Barbecue
Sid Mace of Reedville, a certified North Carolina BBQ Master, will cook up pulled pork barbecue for take-out Sunday, March 6, at Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern, 73 Monument Place, Heathsville. The menu will include pulled pork barbecue, baked beans, potato salad, coleslaw, bun and brownies.
The fee is $25 per meal. Purchase tickets at www.RHHTFoundationinc.org, or in person at the Tavern Gift Shoppe. All meals must be paid for in advance.
Telling all
The Reedville Fishermen’s Museum will host “Local Watermen Tell All – Believe it or Not!” from 7-8 p.m. Monday, March 7, at Festival Halle, 177 Main Street, Reedville. Herb Lewis, Emory Lewis, Mate Swift and Meredith Robbins will share “salty” stories.
The suggested donation is $5 per person. For reservations, email [email protected]. Reserve a “Table of 8” or individual, socially-distanced seating.
Woman’s club
The Woman’s Club of Northumberland County will meet Tuesday, March 8, at the WCNC Clubhouse, 2928 Northumberland Highway, Lottsburg. Members will gather at noon for refreshments; the meeting will begin at 12:30 p.m.
The speaker will be Dr. Leslye Morrison regarding the formation of the new Northern Neck Christian School.
NPL trustees
The Northumberland Public Library board of trustees will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, at NPL, 7204 Northumberland Highway, Heathsville.
The public is welcome to attend either in person or via zoom. To join electronically visit nplibraryva.org or call 580-5051.
RCA concert
The Rappahannock Concert Association will present “Embraceable You, The Music of George Gershwin” at 7:30 p.m. March 19 at the Northumberland School Complex Theater, 201 Academic Lane, Heathsville. Dean and Lisa Balkwill will perform sizzling dance numbers, nostalgic ballads and romantic comedy, set under the Paris sky.
Admission is by season subscription, or $25. For tickets, call 888-210-8006 or visit www.rappahannockconcerts.org. Students are free.
Country breakfast
Lancaster Union Lodge #88 A.F. & A.M. will serve an all-you-can-eat country breakfast from 7-10 a.m. on second Saturdays, at the Lodge, 48 North Main Street, Kilmarnock. The fee is $10. Ages 8 and younger eat free.
The menu will include fluffy scrambled eggs (fried eggs on request), pancakes, biscuits, sausage gravy, sausage links, bacon, cheesy grits, home-fried potatoes, fried apples, warm syrup, fruit cocktail, coffee, tea, juice and milk. Orders to go available also.
Jazz concert
Concerts By The Bay 2021-22 season will continue March 12 with Capital Focus Jazz Band. The concert will begin at 3 p.m. at the Mathews High School Harry M. Ward Auditorium, 9889 Buckley Hall Road, Mathews.
Admission is by season subscription; or single performance ticket, $25 at the door. Students are admitted free.
Gardening
Gardening in the Northern Neck, hosted by the Northern Neck Master Gardeners, will be held March 26 at the White Stone Church of the Nazarene, 57 Whisk Drive, White Stone. The theme will be “Landscape, Viewscape, Escape!”
The event features speakers and vendors. The seminar fee is $50. Registration forms are at www.nnmg.org.
Oyster roast
Mary Ball Washington Chapter of the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge will hold an oyster roast from 2-5 p.m. March 27 at 838 Long Point Lane in Topping. The fee is $40 per person, prepaid.
For reservations, call 804-758-3432 or 804-453-9156. Following the call, send check made out to MBW-FFVF and mail to P.O. Box 294, Locust Hill, VA 23092. Once the check is received, patrons will receive a confirmation immediately by email or phone.
