Arlington News

ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Technomic today released results of a survey detailing the sophistication of supermarket fresh prepared foods among 28 banners, representing 8,000 stores, and substantiated the $15 billion growth of supermarket foodservice over the last eight years. The study suggests that most stores (64%) witnessed 2014 prepared foods category growth of 9 percent or higher.

In a news release issued by the District Attorney's Office, Vance recognized ARC fraud prevention team members Doug Nass and Christine Hettich for their assistance with the investigation leading up to Cheng's arrest.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) announced today the 10 lucky couples who have been selected as winners of the Empire State Building (ESB) Valentine's Day Weddings contest.

Yale Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of THE MOORS by Jen Silverman, directed by Jackson Gay, beginning tonight, January 29, where it will run through February 20 at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street). Opening Night is Thursday, February 4.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced today that Sylvester Stallone will receive their prestigious Montecito Award for his critically acclaimed role in Ryan Coogler's CREED.

The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced 10 Finalists for its prestigious playwriting award, the oldest and largest prize awarded to women playwrights.

Knowledge is the Pathway from Slavery to Freedom About the book: Just before the Civil War, in the dark corners of the New Orleans waterfront, Billy Jefferson's dreams are yanked from him before he'd barely walked off the ship from Scotland. In the summer of 1860, America is a tinder box, ready to blow. Issues of states' rights, slavery and regionalism have come to a boiling point. Citizens across the South are willing to fight and die to maintain their Southern way of life. The South is a tough place to be if you disagree with that philosophy. It's especially tough if you are a free person of color or their friends. Billy Jefferson, a young scholar raised on the Texas frontier, now a professor with dreams of teaching freed blacks like himself, returns to America after years of obtaining an education abroad only to disappear upon landing at New Orleans. When Billy fails to return from Europe as scheduled, Will Bowman, Billy's mentor, Texas ranching business partner and surrogate father initiates a search to find and bring him home. Join the continuing saga of the Bowman and Jefferson families as they search for the young man with a vision for his people that will change their lives for generations. Follow the families' at the ranch as the war changes everything around them and makes them outcasts in the state they helped build. 'Freedom Road' is the third book in Dan Vanderburg's Texas Legacy Saga, appropriate for readers 10 years of age to 110. The Texas Legacy Saga tells the stories of the Bowman and Jefferson families in frontier Texas from the Texas Revolution, through the Indian Wars and into the Civil War. 'Each Texas Legacy story stands on its on without needing to read the other books, but as a series, you learn more about the growth of the characters. The stories also hold their own without gratuitous sex or unnecessary bad language,' says Dan Vanderburg. 'I want readers of all ages and walks of life to be able to read and enjoy my books without having to be concerned whether it's inappropriate or graphically offensive.' Available in Paperback and Kindle e-book 243 pages ISBN: 152320544X Published: 1/10/16 Print copy Cover Price $ 15.99 Digital e-book $3.99 Available online at: Amazon.com About Dan Vanderburg: Dan Vanderburg is a sixth generation Texan. As a child he listened to the stories of his ancestors and how they built their way of life on the Texas frontier. Those accounts lit a spark in Dan to learn more about early Texas and share those exciting stories through his novels. Dan grew up in Dallas, attended college at East Texas State University and served a four year hitch in the Navy during the Viet Nam war. He now lives and writes in Arlington, Texas. Dan is an accomplished lecturer and trainer, speaking for social, fraternal and business organizations. His presentation 'Gone to Texas' discusses what life was really like on the raw frontier of early Texas and includes book readings and signings. His training programs include 'How to Write Your Memoir' and 'How to Develop a Read and Critique Group.' For more information about 'Freedom Road,' the Texas Legacy Saga, or to schedule an interview with Dan, please contact him at (817) 455-6458 or email him at dan@danvanderburg.com.

WSC Avant-Bard's magical production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream offers is an absolute delight. It doesn't matter if you are the most hardened grown-up or the most precocious, spoiled brat the world has ever seen. You will be entranced by this production's creativity for much of the show's 2+ hours' traffic on the Gunston Arts Center stage.

Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA continues with their WORLD PREMIERE of Click and drag to move Watching O.J. by David McMillan Continuing through Black History month February 5th - 28, 2016 Running at 8pm Fridays and Saturdays, and 2pm Sundays EST/LA is in the Atwater Village Theatre complex at 3269 Casitas Ave. LA, CA 90039 Tickets are $19.95 in advance at watchingoj.com or $25 at the door.

The Illusion Theater presents the world premiere of Only One Sophie, an engaging musical inspired by Director Michael Robins' remarkable family history. Opening February 12, the new work will be on stage through March 5 at the downtown Minneapolis theater, located on the eighth floor of The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave.

THE HUMAN FACE OF BIG DATA, a gripping new one-hour documentary premiering nationally on PBS Wednesday, February 24, 2016, at 10:00 p.m. ET

Gary Ward, has completed his new book 'Panterra - The Machinist': a gripping and potent tale of human perseverance, strength, and adaptation to new surroundings and challenges.

BroadwayWorld and The Muny announces today the directors, choreographers and music directors for the Muny's 2016 Season, which opens on June 13 with The Wizard of Oz.

Sonya Kitchell is set to release her critically acclaimed new album We Come Apart this Friday, January 22nd via Rockwood Music Hall Recordings/Thirty Tigers.

ESPN and the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association announced today that The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has entered a multiyear agreement renewing its title sponsorship of the Cotton Bowl

Award-winning blues rock guitarist and singer-songwriter, Stevie Nimmo, will release is second solo album “Sky Won't Fall” via Manhaton Records on Friday 4th March. One half of The Nimmo Brothers, this will be Stevie's second solo release since 2010's debut acoustic album, The Wynds of Life.

On the heels of the news that Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's new musical adaptation of FREAKY FRIDAY will hit the stage in Washington, D.C. this fall, theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) just announced it has secured worldwide licensing rights for the show and will allow professional -- and eventually amateur theatres -- to produce the musical after its debut.

Get ready for a supernatural mother-daughter body swap -- onstage! BroadwayWorld is excited to report that D.C.'s Signature Theatre will present the world-premiere production of the new musical FREAKY FRIDAY.

Artes de la Rosa is proud to announce principle casting for the Artes de la Rosa production of BIG FISH: 12 Chairs Version receiving its first North Texas staging this March.

Natascia Diaz is one of DC's greatest talents. With several Helen Hayes Awards and nominations under her belt, she's returned to her roots playing her favorite role, Anita in Signature Theatre's West Side Story.