20+ hour, 23+ min ago   (291+ words) Organizers are recruiting community members to help power the 31st annual Del Ray arts festival on Saturday, October 3. ALEXANDRIA, VA — Art on the Avenue needs volunteers to help turn Mount Vernon Avenue into one of Alexandria’s biggest celebrations of art, music,…...

21+ hour, 4+ min ago   (321+ words) ALEXANDRIA, VA — Alexandria has put a housing official with a record of creating and preserving thousands of homes in permanent charge of one of the city’s most closely watched challenges. City Manager James Parajon has appointed Aspasia Xypolia director of…...

1+ day, 24+ min ago   (207+ words) ALEXANDRIA, VA—Bridging Ground: A Story of Sin, Grace, and Repair, a locally made documentary rooted in Alexandria history, will have its first public screening on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Virginia Theological Seminary. The film was shown privately on Sept. 11 to…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (194+ words) ALEXANDRIA, VA — Alexandria’s seasonal farmers-market pop-ups are making one final stop next Friday—and the timing matters for older residents with unused market benefits. The City’s Division of Aging and Adult Services will hold the last pop-up of the season…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (563+ words) ALEXANDRIA, VA — On the second day of the Billington CyberSecurity Summit, I attended a workshop called “Frontier AI for Cyber Defense: OpenAI’s Perspective and Live Demo for Government Defenders,” presented by Felipe Millon and Patrick Falvey. The room was focused…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (257+ words) MOUNT VERNON, VA — Gardeners looking for something with a little history behind it can shop plants grown at George Washington’s Mount Vernon this Saturday. The estate’s Fall Plant and Garden Sale runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept....

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1695+ words) ALEXANDRIA, VA—For Alexandrians having difficulty putting food on the table, help may be closer than they realize. A review by The Zebra identified more than 25 locations and programs across the city that regularly provide free groceries, prepared meals or…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1059+ words) Today I had the opportunity to attend the first day of the 17th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit in Washington, D.C., where more than 3,000 attendees and hundreds of speakers from government and industry are gathering to talk about cybersecurity in an age increasingly…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (379+ words) ALEXANDRIA, VA — Alexandria residents can mark the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 with more than remembrance this weekend. They can put their hands to work. A free National Day of Service will bring volunteers to Alexandria National Cemetery, 1450 Wilkes St., from 10 a.m....

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (420+ words) Alexandria, VA – In a small commercial kitchen, baking cookies and mixing granola are only part of the work. At Together We Bake, an Alexandria-based nonprofit employment social enterprise, women learn food production, quality control, customer service and teamwork while building…...