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:Boards & Commissions,Business Development,Commission Meeting,Kin g Street,Tourism,Washington Street 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=39941\n\nVisit Alexandria Board of Governors Meeting\n\nLocation: ACVA Office\, 277 S. Washington St.\nCo ntact Person: Patricia Washington\nContact Phone: 703.652.5362\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Boards & Commissions\, Business Development\, Com mission Meeting\, King Street\, Tourism\, Washington Street\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx ?id=1&si=39941\n\nWeb resources:\n\nVisit Alexandria \nhttps://www.visital exandriava.com/\n DTEND:20220307T233000Z DTSTAMP:20220225T221909Z DTSTART:20220307T220000Z GEO:38.810754;-77.045317 LOCATION:ACVA Office\, 277 S. Washington St. SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Visit Alexandria Board of Governors Meeting TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:8d3162eb-7be9-4039-8cc9-07def07ee7b2 URL:https://www.visitalexandriava.com/ X-COA-DTSTAMP:20220225T221909Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Boards & Commissions,Business Development,Commission Meeting,Kin g Street,Tourism,Washington Street 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=39942\n\nVisit Alexandria Board of Governors Meeting\n\nLocation: ACVA Office\, 277 S. Washington St.\nCo ntact Person: Patricia Washington\nContact Phone: 703.652.5362\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Boards & Commissions\, Business Development\, Com mission Meeting\, King Street\, Tourism\, Washington Street\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx ?id=1&si=39942\n\nWeb resources:\n\nVisit Alexandria \nhttps://www.visital exandriava.com/\n DTEND:20220321T223000Z DTSTAMP:20220225T222014Z DTSTART:20220321T210000Z GEO:38.810754;-77.045317 LOCATION:ACVA Office\, 277 S. Washington St. SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Visit Alexandria Board of Governors Meeting TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:5effaa53-0f29-4798-b22f-a7f95ea182b0 URL:https://www.visitalexandriava.com/ X-COA-DTSTAMP:20220225T222014Z END:VEVENT 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=42149\n\nThe speaker this year' s Days of Remembrance will be Michael Rugel\, the Programs and Content Coo rdinator for the National Museum of American Jewish Military History. Ruge l has frequently written about Jews in the American military and produced a series of videos featuring American Jewish liberators of concentration c amps describing their World War II experiences. Rugel also appeared in the PBS documentary film GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II. His writi ng regularly appears in the Jewish Veteran magazine\, Jews in Green websit e\, and National Museum of American Jewish Military History website. \n\nD uring the ceremony\, Mayor Justin Wilson and members of City Council will light a candelabrum that the late Holocaust survivor Charlene Schiff and h er husband\, Ed\, donated to the city. The 54-inch high\, solid brass cand elabrum was donated in memory of Charlene Schiff's parents and sister\, an d the six million Jews and millions of others who perished in the Holocaus t. The Schiff candelabrum is also made available to schools and civic grou ps studying the Holocaust.\n\nThe U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum leads the nation in the weeklong Days of Remembrance commemoration\, in accordance with Congressional mandate.\n\nFor additional information on Alexandria's Days of Remembrance ceremony\, call the Department of Recreation\, Parks a nd Cultural Activities at 703.746.5565.\n\nFor reasonable disability accom modation\, contact CherylAnne.Colton@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.5565\, Vi rginia Relay 711.\n\n\nLocation: Market Square\, 301 King St.\nContact Per son: Cheryl Anne Colton\nContact Phone: 571.238.2443\nContact Email: chery lanne.colton@alexandriava.gov\nFees: Event is Free.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Adult\, Arts\, City Council\, City Council Calendar\, City H all\, King Street\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Recreation\, To urism\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.go v/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=42149 DTEND:20220428T173000Z DTSTAMP:20220426T163526Z DTSTART:20220428T160000Z GEO:38.804935;-77.042978 LOCATION:Market Square\, 301 King St. SEQUENCE:6 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Days of Remembrance TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:60c5c1a8-911b-41d1-8d85-5930ee9a3afa X-COA-DTSTAMP:20220426T163526Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Accessory Dwelling Unit Study,Adult,Arts,Author Reading,Old & Hi storic Alexandria,Old Town,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=42148\n\nZeina Azzam\, newly ap pointed Poet Laureate for the City of Alexandria will joined by KaNikki Ja karta and winning poets of the 2022 DASHing Words in Motion program\, who will have their poems displayed inside the DASH buses and trolleys in Apri l and May. Community members are invited to bring a poem and read it at th e event. \n\nLocation: Athenaeum\nContact Person: Cheryl Anne Colton\nCo ntact Phone: 571.238.2443\nContact Email: cherylanne.colton@alexandriava.g ov\nFees: Free. Due to limited seating\, RSVPs are requested. Email: arts @alexandriava.gov\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Accessory Dwelling U nit Study\, Adult\, Arts\, Author Reading\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Ol d Town\, Tourism\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alex andriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=42148 DTEND:20220429T003000Z DTSTAMP:20220408T172540Z DTSTART:20220428T223000Z LOCATION:Athenaeum SEQUENCE:6 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Poem in Your Pocket Celebration TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:5b553d57-e747-459a-a0a3-3382a4cfce8c X-COA-DTSTAMP:20220408T172540Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts,Concerts,Family,Old & Historic Alexandria,Old Town,Parks,Pe rforming Arts,Recreation,Tourism,Waterfront 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=43325\n\nNow in its 44th year\, the Alexandria Jazz Fest - formerly known as the Memorial Day Jazz Festiv al - is moving to a new date in 2022. The City of Alexandria's Office of t he Arts is joining forces with Visit Alexandria to expand the Portside in Old Town Summer Festival to two days\, June 17 and 18\, 2022. \n\nThe 44th Annual Alexandria Jazz Fest will open the weekend festivities at Waterfro nt Park on Friday\, June 17\, from 6 to 9 p.m. with three renowned perform ance groups accented by readings from some of Alexandria's poets between s ets.\n\nThe free two-day Portside Festival continues on Saturday\, June 18 \, from 1 to 9 p.m. with an array of live music\, local craft beer from Po rt City Brewing Company and fun for the whole family with hands-on art and history activities and more. Learn more at PortsideFestival.com.\n\nThe C ity of Alexandria's Office of the Arts is a division of the Department of Recreation\, Parks and Cultural Activities. Learn more at alexandriava.gov /arts. \n\nFor reasonable disability accommodation\, contact arts@alexandr iava.gov or call 703.746.4586\, Virginia Relay 711.\n\n\nSchedule subject to change: \n\nFriday\, June 17 (44th Annual Alexandria Jazz Fest)\n\n6:00 - 6:15 p.m. Opening Remarks\n6:15 - 7:00 p.m. Cuban o Groove\n7:15 - 8:00 p.m. VERONNEAU\n8:15 - 9:00 p.m. Eric Byrd Trio\n\nInterludes of poetry between sets by:\n? KaNikki Jaka rta\, City of Alexandria Poet Laureate\, 2019 to 2022\n? Zeina Azzam\, Cit y of Alexandria Poet Laureate\, 2022\n? Special closing guest set by an up -and-coming Alexandria youth poet\n\n\nSaturday\, June 18 (Portside in Old Town Summer Festival)\n\n1:00 p.m. Opening Remarks\n1:15 - 2:00 p.m. Eli Lev\, folk rock\n2:30 - 3:15 p.m. La Unica\, Irish Latin rock\n3:45 - 4:30 p.m. ilyAIMY\, folk rock\n 5:00 - 5:45 p.m. Rob Curto's Forro for All\, Brazilian forro\n6: 15 - 7:15 p.m. Ras Band\, Ethiopian reggae\, jazz and funk\n7:45 - 9:00 p.m. Pablo Antonio y La Firma\, Salsa\, merengue and bac hata\n\n\n\nLocation: Waterfront Park\, 1 Prince St.\nContact Email: arts@ alexandriava.gov\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Arts\, Concerts\, Fam ily\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Parks\, Performing Arts\, Rec reation\, Tourism\, Waterfront\n\nImport this event into your calendar: ht tp://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=43325\n\nWeb resourc es:\n\nPortside Festival Homepage\nhttps://visitalexandria.com/events/port side-festival/\n DTEND:20220618T010000Z DTSTAMP:20220510T180918Z DTSTART:20220617T220000Z GEO:38.803380;-77.039641 LOCATION:Waterfront Park\, 1 Prince St. SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Alexandria Jazz Fest at Portside in Old Town TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:69a24920-c7ee-43e0-8655-9de837373668 URL:https://visitalexandria.com/events/portside-festival/ X-COA-DTSTAMP:20220510T180918Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR