Thursday, March 19
Noon – Music at Noon concert series, Music for Lent, William McCorkle, organ, Lexington Presbyterian Church.
5:10 p.m. – Lecture, Dr. Daphne Miller, family physician and clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco, part of W&L’s Mudd Center for Ethics’ series, “Taking Place: Land Use and Environmental Impact,” Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons.
6 p.m. – Planning meeting for 2026 Relay for Life , Frank’s Pizza, Lexington; for more information, contact Robin Hartless at (540) 460-2485 or [email protected].
Friday, March 20 8 p.m. – W&L’s Cantatrici and the Glee Club winter choral concert, Wilson Concert Hall; will be livestreamed at https://go.wlu.edu/livestream.
Saturday, March 21 10:30 a.m. – Program, “Jump Starting Your Vegetable Garden,” Anita Tuttle, Master Gardener, discussing shortcuts for anyone who didn’t prepare their space last fall, sponsored by Rockbridge Area Master Gardeners, at Rockbridge Regional Library.
Noon to 4 p.m. - Fourth annual Rockbridge County Corn Hole Tournament, sponsored by Brownsburg Ruritan Club, at Whistle Hollow Farm, 65 Whistle Hollow Farm Road, Fairfield; $32 per team; registration starts at 10 a.m.; prizes $400 for first, $250 for second, $150 for third, and $100 for fourth.
2 to 4 p.m. – Open house, Paxton House, Glen Maury Park.
Tuesday, March 24 5:30 p.m. – Talk, “Earning Their Wings,” Dr. Sarah Parry Myers; the story of Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), George C. Marshall Foundation; to reserve seats, send email to Leigh McFaddin at [email protected] or call (540) 463-7103.
7 p.m. – Lecture by Tetiana Sylina, an award-winning Ukrainian journalist and senior editor at a leading Kyiv newspaper, Northen Auditorium, Leyburn Library, W&L.
Wednesday, March 25 5:30 p.m. – Meeting, Greater Lexington Newcomers Club, Rockbridge Innovation Center, 164 Greenhouse Road, social time starts at 5:30 p.m. with meeting at 6; Bill Kuhns will do a presentation on 3-D printing and its applications.
5:30 ‒ Lecture, “Artisans of Rockbridge County: Matthew Kahle” by Jeffrey Evans, Mason Taylor New Room, Payne Hall, W&L.
6 p.m. ‒ Discussion of the book “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written” by Walter Isaacson, Rockbridge Regional Library.
6:30 p.m. – Screening of
“KAMAL’s,” a feature-length food documentary, with a Q&A with the filmmakers Chef Kamal Hammouda and Laura Fendt, doors open at 6 for refreshments, Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons, W&L.
Thursday, March 26
8 p.m. – Winter term concert, “reNEWal,” performed by the W&L University Orchestra, Wilson Concert Hall.
Saturday, March 28 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Hoofbeats Therapeutic Riding Center volunteer training event, 662 Mount Atlas Road; for more information, call Carol Branscome at (540) 461-1512 or go to www. hoofbeats.com.
11 a.m. – Barbecue chicken sale, halves for $7, dinners with three sides and a roll for $12, Buena Vista Fire Department.
Thursday, April 2
4:15 to 5:15 p.m. – Public seminar, “Plastic is Convenient – At What Cost To Human Health?” with featured speaker Jaimi McPeek, RC State Theater 3.
6:30 p.m. – Buena Vista Fire Department bingo night, doors open at 5:15 p.m. and early bird bingo begins at 6:30 p.m.; food and drinks available.
Saturday, April 4 7:30 a.m. to noon – Kids Fishing Day, children 12 and under admitted free of charge, $6 after noon, $9 for visitors over 13, Natural Bridge State Park; for more information, visit www.virginiastateparks. gov/natural-bridge or call (540) 254-0795.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Effinger Community Easter Egg Hunt, with Easter Bunny and other activities, Collierstown Baptist Church.
Noon to 3 p.m. - Community Easter Festival, sponsored by Fincastle Baptist Church – Rockbridge Campus and Buena Vista Parks and Recreation, at Glen Maury Park.
1 to 5 p.m. – Rockbridge Bull & Oyster Fest, fundraiser for Rockbridge Area Health Center; tickets available at www. RockAHC.org; early bird tickets available through February.
Saturday, April 11 10 a.m. ‒ Wildflower walk on the Chessie Trail led by Virginia Native Plant Society members Peggy Dyson-Cobb and Jan Smith, rain date is April 18, sponsored by the Friends of the Chessie Trail; for more information, go to friendsofthechessietrail. org.
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Celebration of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, Natural Bridge State Park.
Thursday, April 16
5:30 p.m. – Author talk, “World War Zoos” by Dr. John M. Kinder, about zoos in Warsaw, London, Berlin, Rome, and Tokyo facing bombings, food shortages, and wrenching decisions about which species to save or cull, George C. Marshall Foundation; to reserve seats, email Leigh McFaddin at [email protected] or call (540) 463-7103, ext. 138.
Saturday, April 18 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ‒ Thunder BRidge Open Studios at former Natural Bridge Juvenile Correction Center, with 20 resident artist studios, six guest artists.
