killing, hitting on all eight cylinders and we’re just having […]
American Legion Post 130 Gears Up for Axe Throwing
Bob Simpson, Commander of the American Legion Post 130, has been throwing axes since he was a kid. He and Mike Strickler, Second Vice Commander of Post 130, grew up in the City of Falls Church and began throwing axes when they were preteens. “It’s just one of those things […]
Press Pass: Smash Mouth
Smash Mouth’s lead vocalist Steve Harwell, who started the band 20 years ago, can identify one major way the current version of the group is different from the one he started in 1994. “We’re about a million times better now,” Harwell said. The group has undergone several lineup changes since […]
Restaurant Spotlight: Lebanese Taverna
Tanios and Marie Abi-Najm migrated to the United States in 1976 with their five children to escape the civil war in Lebanon. In 1979, after three years of saving money they earned working in restaurants and odd jobs like newspaper delivery and mowing lawns, Tanios and Marie opened the Athenian […]
New F.C., Arlington Treasurers Grew Up as Childhood & Lifelong Friends
Jody Acosta and Carla de la Pava, best of friends since childhood and interim treasurers of the City of Falls Church and Arlington County, respectively, sat in the Cosi on Wilson Boulevard in Arlington on Tuesday afternoon, having a friendly competition.
