Monday, May 14, 2012
Four galleries hosted open houses during Occoquan's Art on the Block event on May 12.
Photographs of dining patrons transformed by digital paint colors; layers of beeswax mixed with resin and oil colors; a representation of death and hope captured in a single white balloon—these gallery pieces were among hundreds on display for Occoquan’s Art on the Block. The May 12 event was the collaborative effort of four galleries located on the 300 block of Mill Street: Kelly’s Artbox, Artists’ Undertaking Gallery, The Loft Gallery, and Art a La Carte. Each gallery offered buffet-style refreshments and the opportunity for patrons to familiarize themselves with the works of local artists and their wide range of techniques and media: from painting, pottery, and sculpture to photography, metal works, and jewelry. Hannah Weatherington has…
Friday, May 11, 2012
Patch's Cinema Siren reviews the new Burton-Depp flick, Dark Shadows.
Tim Burton, as the stylized director of such glorious oddities as Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, and Ed Wood, is the pied piper to the inner goth in all of us. So it is with a heavy heart Cinema Siren has to report Dark Shadows, while it might have moments of loopy greatness and top-notch production and costume design, it is on the whole the most tragic of cinematic sins, a bore. The greatness is in some particularly exciting and fast paced scenes, that are strangely intermittent in its 116 minutes, and so at odds with the soap opera ploddings of the rest of the film. The first minutes of Dark Shadows show great promise. Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp, in his 8th partnership with director Burton) is the rakish son of a 1770s New World …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Get out this weekend.
Relay for Life of Prince William County When/Where: May 12, noon. C.D. Hylton High School, 14051 Spriggs Road, Woodbridge. Why Go: Support the fight against cancer. Pricing: Free. Church Rummage Sale When/Where: May 12, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Occoquan Bible Church, 3700 Old Bridge Road, Lake Ridge. Why Go: Sale to feature clothing, furniture, electronics, toys, and other items. Pricing: Free. Watercolor Artist Reception When/Where: May 12, 1-4 p.m. The Loft Gallery, 313 Mill St, Occoquan. Why Go: Deborah Conn uses hand colored and marbled papers to add texture to her watercolor paintings. "Collage has freed me somewhat from my source material," she said, "allowing me to introduce less literal and more dramatic elements into my work." Pricing: Free…
Friday, May 4, 2012
Cinema Siren takes a look at the first of the summer blockbusters, The Avengers.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Radio station WMZQ, 98.7 FM, is hosting a battle of the bands. To be a contestant submit your band's video by noon on Friday.
The country music station WMZQ, 98.7 FM, is hosting a Battle of the Bands contest that ends at noon on Friday. Northern Virginia area bands can submit a YouTube link to a video of the band to the contest site that is no longer than four minutes. Be sure to read the rules. "Six bands will be chosen to perform on May 3rd or May 17th at Growler's in Gaithersburg and compete for the chance to open the day at WMZQ Fest on June 3rd!" according to the contest's website. Read more, including the contest rules at the WMZQ contest page. From the looks of the Facebook comments, a Maryland band called The Sam Grow Band, which frequents such establishments as The Whiskey in Annapolis, seems to be a popular contestant so far. The accompanying video …
Friday, April 13, 2012
Patch contributor Keri Goodfriend is teaching another round of art classes.
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Friday, April 13
Lake Ridge Patch contributor Keri Goodfriend is offering art classes for toddlers, preschool and elementary students out of her home this May and June. She also offers daytime classes for homeschooled students. Payment is due at the first class for any classes. A schedule of classes is below. To register, ask for directions, or find out more information, contact her at Keri.goodfriend@gmail.com or 703-494-4765. Preschool Picassos For kids 3-5 years old. This six-week class teaches children about the basics of color theory, types of art, introduces famous artists and their work, and encourages the children to try different styles of artwork. Cost: $83 (materials included). Art Exploration Workshop: Around the World For kids K-5th grade. …
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
More than 500 students and adults will be in Prince William, Manassas and Manassas Park for the SeaPerch Challenge this week.
Hundreds of the nation's brightest students are set to converge on the Manassas Park Community Center this week for the National SeaPerch Challenge. The three-day event begins Wednesday, but students will convene in the community center’s aquatics area on Thursday for the actual underwater robotics competition. The community center will also host an awards dinner where former White House chief technology officer Aneesh Chopra will speak. Prince William County Public Schools and the visitors bureau, Discover Prince William and Manassas, are coordinating the students' visits to Manassas museums and other local attractions such as the Manassas Battlefield. The students are also set to tour several companies in Prince William that specialize …
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Whitney Ferré of Creatively Fit hosted an owl-themed painting workshop geared towards beginner artists on Saturday. She'll host another workshop for parents and kids this afternoon from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Oregon artist Whitney Ferré brought her Creatively Fit program to Occoquan this weekend with a workshop on painting owls. Owls symbolize inner light, and Ferré thought they were perfect representations of the artist's process of finding oneself. Those who attended the Saturday workshop got to create owls with acrylic paint, and other materials such as patterned paper, fabric, and gold leaf. The workshop is particularly suited to beginner painters, and Ferré is hosting another workshop today for parents and children at the Mill Street Studio at 416 Mill Street in Occoquan. It will run from 3 to 4:30 p.m., and Ferré said yesterday that there were still spots available. Kathy Strauss of Lake Ridge is a local Creatively Fit coach. She can …
Saturday, March 24, 2012
What event is your organization hosting? Let everyone know!
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Saturday, March 24
This video tutorial shows you how easy it can be to post an event to our Patch events calendar.
Leslie Perales
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