Books Alive!
Books Alive! sponsored by the Friends of the Library will feature author Cheryl L. Reed from 5-7 p.m. Friday, August 16, at Northumberland Public Library, 7204 Northumberland Highway, Heathsville.
Reed will discuss and sign copies of her new book, Map of My Escape. Wine and appetizers will be served. Books will be available for purchase.
Music on the Half Shell Stage
Music on the Half Shell Stage will feature Inside Out Band on August 16 and Brass Wind Brand on August 30 at Town Centre Park, 150 North Main Street, Kilmarnock. Gates will open at 6 p.m. and music will begin at 7 p.m.
Admission is by season pass or $10. Tickets are available at www.kilmarnockva.com or the gate.
Bingo for Quilts
The Tavern Quilt Guild at Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern, 73 Monument Place, Heathsville, will hold Bingo for Quilts at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, August 17. Players may buy packets of 15 bingo sheets plus four special games for $30. All prizes are quilted items made by guild members.
Music on the Cliffs
Sally & Brian will be featured from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, August 17, at Music on the Cliffs at Westmoreland State Park, 145 Cliff Road, Montross. A $10 parking fee is payable at the gate.
Tea party and fashion show
The Mathews Museum, 200 Main Street, Mathews, will host Martha Washington and Abigail Adams as they “spill the tea” from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, August 18. The “Ladies Victorian” will present “Our Founding Mothers and What They Wore.”
There also will be a silent auction with numerous tea-related items. The fee is $35 and tickets can be purchased at the Mathews County Visitor Center, Haskins Bayside Service Center and from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays at the museum.
Quilting workshop
The Rivah Quilters will hold a comfort quilt workshop from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, August 20, at St. Andrews Church, Kilmarnock. Comfort quilts are donated to patients in oncology units at local hospitals.
Black Tie & Boots
Black Tie & Boots will be held at 6 p.m. September 27, at State Fair of Virginia, Meadow Hall, Meadow Event Park, 13191 Dawn Boulevard, Doswell The gala offers dancing, dining, auctions and cocktails.
Gala tickets can be purchased at StateFairVa.org. Tickets are $125 per person through August 20, and $150 per person August 21 through September 14. Proceeds will benefit youth through the State Fair of Virginia Scholarship Program.
Rwanda talk
White Stone resident Katherine Cassidy will give a talk with slides, “Rwanda as a Place of Peace,” at 3 p.m. August 24, at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury, 132 Lancaster Drive, Irvington.
Cassidy will reflect on her recent three weeks in the African country in June. She traveled there as a volunteer with the USAID-supported program, Farmer-to-Farmer. Non-residents who wish to attend are asked to call Cassidy in advance, 450-1031.
Chicken dinners
Chicken dinners will be available from 5-6:30 p.m. on first Mondays at American Legion Post #117, 39 School Street, Reedville.
Meals include fried chicken, mashed potatoes, choice of vegetables, salad, roll, dessert and drink. Dinners are $12 for adults and $6 for children ages 12 and younger, at the door.
Wine & Whiskers
Garfield’s Rescue Inc. will hold Wine & Whiskers from 6-7:30 p.m. September 5 at Trinity Episcopal Church Pavilion, 8484 Mary Ball Road, Lancaster. The event will offer wine, hors d’oeuvres, music by Paragon DJ, a silent auction and a 50/50 raffle.
Tickets are $50. Purchase tickets at Bayside Animal Hospital, 78 Whisk Drive, White Stone; FNCAS Thrift Shop 80 Jessie duPont Memorial Highway, Burgess; RAL Art Center, 19 North Main Street, Kilmarnock; or www.garfieldsrescue.org. Proceeds support rescued homeless cats.
Crab feast
The Northumberland County Community Center, 679 Browns Store Road, Heathsville, will host a crab feast from 2-6 p.m. September 7. In addition to all-you-can-eat steamed crabs, the menu will include fried chicken, fried fish, hot dogs, hamburgers, corn on the cob, baked beans, homemade soups, tea and water.
The fee is $50 per person. For tickets see any member or call James Long, 724-3240, or Stacy Evans, 436-5898. Beer and wine will be available for purchase as well.
Chamber music
The Northern Neck Orchestra (NNO) 2024-25 Chamber Music Series will open at 2 p.m. September 8 at Good Luck Cellars, 1025 Good Luck Road, Kilmarnock. The four-concert series will begin with “Music for Guitar Ensemble,” performed by the Tidewater Guitar Orchestra.
Season tickets for the four-concert series are $112. Single tickets for each concert are $35. Tickets may be purchased at northernneckorchestra.org or the door. Students are admitted free.
Bay concerts
Concerts by the Bay will present Alter Eagles at 3 p.m. September 15 at the Harry M. Ward Auditorium, Mathews High School, 9889 Buckley Hall Road, Mathews.
Tickets are $30 at the door; students free. A subscription series of five concerts September through April starts at $120 through Concerts by the Bay and includes reciprocal opportunities at Arts Alive in West Point and Rappahannock Concert Association in Heathsville. Too view the various upcoming concerts for 2024-25 see www.concertsbythebay.org
RCA concerts
The Rappahannock Concert Association will open its 41st concert season at 7:30 p.m. September 21 at the Northumberland County School Performing Arts Theater, 201 Academic Lane, Heathsville. The six-concert series will begin with the Crown Mountain Trio Classical Ensemble.
There are four ticket purchase options, reserved seats for the six concerts, $135; regular seating for all six concerts, $110; any three of the six concerts, $70; a single concert ticket, $35. Students are always admitted free. For a full oncert schedule and to purchase tickets, go to www.rappahannockconcerts.org. Group rates are available. For group rates, call 1-888-210-8006.
On Stage
The Rappahannock Foundation for the arts 2024-25 On Stage series will open at 7:30 p.m. October 19 with Dancing Dream, an ABBA tribute band, at the Lancaster Elementary School Theater, 191 School Street, Kilmarnock.
Admission is by season subscription, $190 for five shows, or single ticket, $45. For season schedule, shows and tickets, visit rappahannockfoundation.org or call Donna McGrath, 438-5555.
Rotary
The Rotary Club of the Northern Neck meets for breakfast at 7:30 a.m. on second and fourth Wednesdays at River Counties Community Foundation, 834 Rappahannock Drive, White Stone.
