‘New Year, New Art’ at Arts on Main on Friday (12/30/2025) - Arts on Main in Gloucester invites the public to kick off 2026 with a burst of creativity at the gallery’s group exhibition, “New Year, New Art.” An opening reception will… …Full lineup ahead for Bay School in 2026 (12/30/2025) - The Bay School has a full lineup of artful offerings to keep art lovers cozy and creative this winter. From classes to gallery exhibitions to events, there is something for… …
3 co-op artists featured at RAL (12/30/2025) - Three Rappahannock Art League co-op artists—Laurie Breakwell, Gloria Clifford and Doug Mock—will display their artwork in January in the windows of the RAL Art Center in Kilmarnock. Breakwell moved to… …
Kmusic Studios holds winter recital (12/23/2025) - Kmusic Studios LLC of Gloucester held back-to-back winter music recitals on Saturday at Abingdon Episcopal Church. One recital was for piano students and the other was for students of voice,… …
The great amaryllis race: A family tradition (12/23/2025) - Jay Crandell of Hayes, started a family holiday tradition 15 years ago that he thought others might enjoy. In 2010, Jay sent an amaryllis bulb as a Christmas gift to… …Finding that creative spark (12/23/2025) - The Bay School Community Arts Center is offering the free class “Reigniting Your Creative Spark” from 5:30-7 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month from January through June at… …
Photo/digital art exhibit on display at RAL (12/23/2025) - The exhibit “Photography and Digital Art” is on display throughout December at the Rappahannock Art League Art Center on Main Street in Kilmarnock. The show includes 41 original photographs. Cait… …
Empty Bowls raises $26,000+ for Hands Across Mathews (12/17/2025) - This year’s Empty Bowls fundraiser, hosted by the Bay School Community Arts Center to support the work of Hands Across Mathews, was successful, with a record $26,485 raised for the… …AOM hosts Art of Giving online auction (12/17/2025) - Arts on Main in Gloucester is in the middle of an online fundraising auction, The Art of Holiday Giving, that will end on Tuesday, Dec. 30. The auction features a… …
Sounds of the season (12/10/2025) - Members of the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation Descendant Community gathered to sing holiday classics on Gloucester Main Street late Saturday afternoon on the porch of the Gloucester Museum of History.… …
‘A Christmas Carol’ (12/10/2025) - Local homeschool cooperative Arise Collaborative Academy will perform its first theatrical production, “A Christmas Carol,” at 7 p.m. Friday at Salem Church, Diggs. A limited number of tickets will be… …
Thacker makes CD of her favorite gospel songs (12/10/2025) - Gospel singer Michele Thacker of Mathews fulfilled a lifelong dream this past summer when she went to Nashville and made a professional CD of some of her favorite gospel songs.… …
Jewelry maker named Bay School’s Artist of the Month (12/10/2025) - Suffolk artist Denise Bush is the December Artist of the Month at the Bay School Community Arts Center in Mathews. Bush, who calls herself a “serial crafter,” became immersed in… …
A cappella group Kings Return to perform in Kilmarnock (12/10/2025) - Grammy-nominated a cappella group Kings Return will play a mix of classical, pop, gospel, jazz and R&B/soul in a holiday performance at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday in the Lancaster Elementary School Theater,… …
Empty Bowls fundraiser on Sunday (12/10/2025) - The 12th annual Empty Bowls fundraiser to benefit Hands Across Mathews will be held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Bay School Community Arts Center, 279 Main… …
College commitment (12/3/2025) - Christchurch School student Avery Thomas of Cobbs Creek, was one of 13 student-athletes who recently celebrated National Signing Day with friends and family in a ceremony at the Middlesex County… …
Smith Family and Friends Christmas returns Saturday at MHS (12/3/2025) - Virginia’s Li’l Ole Opry will present its annual Smith Family and Friends Christmas Show on Saturday night at Mathews High School’s Harry M. Ward Auditorium. Doors open at 7 and… …
Two new studios on this year’s tour (12/3/2025) - Two new studios are participating in this year’s Made in Mathews Open Studio Tour—Artisans at Sloop Creek of Port Haywood and photographer Carol Manglos-Foster of Onemo. The tour opened over… …AoM Small Works Show, Holiday Marketplace to open Friday (12/3/2025) - Arts on Main will have an opening for its annual Small Works Show and Holiday Marketplace during First Friday, to be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. this Friday, Dec. 5, at… …
Courthouse Community Orchestra to perform this weekend (12/3/2025) - A string ensemble/consort from the Courthouse Community Orchestra will play at Gloucester Public Library’s open house at 5:30 p.m. Friday. The full orchestra, under the direction of SSgt. Jarrett Kocan,… …
Christmas Sing-A-Long Sunday at Central UMC (12/3/2025) - The annual Christmas Sing-Along sponsored by Central Village Homemakers will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Central United Methodist Church, Mathews. The homemakers call this season-kickoff event “our Christmas… …
Bay School to host Empty Bowls fundraiser on Dec. 14 (12/3/2025) - The 12th annual Empty Bowls fundraiser to benefit Hands Across Mathews will be held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Bay School Community Arts… …
Susan Swift, Heather Cockrell complete ‘ABCs of Oystering’ children’s book (12/3/2025) - P is for Pea Crab. “You may find a small crab inside of an oyster. They are called pea crabs, which may live inside an oyster for their whole life.… …Chesapeake Chorale performs this weekend (12/3/2025) - The Chesapeake Chorale’s 2025 Christmas concerts will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday at Lancaster Elementary School in Kilmarnock and at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Clare Walker Middle School… …
Seniors create dollhouse with help from Bay School artist (12/3/2025) - Seniors at the Mathews Active Lifestyle Center are working together to create a dollhouse as a group art project under the guidance of the Bay School Community Arts Center. Bay… …