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Rappahannock friends and neighbors enjoyed an old-fashioned Community Square Dance at the Sperryville Fire Hall on Saturday evening.Â
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 â Poems from Rappahannock County.Â
Rappahannock Countyâs 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.Â
This Saturdayâs 10th annual Halloween âSpectacleâ unlike a Coincident with natureâs spectacle of autumn foliage is the man-made âSpectacleâ at John Henryâs Stone Hill Theater in Flint Hill.
Whether you are a committed regular or coming for the first time, you wonât 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 isnât so much a milestone as it is a window into the future. And if the coming years mirror whatâs transpired just in 2019, Kid Pan Alley and the many children it benefits have much to look forward to.
Community Square Dance returning: âItâs hard to doe-si-doe and not smile.â
For founder Paul Reisler, reaching the 20th anniversary of Kid Pan Alley isnât so much a milestone as it is a window into the future. And if the coming years mirror whatâs transpired just in 2019, Kid Pan Alley and the many children it benefits have much to look forward to.
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.Â
Seventy years ago, John Jackson left Rappahannock County. This Saturday heâll 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 Shakespeareâs plays every September all along the East Coast.Â
In mid-September, the RAAC Community Theater will open its 2019/2020 season with a production of âWaiting for Godot.â
The Second Friday series will kick off the 2019-2020 season of talks on Sept. 13 (8 p.m. at the library) with Rappahannockâs own Colonel John Bourgeois. For many years Bourgeois was director of âThe Presidentâs Ownâ United States Marine Band. He calls his talk, which looks back at his long a…
The newly renamed Valley Chorale of Front Royal â formerly The Front Royal Oratorio Society, the areaâs longest-standing choral group that includes singers from Sperryville, Washington, Amissville and Flint Hill â is raising the curtain on not only a new name but on new artistic leadership, too.Â
âI heard all this astounding music and I thought, well, thatâs what I want to do, is to be a musicianâ
Renowned musicians to celebrate legendary Woodville blues guitarist
Amissvilleâs Jeremiah Foscato heads to nationals in Ohio
Ben Venue Farm hosts 12th Annual Rapp fireworks festival
Mayor: âFor once everybody is happyâ
Rappahannockâs 5th beer (and food and costume) festival
The 116-year-old Paris-based Michelin Guide launched its first-ever guide to Washington D.C. last Thursday â and it included the Inn at Little Washington, awarding it two stars.
Due to muddy fields, 1000 Faces Mask Theatre is moving its Saturday show (Oct. 1) to the yard of Howard and Julie Coon (67 Coon Holler Lane, Castleton 22716). Google map link. âThe Half Hour News Hour from Planet Earthâ starts at 6 p.m. (the same time it was to go on at Stone Hill), with gat…
Ms. Smith brings her heretofore secret sister act to town this Saturday
Above: Though the dayâs weather wasnât great â rain, some of it of steady enough to make poncho wearers feel superior â the weather took a turn for the better Monday night after the skies were dark enough for spectacular fireworks at the Sperryville Volunteer Fire Departmentâs annual 4th of …
Amissvilleâs carnival and parade attract both funseekers and spiffed-up fire and rescue apparatus â and the volunteers who run them â from all over. Top: Jack Jones, as one of the newest members of Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue (sponsors of the annual event), got to take the much-cove…
Racers in the annual Piedmont Area Soap Box Derby are ready to roll.
DARE Day, the annual chance for youngsters and others at Rappahannock Elementary to see firsthand what emergency responders do, went off without a hitch last Friday â with visits and demonstrations by Sperryville Volunteer Fire Co.âs 75-foot tower ladder (above) and Virginia Airborne Search …
âArguing With Godâ postponed due to rainDue to rain, the premiere of âArguing with Godâ is now rescheduled to Sunday, June 5. The grounds open at 5 pm and the show begins at 5:30 pm. Tickets already purchased can be used or, if requested, refunded. In the unlikely event of more bad weather, …
âFood so good, youâll want to grab a plate and find a corner where you can concentrate on the tastes and savor!â
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