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GET OUT LOUDOUN Get Out Loudoun is a 10,000 circulation monthly distributed to entertainment, tourism and hospitality venues throughout Loudoun County.

For the latest news on the music scene and other community events go to getoutloudoun.com.

Contributors Renss Greene Jan Mercker Norman K. Styer Patrick Szabo Jim Sisley To advertise Susan Styer at 703-770-9723 or sales@loudounnow.com ON THE COVER Juliana MacDowell began her musical journey almost by accident. Now she is working on her third album in a storied Nashville studio.

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BREW NEWS

Teddy Chipouras honored among region’s top songwriters

Marcia Klioze conveys the essence in her art

THE INTERVIEW

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BEST BETS

Juliana MacDowell continues her musical journey

Get Out Loudoun’s picks for February

Farm brewery pioneers have created a new perch for their pints

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TUNES R&B STAR MARSHA AMBROSIUS is gearing up for her headlining “NYLA Tour” in support of her recently released album—including a stop at Leesburg’s Tally Ho Theater on Feb. 16.

NYLA is Ambrosius’ third solo album and features production from the likes of The Stereotypes, Harmony Samuels, Best Kept Secrets and Focus. The album is led by the hit single “Old Times,” which was produced by DJ Camper.

She’ll be joined on the 29-date tour with her eOne Music labelmate Elle Varner.

Tickets to the Saturday, Feb. 22 show at the Tally Ho are $50-60. For details, go to tallyhotheater.com.

CHIPOURAS WINS MID-ATLANTIC SONGWRITING CONTEST

KING ST RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM

Lovettsville-based singer and songwriter Teddy Chipouras’ monumental year recently capped off with a first-place award for his talents.

The Songwriters’ Association of Washington awarded Chipouras, 21, with first place in the Young Artist category of its 2018 MidAtlantic Song Contest for his song, “The Ghost.” The selection comes from a panel of 70 judges, eight of which were Grammy winners.

Chipouras, a media arts and design student at James Madison University, was also featured on season 14 of “The Voice” and released his first full-length album last year. Chipouras also released an EP titled “Rolling Hills.” Both are available on iTunes and Google Music.

Teen rockers King St released their selftitled debut EP in December. The band’s classic rock sound is fused with a bluesy mix by this guitar, bass and drum trio. The eight original tracks pay homage to the band’s influences that span from the ‘70s to today.

The band includes singer Katie Olivero, drummer Tommy Cegielski, lead guitarist Rheese Crutcher and bassist Jake Kight. You can look for them at upcoming shows that include March 15 at Trungo’s in downtown Leesburg and at the Tally Ho Theater on March 22 for Loudoun Youth’s Battle of the Bands.

Learn more at kingstmusic.com.

Learn more at teddychipouras.com.

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Brody and Kenz by Marcia Klioze

Marcia Klioze: Depicting Essence from Abstraction

BY JIM SISLEY

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arcia Klioze was always interested in drawing the human figure.

At 18, she started college at Corcoran School of Art, but left after two years because the educational focus was on abstract art rather than her interests in human representation. 1970 at the Corcoran was all about DC’s Color Field painters and abstraction. She would leave class to draw the people on the streets of Washington, DC. Her first paying job was at 16 as a portrait artist on the boardwalk in Ocean City, MD. That work led to her producing editorial portraits and illustrations for National Institute of Health, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, and

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My strength and my passion have always been in my ability to capture personality, or essence.

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other publications. Several thousand drawings and illustrations over 34 years provided her true education in how to represent people, faces and figurative elements in her paintings.

Today, in addition to producing art, Klioze teaches and hosts other artist workshops at Atelier In The Garage in Leesburg. Affordable, affable and comfortable; these workshops offer an education opportunity for many skill levels.

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remains with Klioze even today.

“Not until recently did I really appreciate where abstract painting comes from and that it is still representational,” she said.

She explains that successful portraiture begins with drawing and painting the basic “blocks” as she composes the image. “A painter starts with the big basic shapes of a figure and refines the work to the level of detail” we see when the work is finished,” she said. “It’s what Picasso was doing when, as a Cubist, he depicted the nose pointing in one direction FEBRUARY 2019

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emotional character that elevates her painting from good to great. When in the presence of her work, one can witness the varied emotions of her subjects.

and the eyes looking the other way … showing how the face turns.” These early “sketches” on canvas are, as Klioze claims, the abstract state of the portrait.

What makes successful portrait painting so difficult to achieve is that our ability to recognize faces and personage is so highly developed that some neuro scientists believe it is humanity’s most evolved cognitive skill. Our infant ability to distinguish between our caregivers and a threat is directly linked to our survival as a species. When we view contemporary art, facial recognition informs us beyond a doubt that a portrait of our loved one or famous person is accurate

Among Klioze’s subjects is blues musician and social activist Daryl Davis.

and when it fails to do so.

Klioze confides, “My strength and my passion have always been in my ability to capture personality, or essence.”

To be sure, she paints a broad range of subjects beyond the human form.

Her paintings include still life, landscape, pets and animals in nature. All these works contain an elusive

Marcia Klioze’s images convey an uncommon level of character and the exhilaration we feel when viewing a brilliant sunset, the suspense before a bird takes flight from its perch or the hunger for red tomatoes painted so fresh that the viewer salivates with the anticipation of their tartness.

See more of Klioze’s work at atelierinthegarage.com.

Jim Sisley is the owner of the Tryst Gallery, located at 12 E. Market St. Suite F in downtown Leesburg.

The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and also from 6 to 9 p.m. on the first and third Fridays each month.

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BREWS NEWS

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From left, Mark and Ronda Powell and Tammi and Darren Gryniuk, the founders of the Old 690 Brewing Company, teamed up with J.R. and Holly Heffner to open Harpers Ferry Brewing.

Brews with Views: Harpers Ferry Brewing

BY NORMAN K. STYER

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our years ago, two Loudoun families teamed up to open Loudoun’s first farm brewery—even before the local government had finalized rules for their operations. Now they’ve expanded those efforts with the county’s northernmost brewery on a bluff high above the Potomac River.

Mark and Ronda Powell and Darren and Tammi Gryniuk, the founders of Old 690 Brewing Company south of Hillsboro, spent much of last year building Harpers Ferry Brewing in the footprint of the Blue Ridge Rod and Gun Club,

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which was destroyed by fire decades ago. The result is a large tasting room that retains the hunting lodge atmosphere and acres of outdoor picnic spots that offer sweeping views of the Potomac River and historic Harpers Ferry.

“It’s kinda cool. There is a lot of history up here,” Ronda Powell said. “We tried to recreate a lodge feel—hence the deer heads, the elk and the caribou—and the boar in the bathroom.”

The Old 690 team was invited to the property by their new partners George “J.R.” Heffner and his wife, Holly. The Heffners have been busy in recent years, GET OUT LOUDOUN

too, building the Harpers Ferry Adventure Center into Loudoun’s largest outdoor recreation business.

“We hope that this becomes just a really big destination for people. We have camping. We have hiking. We have rafting.

We have tubing. We have Segway tours. We have the ropes course. There’s the zip line. There’s so much here to offer people,” Powell said. “I’m really hoping that this becomes not only a farm brewery, but also a destination where people can hang out for a day and come for the weekend.”

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JULIANA MACDOWELL:

SINGING WITH A HIGHER CALLING Contributed

BY NORMAN K. STYER

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S A YOUTH, JULIANA MACDOWELL SANG ALONE IN THE DARK, dreaming there was an audience on the other side of her bedroom window and hoping that her family members wouldn’t hear her and make fun.

On Saturday, Feb. 9, she’ll be taking the stage at the Barns of Rose Hill backed by a top-notch band of players and unveiling some of her newest songs, just recorded in a storied Nashville studio for her third album.

This is just the latest milestone for the singer-songwriter who has made Loudoun County her home for the past three decades.

It is that community that nudged and nurtured her musical journey.

She was first pulled on stage after Joey Bauer caught her humming along to his 10

songs while he was performing at the newly opened MacDowell Brew Kitchen in downtown Leesburg. “He said you sing, and I was like no, really, I think your mistaken.”

Soon she was a regular on the county’s bourgeoning winery circuit, performing with Bauer in the band Joey and the Waitress.

“I got started by accident,” she recalled.

After a few years, fans, venue owners and even fellow band members were encouraging her to stretch out on her own.

Her first CD, 2015’s “Take Me Away,” was recorded in DC with Marco Delmar.

While building a strong fan following in Loudoun, MacDowell also became a familiar voice in the Key West music scene, where her community connections led to her second CD, “Leaving Home,” created with British producer Ian Shaw, who records from his houseboat docked on the edge of Old Town.

That recording was unveiled in April during a dual CD release concert with Bill Blue, a

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Virginia native who is an elder statesmen of Key West’s music scene. That got her noticed, too.

Her introduction to Nashville came from another community connection.

Two years ago, Leonard “Hobie” Mitchel, the developer behind Lansdowne on the Potomac, Crescent Place and Crescent Park, heard MacDowell sing.

“The first time I met Hobie, he said, ‘Hey, I heard you’re a singer. I’ve got this friend in Nashville.’”

Mitchel sent some of MacDowell’s recordings to his friend Bill Vorndick—the producer behind works by Alison Krauss, Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Ralph Stanley and many others. Vorndick called MacDowell the next day, asking her to set up a show so he could hear her sing live.

“He came in Labor Day weekend and said, ‘yes, let’s make an album.’ That was two years ago,” MacDowell said. At that time, she was still finishing up her second album in Key West and needed to start writing another batch of songs. “I had to be ready.

Nashville is a whole other level.”

Last fall, she was in Ocean Way studio on Nashville’s music row laying down tracks.

Working with top session veterans, they knocked out six songs in seven hours.

“You’re looking at the platinum albums

Photo: Norman K. Styer

Juliana MacDowell performs with her band during a Friends of Loudoun Mental Health fundraiser at the Bush Tabernacle in Purcellville in September, one of several charity shows she performed last year.

when your piecemealing it.”

She’ll be heading back to Nashville in a few weeks to complete the final vocals and record some new songs.

Most of the new songs are pieces she’s written, but she’ll be tapping into Music City’s songwriting talents as well. “Bill’s idea is that it’s all about the song—it doesn’t matter who wrote it as long as you connect with the song,” she said.

During the Rose Hill show, MacDowell expects to play four of the new songs.

I USED TO SING IN THE DARK AT NIGHT. I WOULD SING AFTER MY SIBLINGS WENT TO BED SO THEY WOULDN’T MAKE FUN OF ME.

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on the wall. Your heroes have been sitting in the same seat that you’re sitting in, the same vocal booth, and you’re singing into the same microphone,” she said.

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Her other recordings featured accomplished musicians, including bassist Freebo, British guitarist Matt Backer and drummer Jason Hann of the String Cheese Incident, but many of those contributions were made remotely and assembled by the engineer.

“I dreamed about it. I used to sing in the dark at night. I would sing after my siblings went to bed so they wouldn’t make fun of me,” MacDowell said. “I used to dream that somewhere out of that darkened window there was an audience—that someone was listening.”

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“I’ve been playing music since I was a little kid for myself,” MacDowell said. “Nobody ever heard me because I was so shy.”

“Clearly, I always wanted to be on the stage, but I just didn’t have the courage,”

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WINERIES 1 The Barns at Hamilton Station 16804 Hamilton Station Rd., Hamilton thebarnsathamiltonstation.com 2 Bluemont Vineyard 18755 Foggy Bottom Rd., Bluemont bluemontvineyard.com 3 Bogati Winery 35246 Harry Byrd Hwy, Round Hill bogatiwinery.com 4 Boxwood Estate Winery 2042 Burrland Rd., Middleburg boxwoodwinery.com 5 Breaux Vineyards 36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane, Hillsboro breauxvineyards.com 6 Cana Vineyards of Middleburg 38600 John Mosby Hwy, Middleburg canavineyards.com 12

7 Cardamon Family Vineyards 12226 Harpers Ferry Rd., Hillsboro cardamonfamilyvineyards.com 8 Carroll Vineyards 29 South King St., Leesburg leesburg-vintner.com/vineyards 9 Casanel Vineyards 17952 Canby Rd., Leesburg casanelvineyards.com 10 Chrysalis Vineyards 39025 John Mosby Highway, Aldie chrysaliswine.com 11 Corcoran Vineyards & Cider 14635 Corkys Farm Lane, Waterford corcoranvineyards.com 12 Creek’s Edge Winery 41255 Annas Lane, Lovettsville creeksedgewinery.com GET OUT LOUDOUN

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13 Crushed Cellars 37938 Charles Town Pike, Purcellville crushedcellars.com 14` Doukenie Winery 14727 Mountain Rd., Hillsboro doukeniewinery.com 14 Dry Mill Vineyards & Winery 18195 Dry Mill Rd., Leesburg drymillwine.com 16 Fabbioli Cellars 15669 Limestone School Rd., Leesburg fabbioliwines.com 17 Fleetwood Farm Winery 23075 Evergreen Mills Rd., Leesburg fleetwoodfarmwinery.com 18 Greenhill Winery & Vineyards 23595 Winery Lane, Middleburg greenhillvineyards.com FEBRUARY 2019

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19 Hidden Brook Winery 43301 Spinks Ferry Rd., Leesburg hiddenbrookwinery.com 20 Hiddencroft Vineyards 12202 Axline Rd., Lovettsville hiddencroftvineyards.com 21 Hillsborough Vineyards 36716 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro hillsboroughwine.com 22 Hunters Run Wine Barn 40325 Charles Town Pike, Hamilton huntersrunwinebarn.com 23 Lost Creek Winery 43285 Spinks Ferry Rd., Leesburg lostcreekwinery.com 24 Maggie Malick Wine Caves 12138 Harpers Ferry Rd., Hillsboro maggiemalickwinecaves.com 25 North Gate Vineyard 16031 Hillsboro Rd., Purcellville northgatevineyard.com

26 Notaviva Vineyards 13274 Sagle Rd., Hillsboro notavivavineyards.com 27 Otium Cellars 18050 Tranquility Rd., Purcellville otiumcellars.com 28 Quattro Goomba’s Winery 22860 James Monroe Hwy, Aldie goombawine.com 29 Stone Tower Winery 19925 Hogback Mountain Rd., L’burg stonetowerwinery.com 30 Stonehouse Meadery 36580 Shoemaker School Rd., Purcellville stonehousemeadery.com 31 Sunset Hills Vineyard 38295 Fremont Overlook Ln, Purcellville sunsethillsvineyard.com 32 Tarara Winery 13648 Tarara Lane, Leesburg tarara.com

33 Terra Nebulo 39792 Old Waterford Rd., Waterford terranebulo.com 34 Two Twisted Posts Winery 12944 Harpers Ferry Rd., Hillsboro twotwistedposts.com 35 Village Winery 40405 Browns Lane, Waterford villagewineryandvineyards.com 36 Willowcroft Farm Vineyards 38906 Mount Gilead Rd., Leesburg willowcroftwine.com 37 The Wine Reserve at Waterford 38516 Charles Town Pike, Waterford waterfordwinereserve.com 38 Winery 32 15066 Limestone School Rd., Leesburg winery32.com 39 Zephaniah Farm Vineyard 19381 Dunlop Mill Rd., Leesburg zephwine.com

BREWERIES 1 Adroit Theory Brewing 404 Browning Ct., Purcellville adroit-theory.com 2 B Chord Brewing Company 34266 Williams Gap Rd., Round Hill bchordbrewing.com 3 Barnhouse Brewery 43271 Spinks Ferry Rd., Leesburg barnhousebrewery.com 4 Bear Chase Brewing 33665 Bear Chase Ln, Bluemont bearchasebrew.com 5 Belly Love Brewing Company 725 E. Main St., Purcellville bellylovebrewing.com 6 Beltway Brewing Company 22620 Davis Dr. Ste 110, Sterling beltwaybrewco.com 7 Bike TrAle Brewing 101 Loudoun St. SE, Leesburg facebook.com/BikeTrAleBrewing 8 Black Hoof Brewing Company 11 South King St., Leesburg blackhoofbrewing.com 9 Black Walnut Brewery 210 S. King St. Leesburg blackwalnutbrewery.com 10 Crooked Run Brewing Central 22455 Davis Dr., Sterling crookedrunbrewing.com FEBRUARY 2019

11 Crooked Run Brewing Market Station, Leesburg crookedrunbrewing.com 12 Dragon Hops Brewing 130 E. Main St., Purcellville dragonhopsbrewing.com 13 Dirt Farm Brewing 18701 Foggy Bottom Rd., Bluemont dirtfarmbrewing.com 14 Dog Money Rest. & Brewery 50 Catoctin Circle NE, Leesburg dogmoney.squarespace.com 15 Harper’s Ferry Brewing 37412 Adventure Ctr. Lane, Hillsboro harpersferrybrewing.com 16 House 6 Brewing 4427 Atwater Dr., Ashburn house6brewing.com 17 Jack’s Run Brewing Company 108 North 21st St., Purcellville jacksrunbrewing.com/ 18 Lost Rhino Brewing Company 21730 Red Rum Rd. #142, Ashburn lostrhino.com 19 Lost Rhino Retreat 22885 Brambleton Plaza, Ashburn lostrhinoretreat.com/ 20 Loudoun Brewing Company 310 E. Market St. Leesburg loudounbrewing.com GET OUT LOUDOUN

21 Ocelot Brewing Company 23600 Overland Dr., #180, Dulles ocelotbrewing.com 22 Old 690 Brewing Company 15670 Ashbury Church Rd., Hillsboro old690.com 23 Old Ox Brewery 44652 Guilford Dr., Ste 114, Ashburn oldoxbrewery.com 24 Quattro Goomba’s Brewery 22860 James Monroe Hwy, Aldie goombabrewery.com 25 Rocket Frog Brewing Company 22560 Glenn Dr. #103, Sterling rocketfrogbeer.com 26 Solace Brewing Company 42615 Trade West Dr., Sterling solacebrewing.com 27 Sweetwater Tavern 45980 Waterview Plaza, Sterling greatamericanrestaurants.com 28 The Craft of Brewing 21140 Ashburn Crossing Dr., Ashburn thecraftob.com/ 29 Twinpanzee Brewing Co. 101 Executive Dr., Sterling twinpanzee.com 30 Vanish Farmwoods Brewery 42245 Black Hops Lane, Lucketts vanishbeer.com 13

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Dolce & Ciabatta Bakery Café Owner Godfrey McKenzie puts a few finishing touches on some pastries before loading them into the oven.

Dolce & Ciabatta Brings a Taste of Europe to Leesburg

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odfrey McKenzie’s passion for baking started in his mother’s kitchen in Jamaica and has taken him around the world.

Now, McKenzie and his wife Tatiana are making a longtime dream come true with their Dolce & Ciabatta bakery in Leesburg.

The bakery opened last fall in the Kings Corner retail center along Catoctin Circle and is already creating plenty of buzz with locals.

“I think people are very excited we’re here,” Tatiana McKenzie said. “It’s something different and they understand this.”

The raves are flowing in for master baker Godfrey McKenzie’s artisan creations.

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McKenzie remembers Friday baking days as a kid in Jamaica, when his mother would offer treats to neighbors who were suffering under the country’s economic downturn in the 1970s.

“My true love for pastry has been in me since I was a child,” he said.

And McKenzie followed his passion after emigrating to Miami with his family as a teen. He scored a job out of high school washing pans and floors in a bakery near his home, and that was when his decadelong apprenticeship with his mentor, noted South Florida master baker Keith Rinaldi, began.

McKenzie started out on the bottom rung and worked his way up to making bread when Rinaldi spotted his talent.

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“One day he looked at me and said, ‘You have a good eye—you’re going to be a pastry chef,’” McKenzie recalled. And the Europeanstyle apprenticeship was more valuable than any formal classes he’s taken, he said. “It was more than culinary school. I’ve taken a lot of classes at different schools, but those classes were not even close to what he taught me.”

McKenzie followed Rinaldi to the Hilton in Reno, NV, before earning a pastry chef position with a highend European cruise line based in Monaco. That experience eventually led him to Northern Virginia when McKenzie’s European connections landed him a job in the research and development arm of pastry giant Vie De France in Tysons Corner in 2012.

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years ago, farm breweries have opened all across rural Loudoun, joining the wineries as regional tourism magnates.

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the brewery is bordered by one of the area’s busiest commuter routes, just a mile or so from one of the region’s top tourism sites, and just up the road from a planned state park in Neersville.

“Harper’s Ferry gets 500,000 visitors a year and I don’t think Loudoun County has ever tried to tap into that market, and we get 34,000 cars passing by our entrance every day,” Powell said. “Everybody comes up here, and they’re like, you know, you forget you’re still in Loudoun County.”

In the tasting room, patrons will find Ambrosia maple wood reclaimed from a property in Aldie and tables built by Brian Jenkins, the owner of Monk’s BBQ in Purcellville. Blue lights hanging from the ceiling pay homage to the water rushing by in the Potomac below. As for the mounted boar’s head in the restroom, that’s one only the guys will see.

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The grounds of Harpers Ferry Brewing offer expansive mountain and river views.

popcorn snacks, Harpers Ferry Brewing’s specialty is soft-serve ice cream—and beer floats—available from the tasting room snack bar.

Outside, the Hill Top Grille food truck, operated by another Loudoun family, will offer sandwiches and other fare.

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“I never thought that when we became Old 690 and the battles we had to fight that we would ever get to this point,” Powell said, marveling not only at the industry’s rapid growth, but also the friendships that have resulted.

“I never envisioned that the county would have so many amazing breweries and it is such a great community— whether it is a farm brewery, whether it is an industrial setting—no matter where it’s at everybody embraces you like you see right here.

These were never friends of ours and now they’re like family because we met them through the brewery.”

HARPERS FERRY BREWING COMPANY is located at 37412 Adventure Center Lane north of Hillsboro. The brewery opens at noon Thursday through Monday. The website is harpersferrybrewing.com and updates on its frequent live music offerings and other events are posted to its Facebook page.

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restaurants with Vie De France, McKenzie met Tatiana, a native of Russia also working in the DC area. They now live in Sterling with their two young children.

And while his nearly seven-year industrial food service R&D job was rewarding, McKenzie dreamed of opening his own shop. The couple was on the hunt for the right space to make the jump when they heard through friends that the Layered Cake Patisserie, which previously occupied the Catoctin Circle space, had closed.

The McKenzies jumped on the space last summer and spent three months redoing the interior with a warm and welcoming flair and bringing in specialized equipment, including a stone hearth oven from Germany, to make old-school artisan breads and authentic croissants and pastries.

With its fresh look and a breakfast and lunch menu that includes creative sandwiches, the bakery is already a hotspot, with a weekday lunchtime buzz and lines out the door on weekend mornings.

With Godfrey working the dough, Tatiana managing the business and a team of about 20 around-the-clock employees, the bakery is a hit. And while visitors are greeted with cases full of handmade European pastries, artisan breads are McKenzie’s true love, and the bakery’s specially designed bread racks look like they’re straight out of Paris.

“This is his passion. When he molds the bread and makes the dough, I look in his eyes and I see so much love,” Tatiana said. Not a lot of people do what they’re passionate about. … It makes him so happy. It really takes a special person to take these ingredients and make this art.”

And McKenzie still embraces the craft as learned from his Miami mentor, including fermenting the dough for 18 hours.

“I could make bread all week with no sleep. … There’s nothing as magical as taking flour, water yeast and salt and ending up with something that you can eat, and it’s beautiful,” McKenzie said. “Making bread is an art and there are no shortcuts about it.”

Things are going so well in Leesburg that the couple is hoping to expand the brand throughout Northern Virginia and beyond with business partner Bo Biabani.

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Dolce & Ciabatta Bakery Café Owners Tatiana McKenzie grabs a pastry for a customer during the morning rush.

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BEST BETS A mainstay of the Seattle music scene, Luquette moves seamlessly from international music to jazz and from rock to bluegrass. He was a founding member of Northern Departure.

2.08 CRIS JACOBS AND JONATHAN SLOANE DUO Feb. 8, 8 p.m.

B Chord Brewing Company $12 in advance bchordbrewing.com After a decade, five records, and 200 shows a year as principal songwriter and frontman for beloved Baltimore-based band The Bridge, Jacobs continues to write music and tour relentlessly with his new band and as a solo artist.

TALES AND ALES III Feb. 8, 6:30 p.m.

Old Ox Brewery novatalesandales.com

2.02 DANNY KNICELY’S GROUNDHOG DAY SHOW Feb. 2, 8 p.m.

Franklin Park Arts Center $20 in advance/$25 at the door franklinparkartscenter.org Renowned multi-instrumentalist Danny Knicely continues to dazzle audiences with a variety of world-class performances. This year he presents a night of bluegrass music featuring an all-star lineup.

2.07 DYNAMIC DUO SERIES: Chris Luquette and Jeremy Middleton Feb. 7, 8 p.m.

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Tales and Ales is a reoccurring, curated storytelling event meant to foster community through the power of story— the funny, the inspiring, the mind-changing and everything in between. This event will raise funds for The Ryan Bartel Foundation, whose mission is to prevent youth suicide by empowering teens to help themselves and each other through hope, help and strength.

2.09 JULIANA MACDOWELL Feb. 9, 7 p.m.

Barns of Rose Hill $15 in advance/$20 at the door barnsofrosehill.org A rare intimate performance with all-new band line-up, featuring special guest, Dave

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Hadley on pedal steel. Juliana will perform popular ballads like “Two Kind of People” and “Midnight Hour” from her earlier albums as well as brand new music from current Nashville recording sessions with legendary producer Bil VornDick.

2.10 AANI BOURASSA Feb. 10, 3 p.m.

Emmanuel Parish House, Middleburg $10 donation requested emmanuelmiddleburg.org Need a nudge to get in the spirit of St. Valentine’s Day? At The Parish House performance series of Middleburg’s Emmanuel Church versatile soprano Aani Bourassa will perform a mix of love songs from her classical repertoire, as well as show tune and modern favorites.

2.15 ANDREW MCKNIGHT Songs Stories & Gas Money Saturday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m.

The Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards $15 in advance/$20 at the door thebarnsathamiltonstation.com The award-winning singer/songwriter blends influences from Appalachia, jazzy blues, rustic folk, and guitar-driven rock. This is an intimate listening room performance.

2.09 CHOCOLATE & CABERNET TASTING Thursday, Feb. 14, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Breaux Vineyards $40 regular / $35 for club members breauxvineyards.com Enjoy a variety of truffles in a romantically decorated, paired with Breauxmance (sparkling wine) and four samples of the winery’s award-winning cabernet. The 30-minute seated tasting will be guided expert wine educators.

MY BLOODY VALENTINE Friday, Feb. 15, 7-10 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 16, 7-10 p.m.

The Arc of Loudoun Campus, Leesburg $35 in advance/$40 at the door shocktober.org/my-bloody-valentine This Haunted House event is not your average date night for couples who are celebrating Valentine’s Day. Whether you want to hold your loved one closer while going through the haunted Paxton Manor’s 32-rooms of terror or whether you are single and want to go out with a bunch of friends. This is a PG-13 event, not for the faint of heart. All proceeds benefit The Arc of Loudoun, a nonprofit dedicated to serving people with disabilities and their families.

2.16 LOCO IMPROVFEST Saturday, Feb. 16, early show 6 p.m., late show 8:30 p.m.

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ART OF THE PIEDMONT

Franklin Park Arts Center Reserve seating $5 franklinparkartscenter.org Loudoun County’s third annual teen improv comedy and theatre festival, featuring improv teams from across Loudoun County.

The festival will showcase individual school acts, and a mixed showcase of performers.

Friday, Feb. 22, 6 p.m.

Middleburg Community Center $25-50 artofthepiedmont.org Art of Piedmont, silent auction and reception, features nearly 30 selected local fine artists with hors d’oeuvres from Field & Main in Marshall and bar sponsored by Piedmont Fox Hounds. The event benefit Middleburg Montessori School.

2.23 SHANNON BIELSKI AND MOONLIGHT DRIVE W/ THE GYPSY RAMBLERS Saturday, Feb. 23, 8 p.m.

B Chord Brewing Company $10 in advance/$15 at the door bchordbrewing.com A strong, driving, progressive bluegrass band that puts a twist on traditional bluegrass numbers.

2.17 ACROSS A BARRIER OF FEAR: THE LIFE OF ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Sunday, Feb. 17, 3 p.m.

Franklin Park Arts Center $15 franklinparkartscenter.org This one-woman theatre show traces the life and thoughts of our most historically significant First Lady, presented by the touring actress Jane VanBoskirk. The play follows Eleanor from lonely, neglected childhood to the world stage, tracing her growing awareness of the world and following her life in the White House, reinventing the role of First Lady.

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2.23 AN EVENING WITH KELLER WILLIAMS Saturday, Feb. 23, 8 p.m.

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native combines elements of bluegrass, folk, alternative rock, reggae, electronica/dance, jazz, funk, as well as one-man jam-band chops with his mastery of live phrase looping of multiple instruments.

2.28 INDI MAKEYZO Thursday, Feb. 28, 5:30–8 p.m.

Harpers Ferry Brewing harpersferrybrewing.com The Music Man returns to the ridgetop brewery to get the crowd dancing to reggae rhythms.

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$25-$75 tallyhotheater.com The chart-topping alt-rockers return to the Leesburg stage to perform their blend

SISTER HAZEL

of jangle pop, folk rock, classic rock ‘n’

Saturday, March 2, 7 p.m.

Tally Ho Theater

roll and southern rock.

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she said, recalling the often-debilitating anxiety that left her homebound.

Today, her stage keeps getting bigger.

“I would never have done it if I hadn’t met Joey,” MacDowell said. “The band pulled me kicking and screaming the whole way.”

She doesn’t have expectations of stardom, but believes her music can make a difference for others. She and her band are among those in Loudoun most likely to say yes when asked to play a charity fundraiser or support a community cause.

“I’m just going to be really lucky to play gigs for things that are important to this community or to my community in Key West,” she said. “When you’re playing music at my stage in life, you’ve got to know there is a higher calling.”

“I had terrible, debilitating anxiety as a younger person most of my life that prevented me from doing a lot of things that normal people did,” MacDowell said.

“So, for me now I have to think that doing music is in some way to help other people somehow, even if it is indirectly.”

SPECIAL COMMUNITY While MacDowell attributes her musical journey to “a combination of luck, hard work, diligence and staying at it,” she also acknowledges the growth of Loudoun’s music scene.

“This community of musicians is very special,” MacDowell said.

“They all support and help each other.

There is a neat network of musicians in Loudoun that if downtown Leesburg wasn’t growing the way it has been, we just wouldn’t be seeing them.”

That didn’t exist when she first visited the town in 1989. Then, there was only a small handful of venues offering stages for live music; the county’s largest music venue, the Tally Ho Theater, was still a movie house and the Franklin Park Arts Center was still a dream of art advocates.

“The wineries have opened up a whole new world for most of us,” she said. And the music scene has grown beyond those 22

JULIANA MACDOWELL Barns of Rose Hill, Berryville Saturday, Feb. 9, 8 p.m. $15 in advance/$20 at the door 12 and under free barnsofrosehill.org tiny stages to breweries, coffee houses and restaurants. “It’s the right time to be a musician in Loudoun County. That’s been the launchpad for the other stuff. There are so many opportunities here—a huge network of musicians and fans and venue owners.”

AROUND THE NEXT CORNER MacDowell’s Nashville presence has been impactful.

“When somebody who has worked with those kind of people says, ‘Hey, I want to work with you,’ it doesn’t make you think you’re going to go off and be a mega star, especially at my stage in life, but it is a real honor. It’s a real honor, if that makes any sense,” she said. “All you have to do is just try and keep your mind open to it. That’s why it is exciting you never know what is coming around the corner next.”

She talks of listening to the first playback of the first song they recorded at Ocean Way. “I had this thing just wash over me—you know how they say when you die our life flashes before your eyes—I had this moment when my entire life just washed over me,” she recalled. “I kinda welled up and said thank you, thank you God. Thank you everybody who has been helping me out to get here.”

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BEERS of RICHMOND

Bacon Dinner February 20th at 7pm $85 Inclusive

Richmond has quickly become one of the go to Cities for Craft Beer with Vinepair.com voting it the #1 City in the World for Beer. We figured that called for a Celebratory Dinner, with Bacon as the co host!

203 Harrison Street Leesburg, Virginia 20175 Tuskies.com 703-771-9300