And in the local writing scene, we have news from Write by the Rails:
Write by the Rails ‘Back on Track’ with new initiatives
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From the press release:
Four Ballets, One Year, One Painter
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When it comes to our food, many of us know what we’re eating but a lot of us don’t know where it comes from.
We get a behind the scenes look at what it takes to raise show beef cattle entered into competition at the Prince William County Fair.
A Wendy’s restaurant at Parkway Crossing West on Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge is remodeled.
From a press release:
We found the pirate treasure near Manassas.
A group of eight recently solved the clues and opened the locks that revealed a chest of pirate gold and jewels.
DUMFRIES — There is just one four-legged member of the Dumfries Police Department.
This K9 officer’s name is “Stitch,” and he’s a two-year-old German Shepherd.
Like Tom Cruise in Top Gun, officers of the Haymarket Police Department “feel the need for speed.”
And they say that in a newly created video parody of the 1986 movie made for the police lip sync challenge, a series of viral videos featuring officers in departments across the U.S. lip syncing to familiar songs.
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Disney’s smash Broadway adaptation of the cult hit movie musical, Newsies, is coming to the Pied Piper Theatre in Manassas.
Winning the rights to do the show is a coup for the Center for the Arts at the Candy Factory Director Beverly Hess and Pied Piper Theatre Director Anne Ridgeway.
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BRISTOW — Drinking too many beers at a summer concert could land you in here.
It’s a new 1,350 square foot building behind one of the region’s largest live music venues — Jiffy Lube Live. It’s an outpost for Prince William County police, and for emergency medical services.
From an email:
Bottle Stop Wine Bar, located in Historic Occoquan, announced its multiyear selection to Wine Spectator’s Wine List Awards. The Award of Excellence is granted to restaurants whose wine list typically offers at least 90 selections, features an assortment of quality producers, along with a thematic match to the menu in both price and style.