Archive for 'Entertainment'

Alexandria Film Festival: Ready for a close-up

Sure, Clint Eastwood used the Masonic temple to film “J. Edgar,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Dermot Mulroney, who grew up in Alexandria. And “Remember the Titans” put Alexandria on the big screen and on the map. [...]

Taking entertainment literally

Taking entertainment literally

The history buffs keen on the tri-corner hats and town criers of Old Town’s brick-laid sidewalks may be unaware, but Alexandria is home to a perennially irreverent literary show, As Was Written.  What began as a [...]

Adding Oktoberfest

Port City Brewing owner and founder Bill Butcher's business plan includes focusing on a few beers and producing a quality product, but that doesn't mean he's ruled out experimentation.  [...]

Singing Alexandrias praises

Singing Alexandrias praises

A lifelong Alexandrian, musician Ray Parker recently penned an original tune singing the citys praises that he hopes local officials will use to trumpet his hometowns charm. [...]

Soundbites: One throne, two kings

Soundbites: One throne, two kings

No Church in the Wild, the opening track on Jay-Z and Kanye Wests Watch the Throne, is not so much a claim to their godliness as it is a manifesto to a new religion over which [...]

What’s behind what’s on those flags?

What’s behind what’s on those flags?

There was a five-day conference of vexillologists in Alexandria last week to discuss those waving symbols of, well, anything and everything. [...]

Takin’ it to the streets

Takin’ it to the streets

Old Town's buskers play for free, ask for little [...]

Little Theater gives a perfect cut of ‘Hairspray’

Musical set in Baltimore thrives in Alexandria [...]

Hey, Read This: something’s missing

When has a series run its course? When has a novelist who made his name satirizing literature gone too far? Unfortunately for author Jasper Fforde, the time seems to be now after his latest release, One [...]

Get out of town: Gettysburg

Get out of town: Gettysburg

There are few words to describe the haunting stillness the empty fields of Gettysburg evoke almost 150 years after the clash of nearly 157,000 American soldiers. [...]