BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:Events & Public Meetings METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//alexandriava.gov//Web Calendar 1.0//EN SUMMARY:Events & Public Meetings X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Events & Public Meetings X-WR-CALNAME:Events & Public Meetings X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Adult,Arts,City Council,City Council Calendar,City Hall,King Str eet,Old & Historic Alexandria,Old Town,Recreation,Tourism DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=51816\n\nThe commemoration will take place at noon on Tuesday\, April 18\, 2023\, in Market Square\, 301 King St.\n\nThe speaker for this year's Days of Remembrance will be Robbie Schaefer\, a musician\, songwriter\, and theatre\nartist devoted to servi ce through the arts. He is the son of a Holocaust survivor. The guitarist and songwriter for the indie folk band Eddie From Ohio has also recorded s everal solo albums\, including 2017's Sounds Like Home: Songs\nFrom the Mu sical\, Light Years.\n\nDuring the ceremony\, Mayor Justin Wilson and memb ers of City Council will light a candelabrum that the late Holocaust survi vor Charlene Schiff and her husband\, Ed\, donated to the city. The 54-inc h high\, solid brass candelabrum was donated in memory of Charlene Schiff' s parents and sister\, and the six million Jews and millions of others who perished in the Holocaust. The Schiff candelabrum is also made available to schools and civic groups studying the Holocaust.\n\nThe U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum leads the nation in the weeklong Days of Remembrance comme moration\, in accordance with Congressional mandate.\n\nInformation on ant isemitism and hate crimes in the U.S. can be found on the websites of the Southern Poverty Law Center (www.splcenter.org) and the ADL (www.adl.org). To learn more about the Holocaust\, go to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Mus eum's website at www.ushmm.org\, or visit the museum in person in Washingt on\, D.C.\n\nLocation: Market Square\, 301 King St.\nContact Person: Chery l Anne Colton\nContact Phone: 571.238.2443\nContact Email: cherylanne.colt on@alexandriava.gov\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Adult\, Arts\, Cit y Council\, City Council Calendar\, City Hall\, King Street\, Old & Histor ic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Recreation\, Tourism\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=518 16\n\nWeb resources:\n\nRPCA Website\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/Recreat ion\nFind out more about the Department of Recreation\, Parks & Cultural A ctivities (RPCA).\n\nRPCA Social Media\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/Recre ation#ConnectwithUs\nFollow us on Instagram\, Facebook\, & Twitter!\n DTEND:20230418T173000Z DTSTAMP:20230322T195724Z DTSTART:20230418T160000Z GEO:38.804935;-77.042978 LOCATION:Market Square\, 301 King St. SEQUENCE:5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Days of Remembrance 2023 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:cf0ac597-cf76-40ee-8d8c-5fae7cb8ffe0 URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/Recreation X-COA-DTSTAMP:20230322T195724Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts,Boards & Commissions,Commission Meeting,Performing Arts,Pub lic Art & Memorials,Visual Arts DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=50681\n\nMonthly meeting of the Alexandria Commission for the Arts. \n\nLocation: Lee Center\, 1108 Jeffe rson St.\nContact Person: Diane Ruggiero\nContact Phone: 703.746.5590\nCon tact Email: diane.ruggiero@alexandriava.gov\nAudience: Anyone may attend\n Tags: Arts\, Boards & Commissions\, Commission Meeting\, Performing Arts\, Public Art & Memorials\, Visual Arts\n\nImport this event into your calen dar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=50681 DTEND:20230419T020000Z DTSTAMP:20230215T192106Z DTSTART:20230418T230000Z GEO:38.797510;-77.053621 LOCATION:Lee Center\, 1108 Jefferson St. SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Commission for the Arts Monthly Meeting TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:20ef7760-1164-4ab2-8c3d-ba6c4c8f6fdd X-COA-DTSTAMP:20230215T192106Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR