Good Friday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
The following articles were published earlier today — Apr 26, 2024.
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The southbound lanes of N. Glebe Road were blocked at N. Woodstock Street due to a crash involving a school bus.
The crash happened around 4:15 p.m. Friday, near Glebe Elementary School, and involves the bus and a car. Two students were on board the bus but no injuries have been reported, according to initial reports.
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This question often perplexes those of us in the industry. However, the answer, in its essence, is remarkably straightforward.
The younger generation aren’t collectors. The more you have, the more you have to move, and young people move around a lot these days for work or personal interests. Then there is the patience factor; a great bottle of wine needs time to develop into something grand. Not to mention, the snobbery thing doesn’t sit well with some.
But let’s look at what works on any level of wine appreciation. Wine tastes good and completes and heightens any culinary experience. It can turn even microwaved leftovers into something special. Then, there is the social aspect; wine is meant to be shared, contemplated, and discussed. There is no harm in enjoying a glass by yourself, but wine tastes better when shared in good company.
Understanding wine is easy. Most of it is geography, where the grapes were grown and the wine made. You need to know the basics. No one expects anyone to identify a wine blind and correctly identify it. That’s ridiculous for this discussion.
Wine is history and speaks to our past, (more…)
Monarch Montessori School is now enrolling infants, toddlers and three year-olds for its full-time Montessori program. We offer a seamless enrollment process which involves submitting an application for review, paying the enrollment fee and submitting the remaining enrollment materials before your proposed start date.
At Monarch Montessori School, we aim to provide an authentic Montessori learning experience. At our Alexandria location, we currently have 8 openings in our Primary classroom (ages 3-6), and 6 openings in our Toddler classroom. Additionally, there are 3 infant openings at this time.
The Arlington County Fire Department has a new plan for the next five years centered on recruitment, retention and employee wellbeing.
ACFD’s first-ever strategic plan, released earlier this month, is part of an effort to refocus the department around core values. Based on community and employee concerns about staffing, health and workplace culture, the agency developed the document to solve problems and improve existing systems.
Welcome to the spring auction for Alice West Fleet Elementary, an amazing, diverse and enthusiastic Net Zero Energy school in central Arlington! We serve more than 600 students from PK-5th grade and are home to APS’ Deaf & Hard of Hearing Program.
All proceeds of this auction will be used to support the Alice West Fleet PTA, which supports field trips, classroom supplies, teacher grants and more! Thank you for donating, bidding and supporting our amazing community. Have fun shopping!
Cleaning out her grandmother’s home, Ellen Rabinowitz discovers a mysterious photograph of a soldier, tucked away in a box of keepsakes. And so begins this sweeping, heartfelt musical about one woman’s journey to unearth the secrets buried in her family’s past. Spanning three generations, “Unknown Soldier” unravels a delicate tangle of family lore, as Ellen chases the extraordinary story that unlocks her history—and charts her future.
“Unknown Soldier” has a book by Daniel Goldstein (Broadway’s “Godspell”), music by the late Michael Friedman (“Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson”), and lyrics by Goldstein and Friedman. The Arena Stage production is directed by Trip Cullman (Broadway’s “The Rose Tattoo”) and stars Kerstin Anderson (Broadway’s “My Fair Lady”), Riglee Ruth Bryson (“Annie” North American Tour), Adam Chanler-Berat (Broadway’s “Next to Normal”), Lora Lee Gayer (Broadway’s “Holiday Inn”), Nehal Joshi (Broadway’s “The Phantom of the Opera”), Perry Sherman (Broadway’s “Fun Home”), and four-time Tony Award nominee Judy Kuhn (Broadway’s “Les Misérables”).
The musical has been hailed as “COMPELLING…a romantic mystery spanning almost a century” by The Washington Post, “GORGEOUS…ENGAGING…SIMPLY MAGICAL…a fascinating exploration of memory, love, and loss” by BroadwayWorld, and “MOVING…ENTHRALLING…EVOCATIVE…the memory musical unfolds with the delicacy of an heirloom music box” by DC Theater Arts.
“Unknown Soldier” plays at Arena Stage through May 5. Get tickets at arenastage.org/soldier.
The Jimmy John’s in Clarendon appears to have closed, perhaps for good.
Situated at 1138 N. Irving Street, around the corner from O’Sullivan’s Irish Pub, the fast-casual sandwich chain first opened in 2014 underneath The Beacon Clarendon apartment complex.
An extended day employee at a local elementary school allegedly showed porn to kids.
The 18-year-old man from Fairfax County was arrested and is facing several charges, including possession of child pornography, Arlington County police announced Friday morning. Investigators are now seeking additional victims, beyond the three already identified.
Arlington County police will be stepping up traffic enforcement over the next few weeks as part of the annual spring Street Smart campaign.
The regional road safety initiative aims to remind drivers, cyclists and pedestrians alike to pay attention and follow traffic laws. It runs through May 19 and will include two high-profile enforcement events in Arlington, starting this coming Monday.
Local School Holds Caps Rally — “It was all about the Washington Capitals at Cardinal Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday, when the school held an hourlong pep rally for the Caps, complete with cheers, hockey lessons from Caps staff and a visit from mascot Slapshot.” [WTOP]
County Looks to the Future — “The future is now, at least based on the responses received to date as part of the Arlington County government’s ‘Arlington 2050’ planning initiative. As part of the initiative to plan for what the county might be in a quarter-century’s time, residents have been asked to fill out ‘postcards from the future,’ telling Arlington leaders of 2024 what they’d like the community to look like.” [Gazette Leader]
For many remote workers, a messy home is distracting.
You’re getting pulled into meetings, and your unread emails keep ticking up. But you can’t focus because pet hair tumbleweeds keep floating across the floor, your desk has a fine layer of dust and you keep your video off in meetings so no one sees the chaos behind you.