It wasn’t long into her 12 year tenure at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School that teacher Maryel Barry conceived the idea for a club that would unite old and young alike in the bonds of friendship and respect.
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Miracle Tang: Lemonade Sans Sugar
One Reporter’s Brief Odyssey Into Flavor-Tripping With Miracle Fruit If you’re a food connoisseur looking for that next gastronomic frontier to cross, perhaps a small red berry may provide the edge you’re seeking.
Falls Church Summertime News
American Soccer Academy to Host Summer Camp American Soccer Academy, the Mid-Atlantic’s premier youth soccer education organization, has announced that it will be hosting a community soccer camp from Aug. 18 to 22 at Idylwood Park (7713 Virginia Lane, Falls Church). The camp is open to boys and girls, ages […]
Nicholas F. Benton: The Inevitable Convention Fight
We knew this was going to happen. With Sen. Hillary Clinton’s double-digit victory in Pennsylvania Tuesday, there is now no conceivable way that the Democratic nomination is going to be wrapped up before the Democratic National Convention in Denver in late August.
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Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” Ford’s Theatre, Through Saturday, Dec. 29.



Northern Virginia Art Beat
Jean Barrett Landscapes On display through the end of November at Stacy’s Coffee Parlor (709 West Broad St., Falls Church). Normal business hours: Monday through Thursday 7:30 a.m. – 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday 7:30 a.m. – 10 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. 703-538-6266. Opening reception this Friday, […]





Press Pass: Soft Complex
The old adage declares that “music is life.” For the gentlemen of D.C. band Soft Complex, that holds especially true.





Press Pass: Editors
The stage at 9:30 Club is only about three feet tall, but given the high that the Birmingham, England-based Editors are riding into D.C., you may have to crane your neck a little more than usual.





Press Pass: The Sketches
There was once a time when Charlie Bernardo stood upon the precipice of a recording contract. The offers were there, lucrative ones at that, all he had to do was say “yes.” But something didn’t feel right for Bernardo, the seventh of 10 children born to Cuban parents who immigrated […]
Northern Virginia Art Beat
ColorField Remix Video Night #2 Wednesday night, May 30, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Armand Hammer Auditorium (NY Ave entrance), 500 17th St NW, Washington, DC. The WPA/Corcoran presents the second of three video events featuring ColorField works by 11 different video artists, this […]