Tag: Arts

Metropolitan School of the Arts dancer takes center stage

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Carleigh Jones is a mover and a shaker. Literally. At first blush, Jones, 16, looks like a typical high school sophomore,...

‘Blue Stockings’ brings relevant, period drama to LTA

By Jordan Wright “Blue Stockings” harkens back to the late 19th century at Cambridge University at a time when women wore bloomers and didn’t have...

Home profile: The house that music built

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Nestled at the end of a cul de sac, on a quiet street branching off of Taney Avenue in the...

Your Views: We all need classical music right now

To the editor: The story “Single complaint, lengthy permitting process jettison classical concert series” by Cody Mello-Klein in the Feb. 25 Alexandria Times struck a...

Single complaint, lengthy permitting process jettison classical concert series

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] For six months during the pandemic, music was alive again in Alexandria. And then, suddenly, it wasn't. At a time when...

Our View: Give Classical Movements a SUP

Classical Movements is one of Alexandria’s delights. In addition to, in normal years, staging worldwide tours of world-class musicians, the organization hosts small concerts...

Alexandria Film Festival announces 2020 award winners

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] In a virtual ceremony streamed via Zoom, members of the Alexandria Film Festival executive board announced the winners of this...

Alexandria Film Festival offers virtual film screenings

By Alexandria Times staff The annual Alexandria Film Festival returned this year in virtual format, allowing viewers to enjoy a collection of works without going...

Our View: A local treasure

The Alexandria Film Festival has grown during the past 14 years from a creative idea to a firmly entrenched part of our city’s burgeoning...

AFF Review: ‘Her Name was Jo’ celebrates a sisterhood of scarred...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] “Her Name was Jo” was included as part of the Alexandria Film Festival’s Girlpower Showcase, and while the film features...