Coverage of Alexandria’s local theater, including play and musical reviews.

Arts & Culture

Cappies Review: ACHS’ production of Twelfth Night rocks

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By Emily Reisman, McLean High School A ship aggressively rocks onstage, its passengers desperately clinging on. The sounds of hostile ocean waves mix with grungy...
Arts & Culture

Alexandria Film Festival 2024 Reviews

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The 18th annual Alexandria Film Festival took place over the weekend, showcasing dozens of locally and internationally made films across three locations: the Charles...
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Alexandria Film Festival: ‘The Sound of the Wind’ depicts Ukrainian family’s...

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By Denise Dunbar | ddunbar@alextimes.com We know war can extract the very soul from soldiers who witness, and sometimes participate in, unspeakable atrocities. Literature abounds...
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Alexandria Film Festival: ‘Gloria’s Birthday’ depicts highs, lows of dementia

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By Caitlyn Meisner | cmeisner@alextimes.com The 8-minute short dramedy, “Gloria’s Birthday,” by a slew of creative women details the struggles of dementia – both for...
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Alexandria Film Festival: Inside the art, daily life of ‘Cathy and...

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By Wafir Salih | wsalih@alextimes.com “Cathy and Harry” captures the artistic and personal bond between Catherine Murphy and Harry Roseman, an artist couple whose work...
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Alexandria Film Festival: ACHS creatives pose important question

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By Caitlyn Meisner | cmeisner@alextimes.com Alexandria City High School students question themselves and you: What is worth saving? This 20-minute documentary produced and created by ACHS...

FEATURED NEWS

Alexandria City Public Schools bus driver charged in shooting death

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By Isabel Shultz and Max Carpenter On Monday, Alexandria City Public Schools bus driver Carlas William Carter was charged with shooting a woman in Oxon...

City on alert following three rabies incidents

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By Caitlyn Meisner | [email protected] Since Oct. 23, there have been three separate incidents in three areas of Alexandria where rabies-infected raccoons have come into...

First romance-only bookstore in DMV shutters from fire

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By Sandra Smith | [email protected] Friends to Lovers, the DMV’s first bookstore focused solely on romance, was forced to close just three days after its...

LEGAL NOTICES

Legal Notice

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The Leroy Williams Revocable Trust, the Plaintiff, has filed a Complaint entitled Complaint/Application and Affidavit in Support of Judgment Over $10,000 in which he...

City of Alexandria-Notice of a Public Hearing

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NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING ON AN APPEAL OF A DECISION OF THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW The item described below will be...

Alexandria Planning & Zoning-Notice of Administrative Review

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In accordance with Section 11-500 of the Zoning Ordinance, the following Special Use Permit application may be approved by the Director of Planning and...

Board of Architectural Review-Legal Notice of a Public Hearing

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A Public Hearing will be held by the Board of Architectural Review on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the City...

Alexandria Planning Commission and City Council

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The items described below will be heard by the Planning Commission and the City Council on the dates and times listed above and below....
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