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Weekend Planner: Bike with a Ranger

Check out these five local events going on this weekend.

  • WHAT: The movie for October is "A Most Unlikely Hero."
  • WHEN: Friday, October 7, 7 p.m.
  • WHERE: Mount Vernon Unitarian Church, 1909 Windmill Ln, Alexandria, VA 22307
  • HOW MUCH: Free

  • WHAT: Dramatic readings, African drumming and uplifting music to honor the memory of the slaves who lived at Mount Vernon
  • WHEN: Saturday, October 8, 11 a.m.
  • WHERE:
  • HOW MUCH: Included with Estate admission

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  • WHAT: Ride the Mount Vernon Trail with a National Park Service ranger.
  • WHEN: Saturday, October 8, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
  • WHERE: Riverside Park, GW Pkwy & Stratford Ln, Alexandria, VA 22301
  • HOW MUCH: Free

  • WHAT: A walk through the wetlands looking for bats and beavers with naturalist PJ Dunn
  • WHEN: Saturday, October 8, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
  • WHERE:
  • HOW MUCH: $6

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  • WHAT: A walk hosted by the Friends of Dyke March and led by an experienced birder
  • WHEN: Sunday, October 9, 8 a.m.
  • WHERE:
  • HOW MUCH: Free
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