Falls Church News-Press

It was entirely not like Bob Young to be a no-show at the News-Press’ weekly info sharing lunches on Mondays in the Little City. So a number of regulars began to be concerned starting a couple months past. But there were assurances from Bob via text messages and some on his staff that everything was

The Phillips Collection’s newest exhibition features 90 plus works from its permanent collection by its biggest and brightest stars to mix the old with the new in “Breaking It Down: Conversations from the Vault.” The museum says its mission is to emphasize dedication to and connection of living artists with classic stars like Georges

The Capitol Hill-based theatre company We Happy Few is currently presenting Karel Čapek’s groundbreaking play “R.U.R.” Produced by Artistic Director Kerry McGee, the show was initially presented live, but the production was obliged to close early due to unforeseen circumstances. Fortunately, the troupe follows the theatrical dictum “the show must go on:” it is continuing

For an intriguing visit to a local museum over the holidays, your family may love the exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, “Suchitra Mattai: Myth from Matter,” by “a multi-disciplinary Guyanese American artist of South Asian descent.” It is the first solo show in the District by Mattai who, in her

By a vote of 5-2, the Falls Church City Council Monday night approved a first reading of a new ordinance that would facilitate the ability of City homeowners to build “accessory dwellings” on their property. The draft ordinance will now undergo a full range of presentations and vettings before City advisory boards and commissions, the

Three sensational new upscale restaurants have opened their doors in the City of Falls Church in recent weeks, and their impact on the City promises to be game changing. These and other new eateries, retailers and entertainment venues moving toward opening in the coming months come as new apartments and condominium projects in the Little

Stepping back for a bigger picture of this historic month, it bears noting that in the domain of solutions to the grave crisis that has been caused by the U.S. presidential election, there are two pathways that need equal attention. The first is a short term one, the other a longer term remedy. The first

What constitutes a good newspaper? Is it as a mere chronicler of facts and events, in a non-partisan, explanatory way? Or must it essentially be something more? We say more. We assert this as the decimation of the news industry continues apace, including with its characterization as the “enemy of the people” by the next

When I flew to Wisconsin last week for a college football game (my beloved Oregon Ducks faced the Wisconsin Badgers in the new Big Ten conference, and won!), I fully expected to have multiple conversations about politics and the results of the presidential election. After all, Wisconsin was a battleground state, where candidates held multiple

The current exhibition at Falls Church Arts is aptly called Vivid!, a term forty-seven artists in a multiplicity of media understood in different ways as they entered their submissions. Fifty-five of these works are now on vivid display. As we tour a handful of the artworks of this exhibition, we begin with Tara Barr’s