Business to Business Innovation Expo

Living Legends took part in the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce Business to Business Innovation Expo. Thanks to the help of volunteer Alyssa Murphy, WindRose Media, we ran simultaneous programs on two monitors--the 2013 Living Legend portraits on continuous loop and the 2013 "Meet The Legends Highlights" video, also on continuous loop. We got to see some long time friends, meet some new people and show our project.

(L-R) Farzana Kennedy, Alexandria Compounding and Medical Pharmacy, Amanda Chandler, Focus Data Solutions and Alyssa Murphy, WindRose Media, check out a Living Legends catalog.

Alyssa Murphy with one of the video monitors in the background.

Photos by Nina Tisara/Living Legends of Alexandria

Family Legends at Black History Museum

Family Legends held a workshop for children on Saturday, May 11, at the Alexandria Black History Museum.  Family Legends is a project of Living Legends of Alexandria.

Instructor Sushmita Mazumdar is a local book artist, writer, and educator. She teaches art education programs for children as well as adult groups to encourage storytelling and passing on cultural heritage from one generation to the next.

This bookmaking workshop is a fun and informative art class designed for families with children 6 -12 years. Adults and children work together to choose a “legend” in their family, write their story, and make it into a handmade storybook to take home.

The next workshop will be offered on Saturday, June 15, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., the Saturday before Father's Day.

Register now at 703-746-4356.

Photos by Nina Tisara/Living Legends of Alexandria

 

Living Legends Exhibition at Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Concert

 

The Living Legends Traveling Exhibition will be displayed at the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association concert, Sunday, May 19 at 3 p.m. at Bishop Ireton H.S.

The program features:

- Ludwig van Beethoven:  Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58 with pianist William McDaniel

- Ottorino Respighi:  Fountains of Rome

- Christopher Weiss (winner of the 2012 Composition Competition):   Suite No. 1 from "In a Mirror, Darkly", (World Premiere)

- William McDaniel:  Death by Water (Inspired by T. S. Elliot's Part IV of The Waste Land) (World Premiere) 

Buy your tickets to the concert on-line at http://www.wmpamusic.org/html/performances/phil.html

Greenspring "Village in Motion"

Two Greenspring residents, Joann Miller and Al Grande will be interviewed with Living Legends director Nina Tisara on June 6. 

The interview will be televised on Greenspring's Channel 6 which broadcasts throughout the entire community.   The daily live show called “Village in Motion” features resident hosts interviewing guests about a variety of topics.   The show airs live every day at 10am and is replayed 3-4 times throughout the same day.  

Al Grande was named a Living Legend of Alexandria in 2012; Joann Miller was honored in 2013.