Friday, January 25, 2013
Things to do this weekend (Jan. 24 - 26) in Alexandria and beyond.
Cold temperatures will continue through this weekend under deceptively warm-looking sunny skies. Here are a few ways to warm up this weekend across the metro area. Winter Restaurant Week Continues Where: At more than 50 restaurants across Alexandria. When: Every day through Sunday, Jan. 27. Why go: Restaurant week is a great excuse to go try a restaurant you’ve been meaning to visit. Details and menus from participating restaurants are available here. Price: Most restaurants are offering a $35 dinner for two or a $35 pre-fixe menu. SOHO Photography Project at Art League Gallery Where: The Art League Gallery, 105 N. Union St. When: Saturday through Feb. 3. Why go: The "SOHO Photography Project" features two works by each of the participants…
The exhibit of photographs is a special project for 5th grade girls.
The Art League is featuring a special exhibit of photographs taken by this year’s SOHO, or a Space of Her Own, class. The exhibit opens Saturday and runs through Feb. 3 in The Art League Gallery. The "SOHO Photography Project" features two works by each of the participants in the SOHO mentorship program for at-risk Alexandria girls. For the project, each of the 12 girls in the 2012–2013 SOHO class used a camera and a roll of black-and-white film to take and develop their own photos. After a lesson from Art League photography instructor Alison Duvall, the girls and their mentors let their imaginations go, putting together costumes, snapping photographs, and creating stories and personas to go along with the photos. They took their cameras …
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
SOHO is a mentorship program designed to empower preteen girls in Alexandria.
The nonprofit Space of Her Own is seeking new mentors for the upcoming school year. Volunteer mentors make a one-year commitment to SOHO, offering guidance and support to participating preteens. Old Town SOHO meets Thursday evenings from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Art League throughout the school year while West End SOHO meets Wednesday evenings at the same time at Hammond Middle School, 4646 Seminary Road. The group, capped at 12 mentor-mentee pairs, offers weekly classes to teach young girls life skills such as healthy lifestyle habits, communiation and social skills. At the end of the program, mentors and girls refurbish and decorate each girl's bedroom, designed with her own art projects made during the course of the year. This year it…
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
The Art League's Linda Hafer prepares to retire in October after 15 years as its executive director.
It’s a short trip through the artwork located next to the large green torpedo and up the skinny black spiral staircase to Linda Hafer’s office where she’s worked to cultivate and grow Alexandria’s Art League School. Executive Director Hafer announced in a March school newsletter that she’d be retiring in October. “Fifteen years is a long time. It’s time to move on,” she told Patch. Her love for the league carried her from a position as a volunteer there to a job as a gallery assistant and eventually up the stairs to the administrative offices. “I love the energy of this place and the dedication of the people—the students and staff,” said Hafer, who used to create her own art through etchings and printmaking before moving to the …
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