Local events and live music in Falls Church this week!

Aesop’s Fables are classic tales that many will remember from childhood. The fables began as an oral tradition in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE and have since been written out and passed on through generations.

Local events happening in Falls Church this week!

Dar Williams grew up in the 1970s, where she was encouraged to find her passion at a young age. She picked up a guitar at the age of nine and wrote her first song at 11 with the encouragement of her family.

“Company” is an early 1970s musical revolving around a bachelor whose friends are all married and who is interested in and resistant to marriage all at once. Coming between “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” on one spectrum and “Into the Woods” on another, Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” broke new ground in examining the complexities of contemporary relationships in vignettes, although the unconventional subject matter and the non-linear technique are placed “Side by Side” (to quote one of the song titles) with more traditional Broadway elements.

Local events happening this week in the city of Falls Church!

After nearly two years of the Coronavirus pandemic, theatres are finally reopening. This also holds true for dramatic productions at schools, as the drama department at George C. Marshall High School in Falls Church re-emerges triumphantly with a challenging live production: William Shakespeare’s classic play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Waking up from a dream, one usually remembers bits that seem at first unrelated, but which follow a theme.  The art exhibition “Nocturne Eternal,” currently on display at the Salve Regina Gallery at the Catholic University of America, follows this pattern. John Figura (lifetime resident of the Annandale/Falls Church area and late professor of painting at Catholic University) vividly captured the moments of awakening, clearly shown in this exhibition of his nocturnally-themed oil paintings.

hed artists create works during the three-hour Quick Draw event and took in the 82 Falls Church City scenes painted outdoors by festival artists during the previous three weeks. While juror Jean Schwartz made her selections, festival visitors chose their favorite artwork, with 442 casting votes for the People’s Choice Award.

“Now, no pressure, but this performance has gotten a standing ovation every single night,” joked Laura Connors Hull, the producer of “Having Our Say” at Creative Cauldron, before the show began.