A Home for Everyone: Why Is Housing So Expensive?
Rents keep climbing, buying a home is out of reach for most, and homes are harder to find. Join the League of Women Voters of Arlington and Alexandria City (LWVAAC) and Arlington Public Library for a conversation with two of the region’s leading housing voices about what’s driving costs in Arlington and Alexandria, and what it would take to change course.
Most adults over 50 have heard the same advice for years: stay active. Walk more. Take the stairs.
It’s good advice, but it leaves out the part that matters most. Muscle loss starts in your 30s and speeds up after 50, and walking alone doesn’t stop it. You can feel fine and keep a steady weight while getting a little weaker every year. Then one day, getting up off the floor or carrying a suitcase upstairs feels harder than it should.
Find out what your body is really made of. Revolutionary Fitness in Old Town Alexandria is hosting a DEXA Scan Day on Thursday, September 24, from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m. For $97, you’ll get a full-body DEXA scan, the same technology used in hospitals and research labs, plus a detailed report that shows exactly where you stand on body fat, lean muscle, and bone density.
What is a DEXA scan?
Love your neighborhood, but not the way your house works?
Do you add on? Go up? Move walls? Or rethink the space you already have?
For homeschooling families, finding activities that fit a non-traditional school day can be a challenge. EvolveAll, the martial arts and fitness studio that’s served the local community for more than 15 years, is addressing that gap with a new Homeschool Youth Martial Arts (YMA) program.
The program runs Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:15 to 2:00 PM and follows EvolveAll’s established YMA curriculum, which focuses on discipline, focus, coordination, and self-defense fundamentals for kids ages 5 to 10. Classes are led by EvolveAll’s head YMA Instructor Mr. Christian, who has over a decade of instructing experience. The class size is capped to keep the student-to-instructor ratio low.
Arlington’s young actors, designers, and theatre-loving families have a big Saturday ahead! Encore Stage & Studio is kicking off its fall season on Saturday, September 12 with two opportunities for kids to jump into the world of theatre: a FREE Fall Open House and a special Pre-Audition Workshop for Madeline’s Christmas.
Encore’s Fall Open House invites families with children from preschool through 8th grade to get a firsthand look at what’s coming this season.
The Virginia Hurricanes Girls Basketball program is holding tryouts for its 3rd Grade and 5th Grade travel teams, competing in a full schedule this Fall and Winter season. Join a competitive, supportive program built to develop skilled, confident players on and off the court.
Registration is required at: https://www.virginiahurricanes.net/basketball/aau-teams
Classes start next week, and a few spots are still open! Nova Fencing & Archery Club in Falls Church has beginner fencing and archery classes for kids (4 to 6) and (7 to 12), teens, and adults, starting the week of September 12th. Eight sessions for $195, all equipment provided, no experience needed.
If you’ve been meaning to sign up, now’s the time — don’t wait until the strip’s full.
Sintara Thai Wellness is now open in Del Ray, bringing a new destination for massage, skincare and relaxation to the Alexandria community.
Designed as a quiet retreat in the heart of Del Ray, Sintara combines traditional Thai wellness with a contemporary spa environment, offering therapeutic massage, Hydrafacial treatments and customized facials featuring Eminence Organic Skin Care.
There’s something a little bit magical about picking up a foil for the first time — or drawing back a bow and watching your arrow fly true. It’s why fencing and archery have such a hold on kids and adults alike: real focus, real skill, and a thrill you don’t get from the usual sports lineup.
This fall, Nova Fencing & Archery Club in Bailey’s Crossroads is opening registration for both, with beginner classes for every age starting the week of September 12th. Fencing welcomes ages 7 to 12 and teens and adults 13 and up. Explore Archery, coached by USA Archery certified instructors, welcomes ages 8 to 12 and meets Tuesdays or Saturdays. And for our youngest fencers, ages 4 to 6, ABC’s of Fencing meets on Saturdays. All classes run eight sessions for $195, equipment provided, no experience needed — yes, even for grown-ups who’ve never held a sword or a bow before.
The scale is the worst measurement tool in your house.
It gives you one number and hides everything underneath it.
