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Rappahannock's annual Relay for Life this weekend, "Uncle Vanya" takes the stage at the RAAC Theatre, Canadian pianist Audrey Andrist returns to the Theatre at Washington, the Public House is throwing its first summer festival, R.H. Ballard is honored in a reader's poll and Spicy Plum Chutney makes waves in this week's Rapp column.
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Check out restaurant reviewer (and longtime Rappahannock weekender) Walter Nicholls' amiable and informed hike though Sperryville's hotspots in the May-June Bethesda magazine.
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"Caveboy" takes center stage at RAAC's Friday at the Library series, TRG offers an all-day Mother's Day menu, SVFD plans its next July 4 celebration, RDA hosts a studio stroll, pianist Audrey Andrist returns to the Theatre, Narmada hosts a fundraiser and wine-making class and the NPCF gets accredited in this week's Rapp.
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Musicals at two Rapp schools this weekend, chamber trios at the Theatre, the Studio School's open house, RAAC's "Uncle Vanya," a new Middle Stree exhibits, the Virginia Chutney Co.'s in the running for an impressive award, recycling with RAWL and more in this week's Rapp.
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Fourth (Estate) Friday at Country Cafe, Mandalele and Paul Reisler in concert, Wakefield and Hearthstone's auctions offer plenty to bid on, three Rapp artists join forces at a new RDA show, the Smithsonian season wraps up at the Theatre, "Silver Linings Playbook" and more in this week's Rapp.
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Next weekend puts Rappahannock students in the spotlight, literally, with performances of two plays: the perennial favorite “Anything Goes” at Rappahannock County High School, and “Twigs to Branches,” an original musical written and composed by music teacher Dontez Harris and his Belle Meade School students.
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Trinity Episcopal Church wants to share food, crafts, music, art, and books with the Rappahannock community this Fodderstack weekend – Saturday and Sunday, April 20-21 – and its members have been busy adding new events and talent to this year’s Trinity Festival.
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This past Saturday, Chris Doxzen spent a glorious sun-kissed day at Ben Venue Farm for the annual Old Dominion Hounds Point-to-Point Races.
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As an artist, living in Rappahannock for the past 30 years, Patti Brennan knows the challenges of marketing her work and making a living. Her approach has been “strength in numbers,” and that's where the new Artisan Trail could come in handy -- if it's approved.
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World-renowned singers, many of whom launched their performance careers at the Castleton Festival, will appear in the festival’s fifth-anniversary season this July at Castleton Farms.
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Just this weekend alone: The Old Dominion Point-to-Point, artist Bill Dunlap's opening in Sperryville, a James Bond movie and a ragtime piano encore in Washington, a RappKids concert in Flint Hill, a library lecture on the meaning of photography, farm tour changes and more.
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The Rappahannock County Planning Commission voted at its monthly meeting last Wednesday (March 20) to approve an adaptive-use permit for Cliff Miller that allows him to rent his family’s old dairy barn as an event venue for 15 events a year.
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In this week's Rapp: Fourth (Estate) Friday for us, Friday specials in Sperryville, a Mutt, Mix and Mingle at Gadino Cellars, a landmark Virginia landscape exhibit at Middle Street, Castleton connects art and human rights in a Saturday concert, Hearthstone has karaoke and the Emporium has a post office.
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Condolences on the passing of long-time Rapp resident Daniel Norman, welcoming spring (and Easter) with the county's sunrise services, "Messiah in the Passover" and the Easter Bunny in this week's Washington column.
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The Rappahannock County Planning Commission voted unanimously last Wednesday night (Feb. 20) to table until March a decision on Cliff Miller’s application for a permit to use his family’s old dairy barn to host events.
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The many features of Fourth Friday, the fortuitous birth of the Castleton Chamber Players, the Bland Music Contest winners, "Argo" at the Theatre, Jackie Labovitz's "Understory," growing an edible paradise and the return of donkey basketball in this week's Rapp.
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Growing up in my native Dublin during World War II, I well remember the U.S. soldiers that graced my city as I would run up to them and ask, “Any gum, chum?” They were only too eager to satisfy my request, as gum was not yet available in Ireland. That introduction to American hospitality...
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The town of Washington's first (hopefully annual) Christmas bonfire, congratulations, belated birthday wishes and a poem to help keep things in perspective in the new year in this week's Washington column.
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Miocene fossils, the PEC garden winners, Last Night Rappahannock, the beginning of RAAC's new movie season, Aging Together and a details on a new grant supporting clean water in this week's Rapp.
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The meaning of Christmas, birthday wishes and thanking all those who came to the recent Rappahannock News party inside this week's Washington column.
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The new Soup and Soul series begins, the winners from the town's Christmas parade are announced, the RAAC Community Theater performs "Peter Pan," a new book for dog lovers and a new grant for landowners in this week's Rapp.
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The many Christmas-themed events throughout Little Washington and Sperryville, a new exhibit opening at River District Arts and the Friends of Liberty's holiday social/meeting in this week's Rapp.
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Artist Linda Tarry's open house, Angel Tree at Union First Market Bank, Cause for Paws raffle winners and counting your Thanksgiving blessings in this week's Washington column.
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Trinity Episcopal's sing-along, the return of Kid Pan Alley, RAAC's production of "Peter Pan," a USDA grant for Farm to Table, the county's exact voting numbers and some of the activities available this weekend at Gray Ghost and Narmada wineries in this week's Rapp.
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Relay for Life hosts a dinner to honor survivors, a busy Theatre season includes a classical pianist and a new play from a Rappahannock resident, RCCA's annual meeting includes a talk about how to save turtle habitat, how to qualify for a Nature Camp scholarship and park closings in this week's Rapp.
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Top photo by Ruthie Windsor Mann; bottom by Roger Piantadosi Rev. Jenks Hobson of Trinity Episcopal Church blesses the hounds of the Rappahannock Hunt in Sperryville last week, while masked performers celebrate the season in Flint Hill last weekend. Look for lots more photos of fall happenings online at RappNews.com.
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A visit with Peggy Schadler and her ever-evolving 1000 Faces mask and dance troupe, who will be performing her latest compassion play, “Protocol for Launching a Life Boat,” at 5:45 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 27) in Flint Hill.
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As the sun rose last Saturday, more than 1,800 people gathered in a field on Battle Mountain Road, awaiting the start of first-ever Rogue Runner, a six-mile obstacle course through the Rappahannock woods. It was a day of . . . teamwork.
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It's Fourth (Estate) Friday (join our news staff for our monthly public meeting at 9 a.m. Friday at Tula's Off Main in Washington), plus artists receptions and lectures on Fourth Friday (and Saturday) in Sperryville, "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" and Mark Russell at the Theatre, and more.
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An update on the fate of the Sperryville post office, Sperryville's Fourth Friday events and the new products at Copper Fix Distillery in this week's Sperryville column.
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Ongoing events around the county — including the Trinity House Tour, "No Ordinary Person" and RAWL's halloween party, Relay For Life's dinner-dance for cancer survivors, Zagat's top rating for the Inn at Little Washington and more gold for Gray Ghost.
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The future of the Sperryville post office, the Lions Club ChiliFest, SynergyDance, Mental Health Awareness Month and a new non-profit in this week's Sperryville column.
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Photos from Jakarta, classical performances at the Theatre, local artists at R. H. Ballard, the Knights of Colombus' coat drive, a new deputy and an online seedling store inside this week's Rapp.
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An evening of fine music, charity haircuts, two residents become celebrities, SCBI opens its gates, details on the Library Series featuring Joneve Murphy, "No Ordinary Person" opens, Amissville honors its firefighters, the continuing performances at the Theatre House in Castleton and more.
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The first in a series of three articles about the 56th annual Trinity Episcopal Church Dried Flower Sale and House Tour (Oct. 20-21), focusing on the Grosso house in Amissville.
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When Annie Williams opened up Mountainside Physical Therapy six years ago she noticed something was missing. “I was disappointed no one offered dance in Rappahannock County.” Now that's all changed.
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The inside scoop on all the Fourth Friday events, public safety day, the opening of new movies, concerts and art exhibits, a book fair, a charity golf tournament and the Inn's continuing excellence inside this week's Rapp.
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At Sperryville’s Belle Meade Farm and School, parents and students will again host “Growing our Future,” the non-profit school’s upcoming festivities/fundraiser, on the opening day of the Rappahannock County Farm Tour this Saturday (Sept. 29). Experience the 138-acre farm’s diverse nature and tour the historic 1914 schoolhouse with activities that include hay wagon tours,...
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Come one, come all to Shop Sperryville and the Farm Tour, the first of many activities offered in the county over the coming weeks.
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The Farm Tour in Amissville “Agrituristas” participating in this weekend’s Rappahannock County Farm Tour will be able to visit five participating Amissville venues where they can sip award-winning wine, hobnob with honey bees, meet Coco the cow and see sheep shorn and yarn dyed while lunching on gourmet lamb sausage. Gray Ghost Vineyards needs...
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