Archive: 2017
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Sandy Lerner's Book, Caticons, Just Released: An Intimate, Private Look at 4,000 Years of Art Imitating Cats
"What if you had an (almost) unlimited budget and unfettered desire to surround yourself with furniture, clothing, art, household objects, books, and pretty muc…
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Red
The garden shed chatter is usually about the weather. Temperatures, rain, the forecast, these are things of great importance. Keeping that in mind, it seems tha…
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Pints & Paws An Udder Success
Pints & Paws An Udder Success
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One of the Nation's Top Steeplechase Events Returns: International Gold Cup Races are a Fall Favorite Event
Thundering hooves, fancy parties, lavish tailgate spreads, more than 45,000 fans and spectacular fall scenery will all be part of the upcoming 80th running of t…
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New Task Company Comes Life from A Seasoned Planner: Loose Ends Turns Years of Organizing Experience into Personalized Service Company
Life these days seems to be busier than ever with loose ends dangling for many. JoAnn Hazard, a Middleburg business professional with more than 30 years of mana…
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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…