Fairfax County Animal Shelter , 4500 W. Ox Rd., makes pets available for adoption by residents of Fairfax, Arlington, Loudoun and Prince William counties, as well as Vienna, Fairfax City, Falls Church and Alexandria. More pets can be seen at http://www.petharbor.com . Animal viewing and adoption...

No incidents were reported by the animal control section of the Fairfax County police. For information, call 703-246-2253.

What do you get when you mix acrobatics and cabaret theater? The shows by this ensemble from Finland and France, which is making its American debut with this tour, involve choreographed movement, visual imagery and performers in midair (as well as on the ground). The group's latest production,...

This band is named after a New Deal initiative and has more star power than some supernovas. It includes Glen Phillips (from Toad the Wet Sprocket), Sean Watkins (from Nickel Creek) and Luke Bulla (who has performed with Lyle Lovett). They have no label and no corporation behind them; they're merely...

These were among sales recorded recently for Fairfax County and supplied to The Washington Post by the Real Estate Division of the Fairfax County Department of Tax Administration. To find sale and assessment records for homes in Fairfax and elsewhere in the Washington area, visit...

Adrienne Spahr smelled something funny every time she worked out at Vida Fitness, a swanky health club at Verizon Center. But the founder of Green Living Consulting wasn't laughing. She knew that the offending odor came from noxious chemicals in the cleaning products. "And that was not okay," she...

-- Join D.C. Trash Runners. The next meetup of this litter-pickup running group is Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Woodley Park Metro station. http://www.meetup.com/DCTrashRunners .

Mankind has been drinking the milk of fellow mammals for millennia. Milk has long been regarded as a nutritional mainstay, vital to building strong bones, particularly among Western cultures. But in recent years a rising chorus of critics has come to argue that cow's milk, far from doing a body g...

A new public riding park at the Turner Farm in Great Falls is open for business.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is considering banning commercial vehicles from parking in all residential neighborhoods in the county.

Location: 925 Springvale Rd., Great Falls Hours: Open every day, dawn to dusk

Hunter Mill Road was as popular a shortcut during the Civil War as it is today.

For one Merrifield company, vinyl records never lost their groove.

KINGS PARK USED-BOOK SALE, fiction, romance, science fiction, coffee table books, autographed books, children's books, audio cassettes, CDs and videos. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Kings Park Library, 9000 Burke Lake Rd., Burke. Admission, free. 703-232-8717.

1. Cottage Farms, Leesburg. Subdivision plan for 11 townhouses on 3.93 acres zoned R-3 (residential, three units per acre) at 6246 and 6250 Lincolnia Rd. (SD-04160-001-4)

Club Phoenix Teen Center will hold a volunteer day for Vienna students in grades six to eight at the Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St. SE, Vienna, 4 p.m. Wednesday. Volunteers will get Club Phoenix and the surrounding area ready for winter. Community service hours will be awarded....

For a wild comedy, the premise of the 1974 Italian play "We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!" is certainly depressing.

The following incidents were reported by the Fairfax County Police Department. For more information, call 703-246-2253.

St. Raymond of Penafort Catholic Church, 8750 Pohick Rd., Springfield, will hold its annual craft bazaar from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, featuring holiday and seasonal crafts, baked goods, a silent auction and a cafe. 703-440-0535.