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F.C. Arts Cuts Current Exhibit Short Due to Pandemic

The Falls Church Arts gallery (700B W. Broad St., Falls Church) announced that it would be shutting down its current show, “A Woman’s Journey,” due to the concerns over spreading COVID19. There are currently no plans to reschedule.

Choralis Reschedules March & May Shows to Next Season

The Choralis Foundation announced it is canceling and rescheduling programs slated for March and May in response to the continuing spread of the coronavirus.

The “Come and Sing with Bob Chilcott” workshop originally scheduled for March 21 will be rescheduled for Oct. 31 and the Choralis concert, “Move Him Into The Sun,” originally scheduled for March 22 will be rescheduled for Nov. 1.

The concert performance “Jewels in the Choral Crown” by Choralis chamber choir, Ēchos, originally scheduled for May 3 will be rescheduled for next season.

Choralis will continue to provide updates on the remainder of the 2019-20 season, “The Language of the World,” which includes: Experiments in Music (June 7) featuring Carl Off’s “Carmina Burana,” Stravinsky’s “Symphonie de psaumes” and Gershwin’s piano concerto, “Rhapsody in Blue,” performed by Todd Fickley, Choralis associate director and keyboard artist.

Complete program information and news is available at choralis. org/concerts/#tickets.

NOVA Community College Moves to Online Classes

Northern Virginia Community College has canceled its in-person classes and shifted to online classes, which went into effect this past Monday. The college’s full statement is below.

“Out of an abundance of caution and in support of CDC guidance regarding social distancing during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) will shift to remote learning. Students should take precautionary measures and not return from spring break. NOVA classes will be canceled on March 16 and March 17 to allow for

KEEPING OUR WATERS SAFE are Falls Church natives, such as Ensign Veronica Sullivan (right photo, on left), the gunnery officer aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy, shown taking distance measurements between the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy and the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart during a replenishment-at-sea. Navy Midshipman Marsden Davis (left photo), a fellow Falls Churchian, participated in the 2020 spring Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps ship selection draft as a future member of the Surface Warfare Officer community. More than 270 midshipmen from NROTC units around the country chose to serve as surface warfare officers. (Photos: Courtesy United States Navy)

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