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June 2017
Will Lee, Danny Knicely & John Flower: Album Release Concert at Barns at Rose Hill
Don’t miss the album release concert of Will Lee, Danny Knicely, and John Flower’s new album The Evening News!
Will (banjo, guitar), Danny (mandolin, guitar) and John (bass) navigate a deep and intuitive current of time, melody and harmony that will move you. Their brand new project – The Evening News – includes originals, old favorites, a cappella and hot instrumental numbers, and tight harmony singing takes a spotlight with Will’s smooth lead and baritone, Danny’s cutting tenor, and John’s soaring high-baritone.
Danny and John are both known for their work with David Via and Corn Tornado in the early 2000s, while Danny and Will released a well-received duet album in 2006 called Murders, Drownings and Lost Loves, but the three first performed together as part of the award-winning Magraw Gap in the mid-1990s. Their over twenty years of experience making music together comes through in a concert full of excitement and sentimentality.
Ticket Prices & Info:
All Tickets are General Admission
$15 in advance until 3:00 PM on the day of event
$20 at the door
Children: 12 years and below are free when accompanied by an adult
Griffin House
Griffin House didn’t begin playing guitar and writing songs until he was 18. The athletically gifted House shocked his family by turning down a sports scholarship to focus on music and, after graduating, moved to Nashville, started doing solo gigs and, within months, was headlining and touring with the likes of John Mellencamp and the Cranberries. Attracting the attention of major labels, he signed with Vancouver label Nettwerk and released Lost and Found.
His intelligent, heart-felt lyrics and melodies have made such songs as “The Guy Who Says Goodbye to You Is Out of His Mind” and “Better Than Love” radio mainstays. House released his 8th album BALLS in 2013, garnering even more commercial and critical acclaim.
Last year House released SO ON AND SO FORTH – a collection of original tunes that are considered some of his best yet and sure to please both old and new fans.
La Luna
On Friday, June 9, we’re staying up late to watch the Full Strawberry Moon rise, and we hope you’ll join us in the vineyard to see the Valley illuminated by moonlight! Plus, we’ll have live music from 7-10 PM!
The “Strawberry Moon” is so-named because the Algonquin tribe used it to judge when strawberries were ready to harvest. We’re using it as an excuse to drink wine under the stars!
Not only that: we’re offering tapas on this night only!
Tapas are available by reservation only; reservations for tapas must be made by June 7. The cost for tapas is $30 per couple.
http://www.veramar.com/scripts/eventPg.cfm/_/768/La-Luna/Civil War Paddle
Join Friends of the Rappahannock (FOR) and National Park Service Supervisory Historian Greg Mertz Saturday, June 10, for a daylong canoe trip, highlighting many of the Civil War sites along the Rapidan River. We’ll float from Germanna Ford to Ely’s Ford, through rapids, past eagle nests and have lunch on a sandbar. Bring a bag lunch, sunscreen and plenty of water. Meet at the Ely’s Ford boat ramp at 8 a.m., 4.5 miles north of Route 3 on Route 610. We will arrive back at Ely’s Ford at approximately 4 p.m., depending on water flow. This trip fills FAST, so register early. Minimum age is 12 years and this is a strenuous event. The cost is $50 individual/$150 family ($40/$120 for FOR members). Please pre-register at http://www.riverfriends.org/event/civil-war-paddle/
http://www.riverfriends.org/event/civil-war-paddle/National Get Outdoors Day
School is out and fishing is in. Join us for a Kid’s Fishing Day at Turner Pond. Learn how to fish with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, play games, learn about pond habitat with rangers and volunteers, and enjoy a morning of fishing.
Virginia resident children under 16 years of age can fish without a license. Non-resident children under 12 do not need a license if accompanied by a properly licensed adult. All others, VA DGIF fishing regulations apply.
http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/sky-meadows#general_informationEnhanced Wine Tasting
Enjoy a seated wine tasting experience in the rustic Tuscany elegance of Veramar Vineyard, while taking in the view from our tasting bar in Bella’s Corner. Our Enhanced Tasting is ideal for the Epicurean-minded person, or as a way to experience the wine-country lifestyle as you never have before.
This wine tasting experience includes wines from our exceptional current releases along with some of our most sought-after library bottlings. About an hour-long, this seated tasting is paired with a gourmet Charcuterie plate, giving you a complete wine and food tasting experience.
Our Estate Club members receive ½ half off enhanced seated wine tasting experiences.
http://www.veramar.com/scripts/eventPg.cfm/_/779/Enhanced-Wine-Tasting/Airlie Hosts Brews & Barbecue with Old Bust Head
Join us on Saturday, June 10 at 6 p.m. to kick off summer with a farm-to-table barbecue and craft beer from Old Bust Head Brewing Company.
The menu will include pork sausage sourced from Airlie’s own farm. Our 300-acre property has recently undergone a transformation back to its original heritage as a working farm with the reintroduction of Angus cattle, Berkshire pigs, chickens, and other livestock. Chef Hector Cruz and the culinary team will also be incorporating many other ingredients from our four-acre organic garden, which has been providing a steady supply of fresh produce and herbs for the property since 1998.
Old Bust Head Brewing Company and Airlie have collaborated to pick six craft beers that are uniquely suited for summer and expertly paired with the barbecue menu offerings.
This event will be held at Airlie’s Smokehouse, an ideal venue for a barbecue, with a large event tent, plenty of open, grassy space for lawn games, a lakeside fire pit and a Grill House outfitted with two Big Green Eggs.
Acoustic singer/songwriter Leon Rector will be performing original music and covers by The Beatles, The Doors, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jim Croce, Jimi Hendrix, Jack Johnson, Mac DeMarco, Otis Redding and others.
https://www.airlie.com/upcoming-events/old-bust-head-barbecueSummer Perspectives & More Lights
Les Yeux du Monde presents
Summer Perspectives: Isabelle Abbot with Sarah Boyts Yoder and Cate West Zahl
&
More Light: Karen Blair, Ana Rendich, Krista Townsend
23 June – 20 August 2017
Opening Reception, Friday June 23 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Les Yeux du Monde is pleased to present two shows for the summer season. In the front gallery, we will show Summer Perspectives: Isabelle Abbot with Sarah Boyts Yoder and Cate West Zahl. This show will feature new paintings by Isabelle Abbot, who has exhibited with the gallery for five years, while introducing the exciting paintings of abstract artists Sarah Boyts Yoder and Cate West Zahl. Abbot, one of our region’s well known and loved landscape painters will chart new territory for this show. While still deriving her inspiration from nature, and here from the beautiful blooming peach orchards in spring, she is also abstracting her inspiration to more organic essences. Her work will play off the abstractions of Yoder and Zahl who each have their own contrasting but complementary painterly perspectives. The paintings of Yoder are bold, curvilinear and reminiscent of the expressive bulbous colorful art of Philip Guston while Zahl abstracts from her study of life with more linear and angular compositions bringing to mind the powerful art of Richard Diebenkorn. The resulting paintings of all three artists are dazzling and uniquely their own.
More Light: Paintings by Karen Blair, Ana Rendich, Krista Townsend will also be on view in the rear gallery from June 23 through August 13. Karen Blair, who is equally adept at painting still life, landscape and even portraits will here exhibit her latest semi-abstractions rooted in garden and nature scenes. Ana Rendich, originally from Argentina, will show her hot colored abstractions from two recent series— one that is reminiscent of Paul Klee and brings to mind geometric colorful dwellings and the other more freely painted series that have a musical harmony similar to the early abstract paintings of Vasily Kandinsky. Krista Townsend’s richly textured paintings of nature and cityscapes are grounded in her quest to explore and build bridges between the land and our place within it. All of these extremely talented artists will bring their unique and complementary visions to play in this light filled summer sampling.
There will be an opening reception on Friday, June 23 from 5:00 – 7:30 that is free and open to the public. There will be a lunch with artists on Wednesday, July 26 at noon. Reservations are required ($15, free for Collectors Club). The gallery is located at 841 Wolf Trap Road in Charlottesville and is open Thursday through Sunday 1 – 5 and by appointment. Visit the website www.LesYeuxduMonde.com or call 434-973-5566 or 434-882-2620 for more information.
lesyeuxdumonde.comJuly 2017
Multimedia Exhibit presented by BozART: A Fine Arts Collective
CAAR Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors presents: BozART Fine Art Collective, a group of local artists who exhibit in various venues in the Charlottesville area. The group has had a long time presence on the downtown mall called BozArt Gallery. With its closure in 2014, the members continued to meet, organize and present group shows. This cohesive cooperative of artists has been together for 24 years, and represents the gamut of art forms: oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, collage, ceramic, photography and multimedia materials. Dates of this show: 7/7-8/29/17.
http://BozART%20Fine%20Art%20CollectiveFirst Friday at the Winery-Bogati
Wind down your week with live music, local food and wine at the winery – every first Friday this spring, summer and fall! Each month we’re bringing in a talented musician to serenade your blues away and a chef’s special culinary offering so you don’t even have to cook! So soak in that evening sunshine on our terrace overlooking the pond and grab yourself a glass of your favorite Bogati wine – it’s time to relax!
http://www.bogatibodega.com/scripts/eventPg.cfm/_/731/First-Friday-at-the-Winery/Sweet Yonder – SummerSounds concert
Join us for our first concert of the 2017 SummerSounds series!
Sweet Yonder is a fired-up, all-women, bluegrass band — think Steel Drivers meets the Carter Family. They deliver a soulful punch in every performance with straight up instrumental attitude and truly inspiring vocal harmonies. The driving mix of banjo, mandolin, guitar and bass combined with powerful vocals makes this a show you don’t want to miss.
From compelling originals to masterful covers of the great bluegrass classics, Sweet Yonder crafts a show tailored to each audience. They even include their own spin on American classic rock.
Bluemont Summer Concert with The Taters
The Taters play a high energy mix of roots-rock, power-pop, country, and Americana. Their sound has been been described as “Country roots-pop with the genius songwriting of 60’s & 70’s power-pop, …a curious mix of Mavericks, Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison and Beatles” (CDBaby). Billboard Magazine calls The Taters “American roots-rock with thoroughly modern, totally hip sensibilities”.
All are welcome, bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnics; no pets, alcohol, or smoking allowed; refreshments are available for sale by local community organizations. In the event of bad weather, the indoor location will be Taylor Middle School.
$5 General Admission
$4 Seniors and Friends
$2 Kids 12 and under
Bluemont Summer Concert with The Taters
The Taters play a high energy mix of roots-rock, power-pop, country, and Americana. Their sound has been been described as “Country roots-pop with the genius songwriting of 60’s & 70’s power-pop, …a curious mix of Mavericks, Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison and Beatles” (CDBaby). Billboard Magazine calls The Taters “American roots-rock with thoroughly modern, totally hip sensibilities”.
All are welcome, bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnics; no pets, alcohol, or smoking allowed; refreshments are available for sale by local community organizations. In the event of bad weather, the indoor location will be Leesburg United Methodist Church.
$5 General Admission
$4 Seniors and Friends
$2 Kids 12 and under
Equine Sculpture Workshop
The National Sporting Library and Museum (NSLM and the Artists in Middleburg (AiM) partner for a weeklong workshop with expert equine sculptor and instructor, Goksin Carey! The workshop is open to all levels of experience from beginner to professional. No previous experience in sculpture is necessary. Students of all levels will work with individual and group instruction to sculpt their own horse bust and full horse. Carey has led successful equine sculpture workshops in Middleburg since 2014, however, this will be the first time the class is invited to sculpt at the NSLM!
Attendees will learn about:
Equine anatomy
Positive and negative parts of a sculpture
Sculpting inside out using bone and muscle structure.
The ABC’s of equine sculpting: A- Anatomy, B- Biomechanics, C- Conformation
The workshop fee is $460, with a $200 nonrefundable deposit required at time of registration. The balance of $260 can be paid at the first day of the class. A further $140 for materials is due on the first day of class. Provided materials include plastalina clay, horse bust armature, full horse armature, and sculpting tools. Space is limited, registrations are accepted on a first come, first serve basis.
Register online at www.theartistsinmiddleburg.org
Checks can be mailed to AiM, PO Box 426, Middleburg, VA 20118
Please direct questions to AiM: 540-687-6600
Coffee with the Curator – Andre Pater: In a Sporting Light
Join us for Coffee with the Curator sponsored by Middleburg Common Grounds! NSLM invites members of the public to learn more about the fascinating pieces on view in the Museum galleries. The program includes an informal reception followed by a tour of the galleries led by NSLM’s Curator of Permanent Collections, Nicole Stribling. $5 admission, free to NSLM members RSVP to Anne Marie Barnes, Clarice & Robert H. Smith Educator, at ABarnes@NationalSporting.org (540) 687-6542 x25
http://www.nationalsporting.orgPetit Verdot Vertical Tasting at DuCard Vineyards
Once again for all you Petit Verdot fans we’ll be tasting many of the vintages of our fabulous Petit Verdot wine- up to the new 2016 vintage that is still aging. The very limited inventory of these library wines will be available for purchase…”while supplies last”. Limited seatings and advance reservations required – $39 per person. Reservations available at https://www.ducardvineyards.com/petitverdotverticalreservation.html.
https://www.ducardvineyards.com/petitverdotverticalreservation.htmlMusic on the Patio with Bomar & Ritter
Chill out on the patio with some cool wine and the talents of acoustic duo Bomar & Ritter. This singer/songwriter duo mixes it up with their own blend of folk, rock, ballads, and blues. Wine tastings and light fare available for purchase. No cover.
https://www.ducardvineyards.comBluemont Summer Concert with Danny Knicely, Will Lee, and John Flower
Will Lee (banjo, guitar), Danny Knicely (mandolin, guitar) and John Flower (bass) navigate a deep and intuitive current of time, melody and harmony that will move you. Their brand new project – The Evening News – includes originals, old favorites, a cappella and hot instrumental numbers, and tight harmony singing takes a spotlight with Will’s smooth lead and baritone, Danny’s cutting tenor, and John’s soaring high-baritone.
All are welcome, bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnics; no pets, alcohol, or smoking allowed; refreshments are available for sale by local community organizations. In the event of bad weather, the indoor location will be Taylor Middle School.
$5 General Admission
$4 Seniors and Friends
$2 Kids 12 and under
Bluemont Sumer Concert with Danny Knicely, Will Lee, & John Flower
Will Lee (banjo, guitar), Danny Knicely(mandolin, guitar) and John Flower (bass) navigate a deep and intuitive current of time, melody and harmony that will move you. Their brand new project – The Evening News – includes originals, old favorites, a cappella and hot instrumental numbers, and tight harmony singing takes a spotlight with Will’s smooth lead and baritone, Danny’s cutting tenor, and John’s soaring high-baritone.
All are welcome, bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnics; no pets, alcohol, or smoking allowed; refreshments are available for sale by local community organizations. In the event of bad weather, the indoor location will be Leesburg United Methodist Church.
$5 General Admission
$4 Seniors and Friends
$2 Kids 12 and under
Art Comes Alive! Summer Camp
Date: Mon-Fri. July 17-21, 2017
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Price: $175
Registration: Anne Marie Barnes, Clarice & Robert H. Smith Educator at
abarnes@nationalsporting.org or (540) 687-6542 x25
Information: Art Comes Alive camp includes hands-on instruction in: oil, acrylic and watercolor painting, traditional sculpture and unconventional materials and mixed media.
Ages 10-14, camp runs July 17-21 from 9am-12pm.
Camp will be at NSLM in Middleburg. Participants will receive security clearance access into the Museum’s art collection. We are proud to partner with Hill School for this camp, but anyone can sign up!