Tag: arts
The annual Annandale Festival offers food, music and fun
The Annandale Festival brought hundreds of people to the Safeway parking lot on Little River Turnpike Saturday for food, live performances, children’s entertainment, games, crafts, and venders of all sorts. The Annandale Festival and Parade are sponsored by the Annandale Chamber of Commerce. The Autentica Diablada group performed at the festival after participating in the … Continued
The Annandale Parade brings music and dance to Columbia Pike
The American Legion gets the ball rolling. The Bolivian dance groups had fantastic costumes. School board member Sandy Evans and Del. Kaye Kory. Cub Scout Pack 894 of Annandale. Cheerleaders of the Annandale Boys and Girls Club. The Annandale High School Marching Band. Dancers from the Autentica Diablada group. Sambos Caporales Virginia. The Pachamama group.
Lots of Halloween activities scheduled for Annandale area
Joe Banker of Annandale, a Vietnam vet, welcomes visitors to the pumpkin patch at Friendship United Methodist Church, 3527 Gallows Road. It’s open every day through Oct. 31, with craft vendors on the weekend. When it comes to Halloween-related events in the Annandale/Mason area, the highlight of the season is the Annandale Parade and Fall … Continued
St. Michael statue back on Evergreen Lane
The statue of St. Michael that went missing from its pedestal at Mi Suk Kim’s house on Evergreen Lane Sept. 3 has mysteriously reappeared. Someone dropped it off by the front door in the middle of the night, says Kim’s son, Seon Choi, a student at Saint Michael School in Annandale. The family was surprised … Continued
Angelika Film Center: classy but pricey
There’s lots to like about the brand-new Angelika Film Center in the Mosaic District in Merrifield: The screens have state-of-the art projection and sound technology, the stadium seating is roomy and comfortable, and there are gourmet food options at the café and concession stand. The theater will show mostly independent and foreign films, and you … Continued
Support the Stuart HS band on ‘Tag Day’
The J.E.B. Stuart band performs in a competition in 2011. When J.E.B. Stuart High School students come to your door asking for donations for the school’s music programs on “Tag Day,” Sept. 8, please be generous. The school’s award-winning bands, chorus, and orchestra perform throughout the year at home football games, competitions, concerts, and other … Continued
St. Michael statue reported stolen
The statue of St. Michael in the side yard of 4303 Evergreen Lane, Annandale, has been stolen, reports owner Mi Suk Kim. The last time she saw it was 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3. When she woke up Tuesday morning, she noticed it was gone. “It looks like someone cut it,” said Kim, a doctor … Continued
Elikeh turns up the heat at Annandale’s Ossian Hall Park
The sounds of Afrofunk, as interpreted by the band Elikeh, reverberated throughout Ossian Hall Park in Annandale Saturday evening. The D.C.-based band blends Afropop, traditional West African rhythms, funk, and jazz. Elikeh’s leader, Serge Massama Dogo (lead vocals and guitar), was born and raised in Togo. The other band members—on bass, drums, two saxes, keyboards, … Continued
BalletNova: Mason’s mecca for dance
BalletNova teacher Irina Wunder. BalletNova, the dance studio in Bailey’s Crossroads, is not just about little girls in tutus and buns dreaming about Swan Lake and sugar plum fairies. The school (3443 Carlin Springs Road) also offers classes for classes for kids and adults in modern dance, jazz, hip hop, tap, pilates, and yoga-based stretching. … Continued
Beanetics displays works by local artists
What goes together better than contemplating art while enjoying a nice cup of coffee? That’s the inspiration for the art shows at Beanetics Coffee Roasters. The Annandale coffee shop (7028 Columbia Pike) is featuring paintings by Madeline Paul through Aug. 31. Her show, titled “Sunrise to Sunset,” includes landscapes, seascapes, and personal expressions. Prices range … Continued
Annandale’s Ossian Hall Park showcases Vietnamese culture
The sounds and colors of Vietnam filled the air at Ossian Hall Park in Annandale Saturday evening. Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Night featured songs from different regions of the country, a Vietnamese martial arts demonstration (below), and a dance performance and fashion show, with styles created from paper, presented by students at George Mason University. The … Continued
The sun sets on Annandale’s dive bar
The Thrillbillys final set at the Sunset Grille The regular crowd turned out in droves last night to rock out to the Thrillbillys one last time at the Sunset Grille. The popular nightspot shut down for good on May 31, as the owner, Shel Youtz, determined it’s no longer financially viable. Revenue has been declining … Continued
Singing competition to benefit the homeless
Are you or your friends or kids trying to be the next Taylor Swift or Carrie Underwood? Here’s your chance to get noticed: Enter the Capital County Challenge—A Battle of the Voices, a competition to showcase up-and-coming vocal talent in the country and country-pop crossover genre. There are two division: ages 8-14 and 15-22. The … Continued
Annandale Lions Club supports young musicians
Several talented youths were recognized Feb. 25 at the Annandale Lions Club’s annual Bland Music Scholarship Competition at the United Baptist Church of Annandale. Samantha Rose Williams, 17, a student at T.C. Williams High School, cinched the first-place prize in the vocal contest by singing “Your Daddy’s Son” from “Ragtime.” Charlotte Victoria Lewis, 15, of … Continued
Film captures contributions of pioneer conservationist
By Elizabeth Kirchner The public is invited to a free screening of “Green Fire,” a documentary about Aldo Leopold, the biologist and writer who raised the nation’s consciousness about environmental conservation. Aldo Leopold The film offers plenty of scenes of windy prairies, handsome forests, and purple mountains, but alos piles of elk carcasses, as it … Continued