French Book Club takes on a Prix Goncourt winner at Lloyd House
The Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee and Old Town Books meet Aug. 21 to discuss Mohamed Mbougar Sarr's "The Most Secret Memory of Men." Registration is required.
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Alexandria's neighborhoods and civic life — neighborhood news, civic associations, parks and recreation, weekend happenings, and the people and organizations bringing residents together.
Sheriff's Community Academy taking applications for fall session
The free four-Saturday program runs Sept. 19 through Oct. 10 at the Adult Detention Center. Applications are due Sept. 7, and applicants undergo a background check.
Things to do in Alexandria this weekend: Aug. 14-16
The sidewalk sale runs all three days, Restaurant Week opens a 10-day run, and the Bands & Brews Bar Crawl fills Del Ray on Saturday.
Long Dark House opens Sept. 1, with a preview night and a grand opening celebration bracketing the week
The horror and science fiction bookshop at 1510 King St. will hold a ticketed preview Aug. 30, open to the public Sept. 1, and throw a daylong celebration Sept. 5 with an author signing and a matcha pop-up.
From $251,000 to $3.4 million: Homes sold in Alexandria last week
20 homes closed across the city at an average price of $910,200, led by a seven-bedroom custom rebuild on Kingston Avenue
Pizza, five pillars and a conversation with the police chief
About 50 residents and business owners turned the conversation to surveillance, staffing and where the kids are Tuesday at Piece Out
Pet portrait mural grows onto Head to Tail's new pantry
Each $257.50 portrait sends $100 to Pawfectly Delicious, the Alexandria nonprofit that employs adults with disabilities
Taste of Old Town North returns Sept. 17, anchoring a weekend of neighborhood events
The free food-and-music festival is followed by Chalk-a-Block and a canal pub crawl — and the power plant developer says it plans to break ground next year
Free legal help for renters with housing problems offered Aug. 31 in the West End
Legal Aid Justice Center will give individual consultations; code, health and 311 staff will be on hand
Police chief brings public safety framework to Del Ray on Tuesday
The neighborhood session follows invitation-only gatherings in June and July, and feeds a department report due in September
Alexandria brings home two trophies from Dundee — but not the Mayor's Cup
The women's side blanked Dundee 87-0 in its first-ever appearance and the legends, some of them veterans of the original 2008 match, took their game too. The men fell 33-17, leaving the main prize in Scotland
On this day in Alexandria history: The night Nixon resigned, the nation's eyes turned to a house on Crown View Drive
52 years ago tonight, Gerald Ford learned he was about to become president — from his home in Alexandria
Mount Vernon Trail is up for the national Trail Hall of Fame, and voting closes Aug. 16
The 18.5-mile path along the Potomac is one of three finalists for the Rails to Trails Conservancy honor. The winner is decided by public vote.
A hair workshop for dads is coming to Atlas Brew Works
Participants practice parting, ponytails and three-part braids on mannequin heads at the Alexandria taproom on Sept. 13. The 90-minute session costs $50 and includes a beer.
Things to do in Alexandria this weekend: Aug. 7-9
Sales tax holiday, farmers markets, Port to Port Beer Festival, and new DASH routes starting Sunday.
Alexandria Forum returns Sept. 18 with a day on the Revolution's local roots
Four lectures at The Lyceum trace Alexandria's part in the run-up to independence, from the Fairfax Resolves to slavery at Market Square. Tickets are $60, or $40 for museum members and students.