Community Corner
Free Soccer Clinic, Fall for the Book
Five things you need to know today, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011
1. Free soccer clinics for boys and girls take place this evening, courtesy of the Annandale Boys & Girls Club. The will be held at Ossian Hall Park, 7830 Heritage Drive. The will be held at Mason District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike.
2. Upton Sinclair, author of “The Jungle,” was born on today’s date in 1878.
3. The first Cannes Film Festival was held on today’s date in 1946.
4. Today’s forecast is cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs will be in the mid-70s.
5. George Mason University’s "Fall for the Book" Festival is taking place this week! Today’s events include a reading from Native American writer and poet Deborah Miranda.