Share Reception & Opening for “Off the Walls” Art Exhibit – Art by Cortney Skinner. Art is “Off the Walls” through June with artist Cortney Skinner. Join us for the Stone Soup reception & opening Sat, May 13th and meet the artist. Event Date: Saturday 8th of May 2010 03:00 PM Location/Address: Stone Soup Books [...]
Share Poetry reading & signing with George Hobson author of “Rumours of Hope” Join us for a reception and book signing for priest, poet, and photographer George Hobson! Now living and serving in Paris, he will be visiting with us for one day only, and will have available copies of his book, “Rumours of Hope.” [...]
Share “A Southern Series” Book Discussion of “Oral History” by Lee Smith Join us for a fun, informative book discussion. On our final book of this Southern Series, we will be joined by guest speaker, Chris Gray, a radical anthropologist exploring the south with special emphasis on the book by Shirley Abbott, “Womenfolks: Growing up [...]
Share History Book reading & discussion with Alice Faintich book editor, production manager and daughter of author of “The Ice Road”, Stefan Waydenfeld Alice Faintich, a book editor and production manager, will present stories from her father’s book, “The Ice Road,” a gripping account of his experiences as a boy in a Stalinist labor camp [...]
Share Kid’s Avenue Book Signing & Reading – Becky Mushko author of “Ferradiddledumday”, an Appalachian Rumplestiltskin Come join us for this fun reading – a new spin on an old story! “Becky Mushko’s retelling of the European folk tale Rumpelstiltskin brings a new world perspective to the old story, illuminating the frontier setting with a [...]
ShareShipman Nelson County, Virginia As predicted, thunderstorms developed Sunday afternoon across Central Virginia. Some of those storms briefly reached severe limits, and for a short period of time parts of Nelson County were under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Only isolated thunderstorms popped just before dark Sunday and most of the activity diminished after sunset. Look [...]
ShareWintergreen/Nellysford Nelson County, Virginia The folks over at Wintergreen Winery opened their newest event facility this past weekend, The Verandah. We told you about it here in our April 2010 printed issue of Nelson County Life Magazine. Even with rainy skies a threat, no worries! The band just moved under the covered porch and kept [...]
ShareNear Greenfield/Afton Nelson County, Virginia Rescue crews worked another auto accident on Route 151 Sunday afternoon just days after a serious wreck a short distance south of that location last week. Few details are known as of this post, but some witnesses emailed reporting people being transported by ambulance. Traffic was clogged on Route 151 [...]
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia The night kicked off with a champagne reception & hors d’oeuvres as Wintergreen Performing Arts held its annual Magic Of Music Ball at Veritas Vineyard & Winery. This year’s theme was A Night In Old Vienna. Our Paul Purpura was there to grab shots at this year’s gala! The night continued [...]
ShareRoseland Rescue Squad will hold their open house on Saturday May 22, from 10a – 2pm. Pegasus will be there! Tour the new addition to our building, have hot dogs and drinks. Tattoos for the kids. Fun for the whole family. For additional information call 434.277.5911 Event Date: Saturday 22nd of May 2010 10:00 AM [...]
