Whatever your New Year’s resolution this special Salsa workshop is bound to cover it somehow. Exercise, meet new people, learn to dance, MAKE THE MOST OF LIFE! There is a four week Salsa workshop at the Center for the Arts at the Candy Factory which runs from January 6th - 29th from 7:30-8:30 pm. Learn to Salsa [...]
Filed under: Art, Artists, and Galleries, Events, News, Prince William County on January 5th, 2009 | No Comments »
Fans of Equinox Restaurant (and Chef Todd Gray, who’s also at the helm of Middleburg’s Market Salamander) will be thrilled to learn of the Chocolate Happy Hour at D.C.’s award-winning restaurant. And chocoholics will certainly love getting their fix at this innovative event taking place every Friday from 5 - 7 p.m. until the first [...]
Filed under: Albemarle County, Art, Artists, and Galleries, Events, Loudoun County, Restaurants on January 5th, 2009 | No Comments »
There’s still time to catch a performance of “A Christmas Carol” at Four County Players, Central Virginia’s longest running community theater in Barboursville. The play has been adapted with a fresh approach by Michael Paller:
It’s Christmas Eve, 1843 and Dickens, writer and amateur theatricalist, wrestles with the shadows of his past. Suddenly he is [...]
Filed under: Art, Artists, and Galleries, Events, Orange County on December 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
Don’t miss the festivities this Sunday, December 7th. Kick off the holiday season with a jolly day exploring the artisans’ market, sipping local wines, and ogling the annual parade in Little Washington. Rumor has it that Santa will be on hand to hear the children’s Christmas wish lists. Kids can even have pictures taken with [...]
Filed under: Art, Artists, and Galleries, Events, Hotels and Country Inns, Local Products, Rappahannock County, Restaurants, Shops and Boutiques, Wineries on December 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »
Check out a locally produced flick at Charlottesville’s Regal Downtown Cinema this week. Maybe you’ll even want to watch Familiar Strangers a few times. (Its national distribution depends on regional success so get out there and support the arts!) Filmed in Staunton, Familiar Strangers is an “off-beat, funny, heartfelt story of an American family negotiating [...]
Filed under: Albemarle County, Art, Artists, and Galleries, Events on November 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
Don’t miss this incredibly ambitious exhibit showcasing our region’s abundant artistic talent. More than 50 artists, musicians, writers and film-makers are represented in “Virginia’s Piedmont: Through the Artist’s Eye” which will run until November 29th at the Arts Center in Orange and four local galleries: Fred Nichols Studio and Nichols Gallery Annex, the Ed Jaffe [...]
Filed under: Art, Artists, and Galleries, Events, Orange County on November 16th, 2008 | No Comments »
So it is Friday night and with the weather report looking absoulutely fabulous, there is no reason not to get out and enjoy the art and fresh air– oh and why not throw in a good bottle of wine and dinner? Historic Manassas has a bustling arts community, and they are not afraid to let [...]
Filed under: Art, Artists, and Galleries, Events, Prince William County, Restaurants, Shops and Boutiques on November 7th, 2008 | No Comments »
The gorgeous landscapes of Central Virginia serve as inspiration for artist Meg West, whose oil paintings of Virginia’s skylines will be on display in the Main Hospital Lobby in the University of Virginia Health System for the rest of the year. Stop by on Friday, November 7 for the opening reception (held from 3:30- 5:30 [...]
Filed under: Albemarle County, Art, Artists, and Galleries, Events on November 5th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Piedmont Virginian is thrilled to check out the Fourth Annual Artists of Rappahannock Studio and Gallery Tour this Saturday and Sunday (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Call us proud Virginians but the setting– in the rolling foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge– couldn’t be finer. The tour features 16 open studios and 8 professional galleries [...]
Filed under: Art, Artists, and Galleries, Events, Rappahannock County on October 31st, 2008 | No Comments »
Trick or treat! Photographers Srinu and Amy Regeti captured this eerie haunted house on film. Spooked? See if you can find the spot on location in Warrenton. The husband and wife team at Regeti’s has been featured on Nightline ABC and has received awards for their work. Interested in a portrait? Head over to the [...]
Filed under: Art, Artists, and Galleries, Fauquier County, Friday Photo on October 31st, 2008 | No Comments »
