‘Couture’ Returns to Crystal City Next Week

The annual Crystal Couture fashion show and sale is returning to Arlington next week. Starting on Tuesday, designers, models and fashionistas will take over the former food court at the Crystal...

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Hotel Palomar For Sale? -- Connecticut-based HEI Hospitality LLC is in talks to buy Hotel Palomar (1121 19th Street N.) in Rosslyn for a reported $45 million, or nearly $300,000 per room. The...

Yorktown Students Make Anti-Drinking Music Video

Yorktown High School students found a creative way to remind their classmates to avoid drinking during Homecoming: they created an original song and a corresponding music video. " was produced...

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Construction to Begin on Rosslyn Office Project -- The long-stalled Central Place office project may finally be moving forward. Developer JBG says construction on a new 390-foot office tower,...

Karaoke Cab Featured on the Today Show

This summer Joel Orbina Laguidao, the Red Top Cab driver who keeps a portable karaoke machine in his taxi, gained regional notoriety thanks to local media coverage. Now, the 'Karaoke Cab' has gone...

WaPo Covers Arlington’s ‘Karaoke Cab’

Have you ever hopped in a Red Top Cab at night and realized that it wasn't just a taxi, it was a karaoke parlor on wheels? If so, you've probably met Joel Orbina Laguidao, the subject of an...

Patriotic Performance Kicks Off Holiday Weekend

The Symphony Orchestra of Arlington kicks off the holiday weekend with a patriotic performance. The symphony, conducted by Jeff Dokken, will play at a free concert called "Honoring America" which...

Keira Moran Needs Your Vote

Rep. Jim Moran isn't the only member of the Moran family who's courting your vote. Keira Moran, the congressman's granddaughter, needs your help to win an national songwriting contest. Keira's...

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Groundbreaking for Lee Highway Condos -- The Christopher Companies has broken ground on Dominion Heights, a 66-unit condo building at 3565 Lee Highway. Construction is expected to last 14-18...

Tuckahoe Elementary Staff Lip Dubs ‘Party in the USA’

The relatively recent workplace tradition of the lip dub has spread to Tuckahoe Elementary. Tuckahoe staffers produced and starred in a music video set to Miley Cyrus' "Party in the USA" as an...

Video: The History of Rock in Northern Va.

The video is long (nearly an hour) and the audio is low, but the county's television channel has posted a video of an fascinating panel discussion on this history of rock and roll in Northern...

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Civil War 'History Mobile' Coming to Arlington -- A tractor trailer turned mobile history museum will be visiting Arlington several times this summer, as part of commemoration of the 150th...

Renaissance Hotel Holds Grand Opening in Crystal City

The Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel (2800 S. Potomac Avenue) in Crystal City held a swank grand opening celebration last night. The NYC-based musical duo of electric violinist Caitlin...

New Remy Video Pokes Fun at the TSA

'Arlington Rap' guy Remy Munasifi has teamed up with the libertarians at Reason Magazine to produce a new parody video about the much-maligned Transportation Security Administration. The...

Accidental Osama Tweeter Likes the Arlington Rap Guy

The Pakistani computer programmer who accidentally live-Tweeted the U.S. raid on Osama bin Laden's compound is apparently a fan of 'Arlington Rap' guy Remy Munasifi. Sohaib Athar achieved...