Symphony Under the Stars draws 2,000 (6/5/2024) - Gloucester Arts Festival and The Cook Foundation held the annual “Symphony Under the Stars” free family concert Saturday night, attracting a crowd of 2,000, according to festival representatives, to enjoy… …
Ballet auditions (5/29/2024) - Bayside Youth Ballet will hold auditions Monday for all levels—Corps, Trainee and Chrysalis—at Diggs School of Dance in Edgehill Town Center, Gloucester. Dancers must be between the ages of 9… …
Silversmiths of Virginia topic of June 7 talk (5/29/2024) - A first Friday Speakers Lecture Series begins at 7 p.m. next Friday, June 7, at the Mathews Museum, 200 Main Street, Mathews. Tom Karow of Mathews, a silver historian and… …
Collaborative Creations (5/29/2024) - The Bay School Community Arts Center will hold an opening reception for its new show, Collaborative Creations, from 5-7 p.m. Friday in the Art Speaks Gallery, 287 Main Street, Mathews.… …
Choral performance (5/29/2024) - Members of the Mathews County School Board, at its May 21 meeting, were treated to a performance of Thomas Hunter Middle School fifth graders choral students. Accompanied on the guitar… …‘Evening of Gourmet Dining, History’ at MSSC Monday (5/29/2024) - The Middlesex Shooting Sports Club will host “An Evening of Gourmet Dining and History,” at 6 p.m. Monday at the Middlesex Shooting Sports Club, 1860 Twiggs Ferry Road, Hartfield, according… …
Guinea youth art classes begin Saturday (5/29/2024) - Thanks to a grant from the Gloucester Community Foundation, the Guinea Heritage Association will be offering four free art classes in June for children ages 9-12, beginning this Saturday. Each… …
Sculptures here (5/29/2024) - There’s no better sign that the Gloucester Arts Festival is nigh than sculptures mysteriously appearing along Main Street, brought by The Cook Foundation. This maître d’ on the Gloucester Court… …
Aviation pioneer/author to take part in radio interview (5/22/2024) - Aviation pioneer/author Mary Bush Shipko will take part in an interview with Neal Steele of WXGM (99.1 FM) at 8 a.m. on Monday, June 10. As one of the world’s… …
Li’l Ole Opry to feature music from 1950s, ’60s on Saturday (5/22/2024) - Virginia’s Li’l Ole Opry promises to take audience members back to the “good ol’ days” of country and rock and roll from the 1950s and 1960s at Saturday night’s show… …
Capital campaign underway for Lancaster HS arts venue (5/22/2024) - The Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts has launched a $450,000 capital campaign, “Where The Arts Take Center Stage,” to help create an up-to-date, engaging performing arts venue for students and… …
NNO Orchestra (5/22/2024) - The Northern Neck Orchestra concluded its 2023-2024 season with a flourish before a capacity crowd at the Lancaster Elementary School Theater in Kilmarnock on Saturday, May 11. The concert featured… …
Arts Festival begins May 31 (5/22/2024) - The Gloucester Arts Festival begins next weekend, offering a full week of daily activities during the first week of June. It continues throughout the month with arts and art-related activities… …
Soothin’ Summer Sounds series starts June 6 (5/15/2024) - Mathews Memorial Library is offering three programs in its 2024 Soothin’ Summer Sounds series, which features light classical music performed by regional artists. The first concert will be performed by… …MHS to hold Comedy Night fundraiser Saturday (5/15/2024) - The Mathews High School Athletics Department will hold a Comedy Night fundraiser Saturday night. Coach Tom Holaday, Sonya King and Sid Bridge will star in the stand-up comedy show, which… …
Celtic service (5/15/2024) - Strings & Things Quartet will play Celtic music at the upcoming Celtic service, to be held at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Kingston Parish Chapel, 370 Main Street, Mathews. People of… …
‘Songs of America’ (5/15/2024) - In collaboration with the Mathews VA250 committee (of which he is a member), Mathews High School student/musician Hunter Owens recently released a CD collection of patriotic music, “Songs of America.”… …Auditions for CHP Show Saturday (5/15/2024) - Auditions for the Court House Players’ rollicking summer comedy “The Hallelujah Girls” will be held from 3-5 p.m. Saturday at the Cobbs Creek Arts Center, 61 Cobbs Creek Lane, Cobbs… …
Kid’s Craft Market Saturday in Gloucester court circle (5/15/2024) - Young artisans will take center stage this weekend, with Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism holding the Kid’s Craft Market on Saturday. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., children ages 18… …
Mathews VA250 Committee hosts May 15 concert (5/8/2024) - The Courthouse Community Orchestra will perform a concert to memorialize the 248th anniversary of Virginia’s declaration as a free and independent state at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, on… …
Artists invited to register for this year’s Paint Main (5/8/2024) - Community painters are invited to register for this year’s Paint Main, a plein air painting contest to be held on Gloucester Main Street during the upcoming Gloucester Arts Festival. Paint… …
Helms and the Virginia Creepers to perform at Flat Iron Crossroads (5/8/2024) - Colby T. Helms and the Virginia Creepers, blending bluegrass with blues and country, will perform at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Flat Iron Crossroads in Gloucester. The show follows the release… …
RiverJam returns to Gloucester May 18 (5/8/2024) - Gloucester Arts on Main will hold its annual RiverJam Outdoor Music Festival from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, on the lawn at Sussex, the York River home… …
The Human Hands (5/8/2024) - Accordionist Sam Reider (second from left) brings his ensemble The Human Hands to Lancaster Elementary School on Saturday, May 18. Joining Reider in transforming chamber music with folk and jazz… …2024 Concert on the Green summer series begins May 22 (5/8/2024) - Six concerts are planned on Gloucester Court Green this summer in the annual series sponsored by Gloucester Tourism. The concerts are free and open to the public. “This summer, bring… …