Friday, December 28, 2012
See what’s going on in Falls Church this weekend
Recover from the holidays with a relaxing weekend of events in and around the City of Falls Church. Meet visiting artist Sandra Hill at Stifel & Capra, treat yourself to a champagne dinner in McLean, take the kids to a dino puppet show in Annandale, enjoy the world premiere of How I Paid For College and kick off the New Year at the Little City's Watch Night®. Visiting Artist at Stifel & Capra: Sandra Hill: In the Alcove Gallery on Stifel & Capra’s second floor this month is Sandra Hill, an award-winning artist working primarily in watercolors and acrylics. Recently she has been creating abstract collages and has won several awards for her work in this genre. Sandra teaches watercolor through the Arlington Artists Academy. Stop by and see …
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Don’t miss this Broadway-style cabaret performance at ArtSpace Falls Church
Get ready for a “tantalizing trip through the trials and tribulations of the tricky road that is the female psyche,” according to actress Mary Payne Omohundro. Tonight, she will take the stage at ArtSpace Falls Church in the cabaret performance Torches, Tears & Tiaras as part of Creative Cauldron’s FOURTHWall Cabaret Series. “It is our (a woman's) prerogative to sip a glass of Chardonnay and change our minds while wearing sweatpants, an old T-Shirt and a tiara,” Omohundro said. “Women fall in love with men for some strange reasons and stay with them for even crazier reasons. Or perhaps we are just trying to figure out the reason why we love or loved that certain man and still need to figure out what to do about it. Perhaps we are simply …
Friday, February 10, 2012
Creative Cauldron puts the spotlight on traditional Italian performances this weekend
A little piece of Italy is coming to Falls Church this weekend with three performances highlighting traditional Italian theatre and dance. ArtSpace Falls Church will host these performances, part of Creative Cauldron’s Passport to the World festival. Creative Cauldron is the non-profit arts organization that manages and operates ArtSpace. Faction of Fools Theatre Company will present The Great One-Man Commedia Epic on Saturday night and A Commedia Romeo & Juliet on Sunday afternoon. Faction of Fools celebrates Commedia dell’Arte, a form of professional theatre begun in Italy in the early 16th century that created a lasting influence on Shakespeare, opera, vaudeville and even now on contemporary musical theatre and improv comedy. Faction of…
See what’s going on in Falls Church this weekend
This weekend is jam-packed full of arts & culture events. Check out a local production of a hilarious musical, travel to Italy with traditional Italian theater performances (including a Helen Hayes Award recommended production!) and dance workshops, enjoy restaurant deals from your "travels" to Creative Cauldron's Passport to the World festival or enjoy a 70s soft rock concert to benefit the National MS Society. Not into that artsy fartsy stuff? Spend Saturday at Mad Fox Brewery for the Barleywine Festival! Passport to the World - Restaurant Deals: Creative Cauldron is partnering with local ethnic Falls Church restaurants during its Passport to the World festival. Every time you attend a Passport performance or dine at one of the Cauldron'…
Gina Caceci
7:28 am on Friday, December 28, 2012
If you're looking for a fun, casual, adult (21+) evening of great rock-n-roll and R&B music -- and some dancing, too -- consider spending New Year's Eve with the band JackWagon and special guest singer, Carolyn Cole, a Helen Hayes Award winner, at Creative Cauldron at ArtSpace Falls Church. From 8 pm until 1 am, and for only $35 a ticket, enjoy music, hors d'ouvres, a midnight champagne toast and… more ›