Community Bulletin Board: Events

Events

Today

‘Henry IV Part 1’

Shenandoah University’s production of William Shakespeare’s “Henry IV Part 1,” opens today and runs through Sunday in the Glaize Studio Theatre. Performances are at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10 for adults and $9 for seniors.

For more information or to purchase tickets, contact 540-665-4569 or visit conservatoryperforms.org.

Evening of Shakespeare

Shenandoah Conservatory students will perform “An Evening of Shakespeare and Love” Friday at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, 901 Amherst St. Tickets are $5 and include gallery admission.

For more information, call 540-662-1473 or go to themsv.org.

Parents Night Out

Winchester Parks and Rec will offer its bi-annual Parents Night Out from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at the War Memorial Building in Jim Barnett Park. Cost is $15 for one child and $10 for each additional child ages 4 to 12 and includes dinner and activities.

For more information, call 540-662-4946.

Valentine’s sockhop

The Barns of Rose Hill, 95 Chalmers Court, Berryville, will have a Valentine’s Weekend Sockhop with Mike and The Cyclones at 8 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.

For more information, call 540-955-2004 or go to barnsofrosehill.org.

CLEAN benefit

Scarpa Alta, shoe boutique, 10 S. Loudoun St., Winchester will have a benefit for CLEAN from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday.

A portion of the sales will be donated to the nonprofit that works to promote a safe, healthy, drug-free community.

Chili dinner

The Henry & William Evans Home will have its 15th annual chili dinner from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday in the Braddock Street United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall.

Celebrity waiters will serve diners.

Advance tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for 12 and under. Tickets at the door are $1 more. Tickets are on sale at Bell’s Fine Clothing, Red Fox Creamery, Gaunt’s Drug Store, Grove’s Harley Davidson and the Evans Home office.

A Little Noon Music

The Friends of Handley Regional Library will present The Wise Maids for A Little Noon Music concert at 12:15 p.m. Friday in the Handley Library auditorium.

This group consists of Deirdre Cochran, Germaine Connolly, Sandy Lore, and Mary Mayhew.

For more information, call 540-662-6046, ext. 31.

Saturday

MSV Day

MSV Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, 901 Amherst St. Admission is free and includes gallery entry, children’s activities, and music.

For more information, call 540-662-1473 or go to themsv.org.

‘Spoken Soul’

Ray Crawford Jr. will perform a poetry and spoken word show, “Spoken Soul,” at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Shenandoah Arts Council 811 S. Loudoun St. The event is free and open to the public. Call 540-667-5166.

John Kirby Jazz Fest

The Coalition for Racial Unity will mark Black History Month with its annual John Kirby Jazz Fest from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Piccadilly’s Public House, 125 E. Piccadilly St.

The event will feature music by the Shenandoah Conservatory Jazz Sextet and SV Jazz. Tickets are $20 per person.

To purchase tickets, call the coalition at 800-708-6448 or The Laurel Center at 540-667-6160 and ask for Melissa Nilsen.

Dramatic reading contest

The Josephine School Community Museum, 303 Josephine St., Berryville will offer its annual Black History Month dramatic reading contest at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The free event will have second- to fifth-graders offer prepared readings of poetry, short stories, or other literature written by or about African-Americans.

For more information, call 540-955-5512 or go to jschoolmuseum.org.

Chicken-n-dumplin’ lunch

Stepping Stones Relay for Life Team will have a chicken-n-dumplin’ and chili luncheon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday a Boyce Fire Hall. A freewill offering will benefit the American Cancer Society.

Community fellowship dinner

Kernstown United Methodist Church, 3239 Valley Pike, will have a community fellowship dinner from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday. A freewill offering will be taken.

For more information, call 540-667-7298 or go to kernstownumc.org.

Tax-Aide

AARP Tax-Aide will offer free tax preparation Saturday at the senior center in Chet Hobert Park, 225 Al Smith Circle, Berryville. Sign-in runs from10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and is on a first come, first-served basis.

Barns, wildlife center fundraiser

Where’s Aubrey will perform for a fundraiser for the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center and the Barns of Rose Hill Saturday at the Barns, 95 Chalmers Court, Berryville. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. with a reception at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.

For more information, call 540-955-2004 or go to barnsofrosehill.org.

Country dance series

The Bluemont Country Dance series continues with an event at 8 p.m. Saturday at Hillsboro Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro. A beginners workshop starts at 7:30 p.m. This month’s band is Trio Tympanon. The cost is $10 per person and $7 for seniors, students, and Bluemont members.

Contact the Bluemont office at 540-955-8186 or email info@bluemont.org.

Movie showing

Magic Lantern Theater will show “Safety Not Guaranteed” at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Handley Library auditorium and at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Barns of Rose Hill, 95 Chalmers St., Berryville.

The Handley showing is free and open to the public. Donations accepted. The Barns showing is $5 and refreshments will be sold.

Three cynical Seattle reporters investigate an unusual classified ad and discover Kenneth, a mysterious eccentric, who claims to have solved the riddle of time travel. It is rated R and runs for an hour and 26 minutes.

Wayside Theatre fundraiser

A Suzuki Violin Play-In fundraiser for Wayside Theatre will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Espresso Bar & Café, 165 N. Loudoun St., Winchester.

Violin students will play their Suzuki repertoire, fiddle tunes, and other selections. Proceeds will benefit Wayside Theatre.

Pancake breakfast

A pancake breakfast will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Little Mountain United Methodist Church off Cedar Grove Road in Frederick County.

A free-will donation will be accepted. Call 540-667-0473 or540- 667-6786.

Sunday

Sea Chanters  change of venue

The performance of the U.S. Navy Sea Chanters has a change of venue to the Patsy Cline Theatre in John Handley High School, 425 Handley Blvd. The event begins at 1:50 p.m. Sunday. It is free and open to the public.

 

Monday

Spaghetti dinner

A spaghetti dinner will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Mt. Olive United Methodist Church, Hayfield.

Cost is $6 for adults and $4 for children for dine-in or take-out meals. Proceeds benefit the children’s church.

Tuesday

Pipe Organ Concert Series

Susan Foster, organist at Home Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. will perform at noon Tuesday at Braddock Street United Methodist Church in Winchester.

It is part of the Madeline Riley Lenten Pipe Organ Concert Series. A freewill offering will be taken to benefit the American Guild of Organists Convention Region 3 which will be held July 7 to 10 in Winchester.

The series will be held for five consecutive Tuesdays. Contact Judy Connelly at 540-667-3366 or judybconnelly@msn.com.

Wednesday

Black History lecture

Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown will offer “African Americans and Modern Jazz,” a free presentation by faculty member Curtis Morgan, at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Fairfax Hall room 315 as part of the college’s Black History Month lecture series.

Upcoming

Salvage Art

The deadline for the Habitat for Humanity Salvage Art Show and Auction is Feb. 22. Entry forms are available at Habitat ReStore, 1944 Abrams Creek Dr., call 540-662-7066 or go to habitatwfc.org.

Ongoing

‘Interculturality’

The Shenandoah Arts Council is celebrating Black History Month with “Interculturality,” an exhibit featuring three female African-American artists. The free exhibit runs through Feb. 27 at the gallery at 811 S. Loudoun St. Call 540-667-5166.

Art exhibit

Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury, is displaying an exhibit of artwork by resident Fred Zimmer through April 6 in the Lawrence Gallery.

Garden in the Valley

Registration is continuing for the Garden in the Valley symposium, sponsored by the Northern Shenandoah Valley Master Gardener Association.

Cost for the daylong event from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 16 at Shenandoah University is $45 and includes lunch.

Topics for the day include mow-free lawns; veggies, best varieties and practices for this area; incorporating edible landscaping, and what’s new in plants for 2013.

Visit nsvmga.org or email gwendydog@gmail.com.

Wayside production

Wayside Theatre’s production of “Smoke on the Mountain: Homecoming” continues through March 17 at the playhouse in Middletown.

The theater is experiencing financial difficulties and this could be the last production. Call 540-869-1776.

Barns exhibit

The Barns of Rose Hill, 95 Chalmers Court, Berryville, exhibit, “The John Leone Retrospective,” will run through Saturday.

It is free and open to the public. Contact 540-955-2004 or visit barnsofrosehill.org.

Cross stitch exhibit

“The Art of Cross Stitch” exhibit will be on display through February at the Virginia National Bank, 186 N. Loudoun St., Winchester.

Admission is free and open to the public during bank hours. Contact Nina Vassallo at moscownina@aol.com.

Art in the Halls

The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley’s Art in the Halls program features the artwork of Michael Timothy Davis of Shepherdstown, W.Va., through April 7.

Museum admission is not required to view the display.