October 2017
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Movie Review: The Devine Order
The year is 1971. The world is swollen with hippies, disco music, and demonstrations for equality and peace. But in Switzerland, women are still forced to remai…
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Movie Review: Music Got Me Here
Some movies are made purely as escapism, a temporary foray into a world other than the viewer's own, and there's nothing wrong with that. Some are meant to teac…
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Movie Review: Hostiles
I used to not really like western films, but as I've learned more about film criticism, I've taken to the genre with a lot more enthusiasm. There isn't any spec…
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Movie Review: Breathe
Disabilities can be hard to properly represent on film. You either get a case of Rain Man, where it's so uplifting that it's a little unrealistic; or Me Before…
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Movie Review: Battle of the Sexes
Who doesn't love a good sports biopic? Something like Rocky or The Karate Kid is always reliable for a good mood, but it's even better when it's a true story. S…
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Movie Review: A Fantastic Woman
To set the record straight, the word "transgender" is an adjective. They illustrate and add depth to nouns, divulging their cloaked splendors and hidden horrors…
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Middleburg: 230 Years Old and Still Making History
Believe it or not but this year our great town achieved another milestone birthday. Middleburg is 230 years old and its story is a rich one, filled with ups and…
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Middleburg Film Festival's Just Keeps Getting Better
For four days in October, Middleburg offered a rare opportunity to see some of the year's best films -- over two dozen Oscar contenders, critically acclaimed fo…
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Middleburg Eccentric October 2017, Volume 14 Issue 6
THIS MONTH IN THE ECCENTRIC: Middleburg: 230 Years Old and Still Making History, Middleburg Town Council Report, 3rd Annual Forrest Allen Financial Aid Fund,…
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Loudoun Laurels 2008-2016
Loudoun Laurels 2008-2016
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Letter from the Plains
I have never written anything for submission to a newspaper of any sort before, but feel compelled to do so now. In the Middleburg Eccentric Sept. 28 – Oct. 26,…
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Kindness Day
On Sunday, November 12, six businesses in Middleburg are participating in a grassroots celebration of World Kindness Day. It's simple: just stop in at any of th…
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Jazz Flute!?
So, what is it with Jazz flute? You either love it, hate it, or don't realize that it is even a thing. Those who didn't know about it were awakened when Will Fe…
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Honor
More than half a century ago, when I was both taller and smarter, the honor code at the University of Virginia was a simple affair. Roughly stated, the code rea…
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Halloween Candy versus the Dentist
Every year when Halloween comes around I have this inner conflict: candy versus the dentist. What do I do? Do I give out toothbrushes and toothpaste and risk my…
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Grief and Exercise
Everything is fine and then it isn't. Someone you dearly love passes away. For a time, it feels like the clock stops ticking. Breathing becomes difficult. The h…
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Gravitational Waves, The Nobel Prize
In 1916 Albert Einstein predicted gravitational waves. In 2017 the Nobel Prize committee awarded a group of scientists the award in physics for making the first…
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Goodstone Inn A Room with a View
Goodstone Inn A Room with a View
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Foxcroft School Celebrates Creativity with the Opening their Innovation Lab
With the snip of a ribbon held, aptly, by students who helped create the maker-space, Head of School Cathy McGehee and Director of Educational Technology Alex N…
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Film Festival Kudos
For yet another year thanks go out to Sheila Johnson and the Salamander organization for staging another world-class event here in Middleburg. The 2017 Film fes…