As young as 4 and 2, Kristen and Cathy Henderson were picking up spoons, banging on boxes and forming bands in their neighborhood. So, it’s no surprise that as adults, the two pursued music for a living, and teamed with [...]
On Oct. 11, George Mason University’s Center for the Arts plays host to the opening of Virginia Opera’s 40th Anniversary season with a stunning production of Sweeney Todd, Stephen Sondheim’s notorious Tony Award-winning musical thriller about revenge, murder, and meat [...]
Long before she studied graphic design at Carnegie Mellon, Joanne Wasserman knew that the creative arts would be her calling.
One doesn’t need to be a country music fan to appreciate the incredible harmonies of the Oak Ridge Boys. That is why over the last four decades, the group has registered 12 gold, three platinum and one double platinum [...]
Art has always been an important part of Anne Lewis’s life—whether creating junk sculptures as a child or working as an art therapist with medically fragile children. Thinking back, she can’t even think of a time when art didn’t [...]
The McLean Project for the Arts will exhibit a retrospective of the works of Richmond-based artist Susanne K. Arnold, Sep. 12 through Nov. 2, welcoming home the former McLean resident. “MPA is very interested in highlighting the work of [...]
Some artists listen to music while they paint to keep their heads clear, but for McLean’s own Christine Walters, music isn’t just an inspiration, but a part of her artistic process. Walters is a performance artist who paints while [...]
When one thinks of Neapolitan food, images of pasta, pizza, and tomatoes fill your head, but that stereotype barely scratches the surface of the delectable full menu that Chef Raffaele Mastromarino conjures up at Pazzo Pomodoro, Vienna’s newest Italian [...]
If you look at some of the photos used in this issue of VivaTysons (such as those in the Bay Buchanan story), you might notice a difference in the style and quality of the images. Even the untrained eye [...]
