Entertainment Brief: Historic Mount Vernon Sparkles with Holiday Cheer
Join "Mrs. Washington" as she hosts an enchanting evening of candlelight tours, fireside caroling, and hot cider and ginger cookies.
Entertainment Brief: 2012 Holiday Shop – A Mount Vernon Tradition The 51st annual
Holiday Shop — a popular Mount Vernon tradition — will be held Saturday, Nov. 17, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Mount Vernon Unitarian Church, 1909 Windmill Lane, Alexandria, near Fort Hunt Rd., and Mason Hill Dr.
Entertainment Brief: MVCCT Presents ‘Oklahoma!’ at Bryant Alternative School
Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre, now in its 32nd season, is presents “Oklahoma!” Nov. 9-18.
Late Fall Classes at Art at the Center
Art at the Center is offering a half-session of several classes beginning next week. Visit www.artatthecenter.org for details and to register.
Alexandria/Mount Vernon Calendar: Oct. 10, 2012
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18th Century Colonial Market and Fair at Mount Vernon
The lanes of the marketplace echoed the names of the five farms on General George Washington’s estate in Mount Vernon: Muddy Hole Farm, Dogue Run Farm, Union Farm, River Farm and Mansion Farm.
Mount Vernon Bulletin Board: Sept. 20, 2012
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Alexandria/Mount Vernon Calendar: Sept. 20, 2012
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Alexandria/Mount Vernon Calendar: Sept. 13, 2012
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Jazz at Cedar Knoll Restaurant
A new live concert series to emphasizing jazz music every month at Cedar Knoll Restaurant.
Community Rallies to Aid Rising Hope
‘Tenth Avenue North’ concert is next hurdle.
With a timely rescue by Mount Vernon area donors, the shelves in the Rising Hope Mission Church food pantry are now full and 377 young people received backpacks filled with school supplies to head back to school for a fresh start.
Calendar: Sept. 7, 2012
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Staying Active
Hollin Hall Senior Center offers daily activities ranging from sports to a variety of exercise classes, dance, arts and crafts, games, language, meditation, music and more.
Calendar: Aug. 29, 2012
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Rising Hope Food Pantry in Critical Need
“We’re getting by day-to-day.”
“We’re getting by day-to-day, hour-by-hour,” said Sarah Heckman who manages the pantry. “I’m coming in the mornings and really praying God will put food on the shelves. I don’t think people know how much it takes to feed over 900 people a week.”