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BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:Author Reading
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Community Event
CATEGORIES:Community Outreach
CATEGORIES:Film
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57426\n\nJoin Alexandria Community Remembrance Proj
 ect Steering Committee Member Michael Johnson and others as they celebrat
 e the launch of Hip Hop @ 50. Howard University held a two-day conference
  with scholars\, artists and media icons of Hip Hop in October 2023. The 
 book features many of the symposium's essays that examine Hip Hop's impac
 t from 1973 to today\, including a chapter by ACRP's Johnson. Dr. Elizabe
 th Clark Lewis edited the book that other Alexandria residents are featur
 ed including\, Cathay Driver\, A. Edna Santiago and Stephanie Johnson. Bo
 oks will be available for purchase at the event. For further information 
 call 703-746-4356.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAud
 ience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Arts\, Author Reading\, Black History\, B
 lack History Museum\, Community Event\, Community Outreach\, Film\, Museu
 ms\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your 
 calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=574
 26
DTEND:20240427T163000Z
DTSTAMP:20240419T200451Z
DTSTART:20240427T150000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Book Signing: "Hip Hop@50"
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57426">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57426</a><br />\n<br />Join Alexa
 ndria Community Remembrance Project Steering Committee Member Michael Joh
 nson and others as they celebrate the launch of Hip Hop @ 50. Howard Univ
 ersity held a two-day conference with scholars\, artists and media icons 
 of Hip Hop in October 2023. The book features many of the symposium?s ess
 ays that examine Hip Hop?s impact from 1973 to today\, including a chapte
 r by ACRP?s Johnson. Dr. Elizabeth Clark Lewis edited the book that other
  Alexandria residents are featured including\, Cathay Driver\, A. Edna Sa
 ntiago and Stephanie Johnson. Books will be available for purchase at the
  event. For further information call 703-746-4356.\n<br />\n<br />Locatio
 n: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may atten
 d\n<br />Tags: Arts\, Author Reading\, Black History\, Black History Muse
 um\, Community Event\, Community Outreach\, Film\, Museums\, Old &amp\; H
 istoric Alexandria\, Old Town\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your 
 calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;s
 i=57426
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CATEGORIES:ALX275
CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:Film
CATEGORIES:Lyceum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57714\n\nThe Alexandria Film Festival Presents "The
  Arc of Oblivion" \n\nIn commemoration of ALX275\, the Alexandria Film Fe
 stival presents "The Arc of Oblivion\," a feature documentary that explor
 es the universal impulse throughout human history to archive memory and r
 ecord experience. A panel discussion and special presentation by ACHS stu
 dents follows the screening. The event is made possible with grant fundin
 g from the NEA and City of Alexandria. \n\nLocation: Lyceum\nFees: $15\nA
 udience: Anyone may attend\nTags: ALX275\, Arts\, Film\, Lyceum\, Museums
 \, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your ca
 lendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57714
 \n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase tickets here\nhttps://filmsthatmatter2024.
 eventive.org/schedule/6671eddebf1a3d0040343bfd\n
DTEND:20240727T003000Z
DTSTAMP:20240712T173622Z
DTSTART:20240726T223000Z
LOCATION:Lyceum
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Alexandria Film Festival
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URL:https://filmsthatmatter2024.eventive.org/schedule/6671eddebf1a3d004034
 3bfd
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57714">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57714</a><br />\n<br />The Alexan
 dria Film Festival Presents &quot\;The Arc of Oblivion&quot\; \n<br />\n<
 br />In commemoration of ALX275\, the Alexandria Film Festival presents ?
 The Arc of Oblivion\,? a feature documentary that explores the universal 
 impulse throughout human history to archive memory and record experience.
  A panel discussion and special presentation by ACHS students follows the
  screening. The event is made possible with grant funding from the NEA an
 d City of Alexandria. \n<br />\n<br />Location: Lyceum\n<br />Fees: $15\n
 <br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: ALX275\, Arts\, Film\, Lyc
 eum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n<br />\n<br />
 Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57714<br>\n<a href="https://filmsthatmatter
 2024.eventive.org/schedule/6671eddebf1a3d0040343bfd">Purchase tickets her
 e</a><br>\n
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CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Film
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57785\n\nThe Alexandria Community Remembrance Proje
 ct (ACRP) will debut a documentary film titled Resolved: Never Again that
  brings a fresh perspective to the history of the United States.  In Reso
 lved: Never Again\, filmmaker Robin Hamilton explores the port city's inv
 olvement in slavery and the domestic slave trade until the Civil War\, an
  era followed by decades of racial terror when the lynchings of Joseph Mc
 Coy and Benjamin Thomas took place. The evening opens at 5:30 with a Fund
 raising Reception\, the film begins at 7 p.m. followed by a panel discuss
 ion that will end at 8:30 p.m. \n\nThe film also captures the impact of t
 he Equal Justice Initiative's Remembrance Movement on our community from 
 exposing these uncomfortable truths\, to honoring the lives and deaths of
  Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas with historic markers\, a soil collecti
 on and a pilgrimage by nearly 200 community members and high school stude
 nts to Montgomery\, Ala. to deliver the sacred soil to the National Memor
 ial for Peace and Justice. \n\nInterviews with Mayor Justin Wilson\, form
 er Police Chief Don Hayes and Sheriff Sean Casey bring out the importance
  of acknowledging and taking responsibility for the past actions and inac
 tions of their counterparts as we move toward reconciling. Another featur
 e of the film focuses on descendants of Joseph McCoy\, and how their fami
 ly learned about their connection to this history and to Alexandria. Debr
 a White\, a spokesperson for the McCoy family\, talks about joining Alexa
 ndrians to engage with this history to join together for a better future.
  \n\nSee below for details and ticket prices.\n \nAttend the film and pan
 el discussion\, doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $10\n\nMeet Robin Hamilto
 n\, Founder and Principal of ARound Robin Productions\, and many of those
  who are featured in the film at a Fundraising Reception prior to the deb
 ut while enjoying spirits and appetizers\, get preferred seating for the 
 screening and panel discussion\, as well as a promotional poster signed b
 y Robin Hamilton. Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $100\n\nExperienc
 e the Fundraising Reception with those featured in the film and Robin Ham
 ilton\, spirits and appetizers\, receive a signed promotional poster\, pr
 eferred seating for the screening and panel discussion\, as well as reser
 ved parking near the event entrance. Evening events begin at 5:30 p.m. Ti
 ckets $250\n\nThe Alexandria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) is a ci
 ty-wide initiative dedicated to helping Alexandria understand its history
  of racial terror hate crimes and to work toward creating a welcoming com
 munity bound by equity and inclusion. The ACRP is part of the African Ame
 rican History Division. \n\n\n\nLocation: George Washington Masonic Memor
 ial\nFees: $10 - $250\n\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Arts\, Black 
 History\, Black History Museum\, Film\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandr
 ia\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/
 CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57785\n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase ticket
 s here\nhttps://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation?ApiKey=pub_85748919-f16e
 -11ec-be05-02d341daa68d&WidgetId=10312705\n
DTEND:20240922T003000Z
DTSTAMP:20240823T060917Z
DTSTART:20240921T230000Z
GEO:38.807611;-77.065508
LOCATION:George Washington Masonic Memorial
SEQUENCE:10
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:ACRP Documentary Film Debut
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 -be05-02d341daa68d&WidgetId=10312705
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57785">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57785</a><br />\n<br />The Alexan
 dria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) will debut a documentary film t
 itled Resolved: Never Again that brings a fresh perspective to the histor
 y of the United States.  In Resolved: Never Again\, filmmaker Robin Hamil
 ton explores the port city?s involvement in slavery and the domestic slav
 e trade until the Civil War\, an era followed by decades of racial terror
  when the lynchings of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas took place. The e
 vening opens at 5:30 with a Fundraising Reception\, the film begins at 7 
 p.m. followed by a panel discussion that will end at 8:30 p.m. \n<br />\n
 <br />The film also captures the impact of the Equal Justice Initiative?s
  Remembrance Movement on our community from exposing these uncomfortable 
 truths\, to honoring the lives and deaths of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Th
 omas with historic markers\, a soil collection and a pilgrimage by nearly
  200 community members and high school students to Montgomery\, Ala. to d
 eliver the sacred soil to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. \n
 <br />\n<br />Interviews with Mayor Justin Wilson\, former Police Chief D
 on Hayes and Sheriff Sean Casey bring out the importance of acknowledging
  and taking responsibility for the past actions and inactions of their co
 unterparts as we move toward reconciling. Another feature of the film foc
 uses on descendants of Joseph McCoy\, and how their family learned about 
 their connection to this history and to Alexandria. Debra White\, a spoke
 sperson for the McCoy family\, talks about joining Alexandrians to engage
  with this history to join together for a better future. \n<br />\n<br />
 See below for details and ticket prices.\n<br /> \n<br />Attend the film 
 and panel discussion\, doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $10\n<br />\n<br /
 >Meet Robin Hamilton\, Founder and Principal of ARound Robin Productions\
 , and many of those who are featured in the film at a Fundraising Recepti
 on prior to the debut while enjoying spirits and appetizers\, get preferr
 ed seating for the screening and panel discussion\, as well as a promotio
 nal poster signed by Robin Hamilton. Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. Ticket
 s $100\n<br />\n<br />Experience the Fundraising Reception with those fea
 tured in the film and Robin Hamilton\, spirits and appetizers\, receive a
  signed promotional poster\, preferred seating for the screening and pane
 l discussion\, as well as reserved parking near the event entrance. Eveni
 ng events begin at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $250\n<br />\n<br />The Alexandria C
 ommunity Remembrance Project (ACRP) is a city-wide initiative dedicated t
 o helping Alexandria understand its history of racial terror hate crimes 
 and to work toward creating a welcoming community bound by equity and inc
 lusion. The ACRP is part of the African American History Division. \n<br 
 />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: George Washington Masonic Memorial\n<
 br />Fees: $10 - $250\n<br />\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />T
 ags: Arts\, Black History\, Black History Museum\, Film\, Museums\, Old &
 amp\; Historic Alexandria\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your cale
 ndar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57
 785<br>\n<a href="https://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation?ApiKey=pub_857
 48919-f16e-11ec-be05-02d341daa68d&amp\;WidgetId=10312705">Purchase ticket
 s here</a><br>\n
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CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Film
CATEGORIES:Lyceum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58614\n\n"The African American Cowboy and the Forgo
 tten Creators of Country Music." From renowned cowboy Bill Pickett to sin
 ger Beyonc? Knowles\, African Americans have played a significant role in
  shaping country and western music and culture. Join us for a discussion 
 on the many contributions of African Americans to this genre. This progra
 m is hosted by the NAACP in partnership with the Alexandria Black History
  Museum. The event is free\, but space is limited\, so please reserve you
 r space.\n\nLocation: Lyceum\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black Hi
 story\, Black History Museum\, Film\, Lyceum\, Museums\n\nImport this eve
 nt into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.asp
 x?id=1&si=58614\n\nWeb resources:\n\nReserve free tickets online here. \n
 https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n
DTEND:20250201T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20250124T013323Z
DTSTART:20250201T160000Z
LOCATION:Lyceum
SEQUENCE:6
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:The African American Cowboy
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URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58614">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58614</a><br />\n<br />&quot\;The
  African American Cowboy and the Forgotten Creators of Country Music.&quo
 t\; From renowned cowboy Bill Pickett to singer Beyonc&#233\; Knowles\, A
 frican Americans have played a significant role in shaping country and we
 stern music and culture. Join us for a discussion on the many contributio
 ns of African Americans to this genre. This program is hosted by the NAAC
 P in partnership with the Alexandria Black History Museum. The event is f
 ree\, but space is limited\, so please reserve your space.\n<br />\n<br /
 >Location: Lyceum\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black H
 istory\, Black History Museum\, Film\, Lyceum\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Im
 port this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar
 Test/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58614<br>\n<a href="https://shop.alexandriava
 .gov/Events.aspx">Reserve free tickets online here. </a><br>\n
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CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Film
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58880\n\nResolved: Never Again is a poignant 50 min
 ute documentary that traces Alexandria's journey from its establishment i
 n 1749\, through its role as a major hub for the domestic slave trade\, t
 o the lynchings of JosephMcCoy and Benjamin Thomas\, and finally to prese
 nt-day efforts to confront this past. Hear from Historic Alexandria staff
  as they discuss this important work. \n\nFilm screening and talk will be
  held at the Manassas Museum\, 9101 Prince William Street\, Manassas\, VA
  20110. \n\nLocation:  No Location Specified\nContact Person: Manassas Mu
 seum\nContact Phone: 703.368.1873\nContact Email: PCR@manassasva.gov\nAud
 ience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Arts\, Black History\, Film\, Museums\n\n
 Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58880\n\nWeb resources:\n\nRegister online\nhttp
 s://cityofmanassas.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=177\n
DTEND:20250329T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20250328T205922Z
DTSTART:20250329T180000Z
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Film Screening and Talk - Resolved Never Again
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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URL:https://cityofmanassas.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=
 177
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58880">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58880</a><br />\n<br />Resolved: 
 Never Again is a poignant 50 minute documentary that traces Alexandria?s 
 journey from its establishment in 1749\, through its role as a major hub 
 for the domestic slave trade\, to the lynchings of JosephMcCoy and Benjam
 in Thomas\, and finally to present-day efforts to confront this past. Hea
 r from Historic Alexandria staff as they discuss this important work. \n<
 br />\n<br />Film screening and talk will be held at the Manassas Museum\
 , 9101 Prince William Street\, Manassas\, VA 20110. \n<br />\n<br />Locat
 ion:  No Location Specified\n<br />Contact Person: Manassas Museum\n<br /
 >Contact Phone: 703.368.1873\n<br />Contact Email: PCR@manassasva.gov\n<b
 r />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Arts\, Black History\, Film\
 , Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://app
 s.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58880<br>\n<a href
 ="https://cityofmanassas.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=1
 77">Register online</a><br>\n
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