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April 2015
Desert Rose Wine Maker Dinner at Marriott Ranch
Virginia Wine Maker Dinner at Marriott Ranch in Hume, Virginia. Enjoy a gourmet five course meal paired with select Desert Rose Wines. $109.00pp +tax Call 540-364-2627 for reservations. www.marriottranch.com
February 2016
Belmont Portrayed Juried art show
Juried exhibition of artwork depicting the historic Belmont buildings, grounds and gardens. Included with museum admission. Fredericksburg. Image by Casey Alan Shaw.
http://garimelchers.umw.edu/news/calendar-of-events/JP Jofre and the Hard Tango Chamber Band
4 p.m. at the Castleton Festival Theatre House (664 Castleton View Road, Castleton VA) – 866.974.0767 – www.CastletonFestival.orgJP Jofre. Jofre will be joined by the Hard Tango Chamber Band: violinist Eric Silberger, cellist Amy Kang, double bassist Chris Johnson, pianist Siyi Fang, and Argentinian guest pianist Pablo Cafici. The centerpiece of the program is Jofre’s “Tango Movements,” described by the San Jose Mercury Sun as “sweepingly romantic, elegantly crafted and rhythmically charged.” The Hard Tango Chamber Band will also play several pieces by Astor Piazzolla, the originator of nuevo tango and “the world’s foremost composer of tango music” according to American music critic Stephen Holden.
March 2016
Country breakfast
The Jefferson Ruritan Club together with the Jeffersonton Community Center will hold its monthly all-you-can-eat Country Breakfast from 8-11 a.m., at the Jeffersonton Community Center, 5073 Jeffersonton Rd., Jeffersonton (Rts. 802 & 621 off Rt. 229). Menu will include eggs, pancakes, sausage, bacon, fried apples, biscuits & gravy, pastries, orange juice & coffee. Cost is $8 for adults, $5 for children 6-12 and under 6 free. Carry-out available. All are welcome. For info, call 937-5119 or go to www.jeffersonvaruritanclub.org.
Ulster Historical Foundation Lecture Tour
The Thomas Balch Library will host an all-day workshop on Irish and Scots-Irish family history research. The workshop is part of the Ulster Historical Foundation Lecture Tour and is sponsored by the Friends of the Thomas Balch Library.Family history research experts Fintan Mullan and Gillian Hunt with the Ulster Historical Foundation in Belfast will introduce participants to a variety of Irish historical research resources, including records related to churches, land valuations and transactions, registry deeds, emigration and schools. Researchers investigating Irish ancestors may know the difficulty of finding records due to the destruction of the Irish Public Record Office in 1922. Not all records were destroyed, many have survived, and several large collections have come online in recent years. Experts Mullan and Hunt will share strategies for breaking down brick walls, important historical context that may help fill in gaps in your research, and how to get the most out of Irish resources and records.
Starr Hill Presents: An Evening with Joan Baez
Joan Baez has been as busy as ever in the five years since she celebrated the landmark years of 2008-2009, the 50th anniversaries of her legendary residency in 1958 at the famed Club 47 in Cambridge, and her subsequent debut at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival. In addition to multiple tours of the US and abroad, the recent past has included the induction of Joan’s 1960 debut Vanguard LP by the National Recording Academy into the Grammy® Hall Of Fame and the presentation to her of the inaugural Joan Baez Award for Outstanding Inspirational Service in the Global Fight for Human Rights at Amnesty International’s 50th Anniversary gathering in 2012. http://www.theparamount.net/2015/starr-hill-presents-an-evening-with-joan-baez/
Christophe Vorlet: Works on Paper
“Christophe Vorlet: Works on Paper” will run from March 11 till April 10 with an opening reception on Friday, March 11 from 5 – 7 p.m. Vorlet is well known for his illustrations that have been in most every major magazine and newspaper from the New York Times to the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek. This show will feature multi panel works consisting of different views of an elephant. These were inspired by the classic story “Blind Men and an Elephant” in which a group of blind men are asked to describe an elephant, but since each one investigates only a part of it, from the tusk to the leg to the tail, their descriptions vary wildly and there is widespread disagreement. A timely story, Vorlet calls these works “United Points of View”. The gallery is located at 841 Wolf Trap Road in Charlottesville and is open 1 – 5 Thursday through Sunday 1 – 5 and by appointment. 434-973-5566 and www.LesYeuxduMonde.com
www.LesYeuxduMonde.comLAC Youth Theatre
LAC Youth Theatre returns! This play is different from any other. The sweeping tale takes place in 1860s Russia, where czars were required to marry women of royal blood. Prince Alexi tries in vain to choose from several young empresses. He encounters Anya, a peasant of the streets, who rocks his world and changes his life. Throw in some comic thugs, hilarious plots, a surprising secret about Anya and you’re in for a real surprise! March 11, 12, 2016– 7:30p.m., March 13, 2016– 2:00p.m. http://louisaarts.org/haley-cooketheatre.htm
Special Winter Opening of Granite Heights tasting room for a Vertical Tasting of our Lomax Reserve over 5 vintages
March 12, 2016 2-5pm Special Winter opening of Granite Heights tasting room. Join us for Vertical Flight wine tasting of 4-5 vintages of Lomax Reserve Red at Granite Heights Winery with light fare to accompany it on. Details on cost to follow but we will require RSVP’s as space is limited and the event will require a minimum of 10 RSVP’s to take place.
Regular tastings will be available as well with discounts for combined tastings and flight. Discounts will apply to case club members. Details will also be found on the website and face book so be sure to like us on face book to get updates on this.
Granite Heights Winery
8141 Opal Road
Warrenton, VA 20186
540-349-5185
www.graniteheightswinery.com