Tag: music

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The Alexandria Choral Society is celebrating 50 years with the opening of its fall season program “The Spheres” on Oct....

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] When he was 15 years old, Grammy-nominated folk singer-songwriter Tom Paxton pulled a guitar out of his aunt’s closet in...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The annual Taste of Old Town North will return on Sept. 19 and will celebrate the neighborhood and its place...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The Ballyshaners, Alexandria’s nonprofit Irish heritage organization, is holding its 2019 Irish Festival at Waterfront Park on Saturday. The Irish Festival...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] To call the Free Flowing Musical Experience a cover band is to deny the thought and talent that goes into...

By Denise Dunbar | [email protected] When Amanda Anne Platt opened last week for Amy Ray of Indigo Girls fame, nine years had passed since she...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Most businesses herald their grand openings with a simple ribbon cutting. The team behind the new School of Rock in...

By Eileen Abbott Based on the long lines of attendees and palpable excitement when the doors opened for the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra’s season finale Saturday...

By Denise Dunbar | [email protected] Nashville based husband-and-wife duo Drew and Ellie Holcomb bring their February family tour to The Birchmere on Feb. 6. In...

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] Ellen and John Patrick’s home on the 400 block of East Duncan Avenue has had a variety of themes and...