Get your index fingers ready, because Continues Arcade is opening next week near the Braddock Road metro station.
The inside of Continues Arcade is still being finished, but features more than 60 classic arcade games, as well as large leather couches and sectioned off tables to hook up TVs to classic gaming systems like the Nintendo NES or Sega Genesis.
Meet Abi, a sweet 4-year-old boy who loves to explore a grassy yard and hang out with his humans. This 59-pound love bug is the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria’s (AWLA) featured adoptable dog this week, and he’s receiving rave reviews from his current foster family.
At four years old, Abi is out of his puppy stage but still has lots of energy to play and join you on all your adventures. He loves a good run in the yard and playing fetch with his people, although he is still working on returning items during fetch. He’s eager to please and learn new things, making him an ideal companion for an active family.
Simone Fennell, CEO and owner of Good Brows LLC, will relocate her brow studio from Alexandria to Arlington on August 1, marking the end of her seven-year presence at 421 S. Washington Street in Old Town.
The business will move to The Beauté Co-Op Suites at 4830 31st Street South in Arlington’s Fairlington/Shirlington neighborhood. The Beauté Co-Op operates as a Black-owned beauty collective that houses multiple service providers.
Good morning, Alexandria! Today is Thursday, July 17, the 198th day of 2025. There are 167 days left in the year.
🏠 On this day in 1946, the city established the Old and Historic Alexandria District, becoming only the third historic district in the United States after New Orleans’ Vieux Carre and following Charleston’s pioneering model. This groundbreaking ordinance extended zoning powers beyond traditional land use to regulate the aesthetic appearance of buildings—a concept that would remain legally unchallenged for over three decades until the Supreme Court’s 1978 Penn Central decision involving Grand Central Station.
Former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger is opening a financial and polling gap in the race for governor, outraising her Republican opponent Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears by nearly 2-to-1 last quarter and entering the final four months of Virginia’s statewide election season with more than triple the cash on hand.
New campaign finance filings show the Democrat raised a record-breaking $10.7 million in the second quarter — including $4.3 million in the final weeks of June — and ended the period with $15.2 million in the bank. Earle-Sears brought in $5.9 million over the same three months, finishing June with $4.5 million on hand.
Alexandria residents will commemorate the fifth anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s death Thursday with a rally designed to carry forward his legacy of nonviolent action and defend democracy.
The “Good Trouble Lives On” rally, scheduled from 6:30 to 8 p.m., will take place at Judy Guse-Noritake Park (600 N. Henry Street) at the corner of Pendleton Street and Henry Street. Indivisible is hosting the event Do Something NCR, a non-partisan community organization whose objective “is to push the country to be kinder and more progressive, ensuring all people are represented and cared for”.
It’s going to be very hot in and around Alexandria on Thursday (July 17).
How hot? The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and expects heat index values around 105 degrees.
Not long ago, Bruce Anderson and a handful of his boyhood friends from Alexandria decided to give back with a free community cookout.
The event was a bigger hit than the group anticipated, with hundreds of people showing up to the Nannie J Lee Memorial Recreation Center (1108 Jefferson Street). Now in its third year, the Southside Community Fest features free food, live musical performances, a DJ, special guest speakers, and more.
Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Jim Morrison — name a musical icon from the world of rock, soul, and pop, and chances are, Sandy Gibson interviewed them.
Gibson, a longtime Del Ray resident, was also Billy Joel’s first publicist. She was interviewed multiple times for the HBO documentary, Billy Joel: And So It Goes, which premieres on Friday (July 18). Music lovers can also hear Gibson talk about her career on Thursday, August 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Stardust Vintage & Gift (1904 Mount Vernon Avenue) in Del Ray.
The Alexandria Police Department has released a list of participating communities in the city for National Night Out.
The national event on Aug. 5 (Thursday) is intended to bring police closer to their communities with hot dogs, games, and raffles. The Alexandria Police Department has released a list of dozens of participants (see below).
With fewer than four months to go before Virginians elect a new slate of statewide leaders, a new poll from Virginia Commonwealth University’s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs finds Democrats holding early leads in all three top races — and voters sharply focused on economic pressures and personal freedoms.
The latest Commonwealth Poll, conducted June 19–July 3, captures evolving voter sentiment in advance of the 2025 election and suggests momentum has shifted further toward Democratic candidates, particularly among independents.
