By Jan Mercker As kids, Rebekah and Sally Ontiveros would battle it out in epic Iron Chef-style cooking competitions in their home kitchen. Now the … Read More ›
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Middleburg will hold its annual Summer Sidewalk Sale beginning Wednesay and continuing through Sunday. Many of the town’s retailers on Washington, Madison and Federal streets … Read More ›
Organizers of the Bluemont Fair, which has been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, aren’t going to let their special annual artwork go to waste. … Read More ›
Actor and musician Mike Ellison grew up in Reston in the 1980s, the son of a prominent African American journalist in a relatively progressive planned community. From childhood into his 40s, he has routinely heard the same backhanded compliment: “You’re so articulate.”
Launching a first-year film festival in the suburbs in the middle of a pandemic is gutsy, crazy or a little of both. And it’s happening right here in Loudoun this fall.
Loudoun community theater maven Karlah Louis closed down her beloved Main Street Theater Productions last summer, but she continues to be a mentor for young … Read More ›
By Martin Bonica In mid-March, Northern Virginia’s music venues, along with most others in the world, went quiet. As part of Virginia’s efforts to slow … Read More ›
Take the narrow brick alleyway between SideBar and Brick & Mortar in downtown Leesburg, turn right down a flight of stairs, and you’ll find yourself in a chic basement bar straight out of Manhattan: sleek black concrete counter tops, wooden floors, stone walls, banks of glass filled with hundreds of wine bottles. Welcome to Echelon, the new “urban wine bar” from the owners of popular Lost Creek Winery.
100 days since everything changed 100 days of loss, challenges and silver linings. For one Ashburn mom, an act of family preservation has turned into an unexpected—and unexpectedly successful—creative outlet.
Loudoun singer/songwriter Ryan Wright dropped her latest single today, the breakup song for your summer playlist: “Burn in Hell.” The single follows the 2019 release … Read More ›