May 2009
HistoricAlexandriaALIVE
Join us on the streets of Alexandria as history comes to life! Each Sunday, learn, participate, engage, and enjoy with performers and costumed interpreters from noon to 5 p.m. Find performers at Market Square, along King Street between Market Square and the waterfront, and on the waterfront behind the Torpedo Factory. Free! Check it out!-
"O' Passionate Voice" presented by the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
May 2
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center
3001 N. Beauregard St.
Alexandria, VA 22311
www.alexsym.org 703/548-0885
This professional orchestra presents the culmination of a season centering on voice, the program features Wagner’s “Tannhäuser Overture”; Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony #5” and a medley of favorites from Richard Rodgers (of Rodgers & Hammerstein).
Performance at 8 p.m. Tickets $20-$80$ Entrance Fee
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Free Mother’s Day Tours
May 10
Gadsby’s Tavern Museum
134 North Royal Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
www.gadsbystavern.org 703/838-4242
Gadsby's Tavern Museum is pleased to offer free tours on Mother's Day for all visiting mothers! Treat Mom to a tour of the historic tavern and City Hotel made famous by John Gadsby. Notable visitors (other than your beloved mother) include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Tour times are from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Cost $4 for all other adults and $2 for children (ages 11-17).
$ Entrance Fee
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Free Mother’s Day Tours
May 10
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum
105-107 South Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
www.apothecarymuseum.org 703/838-3852
Treat the woman who took care of you to a tour of the Apothecary, which took care of Alexandrians with its medicinal herbs and botanicals! See the outstanding collection of shop furnishings, apothecary bottles and equipment, many still in their original location. The Apothecary, which first opened in 1792, is pleased to offer free tours on Mother’s Day for all visiting mothers! Tour times are noon to 5 p.m. Cost $4 for all other adults and $2 for children (ages 11-17).
$ Entrance Fee
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Orphans in Alexandria Car Meet
May 16
The Lyceum
201 South Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
www.alexandriahistory.org 703/838-4994
Their manufacturers may have gone out of business long ago, but “orphan” cars have some of the most loyal fans of any marques in the antique car hobby. Come see Kaisers, Studebakers, Hudsons and other not-so-familiar automobiles. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free!
Free!
