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
7 p.m. – Production, “Grease,” presented by RCHS Survey of Theater and Dance class, $8, RCHS auditorium; continues Friday and Saturday.
7:30 p.m. – Dance program, W&LRepertory Dance Company, Lenfest Center for the Arts; tickets required.
8 p.m. – Winter term concert, “reNEWal,” performed by the W&L University Orchestra, Wilson Concert Hall.
Friday, March 27
4 p.m. – Keynote address, “Leading Beyond Achievement” by Cliff Holekamp, part of W&L’s Alpha Circle of the Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor society spring induction ceremony, Grace Episcopal Church.
7:30 p.m. – Dance program, W&LRepertory Dance Company , Lenfest Center, tickets required.
Saturday, March 28 8 a.m. – Birding on the BV River Walk with members of the Rockbridge Bird Club, meet at the Glen Maury Park entrance.
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.
2 p.m. ‒ Dance program, W&L Repertory Dance Company , Lenfest Center, tickets required.
5 to 7 p.m. – Spaghetti supper, Faith Mountain Baptist Church, 270 Valley Pike, fundraiser for restoring roof of House Mountain Chapel; dinein or carry-out, by donation.
Sunday, March 29
3 p.m. – Easter egg hunt, Buena Vista Baptist Church, 2173 Chestnut Ave., bounce house, food, prizes and more, ages pre-K to fifth-grade.
Tuesday, March 31
5 p.m. – Talk, “More Than a Prop: Native Arts in Western American Painting and Sculpture,” by Adriana Greci Green, Northen Auditorium, Leyburn Library, W&L.
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.
4:30 p.m. – Author’s talk, Anna Gage Norton to discuss her forthcoming book, “On Nochaway,” a long-term photo- documentary project about her family’s efforts to reestablish the longleaf pine ecosystem on their ancestral farm in South Georgia, Pogue Auditorium, Marshall Library.
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.
Friday, April 3
7 p.m. – Bilingual English– Russian documentary reading performed by the Russian language students at W&L, “To Survive Mariupol,” featuring testimonials of Ukrainians who lived through the prolonged siege and heavy destruction by the Russians of the Ukrainian port city, at Stackhouse Theater.
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.
8 a.m. to noon – Happy spring flea market, Floyd-Davidson Post 126 American Legion, Buena Vista.
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.
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, Playreaders, young local musicians, and more, food and drinks available; for more information, go to thunderbridge. my.canva.site.
Tuesday, April 21
6:30 p.m. – Meeting, Rockbridge Camera Club, Piovano Room, Rockbridge Regional Library, visitors welcome.
Saturday, May 2
8:30 a.m. to noon – Valley of Virginia Herb Guild’s 25th annual Herb Sale , culinary, aromatic and medicinal, Sam Houston Auction Barn, 1386 Valley Pike.
9 a.m. — Kids Fun Run , open to preschoolers through eighth-graders, sponsored by the Friends of the Chessie Trail; for more information, go to friendsofthechessietrail.org.
10 a.m. – Road and River Relay, begins at the Rockbridge Regional Library and ends at Jordans Point Park; for more information or to download registration forms, visit lexvaroadandriverrelay.org.
Wednesday, May 6
6:30 p.m. – Premiere of student film “The Brownsburg Conversations, ” doors open at 6 for refreshments, Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons, W&L.
Tuesday, May 19
5:30 p.m. – Public author talk, “Matisse at War” by Christopher C. Gorham, George C. Marshall Foundation; to reserve seats, email Leigh McFaddin at [email protected] or call (540) 463-7103, ext. 138.
