Wednesday, May 7
10 a.m. - Meeting, Greater Lexington Newcomers Club , at Lexington Country Club, speaker will be Patti Cook of the Rockbridge Area Health Center; for more information, visit www.lexvanewcomers. org.
11:30 a.m. – Kickoff lecture for Mudd Center’s Leadership Lab series, featuring Ken Ruscio, Leyburn Library; visit the series webpage to register.
7:30 p.m. ‒ W&L’s Lenfest Center’s University Outreach & Engagement Series presents National Theatre Live’s “Fleabag,” W&L’s campus Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons.
Friday, May 9
5:30 p.m. – Mental Health Walk and other activities, food available for purchase, walk starts at 6, sponsored by RockbridgeArea Community Services, Jordans Park Park, Lexington.
6 p.m. – Dance performance, “Rooted in What Remains” presented by Halestone Dance Studio, Boxerwood Nature Center.
Saturday, May 10
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Goshen Volunteer
Fire Department’s Spring Fling, featuring yard sales, vendors, bounce house, games and food; to reserve a yard sale/vendor spot, visit the department’s Facebook page or call Katie at (540) 461-0727.
8 a.m. – Birding at Boxerwood with members of the Rockbridge Bird Club, bring binoculars and meet in the nature center parking lot; for more information or possible rain cancellation, visit Rockbridge Bird Club on Facebook or www.rockbridgebirdclub.org.
9 a.m. to noon – The County Council of Garden Clubs annual Spring Plant Sale, Hopkins Green.
11 a.m. – Barbecue chicken sale, $6 a half, Raphine Volunteer Fire Department carnival grounds.
5 p.m. - Mother’s Day barbecue chicken, chicken quarters are $8 and meals that include baked apples, potatoes, green beans and a beverage are $12, sold while supplies last, Goshen First Aid Crew.
6 p.m. – Dance performance, “Rooted in What Remains” presented by Halestone Dance Studio, Boxerwood Na-ture Center.
Sunday, May 11
2 to 4 p.m. – Mother’s Day relaxed celebration, Scavenger hunts, art making, garden meandering, fair weather only, no rain date, no program fee, donations welcome; Boxerwood Nature Center & Woodland Garden.
Wednesday, May 14
7 p.m. – William McCorkle, organ, and Michael McLaughlin, baritone, presenting François Couperin’s “Mass for the Parishes,” Lexington Presbyterian Church.
Tuesday, May 13
10:30 a.m. – Meeting, La Leche League, Grace Episcopal Church, Lexington.
Thursday, May 15
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Kitty-Care’s “Spring into Summer Fundraiser,” featuring plants, yard and garden items, pet items, home décor, and baked goods, plus a fiveitem raffle, Ben Salem Community Building on Forge Road.
5:30 p.m. – Free screening, “The Indelible Appalachians” and virtual Q&A with the director, sponsored by the MidMountain arts collective, Rockbridge Regional Library.
6 p.m. – Planning meeting for Relay for Life , Frank’s Pizza, Lexington; for more information, contact Robin Hartless Moore at (540) 460-4285.
Friday, May 16
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Kitty-Care’s “Spring into Summer Fundraiser,” Ben Salem Community Building on Forge Road.
4-8 p.m. – Open studio and puppet-making workshop, Mid- Mountain Retreat , 338 Arnolds Valley Road. Saturday, May 17 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Kitty-Care’s “Spring into Summer Fundraiser,” Ben Salem Community Building on Forge Road.
8 a.m. to noon – Lexington-Rockbridge Spring Shred Event , collecting up to five boxes of paper, any color, and file folders; Maury River Middle School; donations of canned pet food for the Rockbridge SPCAwelcomed.
10:30 to 11:30 a.m. ‒ Free program, “Culinary Herbs” with Master Gardener emerita Faith Vosburgh, sponsored by Master Gardeners; herb plants for sale after the talk, Piovano Room Rockbridge Regional Library.
Noon to 3 p.m. ‒ Native Plant Sale with perennials from Root 11 Native Plant Nursery, and featuring the Master Gardener plant clinic and compost coaches, along with Virginia Native Plant Society, Hopkins Green.
Noon to 6 p.m. – Fundraiser for the Greater Rockbridge County Skateboarding Coalition, “The Sound of Art,” at the Lexington skateboard park.
Sunday, May 18
2 p.m. - Historic Lexington Foundation’s Preservation Month program with Dan Pezzoni, “Wrapt in Deep Mystery: Native American Ritual Stone Construction in Rockbridge County,” Kendal at Lexington.
3 to 9 p.m. – “ Histories & Harmonies Hootenanny,” Mid-Mountain Retreat, 338 Arnolds Valley Road; for tickets visit midmountain. org/hoot.
Tuesday, May 20
6:30 p.m. ‒ Rockbridge Camera Club’s Shotluck Presentation, visitors welcome, Piovano Room, Rockbridge Regional Library.
