Two new exhibits at RAL Art Center (8/7/2024) - August brings two new exhibits to the RAL Art Center, 19 Main Street, Kilmarnock. The two shows are “Creatures and Creatures” and “Artwork Created by Tartan Village Residents.” The 80… …
Last Fair Deal (8/7/2024) - The group Last Fair Deal brings the experience of being at a Grateful Dead concert to life at Flat Iron Crossroads on Saturday. The show will be opened by Dead Rise… …
Wildflowers of the Northern Neck exhibit on display at RW-C (8/7/2024) - A new exhibit of artwork, Wildflowers of the Northern Neck, is on display this month at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury, Irvington. The inspiration for the show began with painter Carol Vaughn’s wildflower… …Workshop for young writers to be held Tuesday at Mathews Library (7/31/2024) - Author Shannon Dunlop of Brooklyn, New York, will give a workshop for young writers at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at Mathews Memorial Library, Main Street, Mathews. Dunlop, who lived in… …
‘What These Hands Have Seen’ highlights lives of local seniors (7/24/2024) - Ginger Peer-Spencer of Heartfelt Touch Massage Therapy in Gloucester started her nonprofit organization Heartfelt Community in 2021 so she could provide her services to people who didn’t have the resources… …
‘The Artist’s Journey’ (7/24/2024) - An opening reception for “The Artist’s Journey,” a show focusing on student art, will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the Bay School Community Arts Center, Mathews. Food and… …
Writing presentation on Aug. 10 at RAL (7/24/2024) - The Writers Guild of Virginia and the RAL Art Center will hold a joint presentation on memoir and generational writing from 5-7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, at the RAL… …
Brian Elder raising funds for gospel tour of Florida prisons (7/24/2024) - Gloucester native Brian Elder, a singer/songwriter who now lives in West Point, is raising funds to cover the cost of his upcoming gospel tour of Florida prisons. This will be… …
Bay School pottery class begins Aug. 8 (7/24/2024) - A four-week class, Intermediate Wheel Throwing—Plates, is being offered on Thursdays from Aug. 8-29 at the Bay School Community Arts Center in Mathews. The hours are 5:30-8:30 p.m. The class… …
‘Colored Pencil and Acrylics’ (7/24/2024) - Nationally-renowned botanical artist and instructor Dawn Flores recently taught a drawing and painting workshop, “Colored Pencil and Acrylics,” at Arts on Main in Gloucester. Here, student Mary Jane Zander enjoys… …
Westmoreland Players to present ‘Run For Your Wife’ (7/17/2024) - The Westmoreland Players will present “Run For Your Wife,” a British bedroom farce and one of the longest running plays in London’s West End, Aug. 2-18 at The Westmoreland Players… …Li’l Ole Opry pays tribute to summer (7/17/2024) - Virginia’s Li’l Ole Opry will celebrate the greatest season of the year on Saturday night with its annual “Sounds of Summer” show at the Harry M. Ward Auditorium at Mathews… …
Carrington wins‘Poetic Musings’ contest (7/17/2024) - Wes Carrington, son of Barbara Jean (Swisher) Carrington of Cobbs Creek, was honored for the second year in a row in Fairfax County’s “Poetic Musings” poetry contest, held on June… …
Summer camps, workshops underway at Arts on Main (7/17/2024) - Arts on Main’s free youth summer art camps and workshops are continuing, this week welcoming the first elementary school campers of the summer, who are learning to create self-portraits, read… …
Jewelry class (7/17/2024) - A class on creating wire wrapped bracelets is being offered for ages 16 and up from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Bay School Community Arts Center, Mathews.… …
Artist of the month (7/10/2024) - Bart Levy, shown at right, is the featured artist for the month of July at the Bay School Community Arts Center in Mathews. Levy said she believes that the natural… …
The Deloreans (7/10/2024) - The Deloreans, an electrifying ’80s tribute band, will return to Flat Iron Crossroads this Saturday, featuring Rianna Delorean, Jess Mcfly, and Melanie Delorean, shown from left at their 2023 appearance.… …
Artists invited to enter Arts on Main juried exhibition (7/10/2024) - Arts on Main, Gloucester, is calling all artists to submit work to be considered for the 2024 Annual Juried Exhibition. Artists in every medium and at every level are invited… …
Maurine Frank to be guest speakerat RAL Saturday Social (7/10/2024) - Children’s book author Maurine Frank of Mathews will be the guest speaker at a Saturday Social from 5-7 p.m. this Saturday, July 13, at the RAL Art Center, 19 North… …
Blue Crab Arts and Crafts (7/10/2024) - The 2024 Blue Crab Arts and Crafts Festival attracted more than 2,000 attendees and 100 vendors to Hartfield on Saturday, according to event organizer Macey White. The festival, which was… …
Winners of 2 RAL Art Center exhibits named (7/10/2024) - July brings two new exhibits to the RAL Art Center, 19 Main Street, Kilmarnock. The 120 original artworks in these shows, “Driven to Abstraction” and “Small Works,” include paintings, photography,… …
Main Street mural highlights Gloucester women (7/3/2024) - A new mural by Bridget Cimino of Baltimore, Maryland, will be showcased on Gloucester Main Street at 6769 Main Street. The building, owned by Kay Van Dyke, is the same… …
Village Arts Day (7/3/2024) - The Gloucester Arts Festival wrapped up its monthlong Gloucester Arts Festival celebration on Saturday with Village Arts Day in Gloucester Court House. There were live performances, an artisan market and… …Artists invited to enter RAL Labor Day show (7/3/2024) - The RAL Art Center in Kilmarnock has invited all artists aged 18 and older to enter its annual Labor Day Art Show. The center hopes to exhibit 200 original works… …
The Boneshakers (7/3/2024) - The Boneshakers will bring a blend of funk, blues, soul and rock to Gloucester on Saturday, performing at 6:30 p.m. at Flat Iron Crossroads. For 25 years, the band has… …