Alexandria's neighborhoods and civic life — neighborhood news, civic associations, parks and recreation, weekend happenings, and the people and organizations bringing residents together.
Del Play, from a former teacher and a chef raising their own child in Alexandria, will offer drop-in play, borrowable toys and consignment in part of the former Streets Market. The target opening is December.
A national DonorsChoose match runs through Wednesday, adding 50% to every donation. More than 140 projects are live in the Alexandria area, most needing a few hundred dollars or less.
The fourth annual event at Iye's Beauty Salon has grown from eight girls its first year to 37 children Tuesday. A year after five girls were turned away at capacity, walk-ins who weren't on the list left with backpacks and a warm meal.
Gaskins will attend and outline next steps for the pilot, which is set to end Sept. 30
More than a third of the city's open listings are in the Department of Community and Human Services
How a postal quirk misleads residents, reporters, and emergency responders — and how to tell the difference
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.
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.
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.
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.
20 homes closed across the city at an average price of $910,200, led by a seven-bedroom custom rebuild on Kingston Avenue
About 50 residents and business owners turned the conversation to surveillance, staffing and where the kids are Tuesday at Piece Out
Each $257.50 portrait sends $100 to Pawfectly Delicious, the Alexandria nonprofit that employs adults with disabilities
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
Legal Aid Justice Center will give individual consultations; code, health and 311 staff will be on hand
The neighborhood session follows invitation-only gatherings in June and July, and feeds a department report due in September
