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Our monthly Fourth (Estate) Friday meeting, Coterie and Narmada's weekend offerings, acoustic guitarist Laurence Juber's return to the Theatre, Middle Street Gallery opens its "Beauty Around Us" exhibit and RAAC's opening casting call for all area women for "Love, Loss and What I Wore" in this week's Rapp column.
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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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"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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Details on RDA's busy weekend, exploring new Civil War trails with the Historical Society, raising funds to fight cancer with Nikki Brady and the Public House, Janet Brome's new exhibit at R.H. Ballard, breakfast at the Senior Center, a Civil War's Sesquicentennial event and a meeting for this year's Farm Tour in this week's...
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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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Russell Wilson's ragtime music returns to the Theatre, "The Recycling Pirates" teach kids the four "ARRRRS," Bruce Hornsby headlines the State Theater in Culpeper and RAAC screens the 22nd James Bond movie, "Skyfall," in this week's Rapp.
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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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RCHS plays host to a jazz band coffee house and the triumphant (and long-awaited) return of Donkey Basketball, Empty Bowls provides an artistic way to help support the Food Pantry, "A Time to Break Silence" comes to the Castleton Theatre House and three Democratic candidates visit in this week's Rapp.
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River District Arts is expanding, RappKids are throwing another family-fun concert, the Rappahannock Historical Society is having an antique appraisal, the Smithsonian Chamber Society is coming to the Theatre and Youth Conservation Corps is accepting applications in this week's Rapp.
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The steeple chases begin this weekend, RAAC screens the Oscar winner "Argo," Rappahannock Cellars wins a gold Governor's Cup, the Theatre honors Charlie Bird, "Ag in the Classroom" gets two new grants and plans are underway for the next Artists of Rappahannock tour in this week's Rapp.
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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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A "real foods" rap video, a lecture and demonstration on using local dyes, living with black bears, a "Doggitiude" book signing, bringing out the artist in you with three Flint Hill workshops, American jazz classics return to the Theatre and more in this week's Rapp.
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Saying goodbye to our hard-working Sperryville columnist, spending a week at Nature and 4-H Camps, watching the newest RAAC movie, exploring the "Art of Aging in Rappahannock," celebrating Mardi Gras at the Theatre and more in this week's Rapp.
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Fourth Friday at the Rappahannock News, Relay for Life, a children's book sale at the Book Barn, Stephanie Nakasian pays tribute to the "great ladies of song," special rates at the Public House, Super Saturday at RCHS and more in this week's Rapp.
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A fiddler and world-renowned concert pianist come to the Theatre, the Master Naturalists begin accepting 2013 applications and 4-H camps get fired up for summer with a number of offerings for campers of all ages in this week's Rapp.
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Volunteers needed for a benefit chili cook-off, plus CCLC's recent open house, the Benevolent Fund Celebrity Waiters dinner, jumping into the Atlantic for charity, bluegrass at the Theatre, replacing the bridge of Jericho Road, Envirothon teachers needed and the opening of 'Rappahannock Creates' in this week's Rapp.
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Middle Street Gallery's new "Artists and Friends" exhibit, Wakefield's new partnership with the Public House and RCHS wrestler Dylan Hitt's 100th victory in this week's Rapp.
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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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Fourth Friday festivities, Mandalele's new album debuts, the Jingle Bell 5K wins big, the "Art of Expansion," Capt. Gary Settle earns a master's degree and the Visitors Center has new winter hours in this week's Rapp.
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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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Some highlights from the calendar this weekend, the Kopjanksi college fundraiser, the high school's winter concert and raffle, more famous Rappahannock residents and an extension to fire season 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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Fourth Friday notes (our public meeting and Sperryville's shop op), lots of alumni expected to hit the court for the PTO's first-ever Alumni Basketball Tournament, a lot of Christmas in Little Washington, Kid Pan's free concert Nov. 30 and the Theatre's jazz guitar virtuosos Dec. 1.
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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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The RCHS Veterans Day ceremony, the Bland Music Festival, jazz, Shakespeare and the return of the Castleton Trio, R.H. Ballard's newest exhibit, holiday greens, Farm to Table (and Tour) and boosting local business inside 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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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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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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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 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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RappCats, Rapp Dogs, local artists and music lessons, a new comic strip, a fancy dinner and hazardous waste make up this week's Rapp column.
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The changing of the seasons brings out several events in the county, including a Civil War tribute, several different performances at both the Castleton Theater House and the Theater at Washington, and some unique activities for the kids.
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The RCHS Class of 1961 reunion, an opportunity to support a rising local band, two plays coming to town, a new art exhibit at RDA, birthdays for the RAAC and Tri-County Feeds, Apple Butter and SeptemberFest Pig Roast festivals and bluegrass music.
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Local Democrat and Republican events, Julia Child's 100th birthday party and the National Park Service turns 96.
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Fourth (Estate) Friday, a drop — in traffic, and of a multi-ton new bridge — in Sperryville, and the many instances of village life going on around Rapphannock County in this week's paper.
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It's a Saturday of art openings and more in Sperryville at Old Rag Photography Gallery, River District Arts, Middle Street Gallery and more; RAAC awards its Mitchell Fund honors to Wakefield graduate Amanda Carroll of Castleton.
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Ready for tailgates, food, music and fireworks in Sperryville on Wednesday? July 4; the Amissville carnival and parade; Flint HIll's 24 Crows is Roadfood-worthy; successful 4-H camps; SNP's Neighbors' Day; Wakefield's poker tournament; online help for caregivers.
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