As the opioid crisis continues, the Alexandria Health Department is training staff at restaurants to use the naloxone nasal spray that reverses opioid overdoses.
The comment period on NPS’ environmental assessment for the project is open through Wednesday night.
Visit Alexandria 360 is a virtual tour of 22 attractions in the city.
And APS’ emergency communications system is undergoing “routine maintenance.”
The city is experiencing a revival, according to Livability.com.
A new report from the Brookings Institution shows that the D.C. metro area has the most “walkable places” per capita of any American city — one for every 264,000 people, beating out even New York City for walkability. Visiting Fellow Christopher B. Leinberger says that the Washington region could serve as the model for the direction the country’s other metro areas are heading over the next generation. The Associated Press already picked up on the…
Editors Note: We enjoyed the tour diaries J. Tom Hnatow wrote for us as part of These United States’ last tour, so we asked him if he wouldn’t mind doing it again as the band embark on their first ever intercontinental tour of the UK and Europe. He graciously agreed. This is the fourth and final installment of this series. The Paris entry: Thursday October 25th After our marathon, 14-hour, pre-dawn-to-post-dusk trek from Bath to…
>> Art Whino, the new 22,000 square foot exhibition and studio space at 717 N. Asaph St. in Old Town Alexandria, holds its grand opening tonight. The gallery’s debut event will be soundtracked by DJ Stylo, and marks the start of two new exhibits: a solo show by artist Derrick Wolbaum and a group show of Pop-Surrealism work in the Permanent Gallery. The opening reception is tonight from 6 to 11 p.m, admission is free….
>> In case you missed our full interview with Josh Ritter this morning, check it out before heading over to see the singer/songwriter at 9:30 club, with Old School Freight Train. $20 tickets are still available, doors 7:30 p.m. >> Renowned poet Simon Armitage is at Olsson’s in Old Town for a free reading of his latest translation of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”. 7 p.m., read all about it in our preview….
Not just anyone can update “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” one of English literature’s oldest works — originally written in Middle English — into modern verse. And not just anyone can do that with an eye towards liberating it from scholars and academics to make it accessible to readers of every caste. Of course, Simon Armitage, who will be reading from his works at Olsson’s Old Town tonight, isn’t just anyone. In Britain, where…
