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October 2016
Fall Harvest Family Days
Mount Vernon celebrates the autumn season with Fall Harvest Family Days!
Mount Vernon celebrates the autumn season with Fall Harvest Family Days! The entire family enjoys autumn activities including wagon rides, wheat treading in the 16-sided barn, 18th-century dancing demonstrations, a straw bale maze, farrier (blacksmithing) demonstrations, apple-roasting, corn husk dolls demonstrations and early-American games and music.
http://www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-visit/calendar/events/fall-harvest-family-days/Fall Colors Paddle
Mark the change in seasons along the Rappahannock with a fall canoeing adventure! Join Friends of the Rappahannock (FOR) from Hole in the Wall to Motts Landing when the river is most colorful. Dress warmly, bring lunch and water. Minimum age is 12 years. There is moderate whitewater and this is a strenuous, back-country event. Meet at Motts Run Landing. $50 indiv/$150 family ($40/$120 FOR members)
https://www.facebook.com/events/968766036532293/Harvest Festival at Doukenie Winery
Harvest Festival
October 22 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Celebrate the end of Harvest with us! This fun-filled fall Festival offer everyone a Barrel Tasting experience with our winemaker. Regular tastings are available as well. MONKS BBQ will be with us serving up their smoky, tasty BBQ and Live music will fill the air from 1-5 with the awesome Eric Avey and Mountain Ride!!
Don’t miss it!
Free wine tasting event for Heritage Club Members only smiley
$15.00 for general public, if choosing a barrel tasting downstairs with our winemaker.
$10.00 for general public if choosing a regular tasting in our tasting room.
Food to be purchased directly from food vendor.
International Gold Cup
The 79th running of one of the nation’s largest steeplechase races features hurdle and timber horse races, Jack Russell Terrier races, tent, tailgate and hat contests. General admission car passes are $60. Great Meadow, 5089 Old Tavern Road, The Plains. 540-347-2612, www.vagoldcup.com.
www.vagoldcup.comInternational Gold Cup
The 79th running of one of the nation’s largest steeplechase races features hurdle and timber horse races, Jack Russell Terrier races, tent, tailgate and hat contests.General admission car passes are $60.
www.vagoldcup.comAnnual Diwali Celebration at Narmada Winery
After the harvest in ancient India, the Festival of Lights, or Diwali, marked the end of the agrarian year. As farmers in Virginia, Sudha and Pandit keep the tradition alive every fall now in Amissville.
Diwali has come to symbolize our own “inner light,” the idea that we can all radiate peace and joy and have a positive impact on the events swirling around us.
Come join us on October 22nd for our signature festivities.
Indian Dinner Platters available 5-7pm. Antipasto and cheese platters also available
We’ll be open until 8pm. 5-8 only bottle or glass sales
Bonfire and fireworks begin at dusk.
Diwali Celebration at Narmada Winery
After the harvest in ancient India, the Festival of Lights, or Diwali, marked the end of the farming year. As grape growers in Virginia, Sudha and Pandit keep the tradition alive every fall here in Amissville.
narmada-diwali-fireworks-redThe Indian harvest festival of DIWALI is one of our most anticipated events during the year. Come join us for our signature festivities!
Indian Dinner Platters available 5-7pm. (Please pre-order!) Antipasto and cheese platters also available. Buy Now!
We’ll be open until 8pm. From 5 til 8, only bottle or glass sales – no tasting flights.
At 7pm there will be a dance performance by Sudha and Pandits grandchildren, followed by a bollywood dance class.
Come and join us for a Bollywood interactive dance lesson! Learn this high energy dance from Indian films! We will have a short interactive dance lesson followed by freestyle dancing. All ages and skill levels are welcome.
Jaya Mathur of the Dance to Health Society (dance2health.com), has been trained in three forms of Indian classical dance, Bharatnatyam, Kathak and Manipuri. Jaya has performed, particularly in the Bharatnatyam style, at many culturally prestigious venues, such as the Kennedy Center, Smithsonian Museums and Wolftrap. Jaya teaches classical, folk and Bollywood dance with the Dance to Health Society. Her students have performed at cultural shows at universities, temples and folk life events.
We will end the night with a Firework display at 7:30pm
http://narmadawinery.com/dir/?page_id=31Fall Harvest & Leaf Peep Festival w/music by Tara Mills Band and Scuffletown
The leaves are changing, the harvest is in, and we’re celebrating the season with a party! We’ll have rollicking great live music from the Tara Mills Band and Scuffletown from 12-6pm, local fare for sale from the Bavarian Chef Food Truck (come hungry!), vineyard tours, and more. Come join the fun! No cover.
https://www.ducardvineyards.com/Carrie Underwood: The Storyteller Tour
With Easton Corbin & The Swon Brothers
Seven-time Grammy winner and ACM Female Vocalist of the Year nominee Carrie Underwood has just announced The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round will extend through the fall. “I always love being on the road performing for my fans,” shares Underwood, “but something about this tour feels more magnetic than ever. Having a 360-degree view of the audience gives me the opportunity to connect with more fans and feed off their energy. I can’t wait to continue this tour into the fall!”
Carrie will continue a donation of $1 from each ticket sold at the U.S. dates of The Storyteller Tour to be contributed to the C.A.T.S Foundation to help aid its causes including Checotah, Oklahoma’s education and literacy programs. Established in 2009, the C.A.T.S. (Checotah Animal, Town, and School) Foundation helps with general causes, needs, and services in the area of Checotah, Oklahoma, Carrie’s hometown, to directly impact the community.
Zépheros Winds: Waterford Concert Series
Zépheros Winds, five of the finest wind virtuosi of their generation. The Classical Voice of North Carolina said: “Zépheros Winds played …with great panache, melding instrumental virtuosity with an infectious joy of music making.” October 23, 4 PM. ($30 adult, $15 student single tickets)
Sponsored by Presidential Bank.
Autumn Vegetarian Feast & Wine Dinner at The New Bridge
Join us in charming and historic Old Town Warrenton for an Autumn Vegetarian Feast & Wine Dinner, with options for gluten-free by request.
Expect five flavorful and unique courses prepared by Guest Chef Sylvie Rowand of Laughing Duck Gardens & Cookery, peppered with locally-sourced Autumn offerings and some Virginia wines and elixirs.
Weather-permitting, we will serve this dinner on our lovely roof-top garden patio. Dinner tickets are $94 per person (excludes tax, gratuity & Eventbrite fee)
https://autumnvegetarianfeastwinedinner.eventbrite.comStage Door Productions presents Dead Man’s Cell Phone
An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man—with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man’s Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new comedy by MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Sarah Ruhl, author of The Clean House and Eurydice. A work about how we memorialize the dead—and how that remembering changes us—it is the odyssey of a woman forced to confront her own assumptions about morality, redemption, and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world. Performances will run October 28-30 and November 4 & 5 at the Central Rappahannock Regional Library Headquarters, downtown Fredericksburg.
www.stagedoorproductions.orgReduced Shakespeare Company
Enjoy a comedic romp through 600 years of American history in just 90 minutes as this trio of comedians turns their satirical wit to the U.S. election process. Coming at the height of election season, this rollercoaster ride through our country’s glorious and messy past reminds audiences of what makes America great…our ability to enjoy a good laugh. Since its original long-running hit show, “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged),” the Reduced Shakespeare Company (RSC) has taken on many other topics, all abridged and every bit as hilarious. In this production, RSC irreverently portrays American giants from Lincoln to Lewis and Clark, tackles the controversies of our history, and manifests our destiny into a rapid and ridiculous retelling of history from sea to shining sea. “What the ‘Daily Show’ might be like if it were hosted by the Marx Brothers.” (Boston Herald)
http://www.hyltoncenter.org/calendar/797/Harvest Festival
Featuring local apple tastings, come spend time with friends and family at the Harvest Festival!
http://www.madisonfarmersmarket.info/events.htmlMusic on the Patio with Randy Black Entertainment
Randy Black Entertainment brings to us a fantastic music mix of classic rock, country, contemporary, and originals and a long history of professional work. Feel free to bring a picnic or choose from our selection of noshing food to pair with your wine picks. No cover.
https://www.ducardvineyards.com/Trick-or-Treating at Mount Vernon
Come trick-or-treat at Mount Vernon! Back by popular demand, the estate will again open its gates for Halloween fun and spook-tacular activities.
Participate in a special scavenger hunt, take a wagon ride on the 12-acre field, and create a boo-tiful Halloween craft in this unforgettable evening.
Come and see wool carding, spinning, and fish net making in the historic area before greeting “Martha Washington” on the piazza of the Mansion. In order to burn off all the extra excitement, try 18th-century dancing in the upper garden. Historic chocolate-making demonstrations and chocolate tastings will take place.
A children’s costume parade around the Mansion will begin at 5 p.m. and prizes will be awarded for most fang-tastic “George” and “Martha” costumes! Trick-or-Treating at Mount Vernon takes place rain or shine.
http://www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-visit/calendar/events/trick-or-treating-at-mount-vernon/Ver Azul
Join us for a night of Latin jazz, acoustic grooves, and funky beats with Ver Azul!
Ver Azul’s original compositions infuse jazz melodies, acoustic grooves, and Latin rhythms that create an unique uplifting sound and make you want to get up and move your feet! The band members are three long-time friends Matt Szechenyi (guitar/vocals), Cornelius Conway (bass), and Richie Vazquez (congas/cajon/percussion).
http://barnsofrosehill.org/event/ver-azul/Bat Talk
Bats Have Needs Too!
Do you know the only mammal that can sustain flight? It is the bat! Join Friends of the Rappahannock at Wild Bird Unlimited, 1937 Carl D. Silver Parkway, on October 30, for a day full of bat talks and fun. Friends of the Rappahannock’s Field Trip Coordinator, Taylor McConnell, will be giving a talk about bat needs and ecological role. Also, Madison Ryan, a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, will be talking about their importance and what is threatening their survival. Taylor’s talk starts at 1pm and Madison’s talk starts at 3pm.
The Avett Brothers
The always sold out Avett Brothers return to Charlottesville, make sure to get your tickets soon (or just watch from the bridge), when you don’t.
November 2016
The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
Who can get ahead? Those with money do in Brecht and Weill’s The ThreePenny Opera, a timely social satire produced by the George Mason University’s Schools of Theater and Music.
November 3, 4, 5 at 8 p.m.
November 5 at 2 p.m.
A Talk Back/Q&A with the cast will take place after the performance on November 4.
$30 adults, $15 students, seniors and youth up to grade 12
1 Free Student Ticket Available with Mason ID on October 18, 2016