SARA Program Clothesline Project T-shirt Decorating Event
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, SARA Program Clothesline Project t-shirt decorating event, at the SARA Office, 421 King Street, Alexandria (4th floor). Sponsored by the Sexual Assault Response and Awareness (SARA) Program of Alexandria, the Clothesline Project displays t-shirts painted by survivors, families, and friends of those affected by violence. Finished t-shirts will be displayed to increase awareness of the impact of violence against women and to celebrate the strength to survive. With permission from those who created the shirts, t-shirts will be put on display at City Hall from April 14-23 and from April 24-30 at the Diva Designer Consignments Boutique at 116 S. Pitt St. in Old Town. For more information and/or to RSVP for this event (so we know how many t-shirts to order), please call Robin at 703-746-5030.
Team Englin Volunteer Night
6 pm to 9 pm, Team Englin Volunteer Night, at 1505 Wayne Street, Alexandria. Join us for the first volunteer night of 2010. We have lots of work to do to update constituents on what their General Assembly got up and to keep empowering people to get involved and make change. We have three different mailings to get out, so we really need all the help we can get. As always, we'll fuel the evening with pizza and beverages. Call 703-549-3203 to let us know you'll be there. Thank you for everything you do to support our ongoing fight for a progressive future!
Concert by Laura Baron
7:00 pm, Concert by Laura Baron at the Athenaeum, 201 Prince Street, Alexandria. Laura Baron, an award-winning singer songwriter, debuted her CD, Scenes From the Avenue, at her 2008 performance at the Athenaeum. Laura is known for the poet's sensitivity to her writing and the beauty of her voice and style of jazz.
For more information contact laurabaronmusic.com or 703-548-0035 or www.nvfaa.org.
Alexandria School Board Meeting
7:30 pm, Alexandria School Board Meeting at the School Administration Offices, Winkler Building Board Room, 2000 North Beauregard Street. For more information contact Rosemary Webb, 703-824-6614.
Alexandria City Council Work Session with ARHA Board
7:00 pm, Alexandria City Council Work Session with ARHA Board at the Council Workroom, City Hall, 301 King Street, Alexandria. For more information contact Rose Boyd at 703-746-4550.
Waterfront Committee Marina Subcommittee Meeting
6:00 pm, Waterfront Committee Marina Subcommittee meeting, at the Lee Center, 1108 Jefferson Street, Alexandria. Established by the Waterfront Committee, the subcommittee studies issues related to the City Marina and makes recommendations to the Waterfront Committee.
For more information, visit www.alexandriava.gov/Recreation or call Laura Seidler at 703-746-5494.
Ad Hoc Fort Ward Park and Museum Area Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting
7:00 pm, Ad Hoc Fort Ward Park and Museum Area Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting, at the Fort Ward Museum Library, 4301 West Braddock Road. For more information contact Laura Durham, 703.746.5493.
Eighteenth-Century Dance Class
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, 18th-century Dance Class, at Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, 134 N. Royal St., Alexandria. In preparation for the Grand Ball on April 17, learn 18th-century English country dancing from an expert dance instructor. Class costs $12 and reservations are recommended. For more information, please visit www.gadsbystavern.org or call 703.746.4242.
Second Thursday Art Night
6:00 - 8:00 pm,Second Thursday Art Night at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 N. Union Street, Alexandria. There will be a display of the Clothesline Project, which brings attention to violence against women by hanging decorative shirts on clotheslines; there will be a spoken-word program inspired by the project at 7:00 pm. There will be an opening reception for "Paper Dolls", a solo exhibit by Fierce Sonia that integrates painting and collages from 6:30 - 8:00 pm which will run to May 3. Free !For more information contact 794-3838-4565 or www.torpedofactory.org.
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