"Nearly Gone," written by Elle Cosimano, is a debut young adult mystery novel, set here in the D.C. Metro/Northern Virginia area. In addition to creating a compelling story, Cosimano adds both math puzzles and science concepts into the novel, which help...

It’s that time of the year again! Time for the annual Fairfax Games: and you know what that means: time to round up the slackers, skippers, and all-around misbehaving students! Earlier today, School Board member Ryan McElveen released this year’s...

As part of its annual six-day Secondary School  Shakespeare Festival every March, the Folger Shakespeare Library opened  its doors to several groups of talented students from around the DC Metro area, allowing them to perform excerpts of Shakespeare’s...

There are many tried and true ways through which up-and-coming bands seek to promote themselves. They record an album, play small local gigs, create a web presence through social media, and hand out CDs like crazy hoping to catch peoples’ attention....

What’s your favorite book? Chances are that any group of teenagers asked would reply that their current favorite is The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. With it’s movie adaption (starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort) set to come out on June...

When browsing the “Top Charts” of the app store, the same style of games are shown. The games where the sole purpose is to win against all of your friends. This style indeed dominates the market. Included in these apps is the increasingly popular...

Who doesn’t love when there are free books, songs, and TV shows in the iTunes store? Well, this holiday season, Apple is taking on the concept of freebies in a big way. From December 26th to January 6th, Apple customers that have downloaded the free...

Bastille is an upcoming pop rock band from the United Kingdom, composed of lead singer Dan Smith, bassist Will Farquarson, keyboard player Kyle Simmons, and drummer Chris “Woody” Wood. The band’s debut album Bad Blood includes popular chart toppers...

Normally when watching a TV-series people are used to three or more seasons of a show that  consists of the same beloved characters experiencing either hardships or comic situations depending on the show’s genre. The F/X Network show American Horror...

On Nov. 21st, I joined the masses sitting outside the theater hours before the scheduled showing time of Catching Fire, the newest “Hunger Games” movie. As we all lined up to wait to get into the theater, everyone was talking about how they hoped...

Avenue Q School Edition, written by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, is currently in production on the stage at West Potomac High School. West Potomac’s Beyond the Page Theatre Company brings Lopez’s and Marx’s edgy, witty, and clever music to life...