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Alexandria: A Fast-Paced Romp through the Bard's 37 Plays
LTA presents “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).”
The Little Theater of Alexandria (LTA) is presenting the "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)" from Feb. 27 to March 19. The show where the cast plays themselves is an irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's 37 plays in 97 minutes. It was also London's longest-running comedy, having clocked nine years in London's West End.
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Mount Vernon Letter: A ‘Free-for-All’ of Guns
Letter to the Editor
Once more, H. Jay Spiegel [Letter, “Wrong Side of the Issues,” Feb. 25] has made it clear that he doesn’t agree with state Sen. Scott Surovell, notwithstanding the voters of his district repeatedly re-electing him as delegate and electing him as senator.
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Mount Vernon Column: The Senate Budget Emerges
Commentary
This week, the seventh of this session of the Virginia General Assembly, both the Senate and House of Delegates are considering the state’s two-year budget. After each house passes a budget, a joint conference committee resolves the differences. The Senate budget has good news and bad news.
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Mount Vernon Column: Accelerating into the Future
Commentary
This past Saturday, I had the privilege of conducting the annual Mount Vernon Town Meeting for the first time.
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Mount Vernon Column: Ups and Downs of the House Budget
Commentary
This past Thursday, the House of Delegates passed the 2016-2018 state budget in a bipartisan 98 to 2 vote. This new budget addresses important needs in the Commonwealth, such as an additional $1 billion in education spending.
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Alexandria Obituary: Alan Neal Rudd
Alan Neal Rudd, formerly of Alexandria, died Feb. 6, 2016. His family, friends, and professional colleagues remember him as a man of great kindness, sincerity, and integrity.
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Alexandria Letter: Over 80 and Volunteering?
Commentary–Volunteer Alexandria
A poet/songwriter said, “Oh, how I hate to get up in the morning … Oh, how I hate to get out of bed. But the hardest blow of all is to hear the bugler call, ‘You’ve got get up, you’ve got to get up, you’ve got to get up! It’s morning …’” That’s my midnight serenade every Wednesday evening as I drift off to sleep.
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Alexandria Letter: Council in Disarray
Letter to the Editor
For those who saw the City Council’s Public Hearing on Feb. 20, followed by a second meeting on the 23rd, they witnessed a group in total disarray.
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Alexandria Letter: Improve Notification
Letter to the Editor
Monticello Park is renowned for its great diversity of migrating warblers and is possibly the best place to see them and other neo-tropical migrant songbirds in the entire metropolitan area.
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Alexandria Letter: Maintain Healthy Hearts
Letter to the Editor
Take this time every year to take care of your heart. Each year heart disease affects more than 6.5 million American women and is responsible for one in four deaths.
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Alexandria Letter: Keep Tree Lights On
Letter to the Editor
I know there are very important projects happening around and in the city but I have an observation I would like to offer.
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Alexandria Letter: Breaking Trust
Letter to the Editor
My home is two blocks from Ramsay Homes project. My neighbors and I had no problem with Ramsey Homes.
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Alexandria Letter: Renaming City Streets
Letter to the Editor
In the late1950s the city’s Civil War Centennial Committee was tasked with a way to “commemorate” the approaching event. The committee proposed the restoration of Fort Ward — one of the Union forts that had surrounded the city from 1861-1865.
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Alexandria Letter: Twinkling Lights Continue to Cheer
Letter to the Editor
I want to thank all my Old Town neighbors for keeping their Christmas lights on through the weary winter.
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Alexandria Letter: In Playground Sandbox?
Letter to the Editor
I am appalled at the actions of some members of our City Council who appear to believe that incivility is the way to show that you are smart or clever.
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Alexandria Letter: Battling Invasive Plants
Letter to the Editor
With regards to invasive plant management in Monticello Park, it is a mystery to me as to how some people can self identify as “avid birders” and have no awareness of the importance of a healthy eco-system made up of diverse native plants.
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Alexandria Column: Exploring How To Live an Active and Rewarding Life
Senior Services of Alexandria teams up with AARP.
Everyone wants to live an active and rewarding life, and older adults are no exception. Retirement gives seniors the opportunity to step back, evaluate their priorities, and choose where we want to focus our time and energy.
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Alexandria Column: What To Do To Create Lifelong Readers
Commentary–Reading Connection
March is National Reading Awareness Month, which makes it a good time to review what we can do to best assure that our kids will become lifelong readers.
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Alexandria Column: Duty, Honor, Country
American Legion celebrates 97 years.
As we celebrate the American Legion's 97th birthday on March 15, duty, honor and country are the three words that capture the story of the American Legion over its more than nine decades in existence. The duty that we have as Legionnaires is spelled out in the Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion. It’s our duty to “uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America."
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Alexandria: Renner Named St. Patrick's Day Parade Grand Marshal
John J. Renner, II was installed as the 2016 Alexandria St. Patrick's Day Parade Grand Marshal on Friday, Feb. 26.