Wednesday, Sept. 23
6 p.m. – Social event and open house, VFW Post 1499, with drinks and appetizers, showcasing renovated space, for prospective members and their spouses along with the community at large; RSVP to (540) 460-2849.
11:50 a.m. ‒ “ACelebration of New Books,” a public reading with Chris Gavaler, professor of English, and Lesley Wheeler, the Henry S. Fox Professor of English, Northen Auditorium, Leyburn Library, W&L.
Friday, Sept. 25
7:30 p.m. ‒ Play, “Our Town,” doors open at 7 p.m., Performing Arts Center, SVU; tickets available at Eventbrite. com.
Saturday, Sept. 26
7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Vesuvius Heritage Day, with yard and bake sale and food at Emory United Methodist Church, Vesuvius.
9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Brownsburg Run of the Mill 5K, a scenic run, jog, walk or stroll from Brownsburg toWades Mill; registration at 9:30 a.m. at Wades Mill, race starts at 11 a.m.; $20 in advance, $25 on the day; information and registration at https://www.brownsburgva. com/2026-run-of-the-mill; email questions to bca24415@gmail. com.
10 a.m. – Hawk-Watching at Harvey’s Knob with Rockbridge Bird Club, non-members welcome, meet at Harvey’s Knob Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway at mile marker 95.5; bring binoculars and snacks; for more information or an iffy weather update, visit www.rockbirdclub.org or Rockbridge Bird Club on Facebook.
10 to 11:30 a.m. ‒ Rockbridge Conservation and Rockbridge Cider Vinegar host an Agroecological homestead tour of the orchards and vinegar brewery located in Collierstown to register, email director@ rockbridgeconservation.
org.
; 2 to 4 p.m. – Effinger Volunteer Fire Department’s 50
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anniversary celebration, with special ceremony at 4 p.m. honoring the charter members and how the department came to be, food will be available, Effinger firehouse.
7:30 p.m. ‒ Play, “Our Town,” doors open at 7 p.m., Performing Arts Center, SVU; tickets available at Event-brite. com.
Sunday, Sept. 27
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Fall Festival, Union Baptist Church in Glasgow, vendors, food and car show.
Noon to 3 p.m. – Chill on the Hill, a fundraiser for Rockbridge Area Habitat for Humanity, at Great Valley Farm Brewery and Winery.
Monday, Sept. 28
7:30 p.m. – Opening rehearsal for the Rockbridge Chorus’ Dec. 5 Holiday Concert
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new singers welcome, Lexington Presbyterian Church; for more information, call (540) 460-9650.
7:30 p.m. ‒ “In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat,” the one-man show created and performed by actor, playwright and director Roger Guenveur Smith, Lenfest Center, W&L; tickets are required.
Tuesday, Sept. 29
8 to 9 a.m. – Reading Club Breakfast, presented by DeLaney Center, featuring film director/ producer Frederick Murphy in a discussion entitled, “Backward Glances at Our Future: Excerpts from Echoes of the Forks of Cypress,” Gin Hotel on Main Street, with pastries, beverages, and video clips, free.
Noon to 1 p.m. – DeLaney Dialogue with Frederick Murphy, entitled “Film as A Pathway to Healing,” presented by the DeLaney Center, at W&L’s Watson Pavilion, includes buffet lunch and excerpts from “Echoes of the Forks of Cypress,” Murphy’s documentary about anAlabama plantation,” free; for more information, visit https://my.wlu. edu>delaney-center.
4 p.m. – Illustrated talk on Virginia’s wilderness areas, by Lacey Dean and Laura Neale of the Virginia Wilderness Committee, Kendal Hall, Kendal.
Wednesday, Sept. 30
5 to 7 p.m. ‒ Rockbridge Conservation hosts Conservation Happy Hour at Heliotrope Brewery, an informal evening of connection and conversation.
Thursday, Oct. 1
7 p.m. ‒ VMI’s Center for Leadership and Ethics to host the Steamboat Institute Campus Liberty Tour Debate “Be it resolved: America benefits from the end of the rules-based international order,” featuring retired U.S. Army Col. Douglas Macgregor and Hal Brands, Gillis Theater, Marshall Hall.
7:30 p.m. ‒ Play, “Our Town,” doors open at 7 p.m., Performing Arts Center, SVU; tickets available at Eventbrite. com
Friday, Oct. 2
7:30 p.m. ‒ Play, “Our Town,” doors open at 7 p.m., Performing Arts Center, SVU; tickets available at Eventbrite. com Saturday, Oct. 3
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Apple Day, Jackson House Museum, free.
10 a.m. to noon ‒ Rockbridge Conservation hosts the Fall Chessie Trail Bike Ride, free, ride starts at the Old Buena Vista Road trailhead, continues to the metal bridge near Stuartsburg Road, then returns.
7:30 p.m. ‒ Play, “Our Town,” doors open at 7 p.m., Performing Arts Center, SVU; tickets available at Eventbrite. com
Sunday, Oct. 4
3 p.m. – Hymn sing to benefit the maintenance of the Fairfield Cemetery, Fairfield Presbyterian Church, refreshments to follow.
3:30 to 5:30 p.m. – Dances for universal peace, all dances are taught so no experience necessary, free but donations accepted to pay for the musicians’ gas money, Halestone Dance Studio.
Tuesday, Oct. 6
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. – Palestine Teach-In, with featured speaker Del. Sam Rasoul, sponsored by 50 Ways for Palestine, Rockbridge Regional Library.
7:30 p.m. – Dance performance, “Ailey II,” Keller Theatre, Lenfest Center; for more information, and to purchase tickets, go to https://my.wlu.edu/ lenfest-center/ailey-ii
Saturday, Oct. 10
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mountain Day in downtown Buena Vista, arts, crafts, food vendors, demonstrations, live music, dancing, local history, children’s activities.
Saturday, Oct. 17 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. ‒ Fall festival, Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church.
Tuesday, Oct. 20
6:30 p.m. – Meeting, Rockbridge Camera Club, Piovano Room, Rockbridge Regional Library, Lexington; visitors welcome.
Saturday, Oct. 24
12 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Goshen Fall Festival , held at Goshen Town Hall, 9742 Maury River Road.
Wednesday, Oct. 28
Noon to 1 p.m. ‒ Rockbridge Conservation and the Blue Ridge Resource Authority go behind the scenes to learn how the community’s waste is managed, free and open to the public; visit rockbridgeconservation. org for more details.
Saturday, Nov. 7
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Chessie Trail Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K, 5K and 26.2 Relay, sponsored by Friends Of The Chessie Trail with all proceeds to be used for trail improvements; walkers welcome in 5K, 10K, and half races; for more information and to register go to www. runthechessie.org.
