After a busy Halloween season, Alexandria will have a quieter weekend of events before holiday happenings ramp up.
The first full weekend of November brings a closing celebration for the Waterfront Park art installation, Veterans Day Run, Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum’s 20th anniversary open house and an evening with George Washington.
The long-awaited Ted’s Bulletin is landing at Alexandria’s Carlyle Crossing development later in November.
D.C.-based hospitality company Catalogue announced the opening of Ted’s Bulletin at 2471 Mandeville Lane on Tuesday, Nov. 17. This will be the ninth location for the brand, joining four others in Northern Virginia, three in D.C. and one in Maryland.
Big changes are in store for a two-tower, mixed-use senior housing apartment project in Alexandria’s Carlyle neighborhood.
After getting through design hurdles and an extension for construction last year, applicant 18th Street Development LLC wants to change its plans for an 18-story senior residential apartment building at 1900 Eisenhower Avenue and a commercial office building next door at 765 John Carlyle Street.
Spooky season culminates this weekend in Alexandria with an array of Halloween happenings.
Lee Street Halloween, a popular trick-or-treating event organized by neighbors, is one of the highlights of the weekend. The next few days will also bring St. Elmo’s CatRad Halloween Eve, Lee-Fendall House’s Pumpkin Palooza, Alexandria Fall-O-Ween, a Halloween bar crawl and the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria’s rescheduled Paws in the Park.
Alexandria is planting some new trees in the medians along the recently reconfigured Holland Lane.
Excavation work to prepare for the four plantings will start today (Monday) and is expected to take four days, depending on the weather.
Alexandria residents looking for a healthier meal on the go can find a new health food cafe and juice bar opening this week in the Carlyle neighborhood.
Currently in soft opening, Fresh Healthy Cafe will be hosting a ribbon cutting at 9:55 a.m. on Friday (Oct. 23). Customers can buy one 12-ounce smoothie and get another for free, and get 25% off paninis or protein snack bowls.
A new Ted’s Bulletin location is under construction in the Carlyle neighborhood.
The all-day breakfast spot is shooting to open next month at 2471 Mandeville Lane, according to a Facebook post.
It’s shaping up to be another busy October weekend in Alexandria.
There are plenty of festivals going on, including the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria’s Paws in the Park with its largest Rescue Row yet. For those looking for a shucking good time, Old Town Oyster Week returns starting with an oyster shucking competition.
September is already approaching its end, and fall events are ramping up around Alexandria.
Some of the month’s biggest events are taking place this weekend — the returning Alexandria Fall Art Festival in Carlyle and sold-out 84th Annual Historic Alexandria Homes Tour in Old Town. Other highlights include the new Old Town Beauty Crawl, Alexandria Film Festival’s premiere of “Ask E. Jean,” the Friends of Beatley Central Library book sale, Wilderness Kids Alexandria Music Festival and an event with “The Silver Linings Playbook” author Matthew Quick.
As September continues, more and more festivals and other events are happening around Alexandria.
Families will find events for all kinds of interests, from shopping and art to history. It’s a busy weekend between Alexandria Oktoberfest, The Lyceum’s Classic Car Show, Old Town Boutique Community’s Alexandria Days and Alexandria Library’s Black Family Reunion. Old Town North particularly has a lot going on — Chalk-A-Block, Alexandria Canal History Pub Crawl and Vintage Flea and Artisans Market.
Diners in Alexandria will have to look elsewhere to find the flavors of Uzbekistan and Russia.
Rus Uz closed at Alexandria’s Hoffman Town Center (210 Hoffman Street) on Aug. 31 at the lease end, owner Ismoil Rakhmatullaev told ALXnow. The Uzbek family-owned restaurant’s other locations remain open at 1000 N. Randolph Street #3a in Arlington and 2600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in D.C.
