June 2011 Events
Special Events
June 18 & 19
31st Old Town Arts and Crafts Festival and Volunteer Fair
Noon-6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday
Market Square in front of City Hall, 301 King Street
(703) 836-2176
Admission: Free!
Artists, musicians and food vendors will be at this year's Old Town Arts and Crafts Festival and Volunteer Fair. Check it out to find creative hostess gifts for your summer travels, end-of-school teacher gifts, last-minute Father's Day gifts plus new and inspiring places to volunteer your time - or just stop by to enjoy the musical entertainment!
19th
Celebrate Father's Day with a Tour
1 pm, 2 pm, and 3pm
Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden, 614 Oronoco Street
(703) 548-1789
Celebrate Father's Day with a guided tour of the historic Lee-Fendall House. Tours are offered at 1 pm, 2 pm, and 3 pm. Admission is free for fathers and grandfathers when accompanied by their children.
Father's Day Open House at Friendship Firehouse
1 - 4 p.m.
Friendship Firehouse, 107 S. Alfred Street
(703) 746-3891
Admission: Free for Dad's and Grandpa's!
Friendship Firehouse is offering special tours for fathers on Father's Day. On this special day, Friendship Firehouse makes every father an honorary chief of the Friendship Fire Company Bucket Brigade. Every dad, with his children, will receive a certificate, ring the fire bell, and have his picture taken with the Friendship fire engine. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Free Father's Day Tours at Gadsby’s
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Gadsby's Tavern Museum, 134 N. Royal Street
(703) 746-4242
Admission: Free for dads and grandfathers
Celebrate with your favorite father at the place where the Father of our Country ate, drank, and influenced history. Gadsby’s Tavern Museum is pleased to offer free tours on Father’s Day for all visiting fathers and grandfathers with their kids! Cost $5 for all other adults and $3 for children (ages 5-12).
Happening This Month
Through the 26th
In the Flesh 3
Recurring daily
Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 N. Union Street
Admission: Free
"In the Flesh 3" returns after popular demand; this is an all-media exhibition that examines contemporary figurative art. Our juror for this exhibit is Dr. Jamie Smith curator and partner of Connor Contemporary in Washington DC and Co-Director of (e)merge Art Fair. In Dr. Smith’s statement, the 21 artists selected for this exhibition enhance our understanding of the vulnerabilities, dilemmas and strengths of the flesh by reflecting our humanity in their art.
3rd
Drawing Inspiration from the Figure Show (opening reception) at Del Ray Artisans
7 pm - 10 pm
Del Ray Artisans, 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue
(703) 507-4964
Admission: FREE and Open to the Public
Drawing Inspiration from the Figure (June 3-26) at the Del Ray Artisans gallery showcases DRA members’ artwork inspired by the human form. Join us at the opening reception (Friday June 3rd, 7-10pm) for an art supply raffle and an exciting interpretive dance performance. Explore your creative side at a figure-themed Artist’s Trading Card Party (Friday June 17th, 7-9pm). For more information: www.TheDelRayArtisans.org.
4th
Curator's Chat -- Belleau Wood
1 pm
National Museum of the Marine Corps, 18900 Jefferson Davis Highway, Triangle, VA 22172
(703) 784-6116
Admission: Free
Learn more about this important WWI battle and it's importance in Marine Corps history.
Make Our Garden Grow Concert
8:00 pm
Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King Street
(703) 232-1664
Admission: $20.00 ($10.00 for Senior/Military)
Nature’s beauty is revered through stunning settings of flower and garden-themed texts, including Benjamin Britten’s Five Flower Songs, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel’s Gartenlieder, and Leonard Bernstein’s Make Our Garden Grow. Brian Gendron, Artistic Director Tickets: $20.00 ($10.00 Senior/Military) Purchase tickets through our website or call 703.232.1664 Join us before the concert for a Silent Auction of garden-themed items donated by Alexandria businesses. The winning bidders will be announced at the reception immediately following the concert.
4th – 25th
Move Over Mrs. Markham
Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Wed-Sat at 8pm and Sun at 3pm.
The Little Theatre of Alexandria, 600 Wolfe Street
(703) 683-0496
LTA’s offers another outrageously funny bedroom farce this season! Move Over, Mrs. Markham electrified London and New York, with audiences gasping for breath during non-stop laughs! The Markham’s fifteen-year marriage seems just about undone, along with everything and everybody else in this wild and crazy free-for-all. Come join us for an evening full of laughs and riotous entertainment filled with mistaken identities, titillating liaisons, risqué remarks, and double entendres.
5th
First Thursday in Del Ray
Recurring monthly on the 1st Thursday
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Mt. Vernon Ave in Del Ray
(703) 684-5682
Admission: FREE
First Thursday of the Month in Del Ray along Mt. Vernon Avenue sponsored by the Del Ray Business Association. Each month has a theme: May 5, Heath & Wellness | June 2, Dog Days of Summer | July 7, A Nation's Celebration | August 4, Art Walk on the Avenue | September 8, Home Sweet Home.
"A dish of Tea to cheer me": A Tea Tasting & Lecture
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Carlyle House Historic Park, 121 N. Fairfax Street
Admission: $15
The Carlyle House Historic Park and the Spice & Tea Exchange of Alexandria will be presenting a tea tasting on the Magnolia Terrace of Carlyle House. This program will include a short historical overview of tea practices in the 18th-century as well as a full tasting of various teas. The tea tasting will provide an overview of: the different types of tea, including white, green, oolong, black, and herbal, among others - the characteristics of tea and what drives the differences in tea type, taste, and properties - a demonstration of proper preparation and tasting of each - a Q&A session including discussion of afternoon tea and etiquette. Participants will also receive a discount in both the Museum Gift Shop and at the Spice & Tea Exchange of Alexandria. Admission for this event is $15. Tours of the house are available for a small additional fee. For more information or to make a reservation in advance, please email
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or call 703-549-2997.
Artist's Reception Philosophy of Nature - Kurt Godwin
4 to 6:00 pm
The Athenaeum, 201 Prince Street
(703) 548-0035
Admission: Free
“Appropriating scientific diagrams that explain natural phenomenon functions both as a ‘ready-made’ choice of color palette and as a form of non-traditional landscape painting through the use of symbolism. These contemporary diagrams are layered with ancient alchemical emblems, personal symbols, and iconography of other esoteric belief systems that create a visual juxtaposition whose ultimate composition employs the element of chance.” – Kurt Godwin. Athenaeum 201 Prince Street Old Town. Gallery hours: Thurs Fri Sun N-4 & Sat 1-4
Family Day at Gadsby's Tavern Museum
1 - 4 p.m.
Gadsby's Tavern Museum, 134 N. Royal Street
All families are invited to tour the historic tavern as Junior Docents, volunteers from grades 3 through 6, share their enthusiasm for history. Let your kids be inspired by their peers as they tour the tavern where George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and others made history! Junior Docents will be stationed at each stop on the tour. 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. $ 703.746.4242
Hymnfest
5:00 - 9:00 PM
Christ Church, 118 N. Washington Street
(703) 549-1450
Gerre Hancock will be our organist at 5:00 PM at the June 5 Hymnfest. Dr. Hancock is among the world’s most respected church musicians. Our hymn festival will feature a variety of hymns of different styles (from Liber Usualis to LEVAS). The Christ Church choirs will be joined by the choirs from St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Arlington and the Church of the Redeemer in Bethesda. A festive garden party reception will follow the service.
Lecture, Adam Rothman of Georgetown University
3 p.m.
Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden, 614 Oronoco Street
(703) 548-1789
Admission: Free
As part of our Civil War Sesquicentennial programming, please join us on Sunday, June 5 at 3 pm for a free lecture by Adam Rothman, Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University. Rothman will discuss the topic of slave emancipation, an issue that he addressed in his 2005 book, Slave Country: American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South, published by Harvard University Press.
Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Concert
7 p.m.
Bishop Ireton H.S., 201 Cambridge Road
(703) 799-8229
Admission: Free, Donations Accepted
Symphonic Concert: Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic, an excellent orchestra of 75 members, will present the following exciting works: Igor Stravinsky's Firebird Suite; Bela Bartok's Concerto for Viola and Orchestra; and Octavio Vazquez's Hermes (Winner of WMPA's 2009-10 Mid-Atlantic States Composition Competition). Free school parking. Pre-concert lecture by Dr. Stephen Bertino at 2:15 PM.
7th
How Trash in Massachusetts Turned into Treasure in Alexandria, Virginia
6-8pm
Morrison House, 116 S. Alfred St.
(703) 838-8000
Admission: FREE
Follow Barb Winters in a journey through time as she discusses how she pieced together 800 very old letters - correspondences from three families written between 1817 and 1940 - to compile a first-hand narrative of life in Alexandria before, during, and after the Civil War. After several years of painstaking work, Winters published "Letters to Virginia: Correspondence from three generations of Alexandrians before, during, and after the Civil War".
8th
Firebricks & Frames Exhibition Series Opening Party!
7:00 - 10:00pm
Red Rocks Pizza Napoletana
(703) 887-5936
Admission: Free and open to the public!
Gallery Thirteen is proud to announce a special partnership with Red Rocks Pizza Napoletana of Old Town Alexandria to develop and manage the Firebricks & Frames Exhibition Series. The series, featuring two-dimensional artwork, will be hosted by Red Rocks and will run from June through December 2011. The Firebricks & Frames Exhibition Series will feature seven artists whose work will span several mediums. Each month during the series, a different artist will be featured with his or her artwork hung in Red Rocks for display and purchase. Firebricks & Frames Featured Artists June – Marsha Brown.
9th
Second Thursday Music: Vicki Genfan
7:00 pm
The Athenaeum, 201 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 548-0035
Visit Website
Admission: $10.00
With a mastery of the acoustic guitar that borders on pure alchemy, audiences are mesmerized by the waves of sound Vicki Genfan creates with just two hands and her voice. Listen at vickigenfan.com - Second Thursday Music is presented by Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association and the Songwriters’ Association of Washington February - December at the Athenaeum. Concerts 7 pm Tickets $10 door or nvfaa.org Athenaeum 1 blk so. of King & Lee Sts. Trolley Stop Old Town
12th
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra Children's Arts Festival
2-4 p.m.
T.C. Williams High School, 3330 King Street
(703) 548-0885
This always-popular arts festival and education concert returns in 2011 with a focus on the incredible music, art and literature of the Harlem Renaissance with an activity hour, instrument petting zoo and art activities. There will be a concert featuring music of Duke Ellington, including his visionary orchestral work, Harlem, held at T.C. Williams High School
25th
Brady’s Michigan Sharpshooters
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Fort Ward Park, 4301 W. Braddock Road
(703) 746-4848
Admission: Free
Reenactors from this Union regiment will interpret the unit’s specialized weaponry and skills with drill and firing demonstrations, a rifle display, bugle call demonstrations, and a clerk’s impression at the Officers’ Hut. Weather-dependent program.
26th
Alexandria Harmonizers Present East Coast Harmony
2:00 pm
Alexandria Harmonizers Center for the Arts Concert Hall, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 993-2787
Admission: Ticket Information -- http://cfa.gmu.edu
The Alexandria Harmonizers Chorus present an a cappella confederacy of harmonious voices joining in North-South union. Three hundred world-class performers from the Barbershop Harmony Society and Sweet Adelines, Inc. in a epic concert. From Richmond: Soundworks Chorus...from Baltimore: Pride of Baltimore Chorus and "Capri" Quartet...from New York: "Round Midnight" Quartet.
Woodlawn Flag Day Tea & Tour
1 p.m.
Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon
(703) 780-4000
Admission: $, reservations required
Join us for a celebration of Flag Day with a red, white and blue tea at Historic Woodlawn, former home of Nelly Custis, Martha Washington's granddaughter and Major Lawrence Lewis, George Washington's nephew. The tea is followed by a tour of the historic home. Reservations Required.
28th
Hands-on-History Tent
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Carlyle House Historic Park, 121 N. Fairfax Street
(703) 549-2997
This family program will explore the Civil War through hands-on activities for children 3-12 years old and their caregivers.
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