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December 2016
Annual “Get Your Guests the Heck out of the House” Week
Our 9th year of being open that quiet week between Christmas and New Years – Dec. 26th-30th, 1-5 p.m. daily. Send your guests down to the Museum (half-price for all out of town guests – kids always free. Members and local residents are, as usual, free). Located at 113 S. Commerce St. 540-829-1749.
New Year’s Eve Extravaganza
Save the date! December 31st 2016
1st seating 5:30 – 6:30pm & 2nd seating 8:30 – 10:00pm
Join us for our annual New Year’s Eve Extravaganza. We will be offering our 5 course and Chef’s tasting menus featuring the finest of the season from the region. Our 1st seating is great for guests who want to be out and about later in the evening for travel, light showcases, and more. 1st seating 5 course ($98), chef tasting menu ($125). Our second seating is for our night owl’s who stay late to enjoy an included toast of champagne for Auld Lang Syne at midnight, and dance the night away in our new bar & lounge! 2nd seating 5 course ($115), chef tasting menu ($145), plus tax & gratuity.
Call 540.837.1375 or book your stay online for the final celebration of 2016!
January 2017
New Year’s Day Brunch
Start your 2017 off right with a gourmet brunch celebration at La Table Provencale!
Chef Steven Ferrell with present a brasserie-style 3 course brunch menu featuring the freshest ingredients of the season, from local farms to your table. Including a champagne toast to a great new year!
$55 per person
Call 540-837-1375 for reservations.
https://www.latableprovencale.com/virginia-wine-country-events.htmlVFW Post 2524 will resume Friday night bingo sessions
Doors open at 5 p.m., play starts at 6:45 p.m. Guaranteed $1,000 jackpot, regular games pay $100 if over 90 players. Only upstairs seating available, and the facility is non-smoking. For further information call 825-3424.
Documentary Film Screening of Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
This is the first film to be made about the incomparable Maya Angelou. The film presents her incredible journey, shedding light on the untold aspects of her life with remarkable unmatched access. This intimate and personal portrait of Dr. Maya Angelou’s life is a touching and moving tribute to her legacy.
Distinctly referred to as “a redwood tree, with deep roots in American culture,” Maya Angelou gave people the freedom to think about their history in a way they never had before. Dr. Angelou’s was a prolific life; as a singer, dancer, activist, poet, and writer she inspired generations with lyrical modern African-American thought that pushed boundaries.
The film premiered to critical acclaim at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. It won the Audience Award at AFI Docs and was featured at notable fests worldwide including Full Frame, Sheffield Docs, Boulder Film Fest, and Riverrun, winning 9 awards on 3 continents.
http://barnsofrosehill.org/event/maya-angelou-and-still-i-rise/The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre presents “Citizen Kane”
(RKO, 1941). Directed by and starring Orson Welles, this film tells the life story of Charles Foster Kane (Welles), a newspaper tycoon who gains immense wealth at the expense of the ones he loves. 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.
Library STEM Program
Full STEAM Ahead Saturday from 1-2:30 p.m. Sign up in advance. This monthly Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math program is for kids in 3rd-5th grade. This month the focus is on electricity, and kids will be working with the Library’s big Snap Circuits kits. 271 Southgate Shopping Center. Contact: Laini Bostian at 540-825-8691 or lbostian@cclva.org Visit www.cclva.org
13th Annual Off the Wall exhibition
Area high school students show us what they’ve got for year #13 of this highly anticipated competition. Visual Art, Poetry, Wearable Art and this year, sponsor Lockheed Martin is enthusiastic for our new category: Art & Technology! 3-d printing anyone? The exhibit will be open December 15 – January 20, 2017.
https://center-for-the-arts.org/Sneak Preview: Saving Place, Saving Grace Documentary & Filmmaker Reception
Catch the screening of the locally filmed and produced documentary – Saving Place, Saving Grace – before it airs on PBS’s WVPT! Learn about the Holy Cross Abbey’s struggle to sustain their community and 1,200 acre farm.
Narrator Martha Teichner (from CBS Sunday Morning), the monks, and others tell the story of the delicate balance of how theology meets ecology, leaving viewers thinking about their call to action with hope for the future.
Following the film, there will be a reception with the filmmakers George Patterson and Deidra Dain.
http://barnsofrosehill.org/event/sneak-preview-saving-place-saving-grace-documentary-reception/Michael Clem Band Birthday Show at Jammin Java
For the past twenty-five years, Michael Clem has been playing bass, singing and writing songs for the national touring act he co-founded, Eddie from Ohio. Over that time, EFO amassed a sizeable grassroots following, released nine CDs (all independently) & collected numerous Washington Area Music Association Awards. In the past seven years, with the band slowing down, Clem relocated from Northern Virginia to Charlottesville, VA where he’s established quite a foothold in its vibrant musical scene, from session work to bluegrass gigs to forming his own acoustic trio.
Ten years after his first solo album, Clem released his better-late-than-never sophomore album “Fifty Clementines” of thirteen previously unreleased songs in Jan 2016.
Recorded at the Charlottesville JLM Studios and co-produced with James McLaughlin, Clem brought in 30 friends from all over Virginia – among them: Ellis Paul, Terri Allard, Katherine Caine, Rusty Speidel – to contribute their amazing talents, to this unique and purely CLEM album.
Clem debuted FIFTY CLEMENTINES in two sold out shows. And now…The Special Birthday Shows are happenin’ again.
On Jan 7, they will perform at Jammin Java in Vienna.
“Fifty Clementines…it’s classic Clem – variety of styles, stories, and
instruments – each song offering its own unique blend of
instrumentation.” -Julie Murphy Wells, lead singer of Eddie from Ohio
The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre presents “Fargo”
(Gramercy, 1996 – R-rated). Produced, directed, written, and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen, this film is a dark comedy set in snowy Minnesota that follows a quirky cast of characters, including a pregnant police officer (Frances McDormand), a manager of a car dealership (William H. Macy), and two hired criminals, involved in the committing and investigating of a crime. 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 Theater located at 19053 Mt. Pony Rd. in Culpeper, VA. No reservations required. For more information, call 202-707-9994.
Mountain View Community Church’s Sermon Topic “Game Plan – Fundamentals of the Game.”
Service times at 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. Live Stream available at 10 a.m. via our website www.mountainviewcc.net. Children’s programs available for birth – 5th grade. Located at 16088 Rogers Road, behind Brusters Ice Cream. Small groups also meet throughout the week. Contact 540-727-0297
The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre presents “The Princess Bride”
(20th Century-Fox, 1987). A grandfather reads a fairy tale to his sick grandson about stable boy-turned-pirate Westley and his journey to rescue his true love Buttercup from the evil Prince Humperdinck. Starts at 2 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 American Song: Benjamin Curtis & Dan Miller
Benjamin Curtis (baritone) and Dan Miller (pianist) will perform “The American Song” – a tribute to the wonderful sounds and styles of American music including the popular genre – the Golden Musical.
The program features a variety of songs by American composers including Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, Lee Hoiby, and Andrew Thomas as well as great musical favorites from Richard Rodgers and Frederick Loewe.
http://barnsofrosehill.org/event/american-song-benjamin-curtis-dan-miller/Blue Ridge Chorale Rehearsals Begin
The Blue Ridge Chorale begins their rehearsals for their Spring concerts at 6:30 p.m. at Open Door Baptist Church, 754 Germanna Hwy, Culpeper. The concerts will be held in April and May and will have lots of fun and recognizable music from such musicals as, “Oklahoma,” “The King and I,” “The Sound of Music” and many more. We are open to all, no audition necessary, just a love of singing. Come early the first night to register and meet everyone. For more information, call 540-219-8837 or go to www.brcsings.com.
Farm & Fun Time ft. Luke Bell, The Farmer & Adele
According to RollingStone, Wyoming native Luke Bell “plays classic honky-tonk with a wink and a yodel that summons the sleeping ghosts of country better than any voodoo spell ever could.”
Nashville’s The Farmer & Adele bring country-western cowboy swing and high lonesome together in a way that hearkens back to the heyday of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers.
Hosted by Kris Truelsen and featuring live advertisements written by house band Bill & the Belles, the program also features the Appalachian Sustainable Development Farm Report with Corbin Hayslett, an heirloom recipe segment that’s more storytelling than instruction, and much more!
Radio Bristol Presents: Farm & Fun Time is a revival of WCYB radio’s Farm & Fun Time show which broadcast live from a studio inside the General Shelby Hotel in downtown Bristol. In the 1940s through the early 1960s Farm & Fun Time was an important program in the history of early bluegrass music and helped to establish the careers of legendary performers including Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers, Jim and Jesse McReynolds, Mac Wiseman, and many more.
http://www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/events/event/farm-fun-time-ft-luke-bell-farmer-adele/The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre presents “The Spanish Dancer”
(Paramount, 1923). Set in early 17th-century Spain, the story of this humorous costume drama follows gypsy singer Maritana (Pola Negri) and her lover, penniless nobleman Don César de Bazan (Antonio Moreno), as they become enmeshed in court intrigue. Live musical accompaniment provided by Bernie Anderson making his Packard Campus Theater debut. 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.
VFW Post 2524 Bingo
Doors open at 5 p.m., play starts at 6:45 p.m. Guaranteed $1,000 jackpot, regular games pay $100 if over 90 players. Only upstairs seating available, and the facility is non-smoking. For further information call 825-3424.
The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre presents “East is West”
(Associated First National, 1922). Silent film comedienne Constance Talmadge stars as Chinese maiden Ming Toy who is about to be sold into slavery when she’s rescued by handsome young American Billy Benson. Restored nitrate film introduced by the Institute’s silent film curator, Elif Rongen-Kaynakci and live musical accompaniment provided by Bernie Anderson. 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 Music of Simon & Garfunkel Performed by Swearingen & Kelli
Swearingen & Kelli recreate the music, memories and magic of the most famous folk-rock duo of our time, Simon and Garfunkel.
AJ Swearingen has been performing this music for twenty years with mastery of Paul Simon’s intricate guitar playing. His deep baritone blends perfectly against Jayne Kelli’s angelic vocals, which invoke a true sound in the spirit of Art Garfunkel. The duo has been performing music together since 2010. Together and separately they have shared the stage with Kenny Rogers, Crystal Gayle, Livingston Taylor, John McCutcheon and many more.
Two voices in perfect harmony balanced against one acoustic guitar delivers a true tribute to the sound of the 1960’s Greenwich Village, NY coffeehouse performances.
http://barnsofrosehill.org/event/the-music-of-simon-garfunkel-performed-by-swearingen-kelli/