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October 2016
Music on the Patio with Travis Elliott at DuCard Vineyards
Enjoy a beautiful Fall day on the patio with the talented music of local singer/songwriter Travis Elliott. Travis has a long history of alt-rock and melodic tunes to entertain fans from all over. Feel free to bring a picnic to enjoy with your delicious DuCard wines. No cover.
https://www.ducardvineyards.com/Music on the Patio with Travis Elliott at DuCard Vineyards
Enjoy a beautiful Fall day on the patio with the talented music of local singer/songwriter Travis Elliott. Travis has a long history of alt-rock and melodic tunes to entertain fans from all over. Feel free to bring a picnic to enjoy with your delicious DuCard wines. No cover.
https://www.ducardvineyards.com/Culpeper Downtown 8th Annual Restaurant Week
Culpeper Downtown 8th Annual Restaurant Week
October 10-16, 2016
Savor Culpeper and Take a Culinary Cruise During Culpeper Downtown Restaurant Week October 10-16
If you’ve been waiting for a special occasion to explore the robust and diverse mix of downtown Culpeper restaurants, you now have one: Culpeper Renaissance’s 8th Annual Restaurant Week.
Started by local restaurateurs in 2009, the event encourages diners to break out of typical work-week patterns and share a meal with family and friends at nine different downtown restaurants. With specially priced menu options — $30 per person includes a 3-course dinner of appetizer, entrée, and dessert — it’s a great excuse to revisit old favorites or try something new.
Locals Wanted! Call your favorite or perhaps a new downtown restaurant for hours of operation and to make your reservation. And start planning now, this is one culinary trip you won’t want to miss.
http://www.culpeperdowntown.com/restaurant-week.htmlAuction & Golf Tournament
The Ladies Golf Association is hosting a silent pink auction and golf tournament at the Country Club of Culpeper to benefit the Pamper Me Pink Fund at the hospital. Silent auction is Oct. 2-10 and the tournament is Oct. 10. The Pink Fund provides education and screening for people in the Culpeper area. The silent auction is open to the public from 5-7 p.m. Tues. thru Fri. Auction items welcome-contact Priscilla Hilton (540-547-4950). Hole sponsorships at $75 available-contact Joanne Durr (540-827-4814). Tournament is a 4-person captain’s choice at $100/person. Contact Priscilla or Joanne. Public welcome.
Health Expo- Art of Aging Together
Living well at any age. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Daniel Technology Center at 181211 Technology Drive. Set up by 8:30 a.m. Sponsorships available. Exhibitor spaces available. Showcase your product/service/business in Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock. For info, contact Dianna Banks at dbanks@agingtogether.org or 540-829-6405. Visit www.theartofaging.org
Anniversary Celebration at Early’s Carpet
Early’s Carpet Inc. has been serving the counties of Fauquier, Culpeper and Rappahannock for 50 years. Meet employees and family members. BBQ, ice cream and refreshments, door prizes from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Storewide discounts on all products. 14574 Lee Highway in Amissville. Phone 540-937-5500. Visit www.earlyscarpetinc.com
Culpeper Downtown 8th Annual Restaurant Week
Savor Culpeper and Take a Culinary Cruise During Culpeper Downtown Restaurant Week October 10-16
If you’ve been waiting for a special occasion to explore the robust and diverse mix of downtown Culpeper restaurants, you now have one: Culpeper Renaissance’s 8th Annual Restaurant Week.
Started by local restaurateurs in 2009, the event encourages diners to break out of typical work-week patterns and share a meal with family and friends at nine different downtown restaurants. With specially priced menu options — $30 per person includes a 3-course dinner of appetizer, entrée, and dessert — it’s a great excuse to revisit old favorites or try something new.
Locals Wanted! Call your favorite or perhaps a new downtown restaurant for hours of operation and to make your reservation. And start planning now, this is one culinary trip you won’t want to miss.
http://www.culpeperdowntown.com/restaurant-week.htmlAshby’s Gap, Paintings by Tom Neel
Tom Neel celebrates his 28th year by paying tribute to one of the most iconic Piedmont landmarks, Ashby’s Gap. This geographical gateway, is nestled softly in the Blue Ridge Mountains, bordered between Loudoun and Clark counties, traversed by U.S. Route 50 and crossed by the Appalachian Trail. But from a scenic and artistic perspective, it is a tranquil monument to life here, as settings of country life with it as a backdrop are numerous even from miles away.
Acclaimed for his landscape paintings of the Piedmont, fine artist Tom Neel brings this show, the first of its kind to singularly celebrate Ashby’s Gap to life. Hosted by The Hill School in Middleburg, his oil paintings will be featured in the Sheila C. Johnson Performing Arts Center with an opening reception Thursday, October 13th, 6:30PM
Http://liveanartfullife.com/eventsArt Happening
THE LOFT’s arts a’loft presents Borderlands Photography Exhibit celebrating the human form. Opening reception 6-9 p.m. Libations, food and music by Jordan Bryson. Show continues through Nov. 6. Ongoing Hours (Oct. 15 – Nov. 6.) Each Fri & Sat from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; each Sun – Noon to 5 pm. Located at 107b East Davis Street. Contact Patty Werick, culpeperloft@gmail.com, 202-669-5195, www.Culpeperloft.com
The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre presents “The Mad Miss Manton” (RKO, 1938).
Three years before Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda starred together in Preston Sturges’ screwball masterpiece “The Lady Eve,” they made this delightful and underappreciated entry in the comedy-mystery sub genre. A cartoon comedy short will be shown before the feature: “Porky in Egypt” (1938), and the Vitaphone Technicolor musical comedy “Swingtime in the Movies” (1938). Starts at 7:30 p.m. Free, at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater located at 19053 Mt. Pony Rd. in Culpeper, VA. No reservations required. For more information, call 202-707-9994.
The Havana Cuba All-Stars
The pulse of the Caribbean fills the air as Cuba’s most prominent musicians share their rich musical heritage, from the Rumba to the Cha-Cha-Cha to the Habanera. Journey to the land of white-sand beaches, swirling cigar smoke, and swinging music with the acclaimed Havana Cuba All-Stars. This exciting band brings the Cuban vibe to life with rhythmic drums and castanets, wailing trumpets, masterful acoustic guitar, and amazing vocals. Devoted to presenting the wide tapestry that exists in Cuban music — from Latin dance to soulful ballads — this concert presents the great musical traditions of the Cuban people. “The Asere Friendship Tour” is The Havana Cuba All-Stars’ debut U.S. tour and celebrates the new open friendship between the United States and Cuba. Bringing the musical traditions of their forefathers to the U.S. for the first time, the group’s Spanish vocals and traditional songs are sure to leave audiences dancing in the aisles.
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.comCar Wash Fundraiser
Culpeper Car Wash owners Tom Boyd and Steve Corbin will host The Culpeper Police Department and The Culpeper Volunteer Fire Department from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to help raise funds for the The Blue & Red Santa project. The owners will donate a percentage of car wash sales that day. Firefighters and police officers will be on site collecting donations for this community fundraiser.
Local radio station 103.1 WJMA & Classic Hits 95.3 & 105.5 Radio will be broadcasting live from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The public is encouraged to come and wash their car at Culpeper Car Wash, 618 Sperryville Pike in Culpeper to contribute to this great cause! see: http://www.facebook.com/CulpeperCarWash
Driving Tour
The Friends of Cedar Mountain Battlefield will lead a fall driving tour following the army of Major General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s approach to the Cedar Mountain Battlefield. Tour begins at 9 a.m. from the FOCMB Contact Station, located at 9465 General Winder Drive, Rapidan, and proceeds to Orange Courthouse making a number of stops. The tour continues north, visiting and traveling on original road traces, fords and the sight of the skirmish at Crooked Run Baptist Church. The tour concludes on the Cedar Mountain battlefield at 11:30 a.m. $10. Light snacks provided. Please dress appropriately for conditions. Visit www.friendsofcedarmountain.org, follow on Facebook or phone 540-727-8849.
Aldie Harvest Festival & Duck Race
This Village-wide festival celebrates its 52nd year with antiques, arts, and craft vendors; children’s activities; music; and food trucks/vendors. Free. Duck Race at 4 pm – prizes include $2000 cash and more.
www.aldieheritage/harvestfestCar Show
The Brandy Station Vol. Fire Dept. holds their annual Car, Truck, Tractor & Motorcycle Show at the Brandy Station Fire Station from 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. This will be held in conjunction with their Fire Prevention Open House. The Fire Station is located at 19601 Church Road, Brandy Station, Virginia. For more information: www.bsvfd.com.
Graves 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.
Meet The Moonshiner
Tim Smith from the Discovery Show “Moonshiners” will be at Belmont Farm Distillery for a “Meet and Greet” from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The sixth season of the Moonshiners begins airing on Nov. 15th on the Discovery Channel. Come see where the show was filmed. Tim will be glad to sign your bottle which you can purchase at the distillery. Food available and Steel Grey and Friends Band will be playing. Contact Jeanette Miller at jtmiller46@aol.com
Music on the Patio with Haze and Dacey at DuCard Vineyards
Come on out to the patio to enjoy the music of this acoustic duo as they play a variety of folk, alt-country, roots-rock, country-blues, and a hint of jazz and swing. We’ve got the wine if you’ve got the time, so make sure to be here to enjoy it with us! No cover.
https://www.ducardvineyards.com/Day of The Dead Dia de los Muertos
A celebration of life is a Mexican holiday that brings together communities to remember and celebrate loved ones who have passed. Latin Ballet of Virginia will hold free public dance workshops at 1:30 p.m. for children 11 and under and one at 2:45 p.m. for ages 12 and up. Participants will learn Merengue, Reggaeton, Flamenco, and typical celebratory dances. Pre-registration is encouraged but not required; contact vadunphy@gmail.com for information. Held at Eastern View High School forum at 7 p.m.