Tenley Hardin has been teaching English for Mount Vernon High School in Alexandria, VA for three years, and she has recently published her first novel, Still Life. In 6-8 weeks, Still Life will be available for mass distribution on Barnes & Noble.com and Amazon.com. Below, you will find a description of the novel:

On Saturday night, Chicago opened at the Little Theater of Alexandria and demonstrated community theater at its best.

In 1926, Maurine Dallas Watkins wrote a play about two Chicago murder trials. Bob Fosse’s musical adaptation of that play opened on Broadway in 1975 and set those murder trials to the music that is so familiar and that LTA delivered so well. The music must be sold as much as sung and Jordan Hougham as Roxie Hart, Bethany Blakey as Velma Kelly and Andy Izquierdo as Billy Flynn did just that.

The Torpedo Factory Art Center invites visitors to celebrate the launch of Minds Wide Open, a statewide celebration honoring contributions by women to arts and culture. The Torpedo Factory will host the regional launch event for Northern Virginia, and the evening will feature special speakers, receptions for exhibitions featuring women artists, and modern dance performances. This event will take place during the Torpedo Factory’s Second Thursday Art Night. Studios and galleries will be open until 9pm and visitors are invited to mingle with artists as they enjoy refreshments.

Ms. Weyant’s show is divided into three separate portfolios of artwork which offers great diversity of subject matter and should appeal to a wide range of viewers. Each piece of artwork has a story to tell, and remarks on some of the show cards enhance the viewers appreciation of the story. There is definitely something in this show for everyone to enjoy.

Torpedo Factory Art Center’s Target Gallery has scheduled an exhibit PastForward from February 27-March 28 as part of Virginia’s 2010 statewide celebration featuring women in the arts.

MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts will include thousands of special events and programs offered between March and June of 2010.

With only two-and-a-half weeks remaining in the 2010 Virginia General Assembly session, the focus is on the proposed State budget.

The House and Senate are proposing radically different ways to close a $4 billion State budget gap. The House proposes slashing K-12 school funding and both houses are considering deferring payments to the Virginia Retirement System, which would save hundreds of millions of dollars temporarily.

Budget shortfalls and the waterfront planning process prompted an analysis of the viability of the Torpedo Factory Art Center. A report, which was commissioned by the city of Alexandria, concluded that the Torpedo Factory must make physical and operational changes to reach its potential as a premier City tourist destination.

The President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps have listened countless times to Alexandrian Tracey Paddock. Gunnery Sergeant Paddock plays clarinet for “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, the premier band of the Corps. Joining Paddock is another Alexandrian, Gunnery Sergeant Lacey L. Reid, the band’s administrative chief and a T. C. Williams High School graduate.

If you are interested in life drawing but have been apprehensive about coming to our regular open sessions, join us for a special Introduction to Figure Drawing Workshop. Hamil Ma, a resident of Alexandria and instructor at Prince George’s Community College and VisArts, has graciously agreed to hold this instructional session at the Del Ray Artisans gallery.

It is Jan. 23, 1860 and there is a ball at Gadsby’s Tavern in Alexandria. Ladies are wearing their finest clothes and their gallant escorts fetch them food and drink and hope for a stolen kiss or permission to call. The ball opens with the Grand March, followed by a variety of waltzes, several reels and a Gallop.