Thanksgiving with a Loudoun flair
Local chefs tell how to take the region's finest products and turn them into the tenderest turkey and most flavorful sides you've ever served. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Soup to nuts – all right here at home
Loudoun farmers, bakers, vintners and graziers put together the freshest Thanksgiving menu ever. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Weekend events
Events around Loudoun County this weekend and into next week range from a children's production of "The Nutcracker" chess with a grandmaster. Several plays and musical performances are on tap around the county. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Loudoun Naturally: Happy Thanks 'green'ing
Start a new family tradition this year and turn a typically gluttonous holiday “green.” From your food to your place settings, Loudoun County has everything you need to take a healthier (and greener) approach to the season of consumption. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
On exhibit
Barns and Farms of Loudoun County, Re-Collections and Quiet Light, Courtroom sketches and Supreme Court justice portraits, Painting and colored pencil exhibit. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
New tap company debuts
Studio Bleu Dance Center in Ashburn has a new baby -- Rhythm in Blue. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Students put finishing touches on fall plays
The stage in the auditorium of Loudoun County High School buzzes with a muted excitement as the cast of Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night's Dream" gathers on the stage to listen to drama teacher John Wells give instructions before the start of rehearsal. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
This week's events
Events around Loudoun County this weekend and into next week include a variety of theatrical performances, a Barkfest and Oatlands' Fall Teas. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
Sophistication through simplicity
If you ask for a plate of orecchiette at Ashburn’s newest Italian restaurant, you may just get a story of boxer Mike Tyson’s notorious ear-biting episode to go along with it. That’s because head chef and co-owner of the two-month-old Forno Italian Oven & Grill, Enzo Febbraro, served up a plate of this pasta, literally translated “little ears” in Italian, to Tyson years ago. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
On exhibit
Re-Collections and Quiet Light, Courtroom sketches and Supreme Court justice portraits, Painting and colored pencil exhibit | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fresh ideas for fall's fresh pumpkin
Frost is on the pumpkin, so the saying goes, and that means it's time to get back into the kitchen after the summer's long hiatus to fill your house with the homey smells of fall. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Widescreen: movie reviews
'The Men Who Stare at Goats', 'Christmas Carol,' 'The Fourth Kind' | 0 comments - ›› more ...
New tap company debuts
Studio Bleu Dance Center in Ashburn has a new baby -- Rhythm in Blue. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Authors to converge at book fair in D.C.
The National Press Club's 32nd annual Book Fair and Author's Night on Nov. 17 will bring big names to Washington, D.C., promising "top pols, pundits and cultural legends." Those visitors will include Jim Lehrer, Chris Matthews, Rod Blagojevich, Tom Ridge and Gwen Ifill. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Local 'Project Runway' finalist teams up with Patsy Cline nonprofit
Next spring, Loudoun's claim to fame in the fashion world will unveil a dress made to honor a local country music legend. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Theater roundup
Fall and winter seasons are kicking into high gear on stages around the region. Here's a look at some year-end treats, roughly in chronological order. This list includes some holiday productions; we'll have more of those as the holidays near. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Movie celebrates healthy eating
Loudoun Holistic Health Partners and Leesburg's Wine Kitchen are hosting a film screening of "Fresh," a movie that celebrates farmers, thinkers and business people in the United States who are re-inventing the nation's food system. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Cooking up something yummy
It's a cooking time of year, and Loudoun has several businesses that will help you decide what to make and how to make it. And after the classes, you get to enjoy the fruits – and vegetables – of your labor. In the Dulles Town Center, the new Cookology restaurant has a full calendar for fall, including some classes designed to get you planning something different for Thanksgiving. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Free week of fitness for mommies
Mommy Bootcamp – motto "Be all the mommy you can be!" -- is offering a free week Nov. 9-14 in its Get Fit for the Holidays campaign. Moms can come to any of three locations for comprehensive workouts that include cardio drills, strength training and core exercises with abdominal work. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Odd Angles: No Thanks Kneaded
My previous column introduced the idea of offering holiday gift givers a What Not to Give list: an itemized accounting of stuff that would be unappreciated, unused and under the bed collecting dust. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Where to get local turkeys
Where to get local turkeys in Loudoun. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Auditions
Piedmont Community Children's Choir, Loudoun Chorale, String workshop ensemble for students. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Widescreen
This is it. The new film "This Is It" focuses on one aspect of Michael Jackson’s life and leaves everything else behind. This is Michael the performer. | 0 comments - ›› more ...