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Tuesday, June 14, 2022
By Mark Dreisonstok In the month of May, Washington National Opera presented a very lively production of “Carmen” at the Kennedy Center. Georges Bizet’s “Carmen,” with its tuneful, accessible melodies and simple plot, has become arguably the world’s most popular opera. Indeed, it has permeated Western culture in so many ways, from the musical “Carmen Jones” starring Dorothy […]
FCKLL’s spring season is coming to a close this Saturday, June 4. We have had a tremendous baseball season with 581 boys and girls in the league from ages four to 13. Closing day will be all day Saturday with championship games for A, AA, AAA and Majors all being held at Westgate Elementary School.
It’s hard to say which of the Republican responses to the latest mass shooting was most reprehensible.
The reliably awful Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas attracted considerable attention by insisting that the answer is to put armed guards in schools, never mind that Uvalde’s school system has its own police force and officers seem to have been on the scene soon after the shooter arrived.
Falls Church events calendar for the week of May 26 – June 1, 2022.
It should come as no surprise to regular readers of this newspaper that it is once again officially endorsing Falls Church’s “favorite son,” U.S. Rep. Donald S. Beyer, Jr., in this month’s Democratic primary election. Early voting is already underway, and Election Day proper is June 21. Beyer’s lone challenger in this election is a woman seeking public office for the first time, Victoria Virasingh.
While ducking into the Paisano’s on West Broad St. to grab a quick lunch, I met Fabiola. One of five children born in Spain to Bolivian parents, this world traveler came to the Little City in 2021 with the ambition of one day becoming a neurosurgeon.
Niles the computer cat loves sitting next to either mommy or daddy’s desktop computer in downtown Falls Church. He tries to be of assistance. He is a loving 6 year old tabby cat.
Falls Church events calendar for the week of May 26 – June 1, 2022.
I was very pleased to see the article about FCC’s focus on environmental responsibilities and sustainability.
In the Level AA regular season championship, the Falls Church Sharks defeated the Angry Avalanche by a score of 8-5 on Saturday, May 21. The first time the two teams faced off it was snowing, so it was fitting that the championship game was held on the hottest day of the year to that point.
