The next meeting of the Rockbridge/Glasgow AARP Chapter 2071 will be Saturday, Feb. 1, at noon at the VFW building on U.S. 60 in front of Rockbridge Memorial Gardens.
What better way to start the Roaring 20s than by entering the world of flappers and moderns? The Buena Vista city public schools drama program is presenting “Thoroughly Modern Millie” in the Parry McCluer Middle School auditorium Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6, 7 and 8. Playing the lead roles are student actors Autumn Hanson and Sam Hirt. Show times are 7 p.m. each day as well as a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday. Ticket prices at the door are $5.
Virginia Military Institute’s first-year cadets culminated their Rat Unity event over weekend by delivering donations to the Rockbridge Area Relief Association food pantry.
Carilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital, in conjunctions with its supporting organization, the SJH Community Health Foundation, is seeking grant applications from 501c3 organizations serving the Rockbridge area.
A series of seven workshops on “Master Resilience Training,” presented by U.S. Army career counselor and recruiter Staff Sgt. Kevin George, will be held at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College beginning Feb. 12, and continu 12, and continuing on Wednesdays through April 8.
The evolving histories of local railroads will be the subject of the Rockbridge Historical Society’s first program of 2020, at Manly Memorial Baptist Church, on Sunday, Feb. 9, at 2:30 p.m.
Area residents are invited to hear Washington and Lee University music professor Timothy Gaylard play his last concert with the Marlbrook Chamber Players in a program of Romantic masterpieces by Brahms, Schubert, Dvorak and Tchaikovsky.
The Glasgow Public Library will offer a new program, “Baby and Toddler Time,” on Tuesdays at 10 a.m., beginning Feb. 4. These programs feature rhymes, music and movement, and a few short books for toddlers and their caregivers.