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September 2016
Lollipop Station – Free Game Day
3-6 years old from 1-1:45 p.m.; 7-11 years old from 1:45 – 2:30 p.m. Located at 179 E. Davis Street. Enjoy musical chairs, hot potato, musical statues, cookies, punch, and door prizes! Must pre-register, limited space available. Play on!
Contact: call 540-812-2103. Website: www.lollipopstation.com
Book Worms for Grades K-2
Held from 4:30-5:15 p.m. Sign up in advance. This monthly book club is specially tailored for those in the lower elementary grades. Miss Laini will be sharing stories, and leading related activities. This month we will be playing miniature golf. Culpeper County Library located at 271 Southgate Shopping Center. Contact 540-825-8691. Visit www.cclva.org
October 2016
Culpeper Harvest Days Farm Tour
17 various farms around Culpeper. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Mark your Calendars for the 19th Annual Culpeper Harvest Days Farm Tour. Visit the website to learn more about the farms on the tour. The brochure is available to download now. Self-guided. Contact: 540-727-3410 Website: www.culpeperfarmtour.com
Fall Family Fun Day with music by Burn-N-Roots at DuCard Vineyards
Our Family Fun Day is always a blast so be sure to bring out the whole family for lots of fun and games with us! There will be music by Burn-N-Roots and noshing food available for purchase- or bring your own picnic! No cover.
https://www.ducardvineyards.com/Wee Ones Wednesday at Museum of Culpeper History
Children between 1-5 years of age are welcome and the cost is $1 per child. Reserve your spot now! Only 15 children are able to participate in each session. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 10:30 a.m. Located at 113 S. Commerce Street. Contact: 540-829-5954 Website: www.culpepermuseum.com
Culpeper Air Fest
Held at Culpeper Regional Airport – 12517 Beverly Ford Rd., Brandy Station, VA. from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. The Culpeper Air Fest Foundation is pleased to present the Culpeper Air Fest 2016, featuring the world’s only privately owned Harrier, aerobatic aircraft and vintage warbirds. Culpeper Air Fest is a free event with free parking at the two high schools. Shuttles to airport. Contact: 877-261-8499 Website: www.culpeperairfest.com
Culpeper Air Fest “The Best Little Airshow in the East”
The world’s ONLY privately owned Harrier, aerobatic aircraft and vintage warbirds will roar into Culpeper Regional Airport located in Brandy Station on October 8th. Don’t miss seeing the exciting stunts performed by some of the best pilots in the airshow community. Enjoy static displays, airplane rides, model airplanes, games for kids and more! The gates open at 9:00AM. Buses will take guests to and from airport from 9:00AM.
culpeperairfest.comBack the Blue Benefit Ride
100 percent of proceeds to C.O.P.S. (Concerns of Police Survivors). Riders meet at 10 a.m. at Fauquier County High School. Kickstands up at 11 a.m. No bike? Meet at Fat Tuesdays’ Grill event at 2 p.m. $10 donation for unlimited food. Live music. Police and fire vehicles on display. Silent Auction. Moonbounce and games. Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office, Warrenton Police, Culpeper Police, Warrenton Company 1. Find on Facebook at Back the Blue Benefit Ride.
Craft Time
The Culpeper County Library presents “Drop-in Craft with a Poem Saturday,” drop-in between 10:30 a.m. and noon. Children in kindergarten and up are invited to participate in this self-guided program. Parents will work with their children to interpret the poem of the month. Children will use our craft materials to translate their interpretation into art. 217 Southgate Shopping Center. Contact Laini Bostian at lbostian@cclva.org or 540-825-8691
Aldie Harvest Festival & Duck Race
Now in its 52nd year, the Aldie Harvest Festival & Duck Race celebrates the Village of Aldie’s rural heritage with arts & crafts, food vendors, antiques, children’s activities, tours of the historic Aldie Mill, and music. Local organizations offer baked goods. At 4 pm, visitors gather along the Little River for the Duck Race as 3,000 (plastic) ducks race to the finish line. Participants who “adopt” ducks can win prizes and a chance to win $100,000. Free admission. Aldie VA (on Rt. 50 between Gilberts Corner and Middleburg)
http://www.villageofaldie.comGraves Mountain Apple Harvest Festival
Come and see nature’s way of blanketing the mountains with stunning color during the month of October. Enjoy fun filled days complete with good food and entertainment including bluegrass music, cloggers, more than 70 arts and crafts vendors, hayrides, Hay Mountain, hay maze and horseback & pony rides. Experience the days of yesteryear watching apple butter being cooked in kettles over an open fire. Our orchards are open for apple picking or you may select your own from the apple bins at the picnic pavilion. On your way to the orchard, stop by and visit the farm and the animals. Free admission/free parking. Rain or shine. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Music will be played daily from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Cloggers dance daily from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. www.gravesmountain.com.
Read To The Dogs
Join the Welcome Waggers Therapy Dogs from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. for another fun Saturday of reading. Dogs are specially trained to “listen,” and do not correct or criticize. Perfect for beginning readers! Children of all ages are welcome to visit with the dogs. No registration necessary. (540) 825-8691.
Musical
The StageWorks theater program of Windmore Foundation for the Arts performs the musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., and Sunday Oct. 23 at 3:30 p.m. at Culpeper Baptist Church: 318 S. West Street (Courtyard entrance). Tickets $5 children, $10 adults at the door or in advance at: www.windmorefoundation.org. For additional information call 540-547-4333.
Spirits of the Graffiti House Night
To be held from 6 – 9 p.m. Pumpkin decorating and face painting for the children, with prizes awarded for the funniest, scariest and most original pumpkin. Bonfire storyteller and upstairs storytellers. Transcend Paranormal and Culpeper Paranormal share their findings from the investigations they have done at the Graffiti House. Raffle tickets sold to spend evening with paranormal groups. Contact 540-829-0942.
Harvest Festival
Featuring local apple tastings, come spend time with friends and family at the Harvest Festival!
http://www.madisonfarmersmarket.info/events.htmlPiedmont Downhill, A Corporate Derby Challenge
Local businesses needed to sign up, build and race. Noon – 4 p.m. Paul Bates Raceway. Visit www.soapboxderby.org/piedmontarea/race-programs/corporatechallenge.
New Salem Baptist Harvest Festival
Held from 6-8 p.m. at 8233 Sperryville Pike in Culpeper. Trunk or treat, games and music.
Culpeper Downtown Trick-or-Treat Event
Businesses provide treats for little ghouls and goblins on East Davis Street from 5-6 p.m. Police hand out glow sticks. Visit www.culpeperdowntown.com. Contact 540-825-4416
November 2016
STEM at the Library
Full STEAM Ahead Saturday from 1-2 p.m. Sign up in advance. This monthly Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math program is for kids in 3rd-5th grade. This month we will be using the drawing code for the Library’s Ozobot robots. Contact 540-825-8691.