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ALX Pink Gala supporting breast cancer care returns Friday to Old Town

Published September 23, 2026 at 2:45PM

As seen at the ALX Pink Gala (via ALX Pink Gala)

It’s time to dig the pink dress or suit out of the closet, because tickets are still available for the third annual ALX Pink Gala.

The ALX Pink Gala will return to the ALX Community Atrium at 277 S. Washington Street in Old Town on Friday, Sept. 25. Tickets cost $125 apiece, and $175 to attend a rooftop VIP reception. Proceeds will benefit the Breast Cancer Collective, an Alexandria-based nonprofit that helps women in underserved communities get access to breast cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment.

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INTERVIEW: Alexandria’s world-champ whistler shares life lessons

By James Cullum

Published May 15, 2026 at 2:45PM | Updated May 15, 2026 at 3:10PM

Chris Ullman whistles at a Duke University basketball game (Jon Gardiner/DukePhotography)

Alexandria’s world champion whistler Chris Ullman has his sights — and lips — set on whistling at an NFL game and before the Pope.

Ullman, the subject of a recent Wall Street Journal profile, sat down with ALXnow to talk about being a four-time national and international whistling champion (1994, 1996, 1999 and 2000) and the author of the memoir “Find Your Whistle.” Ullman has whistled for President George W. Bush and top administration officials in the oval office, on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno and “The Today Show” with Katie Couric, at Major League Baseball games, college basketball games, with jazz bands and symphony orchestras, and even a funeral.