Bring your lawn chairs or a blanket and join us the last Friday of the month, May – August from 6:00-8:00pm on the NSLM lawn for live music. Concessions and cash bar available. Also enjoy free admission to our museum! The August 31st concert will feature the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra, playing classical and show tunes favorites, and is in partnership with Middelburg Community Charter School, Sky Meadows State Park, George Mason Alumni Association, and the Foxcroft School. No rain date. No outside alcohol.

Radio Bristol Premieres Folk Soul Revival’s new album with an intimate album release concert at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased on the Birthplace of Country Music website. A modern band rooted in old-school southern sounds, Folk Soul Revival whips up its own version of amplified Americana on the band’s self-titled fourth record.

The Byrne Gallery is proud to present Sanctuaries, an exhibition of expressive landscape paintings by Jacquelyn Jouvenal. The exhibit will begin on Saturday, September 1st and continues through Sunday, September 30th. There will be a reception for the artist on Saturday, September 8th, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. It is open to the public and everyone is cordially invited to attend. The Byrne Gallery is located at 7 West Washington Street in Middleburg, Virginia. Gallery hours are Monday and Tuesday by appointment only, Wednesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Contact the Byrne Gallery for more information at (540) 687-6986.

Join us for a free sketching session in the Museum! Artists of all ages are invited to sketch alongside local artist Ruth Anna Stolk. Materials are provided.
Please contact Anne Marie Paquette, the Clarice & Robert H. Smith Educator, to register for this program: APaquette@NationalSporting.org, (540) 687-6542 ext. 25

Come out to Narmada Winery to enjoy relaxing with great wines and music during your long Labor Day Weekend. Play a fun game of cornhole or badminton and listen to live music!

Four Ballets, One Year, One Painter
Works by Web Bryant

Exhibit Dates: September 5-October 31

Manassas Ballet Theatre is a local treasure, the largest professional ballet company in Northern Virginia. Web Bryant spent an entire year observing, sketching and painting these extraordinary dancers. His works in oils and pastels encompass all four ballets in the troupe’s 2017-2018 season, including rehearsals, performances, and candid backstage moments. Before turning to fine art, Bryant was a senior illustrator at USA Today for 30 years. He teaches at the Yellow Barn Studio at Glen Echo Park and is a member of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters. Meet the artist at the reception September 22, 7-9 pm, and enjoy a brief excerpt from the Manassas Ballet Theatre’s production of Dracula.

About the Center for the Arts:
Greater Manassas/Prince William County sponsors theatrical productions for children and adults, teaches arts classes, promotes visual arts and provides community outreach programs for local youth. Founded in 1984 by a group of artists and art lovers, the Center aims to enrich the quality of life in the Northern Virginia suburbs through arts performance and education. A theater, an art gallery and classrooms are located in the historic Candy Factory building in Old Town Manassas, at 9419 Battle Street.

Join us in welcoming the 2018 Polo Classic players to Middleburg!
Greenhill Winery & Vineyards will host a “Meet the Players” event on Thursday, September 6 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Wine & Hors d’Oeuvres(Cash Bar)
RSVP by September 4 – Visit greenhillvineyards.com/reservations and search by date.
This event features a Polo Fashion Preview in partnership with some of our local sponsors!

Kick off oyster season and join us for the first-ever oyster bar at Veramar, hosted al fresco in the Gazebo overlooking the magnificent Blue Ridge Mountains and acres of vineyards!

Chef Cheryl Ashe, the “culinary gangster” extraordinaire of Sweet NOLA’s Southern Food Lounge, will be preparing locally-sourced oysters that you’ll love!
Each ticket includes a half-dozen oysters, and we’ll have the perfect wines for pairing with these delicious east-coast delicacies available for purchase at the oyster bar.

Plus, we’ll have live music to get you in that seaside spirit as you sip and savor the bounty of the sea!

In fact, oysters are one of the Fabulous Flavors of Virginia, one of those local delicacies that makes our beautiful state such a wonderful place to explore! Just like wine, oysters come in all different flavors and sensations depending on the region, so there’s always more to explore. Click here to learn more about what makes oysters so awesome!

Reservations are required by September 3, and you must be 21 years old or older to participate. Each time slot lasts for one half hour. This event will go on rain or shine. We are unable to refund tickets for this event

Discover how the Marine Corps Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) robots function and try your hand at operating one. Talk to Marine Corps robotics experts. Crafts and hands-on activities will be available.

Have you ever seen someone “riding sideways”? In celebration of NSLM’s newest exhibition, Sidesaddle, NSLM will host reenactors demonstrating sidesaddle riding in colonial attire and antique tack. Meet the riders, and see examples of women athletes riding in 4 centuries of art! Free admission to the demonstration AND the Museum galleries, fun for all ages.

Elegance, power, and grace come to life in the artwork on exhibition in Sidesaddle, 1690-1935. Women athletes and amateurs across time adapted to changing tack technology and social mores to join the hunt field and competitive races alike. On September 14th join cocurator Dr. Ulrike Weiss, Lecturer at the University of St. Andrews and 2016 John H. Daniels Fellow, to learn more about the fascinating history of women equestrians in early modern art. 6:00 p.m. Reception. Galleries will be open to view the exhibition. 7:00 p.m. Talk presented by Dr. Ulrike Weiss.
$10 admission, free to NSLM members. RSVP to Anne Marie Paquette, the Clarice & Robert H. Smith Educator, at 540 687 6542 x25, APaquette@NationalSporting.org

Old fashioned family fun at a “Green” Country Fair featuring traditional crafts (juried), local art & authors, craft & farming demonstrations, music: traditional, blues & country, free Children’s Fair, farm animals, Llamas & Alpacas, Quilt Display, Historical Encampment and Indian Village, blacksmithing, wagon rides, homemade food, pie-baking/pickle-making contest, antiques & collectables, local wine-tasting, breweries & gourmet treats, Historic Slide Show, beekeepers & hives, antique caboose, pre-Civil War Country Store, Farmers Market, and more, set in historic village in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. September 15 and 16, 2018. www.bluemontfair.org or 540.554.2367.

Join attorney Andrew Lindsey in supporting our troops at the Cobbler Mountain Cellars 5k and 1-Miler on Saturday, September 15th in Delaplane, Virginia. The local reckless driving attorney is excited to sponsor a race which benefits Operation Turbo, a nonprofit that sends care packages to active duty soldiers at home and overseas. Enjoy a day of competitive fitness and fun with friends or family and after the race enjoy a complimentary cider tasting at the brewery. Click here to register for the Cobbler Mountain Cellars 5k and 1-Miler.

Can’t wait to get a look at NSLM’s newest exhibition, Sidesaddle, 1690-1935? Join cocurator Dr. Ulrike Weiss, Lecturer at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and 2016 John H. Daniels Fellow, for an informal tour of the show with special focus on social changes and the role of women in art and in the field. This program offered in partnership with Middleburg Common Grounds. 10:00 Coffee reception; 10:30 Tour with Dr. Ulrike Weiss. $5 admission, free to NSLM members. RSVP to Anne Marie, the Clarice & Robert H. Smith Educator, at 540 687 6542 x25, APaquette@NationalSporting.org

Twilight Polo celebrates its Silver Anniversary in 2018! Since 1993, Twilight Polo has bought the community together to watch fast paced arena polo here at Great Meadow.
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Join us at Greenhill Stadium in The Plains, VA Saturday nights for Twilight Polo at Great Meadow! We will have THREE polo matches and halftime games for kids and adults. The evening will conclude with dancing in the pavilion after the matches!

Arena polo is like hockey on horseback! It is fast paced and easy to watch, even if you’ve never seen polo before.

General admission seating is on our lush grass berm overlooking the Greenhill Stadium. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs to set up a comfortable seat for the game. There will be food and wine available for purchase on site. You are welcome to bring a picnic and drinks if you like.

Watch polo, drink wine, and dance the night away. Gates open at 5:30 PM, the first match starts at 6:00 PM with dancing in the pavilion following the final feature match at 8:00 PM.

HIYH is a program for visitors of all ages who are blind or have low vision. HIYH is an opportunity to interact with the collections through tactile exploration of selected objects, and through verbal description, tactile graphics, and other materials for artifacts that cannot be touched. Trained Museum volunteers and Visitor Services staff lead these events.

There is no fee for this program, but preregistration is required. Registration for the monthly program closes 1 week prior to the event. To register for the monthly program, contact Scott Gardiner at 703-432-8455, email scott.gardiner@usmcu.edu.

Join NSLM and author Alastair Jackson for a presentation on his newest publication, Lady of the Chase, The Life and Hunting Diaries of Daphne Moore. Longtime reporter in Horse and Hound, the elegantly turned-out Moore lived on a shoe-string budget, following the hounds and reporting on hunting characters from the 1930s to the 80s. In addition to her professional hunting reports she wrote- and illustrated- these personal hunt diaries. Alastair Jackson, the retired Director of the British Masters of Foxhounds Association, compiled the previously undiscovered hunting diaries of Daphne Moore, making them available to the public for the first time. $10 admission, free to NSLM members. Copies available for purchase at the event. RSVP to Anne Marie Paquette, the Clarice & Robert H. Smith Educator, APaquette@NationalSporting.org, 540 687 6542 x25.