Art on the Avenue
Record crowds attend Del Ray festival.
A record 55,000 people took to the streets of Del Ray Oct. 4 for the 19th annual Art on the Avenue, one of Alexandria’s premiere events and largest arts festivals in the mid-Atlantic region.
‘Extraordinary Alexandria’
ACVA unveils latest marketing campaign.
The Alexandria Convention and Tourism Association unveiled the latest addition to its “Extraordinary Alexandria” tourism campaign during its annual meeting where officials also released the latest figures on visitor spending.
It’s All Relative
“Three Sistahs” returns to MetroStage.
It’s the third funeral in as many years for Olive, Marsha and Irene, sisters brought together by tragedy in “Three Sistahs,” a poignant tale of family relationships now playing at MetroStage Theatre.
Alexandria: Poetry
Selfless Dedication
Like red blood cells, women’s equality flows through Alice Paul’s veins, her pulse beat a women’s right to vote, her fervor, women’s equality
LTA Stages ‘Spamalot’
Musical comedy is based on “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”
The Little Theater of Alexandria is staging the musical comedy “Spamalot” Aug. 2-23. The irreverent play, which won three Tony Awards, including the Tony for Best Musical in 2005, is adapted from the 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” It originally starred Tim Curry as King Arthur, David Hyde Pierce as Sir Robin and Hank Azaria as Sir Lancelot on Broadway.
History
Alexandrians vs. British Raiders – June 1814
At 5:30 on the evening of Tuesday, June 21, 1814, a number of Alexandria cavalrymen were sitting on their horses on a hill overlooking the village of Benedict, Md. on the Patuxent River, about 40 miles southeast of Washington. Below them, they could see several British barges and ships anchored in the river near the village.
Mount Vernon Nights
The Annandale Brass took the stage at Grist Mill Park to perform “A Slice of Americana” on Friday evening, July 11.
Alexandria Celebrates Its 265th
The City of Alexandria hosted its annual birthday celebration at Oronoco Bay Park on Saturday evening, July 12.
Alexandria in 1812
In June 1812, when the United States declared war on Great Britain and the War of 1812 began, what was Alexandria like?
The Making of an Author
David Vermont turns from legal briefs to a novel.
David Vermont, a workers compensation lawyer in Alexandria, never liked writing when he was younger. As a lawyer, writing 10 to 30 page briefs and proposals can be tedious. Now Vermont is also an author, with “The Last Confession of the Vampire Judas Iscariot” released in March and another book in the works.
The Sound of Music
Alexandria Singers to present ‘Road Trip’ concert June 20, 21.
The year was 1975, when gas was $.57 a gallon, the top selling car was the Oldsmobile Cutlass and The Captain and Tennille’s “Love Will Keep Us Together” topped the Billboard charts. It was also the year that 16 Alexandria residents got together to form the group known today as The Alexandria Singers.
Coloring Outside the Lines
Mayor: Torpedo Factory is the number one tourist attraction in Alexandria.
On Thursday, June 12, the Torpedo Factory Art Center officially unveiled "Coloring Outside the Lines," the mural that resident artist Rachel Kerwin has been painting in the waterfront entrance.
Davis Named Museum Director
Audrey Davis has been appointed director of the Alexandria Black History Museum.
LTA Stages “Plaza Suite”
Slapstick comedy by Neil Simon about love and marriage is sure to please.
The Little Theatre of Alexandria is staging the Neil Simon slapstick comedy, “Plaza Suite,” June 14-July 5.
'Fitting in with the Community Around Us’
Torpedo Factory Art Center commemorates 40 years.
The doors to the Torpedo Factory Art Center slide open as visitors come in to see artists at work in their studios. Rachel Kerwin is one of those artists. Wearing earbuds and concentrating with each stroke, she paints a mural that she hopes connects the Factory to its visitors and the surrounding community.