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April Around Clarke County – 12 Irish Music Concert Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct. Berryville. The Alt, three masters of Irish music, perform. 8pm. $20 in advance, $25 at door, 12 and younger free. Visit www.barnsofrosehill.org or call 540-955-2004 (12–3 pm Tuesday to Saturday). – 13–15 “The Little Mermaid” Musical Clarke County High School auditorium. 627 Mosby Blvd.Berryville. […]
Annual event sponsored by Blue Ridge Hunt nears one hundredth anniversary. By Betsy Arnet Although billed as the 69th annual running of the Blue Ridge Hunt Point-to-Point Races at Woodley, the event actually dates back almost 100 years. The first “race meet” sponsored by the Blue Ridge Hunt was held in 1921 at Annfield, the […]
By Claire Stuart Since 1990, Art at the Mill has been a highly-anticipated spring event for art lovers throughout the region. This year’s show runs Saturday, April 28 through Sunday, May 13. Situated in a lovely meadow in the sleepy hamlet of Millwood, the Burwell-Morgan Mill is one of Clarke County’s historic architectural treasures. In […]
By Rebecca Maynard Main Street in Berryville recently welcomed a new restaurant that promises to add all kinds of flavor to the town. Los Wingeez, already a successful food truck since 2015, opened in March at 24 W. Main St. Owner Jose Alvarado worked for years for Navy Federal Credit Union before opening a restaurant […]
By Rebecca Maynard Readers of bestselling author Debbie Macomber are no doubt familiar with the fictitious shop, A Good Yarn, where friends gather to socialize and work on knitting, crocheting, needlework and more. Life is now imitating art, as Round Hill resident Pam Hummel has fulfilled her dream of several years and opened Needles & […]
By Rebecca Maynard Last fall, Boyd’s Nest restaurant owner Kim Ragland organized a fundraiser that sent 20 flood buckets to Houston. Over Christmas, she collected diapers, wipes, toys, infant clothes, bottles, pacifiers, shampoo and more, along with $300 cash for formula for the Red Wagon ministry. Recently, as she was wondering what cause to tackle […]
By Claire Stuart Winchester Medical Center’s popular animal assisted therapy program has been around for over 20 years. Most people are familiar with therapy dogs, but bunny rabbit therapy isn’t as well known. Rabbits come courtesy of Tom and Lynn Miller of Berryville, who became involved with rabbits in the 1990s when their now-grown children […]
March 17 Crazy Cash Party John H. Enders Fire Company. 9 S. Buckmarsh St. Berryville. Doors open at 5:30pm, barbecue chicken and beef dinner at 6:30pm, first number drawn at 8pm. $1500 grand prize and only 275 tickets sold at $25 each. To purchase tickets call 540-955-1110 or email travis.sumption@gmail.com. – 18 Long Branch Speaker Series Long Branch Historic […]
After 20 Years, A Purple Martin Colony! On becoming a landlord to the largest North American swallow Article and photos by Doug Pifer For over 20 years my wife and I have wanted purple martins to nest where we lived. We bought books about attracting martins. I set up a wooden three-story purple martin house […]