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Things To Do In Winter

Things to do in the winter time.

Hastaie Featured at The Art Gallery

Connecting with people through his travels.

The Art Gallery of Potomac welcomes a new resident artist, Habib Hastaie.

Workhouse Artists Win People's Choice Award

Six artists from the Workhouse Associate Artists (WAA) were chosen as People's Choice Award winners for their current exhibition in the Vulcan gallery (Building W16) at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton.

Letter to the Editor: Reform County’s Appointment Process

In August 2010, Supervisor Hyland constituted a visioning task force to study the Mount Vernon District and create a comprehensive report concerning the next 25 years.

Arts Blossom in Former Prison

Workhouse Arts Center at Lorton continues tradition of transformation.

Prisoners—drunks, petty thieves, assaulters, even suffragettes—quite literally laid the foundation for the Workhouse Arts Center at Lorton.

Column: Week of Sunshine, Online Textbooks and Car Title Lenders

Last week in the General Assembly was a busy one. I have introduced 15 bills, three constitutional amendments, one study resolution, seven budget amendments, and I am Chief Co-Patron on four bills.

Donating Hair, Raising Awareness

Junior Girl Scout Troop 4143, of Alexandria, hosted a hair donation event recently.

Food Pantry, Thrift Store Moves to New Locations

WFCM is still on Metrotech Drive, but in two new spots.

Western Fairfax Christian Ministries (WFCM) has moved – but not far.

Burke Resident in ‘Death Race’

Lance Sanson prepares for June’s Spartan Death Race in Pittsfield, Vt.

For those who find marathons too mundane and “century” bike rides just too casual, a new breed of extreme competitions is rapidly gaining popularity. With intimidating names like Tough Mudder, Warrior Dash and Rugged Maniac, these obstacle races offer unusual combinations of challenges that test the mental as well as physical dexterity of athletes. Atop them all—at least according to its own website and registered competitor Lance Sanson—is the Spartan Death Race, taking place this June in Pittsfield, Vt.

Letter to the Editor: Embracing School Choice

School choice is a hot topic in Virginia, especially as our great commonwealth debates the merits of school choice policies.

McDonald’s Donates $4,200 to Fairfax County Schools

On Friday, Jan. 18, the McDonald’s Family Restaurants of Greater Washington, D.C. presented Fairfax County Public Schools with a check for $4,200.

Letter to the Editor: Guns Make It Too Easy to Kill

“Guns don’t kill, people do,” says the National Rifle Association. It sounds so right because it’s so obvious. But while it’s obvious that people kill, guns make it too easy to kill.

Letter to the Editor: Despicable Maneuver

On Martin Luther King Day, Henry L. Marsh III, who grew up in segregated Virginia, became a civil rights lawyer who worked on school desegregation cases who went on to become Richmond’s first African American mayor and has been a state senator since 1991, went to Washington, D.C. to see the nation’s first African American president sworn in for the second time to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Local Business Supports Operation Gratitude

Vienna, Springfield business owner promotes another opportunity for a random act of kindness.

It all started with a “tweet” from NBC News Correspondent Ann Curry last month suggesting a creative way to honor the 26 lives that were lost at a Newtown, Conn. elementary school. Why can’t we all try to perform at least 26 random acts of kindness this next year?

‘Dance Your Heart Out’ in February

In honor of National Heart Month, Metropolitan Fine Arts Center (MFAC) of Alexandria and Fairfax Station is featuring their “Dance Your Heart Out” campaign, offering unlimited adult dance and mind/body classes throughout February for a special price of $110.

A Ticket to Hollywood

Centreville High senior Maddie Assel is on “American Idol.”

Centreville High senior Maddie Assel is a bubbly, outgoing, 17-year-old. She’s busy with school, friends, college visits and — oh, yes, she’s also a contestant on “American Idol.”

City Museums Receive Accreditation

The Office of Historic Alexandria has earned accreditation as a museum system at the November 2012 meeting of the Accreditation Commission, according to The American Alliance of Museums.

Area Roundups

Clifton Town Council meeting and Workhouse Studio artists and instructor get published

Entertainment Calendar

Entertainment Calendar for Jan.-Feb.

Fairfax Rebels Helps Lanier Middle Prep for High School

On Dec. 17, Fairfax High students Mackenzie Ardinger, Brynn Brezovsky and Brooke Attkisson went to Sidney Lanier Middle School in the name of self-awareness and self-confidence, to share something they called the “For Me Project” with the middle schoolers.

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