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October 2016
Wine & Welcome Home
Come support the Habitat for Humanity of Culpeper build for Jennifer Driggers. Mountain Run Winery located at 10753 Mountain Run Lake Road from noon – 7 p.m. Suggested donation of $10 per person/$20 per family. Food available for purchase. Raffles, prizes, children’s activities. Live music. Contact Lanny Horton at lhorton312@comcast.net
Teen Driver Safety Week
The Culpeper Police Department has partnered with the schools, insurance agencies, and Verizon to stress Teen Driver Safety. From 1-3 p.m. at the Culpeper United Methodist Church, there will be a Teen Driver Safety Day. This is open to parents and teen drivers. MPO Mike Grant and MPO Tim Sisk will be speaking about distracted driving along with a representative from the insurance industry and cell phone industry. There will also be a simulated distracted driving course set up for those who would like to participate. This is a free event. For questions please contact MPO Mike Grant or MPO Tim Sisk at 540-727-3430.
Church Dinner
Mitchells Men of the Church BBQ Pork Dinner held in the Church Fellowship Hall from 5-7 p.m. Adults/$12, Children 6-12/$6. Located at 12229 Mitchells Road in Mitchells.
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.
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.
Night of Worship
Hosted by Pastors Eugene and Terry Logan. Gospel music by Micah Stampley. Starts at 7 p.m. at Providence Bible Church located at 17211 Greens Corner Road. $20/advance, $25 at the door. Portion of proceeds benefit SAFE. Visit www.freshwindoutreach.org or phone 540-829-9373
Mountain View Community Church’s Sermon topic “Be Contagious – Tell God’s Story.”
Join us at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. or 11 a.m. Children’s programs available for birth – 5th grade. Located at 16088 Rogers Road, behind Brusters Ice cream. Small groups also meet throughout the week. www.mountainviewcc.net 727-0297
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.comPamper Me Pink
Grab your friends for a night out at the 11th Annual Pamper Me Pink event held at Germanna’s Daniel Technology Center from 5-8:45 p.m. Prepare to be pampered with chair massages, hand wax treatments, food, music, door prizes, health education and more. RSVP at NovantHealthUVA.org/pampermepink
Families Overcoming Drug Addiction (FODA)
A support group serving families in Northern Virginia. Meet on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Culpeper Hospital Conference Room A/B. Access the room by entering hallway behind elevators in main lobby. Call for more information or just show up. Visit www.MyFodaFamily.org or contact Caroline at (540) 316-9221 or My FODAFamily@gmail.com
ETSU BLUEGRASS, OLD TIME, & COUNTRY MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM
On Tuesday, October 25, several of the top student performing groups from ETSU Bluegrass, Old Time, & Country Music Studies will perform at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, Virginia.
Founded in 1982 by Jack Tottle, Bluegrass, Old Time, & Country Music Studies at ETSU is the oldest established program of its kind at any four-year institution and boasts the world’s first bachelor of arts in Bluegrass, Old Time, & Country Music Studies.
Bands within the program are comprised of outstanding student performers, often with many years of experience accounted to each member. Over the course of the program’s history, student bands have performed at prestigious venues across the United States, as well as with bluegrass and country music luminaries such as Alison Krauss, Del McCoury, Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, and the late Porter Wagoner.
Tickets for the concerts are $10 and can be purchased in advance by contacting the Birthplace of Country Music Museum at (423) 573-1927. Tickets will also be available at the venue (520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA) the evening of the concert.
For more information, contact ETSU Bluegrass, Old Time, & Country Music Studies at (423) 439-7072.
http://www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/events/event/etsu-bluegrass-old-time-country-music-museum/Combined Neighborhood Watch
Culpeper Police Department will host its Combined Neighborhood Watch Group meeting at the Roscoe Ford Building located at 740 Old Brandy Road. (Police Department). The first guest speaker will be Margaret Kautz (Justice System Advocate) from SAFE. Major Chris Settle will talk about body worn cameras. Light refreshments. Door prizes. Contact Lt. Jeff Dodson at 540-829-5526
The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre presents The Bad Seed
(Warner Bros., 1956). Young Patty McCormack was Oscar nominated for her portrayal of Rhoda, a seemingly perfect grade schooler until she turns vicious when things don’t go her way. Her intensity along with the powerfully emotional playing of the film’s adult stars has made the “The Bad Seed” a cult favorite. Starts at 7:30 p.m. Free, at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre located at 19053 Mt. Pony Road in Culpeper. No reservations required. For info, call 202-707-9994.
Stage 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.orgThe Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre presents Pumpkinhead
(United Artists, 1988 R-rated). After a tragic accident that leaves his son dead, a man conjures up a towering, vengeful demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy a group of unsuspecting teenagers. No one under the age of 17 will be admitted without a parent or guardian. Starts at 7:30 p.m. Free, at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre located at 19053 Mt. Pony Road in Culpeper. No reservations required. For info, call 202-707-9994.
Reduced 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.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.
The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre presents Curse of the Were-Rabbit
(DreamWorks Animation/Ardman Animations, 2005). Wallace, a good-natured, eccentric cheese loving inventor (voiced by veteran actor Peter Sallis), along with his companion Gromit, a silent yet loyal and intelligent anthropomorphic dog, run a business ridding gardens of pests. Starts at 2 p.m. Free, at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre located at 19053 Mt. Pony Road in Culpeper. No reservations required. For info, call 202-707-9994.