Around Clarke County in October/November

October

Art Opening

The Dairy Barn Gallery. 22989 Sam Fred Road, Middleburg. 4–6pm. Join the artists to mingle, nosh and expand or begin your art collection. The artists will be showing paintings, sculptures, pottery and collage. The show opens with music from Justin James Forcione, and will be open Oct.18, 24/25, 31/Nov1 from 12-5pm, and by appointment. A closing reception will be on November 1, 2-4 pm with music from Morgan and Dave of Furnace Mountain. www.thedairybarngallery.com 540 687-5517.

Three Sisters Art Challenge

Regional Art Show and Sale. Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct., Berryville. The Three Sisters Regional Art Challenge Show & Sale explores facets of the Native American Three Sisters (agricultural treasures of maize/corn, pole beans and winter squash/gourds). This unique art show and sale is a preview to The Gathering, an educational celebration of agri-culture. The show and sale also features Gourd artist Mike Connolly and Native American “Spirit Painting” artist Stacey Littledeer. The show and sale will run October 17–November 21. Exhibit opens at 2. Exhibits are free and open Tuesday-Saturday from Noon to 3pm and by appointment. For more information visit www.barnsofrosehill.org.

Documentary Film

It’s a Good Day to Die. With presentation by renowned Native American leader Dennis Banks.

Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct., Berryville. Dennis Banks co-founded the American Indian Movement (A.I.M.) in 1968 to call attention to the plight of urban Indians in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The film presents an intimate look at Dennis Banks’ life beginning with his early experience in boarding schools, through his military service in Japan, his transformative experience in Stillwater State Prison and subsequent founding of a movement that, through confrontational actions in Washington DC, Custer South Dakota and Wounded Knee, changed the lives of American Indians forever. Bittersweet and compelling, A Good Day to Die, charts the rise and fall of a movement that fought for the civil rights of American Indians. 2pm. Doors open at 1:30. $25 in advance. $35 at the door. For more information visit www.barnsofrosehill.org.

Dark Water Rising.

Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct., Berryville. To the members of Dark Water Rising, kinship is essential. Ties of kinship within the band’s Native American communities helped to establish the band in 2008. “Native Americans who piece together Southern rock full of gospel harmonies, hip-hop inflections and Motown soul with a journeyman work ethic. With bold songwriting and bewitching arrangements, DWR breaks rules effortlessly.”- Sylvia Pfeiffenberger, “Indy Week”. Performance starts at 8pm. $15 in advance. $20 at the door. For more information visit www.barnsofrosehill.org.

Open House

Battletown Athletics. 850 West Main Street, Berryville. 12–5pm. Corn hole tournaments for adults, 4 square face off for the kids, Obstacle course to test your fitness, Free Classes throughout the day, plus lots more! Learn about all the services we have to offer-including after school kids program! For more information call 703 598-3601.

Sharp’s Appalachian Harvest

Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct., Berryville. 2pm. Sharp’s Appalachian Harvest is a special multimedia show and concert by Brian Peters, from England, and Jeff Davis, from Connecticut. Their presentation is devoted to the astounding collection of songs and music made by Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles in the Southern Appalachians over three summers in 1916, 1917 and 1918. The English folklorists had ventured into the heart of the mountains to seek out old British ballads still being sung in remote mountain settlements, and their haul of over sixteen hundred pieces is one of the greatest folk song collections ever made. There will be an old-time jam after the presentation, so bring your fiddles, banjos, guitars and mandolins! $12 in advance, $15 at the door. For more information visit www.barnsofrosehill.org.

Key Referral Mixer

Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Court Berryville. 5:30–7pm. Edward Jones is hosting a Key Referral Mixer. This event will give you the opportunity to engage with local professionals within your community, expand your network, find out about Edward Jones opportunities, and enjoy great food and a fun evening. Free. For reservations and information call (540) 955-9015. www.edwardjones.com.

Mozambique Travelogue

with Emma Royce. My Neighbor and Me Fair Trade Shop. 15 E. Main Street. Berryville. Come to hear stories, view pictures, and sample Mozambican food. 7:30pm. Free. 540-955-8124.

Ghost Tours

Leaves from 23 East Main, Berryville. Berryville Main Street will be introducing the first Downtown Walking Historic Ghost Tours. There will be two tours, 7–8:30pm and 9–11pm. Tours will be led by period themed guides from Old Town Ghost Tours in Winchester and will be mixed with history and ghost stories of some of the haunted businesses in Berryville, as well as the graveyard at our Episcopal church. The 9–11pm tour will also include information for everyone interested in paranormal techniques and equipment. Both tours are family friendly. The early tour is $15 for adults and $10 for children under 8. The late tour is $18 and $10 for children under eight. Tours are limited to 25.

Yard Sale

Round Hill United Methodist Church. 11 W. Loudon St., Round Hill. 8am–12pm. Multi-family church yard sale. Furniture, household items, clothing, toys, books, sporting goods, linens, kitchen items, arts & crafts, etc. For more information contact the church office at 540-338-4445.

Childrens Book Signing

Authors Lillie Gill-Newton & Samantha Stewart. Saving Annie’s Mountain. Winchester Book Gallery. 185 N. Loudoun Street. Winchester. 2–4pm. A trip to a protest comes alive when four children discover someone with a secret. That’s what a group of children at Wind Dance Farm—a rural West Virginia school whose programs supplement the curricula of home school and public school students—imagined after investigating the practice of mountaintop coal removal in their state. “We just couldn’t find very much on the subject aimed at children,” explained Leslie Milbourne, founder and educator at Wind Dance, “so the children decided to write something themselves.” Meet the Authors! For more information call 540-667-3444 or visit www.winchesterbookgallery.com.

Bluegrass and BBQ

Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct., Berryville. Join us for a night of Bluegrass & BBQ featuring The Hillbilly Gypsies! The Hillbilly Gypsies are a West Virginia native string band who specialize in playing their own homegrown style of Appalachian old time music, mixed with a hard drivin’ bluegrass sound. In addition to their original material, the Hillbilly Gypsies play a mix of traditional bluegrass and catchy old fiddle tunes. Their lightning fast, award-winning picking skills and musical arrangements – mixed with natural comedic wit and high lonesome mountain vocal harmonies – are sure to catch your ear right away. Jordan Springs Market will have their award winning BBQ on sale before and during the show. Performance starts at 8, doors open at 7:30. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. For more information visit www.barnsofrosehill.org.

24 /25 Art in the Foothills

A. James Clark Lodge. Boulder Crest Retreat for Military and Veteran Wellness. 18370 Bluemont Village Lane. Bluemont. Oct. 24 10am–7pm with Artists’ Welcoming Reception from 5–7pm. Oct. 25 10am–5pm Juried art show and sale featuring over thirty artists with works including painting, drawing, graphics, sculpture, mixed media and photography. All proceeds will benefit Boulder Crest Retreat for Military and Veteran Wellness, a center dedicated exclusively to our nation’s combat veterans and their families. Free Admission. For more information visit www.ArtInTheFoothills.org or call 703-407-5695.

Magic Lantern

Fall Film series: I’ll See You in My Dreams. Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct., Berryville. In this vibrant, funny, and heartfelt film, a widow and former songstress discovers that life can begin anew at any age. After the death of her beloved dog, Carol (Blythe Danner) finds the everyday activities that have given her life structure – her regular bridge game, gardening, a glass of wine or two – have lost their luster. With the support of three loyal girlfriends (June Squibb, Rhea Perlman, and Mary Kay Place), Carol decides to embrace the world, embarking on an unlikely friendship with her pool maintenance man (Martin Starr), pursuing a new love interest (Sam Elliott), and reconnecting with her daughter (Malin Akerman). Rated PG-13: 95 minutes. Film starts at 4. Doors open at 3:30. $8 for BORH and Magic Lantern members, $10 for non-members. For more information visit www.barnsofrosehill.org.

Fall Tree Tour

Casey Tree Farm. 2498 Briggs Road. Berryville. Join Casey Trees and ISA Certified Arborist Shawn Walker for a tree tour at Casey Tree Farm in Berryville. Step outside the 16-acre nursery and discover the beauty of the surrounding forests nestled in the Shenandoah River valley. You will see tuliptree, mockernut hickory, white ash, and several oak species in their fall splendor and get to discuss these trees’ ecological and landscape functions as well as the management challenges they pose. 10am–1pm. Free. For more details and to register, visit http://caseytrees.org/event/tree-tour-fall-at-casey-tree-farm-2/.

Ghost Tours

Alash Ensemble of Tuva

Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct., Berryville. The Alash ensemble is a trio of master throat singers from Tuva, a tiny republic in the heart of Central Asia. Alash are masters of Tuvan throat singing, a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. Masters of traditional Tuvan instruments as well as the art of throat singing, Alash are deeply committed to traditional Tuvan music and culture. At the same time, they are fans of western music. Believing that traditional music must constantly evolve, the musicians subtly infuse their songs with western elements, creating their own unique style that is fresh and new, yet true to their Tuvan musical heritage. Performance starts at 8. doors open at 7:30. $20 in advance. $25 at the door. For more information visit www.barnsofrosehill.org.

The Gathering

Through November 1. Clarke County Fair Grounds. Harvest Dance & Gourd Festival. Admission $5. 4 and under Free. The Gathering is about Native American people and neighbors celebrating the harvest with dance, regalia, storytelling, giving thanks and various social interactions. It is about celebrating the gourd harvest, with gourd art, growing, teaching, demonstrating the many applications and uses of this highly versatile crop and art form. It is about living history exhibitors & trading post vendors, sustainable homesteading, green farming, book forum with authors, sacred land preservation, children’s fine arts, craft vendors and artisans, Native American cuisine. It is also a multicultural Thanksgiving and military veteran and uniformed services tribute. For more information visit www.HarvestGathering.org.

Ghostly Adventure

Burwell Morgan Mill. 15 Tannery Lane. Millwood. 7:30–9:30pm. Do you believe in ghosts? Ghost Tours of Old Town Winchester Virginia will host a paranormal workshop at the Burwell-Morgan Mill the night before Halloween. The event will start with a Q&A panel on the paranormal and the historical life of General Daniel Morgan. Afterwards, there will be an as-seen-on-TV interactive paranormal experience with the use of paranormal equipment. Come enjoy spirits with spirits as wine and refreshments are included. Whether you just love history or have an interest in the paranormal, you’re sure to love this event! Tickets: $35 for non-CCHA members, $29 for CCHA members. Please email director@clarkehistory.org to reserve your spot today!

November

Career Counseling

Speak with a Career Coach. Bowman Library. 871 Tasker Road. Stephens City. Bowman Library will be hosting a free one-on-one job placement service with Catherine Kelley, Career Coach and Job Placement Coordinator of LFCC Workforce Solutions. Kelley will help with resumes, job searches, job training and career assessments. Individuals looking for work can have a confidential job strategy session with Ms. Kelley between 1 and 3:00pm. Make an appointment by contacting Bowman Library at (540)-869-9000 ext. 213. For more information, contact Kim Bean at (540)-869-9000 ext. 217 or kbean@handleyregional.org.

Half Marathon

Battlefield Half Marathon. Kernstown Battlefield. Ages 15+. The start line for the half marathon will be located inside the Kernstown Battlefield. The battlefield is located directly behind the shops at Creekside Station at 3103 Valley Ave in Winchester. The 13.1-mile course will loop through the city then make its way out to Middle Road, Germany Road, Spring Dale Road, Shady Elm Road, Apple Valley Road and back to Middle Road before heading back to the battlefield grounds, finishing in Creekside. There will also be half marathon 5K/10K relays that will utilize the same course as the individual participant half marathon course. The start time for the half marathon 5K/10K relays will be at 8am. The half marathon 5K/10K relays are designed to allow runners the ability to split the half marathon course into two or four equal parts. 5K (4 person) Relay, Ages 11+. 10K (2 person) Relay, Ages 15+. Kids 5K relay, ages 11-14. For more information call Andrew Keefauver at 540-665-5678.

Guided Health Tour

Winchester Costco. 251 Front Royal Pike, Winchester. Certified Health Coach Debbie Jeunette of Naturally Nutrition Now will be giving tips on how to stay on track during the holidays, so that you won’t have to make the same New Years Resolution. This event is open to non-members too and if they join on this day they will receive up to $20 Costco cash. Bring a friend, if they join you both receive a $10 Costco Cash Card. There will be goodie bags for the first 100 attendees, door prize, and refreshments! Free. For more information call 540-722-9626.

Matuto

Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct., Berryville. Appalachian fiddle tunes take on a Brazilian lilt — South American percussion riffs it up with North American blues and jazz — the American South meets world music funk! Guitarist and singer Clay Ross teams up with master accordionist Rob Curto and musicians from all corners of NYC’s jazz, roots and world music scenes Performance starts at 8. doors open at 7:30. $20 in advance. $25 at the door. For more information visit www.barnsofrosehill.org.

12 The Hanneke Cassel Band

Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct., Berryville. “Exuberant and rhythmic, somehow both wild and innocent, delivered with captivating melodic clarity and an irresistible playfulness,” says the Boston Globe about Hanneke Cassel’s playing. Such charismatic fiddling has brought the native Oregonian many honors and awards. She is the 1997 U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion, she holds a Bachelors of Music in Violin Performance from Berklee College of Music, and she has performed and taught across North America, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and China. She creates sounds on the cutting edge of acoustic music, while retaining the integrity and soul of the Scottish tradition. Performance starts at 8:00, doors open at 7:30. $15.00 in advance, $20.00 at the door. For more information visit www.barnsofrosehill.org.

Magic Lantern

Fall Film series: Timbuktu. Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct., Berryville. Set in the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu during its 2012 capture by Islamic fundamentalists, this beautifully shot and timely film portrays a regime of intimidation which bars music, laughter, cigarettes and even soccer. Every day, new courts issue tragic and absurd sentences but popular defiance – particularly by the women of the city — persists. Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar in 2015. Rated PG: 97 minutes. In mainly Arabic and Bambara with English subtitles. Film starts at 4. Doors open at 3. $8 for BORH and Magic Lantern members. $10 for non-members. For more information visit www.barnsofrosehill.org

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