Blues Fest Saturday at Flat Iron Crossroads (10/2/2024) - Flat Iron Crossroads will welcome three bands for Saturday’s Blues Fest, to be held from 4:30-9:30 p.m. at 7709 Flat Iron Road in Gloucester. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m.… …
Show opens Friday (10/2/2024) - Arts on Main will have an opening reception for its Annual Juried Show from 5:30-7:30 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 4, during First Friday at the gallery on Main Street in… …
‘Enchanted’ (10/2/2024) - The Bay School Community Arts Center will have an opening reception for the exhibit “Enchanted” from 4-6 p.m. on Saturday at the gallery on Main Street in Mathews. There will… …
Guitar champ (10/2/2024) - Guitarist Stephen Bennett, a longtime Gloucester resident who now lives in West Cornwall, Connecticut, won the International Finger Style Guitar Championship on Sept. 19 in the Walnut Valley Festival, held… …
Extras sought for local film (10/2/2024) - Actors in their 60s and 70s are needed as extras for a short film being shot on location in Gloucester and surrounding areas from Oct. 17 to 20. Ellis Finney,… …
Mystery author to visit Lancaster County on Oct. 12 (10/2/2024) - Virginia mystery author Ann Eichenmuller will be the featured guest at two events in Lancaster on Saturday, Oct. 12. She will have a book signing from noon until 4 p.m.… …Chamber concert Friday at Timberneck (9/25/2024) - The Courthouse Chamber Orchestra will present a concert of chamber music Friday at Timberneck in Machicomoco State Park, Hayes. The concert is indoors. Admission is $15 for adults, free for… …
Rosenwald School film debuts Tuesday; Woodville School featured (9/25/2024) - The premiere showing of the documentary “Monuments with Blackboards” exploring the history of Rosenwald Schools in Virginia takes place at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Virginia Museum of History &… …Recital to be held Sunday to dedicate pipe organ (9/25/2024) - A recital will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday in Historic Christ Church, Weems, to dedicate a pipe organ recently constructed and installed there. The recital is open to the… …
Art and wine (9/25/2024) - Amy Jackson and Heather Salvato enjoy a hands-on watercolor painting at the Bay School Community Arts Center booth at the Gloucester Wine, Whiskey, and Whatnot Festival, held on Saturday at… …
Call for small works (9/25/2024) - Arts on Main has issued a call for artists to join the gallery’s December Small Works Show. Eligible art must be original work that measures 12’ x 12” or less,… …NNO to perform on Oct. 5 (9/25/2024) - The Northern Neck Orchestra will showcase the works of two remarkable composers—Lili Boulanger’s D’un Matin en Printemps and the Virginia premiere of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Toussaint L’Ouverture—on Saturday, Oct. 5 at… …
String Quartet performs Oct. 6 in Urbanna (9/25/2024) - A String Quartet program titled “Is That A Suite or A Sweet?” will be presented by Strings and Things at 5 p.m. Sunday, October 6. The performance will be held… …
The Dryes to kick off Warsaw Christmas Town (9/25/2024) - The Town Of Warsaw and Oyster Shoals Music Hall announced recently that The Dryes, Nashville country music recording artists and the stars of NBC’s “The Voice,” will be performing a… …
People’s choice (9/25/2024) - “Annie’s Meadow,” an acrylic painting by Lara Brady was the winner of the People’s Choice Award at the Labor Day Art Show held this month at the RAL Art Center,… …Occasion for the Arts returns to Williamsburg (9/25/2024) - An Occasion for the Arts, a perennial Williamsburg festival, returns to Merchants Square on Oct. 5 and 6 for its 56th year. The festival celebrates the work of artists from… …
The Zydeco Hot Peppers (9/18/2024) - Corey Arceneaux and the Zydeco Hot Peppers will perform at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Flat Iron Crossroads, Gloucester. Instructor Talia Moore will offer a free zydeco-style dance lesson before the… …
McCartney’s newest book, ‘The Governor’s Land,’ released (9/18/2024) - A new book by author/historican Martha McCartney of Mathews has just been released. Her book, “The Governor’s Land Archaeological District: Insights From Documentary Sources” is available at Amazon.com. A description… …
Opry to present oldies show with hits from ’70s and ’80s (9/18/2024) - Virginia’s Li’l Ole Opry will kick up its heels on Saturday night, and take guests back in time to the “good ol’ days” of country and rock and roll from… …NNO concert series begins Oct. 5 (9/18/2024) - The Northern Neck Orchestra’s 2024-2025 concert season begins with a performance of works by Lili Boulanger, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Antonin Dvorak on Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Lancaster Elementary School… …
Tom Euler Trio to perform Saturday at Machicomoco State Park (9/18/2024) - The Tom Euler Trio, a progressive blues/rock group from Virginia, will perform Saturday at Machicomoco State Park, Hayes. The concert, sponsored by the Friends of Machicomoco State Park, will be… …
Artist of the month (9/11/2024) - The Bay School Community Arts Center’s featured artist of the month is painter Eddie Thiel. His work is on display throughout September in the Art Speaks Gallery, 279 Main Street,… …
Tidewinders headline bluegrass festival at Flat Iron Crossroads (9/11/2024) - The Tidewinders, a locally-based band that plays hard-driving bluegrass, poignant ballads, and classic favorites, will headline the Virginia Homegrown Bluegrass Festival, to be held beginning at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at… …
Kilmarnock author publishes ‘Cold As Ice’ (9/11/2024) - Kilmarnock author Susan Robertson has been writing for years, but just recently published her first novel, “Cold As Ice,” which is planned to be the first in a romance/mystery series.… …
Painting classes offered at AOM (9/11/2024) - Three artists will offer three dramatically different approaches to painting in upcoming classes at Arts on Main in Gloucester. On Saturday, Rebecca West will show students how to create large… …