Library Offers MP3 Downloads
March 31, 2012 by Falls Church Times Staff · Leave a Comment
The Mary Riley Styles Public Library in the City of Falls Church (120 N. Virginia Ave.) now offers free MP3 music file downloads on its website, www.fallschurchva.gov/library, through Freegal Music. Library cardholders are eligible for three MP3 downloads per week. A Library card number and PIN are necessary to access and download songs.
Freegal Music is an online database that provides access to songs from Sony Music. The music files are Digital Rights Management-Free (DRM-Free) and do not expire. The files are compatible with PCs, Macs, iPods, iPads and other MP3-compatible devices.
Freegal Music contains over 500,000 songs from Sony Music artists spanning all genres, from Ke$ha to Bruce Springsteen to Dave Brubeck and more. New music is added to the collection daily.
To view, browse, and download music from Freegal, go to the Library’s homepage (www.fallschurchva.gov/library) and click on “Downloadable Collection” on the left menu.
Access to Freegal Music on the Library’s website has been made possible by the Mary Riley Styles Public Library Foundation.
For more information, call the Mary Riley Styles Public Library at 703-248-5035.
FRIDAY, 4/20: High School Band Night at Creative Cauldron
March 20, 2012 by Falls Church Times Staff · Leave a Comment
At Creative Cauldron at ArtSpace at 7:30 pm on April 20, talented local high school bands will perform Indie, Blues, Rock, Alternative, Acoustic, and Jazz. Creative Cauldron is located at 410 S. Maple Avenue. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for student/seniors and can be purchased in advance at www.creativecauldron.org
Bands performing are: Security Report (Classic Rock Covers), Lu and the Blues Crew, Elephant Pistol (Indie/Alternative), Simple Sounds (Acoustic Covers), JKL, (Piano/Vocals) and the George Mason High School Jazz Combo.
SUNDAY, 3/4: Blues Concert for Tinner Hill
March 3, 2012 by Falls Church Times Staff · Leave a Comment
The Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation is hosting another concert in its Prelude to the Blues series leading up to the Tinner Hill Blues Festival. On Sunday, March 4, local blues musician Cathy Ponton King and band members Scott Shuman and Bill Starks will perform at the historic home of Cathy and Kent Taylor from 5 to 8 pm. Advance tickets are $25 each and admission includes a meal catered by Famous Dave’s Barbecue. Address for the concert is provided after tickets are purchased. Order tickets online at www.brownpapertickets.com
FRIDAY, 3/2: Funky Fundraiser for ArtSpace
March 1, 2012 by Falls Church Times Staff · 1 Comment
Dance the night away at the 1980s Dance Party fundraiser at ArtSpace Falls Church on Friday, March 2. The benefit event is being sponsored by Tom Clinton.
“DJ Doctor G” (known to many in Falls Church as Gordon Theisz, M.D.) will be spinning real vinyl record albums — playing disco, funk and rock and roll from 7:30 to 11 pm at ArtSpace, 410 S. Maple Avenue.
Admission is $10 per person. Dance music, refreshments and raffle prizes are all part of the event which is a fundraiser for Creative Cauldron. All monies raised that evening will go towards facilities expenses for the operation of ArtSpace. See www.creativecauldron.org for more information.
His alter ego is "DJ Dr. G." Falls Church family physician, Gordon Theisz, will be spinning the records at the 1980s Dance Party on Friday, March 2 at ArtSpace, 410 S. Maple Avenue.
British Isles Last Stop in Passport Series
February 28, 2012 by Falls Church Times Staff · Leave a Comment
By FALLS CHURCH TIMES STAFF
February 28, 2012
The Dirty Pints band will perform at Creative Cauldron at ArtSpace Saturday afternoon, March 3 at 2:00 pm in the final weekend of the "Passport to the World Festival."
The Passport to the World Festival of Music, Dance and Story makes its final stop in the British Isles this weekend at ArtSpace Falls Church with three different musical performances.
On Saturday, March 3 at 2 pm, The Dirty Pints will play a crowd-pleasing variety of traditional Irish music along with the occasional American classic. The Falls Church-based trio is also the favorite house band at Ireland’s Four Provinces Restaurant. They play a range of instruments including fiddle, whistle and guitar. Come and listen — and sing along, too.
Moch Pyrderi is a six-piece Welsh American band from Fredericksburg, Virginia. They will perform at 7:30 pm Saturday night, playing music firmly rooted in the traditional music of Wales and Brittany, occasionally interwoven with music from Ireland, Scotland, Turkey and the American Appalachians. The group’s instrumentation includes the rare Welsh triple harp, Welsh pibgorns, and Welsh bagpipes, highland pipes, fiddle, flutes, percussion and more. Moch Pyrderi’s vocal abilities create a distinctive sound.
The "Emerald Glen Trio" wraps ups the Passport to the World Festival at ArtSpace on Sunday, March 4 at 7:30 pm.
Finish off your trip to the British Isles on Sunday evening with a 7:30 pm concert of rousing Celtic reels and more from Emerald Glen Trio. The group brings flute, hammer dulcimer and violin to create a mosaic of sound that is both contemporary and timeless.
Tickets for each performance are $15 adults and $12 for students/seniors and can be purchased in advance at www.creativecauldron.org or by calling 571-239-5288.
Creative Cauldron at ArtSpace is located at 410 S. Maple Avenue in the Pearson Square building. Free parking is available in the garages at 410 and 400 S. Maple Avenue.
Mad Fox “Leaping” to Help FC Arts
February 27, 2012 by Falls Church Times Staff · 1 Comment
By FALLS CHURCH TIMES STAFF
February 27, 2012
Leap Day is Wednesday, February 29 and Mad Fox Brewing Company is donating a portion of all sales that day to Falls Church Arts.
“We will be going all day from 11 am to 11 pm. We’ll have an exhibit of the history of FCA and those who have contributed so much to make it a success.” said Barb Cram, FCA President. “We hope to have lots of people join us for lunch, afternoon break, dinner and dessert on Wednesday. Mad Fox is generously donating a portion of the day’s proceeds to FCA to further our programming at ArtSpace.”
There are great raffle prizes and live music in the evening performed by “Simple Sounds” and “Lu and the Blues Crew.” If you are out of town or otherwise unable to make it go to this link on FCA website
http://www.fallschurcharts.org/MFraffle/MFraffleprizesadvance.pdf
and you can see the outstanding raffle prizes, “Night on the Town” (haircut, massages, flowers, baubles, dinner, entertainment at Creative Cauldron, First Stage, and bubbly )and more Prizes include ”Lunches, Dinners, at nine different Falls Church restaurants and tickets to State Theatre are another prize. All original Art by Art Pierson, Beth Loftis, Nick Galifianakis, Kevin Rechin, and Paul Levy — valued at $400 to $750….Wine cellar, picked by James Roth at Red, White and Bleu, Art Supplies which include print rack, classes, etc. and a wonderful prize package from National Geographic. Go to this link and you can also view the link to the art. Since FCA has SQUARE (mobile credit card charging device) you can call 703-613-7881 and buy raffle tickets from FCA, Barb Cram and FCA Treasurer, Cathy Kaye will be handling the transactions.
Mad Fox Brewing is located at 4454 West Broad Street. Falls Church Arts is a nonprofit, community arts organization that promotes the visual, performing, literary and applied arts. For more information, go to www.fallschurcharts.org
FRIDAY 2/24: Alice in Wonderland, Jr. at MEHMS
February 21, 2012 by Falls Church Times Staff · Leave a Comment
Opening night for Alice in Wonderland, Jr. is Thursday, February 23 at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School (MEHMS). Students and staff have been working hard for weeks to prepare this musical production. With a cast of over 90, the show will delight with singing, large dance numbers and eye popping colors. There are many memorable and familiar characters including Alice (in small, medium and tall), the always late White Rabbit, the all knowing Cheshire Cat, the delightfully funny Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, the “off with your head” Queen of Hearts, the madcap Mad Hatter and March Hare, and the amazingly long and upbeat Caterpillar.
"Alice in Wonderland, Jr." will be performed Thursday, Friday and Saturday (February 23 - 25) at 7 pm at MEHMS. Shown above are Tweedledee (Jacob Plata) and Tweedledum (Andrew Connelly) with "medium" Alice (Tea Abbraciamento) Photo courtesy of Carol Sly.
The show opens Thursday and runs through Saturday, February 25 in the MEHMS Cafetorium at 7pm. Tickets are $8 per person. The lobby opens at 6 pm, and the seating area opens at 6:30pm. Admission is through the front doors only. Concessions are available each night with a variety of snacks, treats and drinks. There is plenty of parking in front, on the side and behind the school.
When in Falls Church, Do As the Italians Do
February 8, 2012 by Falls Church Times Staff · Leave a Comment
By FALLS CHURCH TIMES STAFF
February 8, 2012
Travel to Italy this weekend as the Washington, DC based Commedia dell’Arte performance troupe, Faction of Fools presents two performances at Creative Cauldron’s continuing Passport to the World Festival at ArtSpace Falls Church.
On Saturday, February 11 at 7:30 pm, Faction of Fools Artistic Director Matthew R. Wilson will perform “The Great One-Man Commedia Epic,” a one-man show in which he performs 12 different characters drawn from the historical commedia dell’ Arte canon.
The piece was originally commissioned in 2004 for Italy’s 20th annual Stage Internazionale. Young lovers have their lives thrown into chaos as their wedding plans are threatened by squabbling fathers, boasting war heroes and a host of well-meaning but dim-witted servants. The entire town is drawn to the brink of tragedy before love prevails, normalcy is restored and comedy triumphs. This one-man show is a treat for avant-garde theater fans, scholars of dramatic history, and the fun-loving child in all of us. Read more
