Mount Vernon Matters
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Mount Vernon’s Colonial Market & Fair Returns Sept. 19–20
Mount Vernon’s Colonial Market & Fair returns Sept. 19–20 with dozens of artisans, handmade goods, demonstrations and an 18th-century marketplace…
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Children Can Train as Revolutionary Spies at Mount Vernon Next Week
Mount Vernon’s Sept. 16–17 Homeschool Days let children make cipher wheels, solve spy missions and meet historical characters—with a Thursday…
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ArtSpireVa Raises $24,000+ to Get Kids Back to the Arts
Alexandria, VA – For some kids, back-to-school means shopping for new sneakers and notebooks, and signing up for fun extracurricular…
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Hollin Hall Welcomes Athena Wellness and Fabled Ice Cream
Alexandria, VA – Business is booming at the Hollin Hall Village Shopping Center on Fort Hunt Road, and it’s about…
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Veteran-Owned PostNet Alexandria Opens in Virginia
Alexandria, VA – PostNet Alexandria has opened at 6471 Old Beulah Street, offering printing, shipping, design and logistics services to…
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Banksy Takes Center Stage at ALexandria’s Nepenthe Gallery Thursday Night
Nepenthe Gallery will host a Sept. 10 discussion exploring Banksy’s mysterious identity, provocative street art and iconic “Love Is in…
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Bring the Grandparents: Woodlawn Turns Family History Into a Sunday Adventure
Woodlawn’s Grandparents Day program brings descendant stories, quilts, Smithsonian genealogy experts and family activities together Sept. 13.
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Mount Vernon Teens Can Apply for $1,000 Mental-Health Project Grants
Fairfax County is offering grants of up to $1,000 for youth-planned mental-health and suicide-prevention projects. Applications are due Sept. 14.
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GW Parkway Closes at 6 A.M. Sunday for George Washington Patriot Run
A five-mile section of the George Washington Memorial Parkway will close at 6 a.m. Sunday for the George Washington Patriot…
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A Special Elephant Brings a Global Story to Nepenthe Gallery’s New Fort Hunt Road Space
ALEXANDRIA, VA – There is, quite literally, an elephant in the room at Nepenthe Gallery’s new home in the Hollin…
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