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Jun
12
Weekend Buzz: June 12, 2025

Weekend Buzz: June 12, 2025

Celebrate Juneteenth! Juneteenth Celebration Join the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation for a free Juneteenth Celebration from 12:00 p.m.
33 min read
Jun
11
F.C. Bulletin: Smart City Improvements; Falls Church Forward; June 14 'No Kings' Protest in City

F.C. Bulletin: Smart City Improvements; Falls Church Forward; June 14 'No Kings' Protest in City

Transportation: Mayor Announces $10 Million Smart Cities Grant to Synchronize Broad Street Traffic Lights Traffic getting you down? Well, the
10 min read
Jun
09
How Eden Center Taught Me to Accept My Mixed-Race Identity

How Eden Center Taught Me to Accept My Mixed-Race Identity

By Annabel Taylor, A few years ago, I found a book hidden among the shelves of my grandparents’ dusty armoire.
7 min read
Jun
06
Old School: Mallet Adjusted

Old School: Mallet Adjusted

By Carol McEwen, The summer I was nine, my dad brought home a croquet set for me. I was totally
2 min read
Jun
05
Real Estate: ‘Adaptive Reuse Community’ 3co Converts 3 Baileys Crossroads Office Towers to 675 ‘Flexidential’ Apartments

Real Estate: ‘Adaptive Reuse Community’ 3co Converts 3 Baileys Crossroads Office Towers to 675 ‘Flexidential’ Apartments

Have you ever heard of the term ‘flexidential’?  I hadn’t until a few days ago.  But the Three Collective
10 min read
Jun
03
Falls Church Arts: All-Member Show Opens with a Reception, June 7

Falls Church Arts: All-Member Show Opens with a Reception, June 7

Falls Church Arts celebrates its member artists’ best work during the All-Member Show at the Falls Church Arts gallery from
3 min read
Jun
02
Giving the Gift of Art to Help Heal Cancer Patients

Giving the Gift of Art to Help Heal Cancer Patients

Is every development in our nation’s free-market health care system a boon for profiteers and a bust for patient
10 min read
May
30
Old School: Pie-Eyed

Old School: Pie-Eyed

Remember the saying about Ginger Rogers? “She did everything Fred did, only backwards and in heels.” Well, my mother did
2 min read
May
30
Paragon Theaters at Founders Row Lock-in Opening Dates

Paragon Theaters at Founders Row Lock-in Opening Dates

Have you been wondering why the Paragon Theaters at Founders Row haven't opened yet? Well, now they'
4 min read
May
29
Weekend Buzz: May 29, 2025

Weekend Buzz: May 29, 2025

Celebrate Pride! Sunday, June 1, Mary Riley Styles Public Library, 120 N. Virginia Ave., Upper Level Conference Room, 10:00
24 min read