Workboat tragedy remembered in updated video (1/7/2026) - The Reedville Fishermen’s Museum sponsored a public showing of its recently updated video, “The Sinking of the Fenwick Island,” on Monday. The menhaden boat Fenwick Island, with a crew of… …Auditions for 2 musicals over next two Sundays (1/7/2026) - The Court House Players is holding back-to-back auditions over the next two Sundays for a pair of musicals: the comedy “Little Shop of Horrors” and the local period piece “Crickets… …
AOM to have talk on ‘Great Art Heists in History’ (1/7/2026) - The Middle Peninsula Fine Arts Association of Gloucester, a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts community partner, will host a lecture titled “Stranger than Fiction: Great Art Heists in History” at… …
Writers using AI topic of Monday’s talk (1/7/2026) - If you’re curious about how AI is changing the writing landscape, tune in to WXGM (99.1 FM) at 8 a.m. Monday when M.L. Brei joins Jay Hutchins on the Neal… …
GMHS to hold author event Saturday (1/7/2026) - The Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society will hold a Meet the Author event featuring Lesley O’Brien, author of “The Adventures of Captain Marco,” on Saturday, beginning at 1 p.m. Attendees will enjoy… …
Gloucester Brewing Company to hold winter music series (1/7/2026) - The Gloucester Brewing Company, Main Street, is holding a Winter Blues Music Series, beginning Sunday. The brewing company’s own Brews Brothers Band, comprised of Travis Colby on guitar, Nelson Jarvis… …
‘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… …