The Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community (RAAC) and the Sperryville Community Alliance collaborated to stage free monthly concerts this summer along the Thornton River. 

Mandalele, a lively folk-rock group of singer-songwriters from Rappahannock County, will take the stage Thursday, Aug. 18, at 6 p.m. It’s the third of four performances in the Sperryville Summer Concert Series, presented by Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community (RAAC) and the Sperr…

The Fauquier County Fair opens its gates to the public on July 13 at 2 p.m. and will feature contests, live exhibitions, pageants and other special events through July 16.

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Sperryville's Summer Concert Series returned last Thursday as local favorite Bobby G & The Heavies took the River District stage, thanks to the Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community (RAAC) and the Sperryville Community Alliance. 

Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community (RAAC) is teaming up with the Sperryville Community Alliance to sponsor performances by two local faves on the main stage at SperryFest 2022 on Saturday: 

“The Good Doctor” by Neil Simon opened on Broadway in 1973 and played for over 208 performances, garnering several Tony Awards and nominations. On April 8 and 9, the RAAC Community Theatre reopens following a pandemic pause with a staged reading of the hilarious play.

Blue Rock welcomed back patrons at its soft reopening last weekend after being closed for several years. Staff say they want to revive the long-standing property and make it an accessible gathering place for the community.

Sperryville’s Bar Francis resumed service for the first time in more than a year on Friday, June 25, welcoming a slow but steady stream of patrons after quietly announcing the reopening. 

“Without a doubt, this is one of the best beers anywhere in America, people…. This is from my friends at the Pen Druid Brewing Company,” says Chef José Andrés in a video post on his Instagram page.

It’s spring in Rappahannock, and morel mushrooms are beginning to sprout from the earth. Now is the time to venture into the woods and find this wild foraged delicacy. 

Stepping from the busy kitchen of Headmaster’s Pub into the bright Sperryville sunshine if only for a brief moment last Saturday you would have thought that it was Nelson Colwell who’d just been crowned president.

The intent is to have that historic building revert back to a cash store selling wonderful products,” says Inn General Manager Robert Fasce.

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, RCHS students, Hailey Taylor and Maggie Taylor, along with older sister, Abby, happened to capture a hilarious, family moment video. 

Sperryville brewery expands into ag enterprise, also making wine and cider

Warning! There’s no way to step gingerly around it: When you go see The Talented Clementine, you’ll be seeing red.

Windborne: ‘The best musical discovery of the year’

“Everyone’s got a talent/Everyone’s got a gift.” That’s the theme of this year’s RAAC Community Theatre holiday show, “The Talented Clementine”… and the opening lines of one of the play’s charming songs.

The Scrabble School Preservation Foundation’s showing of the controversial movie Green Book played to an overflowing house Saturday afternoon, followed by moderated discussion. 

Friday night kicked off the Tour with a lively reception for 250 artists and sponsors, several of whom were overheard saying it’s the best party of the year. 

Rappahannock friends and neighbors enjoyed an old-fashioned Community Square Dance at the Sperryville Fire Hall on Saturday evening. 

The 15th Artists of Rappahannock Tour takes place this Saturday and Sunday. Each year it has grown in both quality and quantity, but also in community and business involvement. This year is certainly no different.

Sue Gabbay is an observer. This is clear from her just published book of poetry, A Sudden Brightness — Poems from Rappahannock County. 

Rappahannock County’s pastoral beauty and heart-lifting Blue Ridge vistas have long attracted artists who draw their inspiration from nature and find their muse in the mountains. 

This Saturday’s 10th annual Halloween ‘Spectacle’ unlike a Coincident with nature’s spectacle of autumn foliage is the man-made “Spectacle” at John Henry’s Stone Hill Theater in Flint Hill.

Whether you are a committed regular or coming for the first time, you won’t want to miss the 15th Annual Rappahannock Artists Art Tour on November 2 and 3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For founder Paul Reisler, reaching the 20th anniversary of Kid Pan Alley isn’t so much a milestone as it is a window into the future. And if the coming years mirror what’s transpired just in 2019, Kid Pan Alley and the many children it benefits have much to look forward to.

Community Square Dance returning: ‘It’s hard to doe-si-doe and not smile.’

Photos by Ray Boc

It began with two firm, resounding hand claps. When Wendy Weinberg purchased the Theatre at Washington her dream was to bring high quality classical music to rural Rappahannock. She contacted the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society to see about setting up a concert series. 

Seventy years ago, John Jackson left Rappahannock County. This Saturday he’ll return in spirit.

Founded under the patronage of Dame Judi Dench nearly 20 years ago, the Cambridge American Stage Tour (CAST) has delighted audiences with witty adaptations of William Shakespeare’s plays every September all along the East Coast. 

In mid-September, the RAAC Community Theater will open its 2019/2020 season with a production of “Waiting for Godot.”