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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.


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The Old Town North Alliance is one step closer to developing branding for the neighborhood’s new arts and cultural district.

The alliance’s board of directors named three artists as finalists in the Old Town North Arts and Cultural District Banner Design Project. They will be subject to a public vote to determine the winning artist.


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The city’s second annual Chalk-A-Block festival, scheduled for Sunday, has been postponed due to wet conditions and continuing rain in the forecast.

Sarah Almy, executive director of the event, announced the postponement Sunday morning, saying “Unfortunately, due to wet pavement and continued rain in the forecast, Chalk-A-Block is postponed to our rain date.”