Quilters' Quest is a free event that encourages quilters to explore 10 quilt shops Maryland and Northern Virginia over the course of 10 days. 2018 Theme: Anchors aweigh! All aboard the S.S. Quilters Quest for a 10-day cruise to 10 different ports of call. Each shop will pick a location as a theme for Quilters' ... Read more
October 26 at 8PM, October 27 at 2:30PM, October 27 at 8PM, October 28 at 2:30PM In 2011 a feminist, humanist, activist punk performance group by the name of Pussy Riot appeared on the scene in Russia, capitalizing on social media to share their message with the world; “buying real estate in our minds.” A ... Read more
West Oaks Farm Market’s South location is now back open for the fall offering a Pick-Your-Own Pumpkin Patch and a new tricky Corn Maze! Come try your luck navigating the 2018 maze shown below; find all 4 trivia checkpoints for a fun surprise! Call for additional details and opportunities for school field trips! (540) 539-6966 ... Read more
Featuring faculty choreographers Jacob Brent, Tiffanie Carson, Erica Helm and Stephanie Parkinson, as well as guest choreographer Christian von Howard. October 26 at 8:00pm, October 27 at 8:00pm, October 28 at 2:30 pm Admission fee: $15 Box Office: 540-665-4569 Purchase Tickets
Recreation of the Vintage Radio Broadcast Directed by Bill Heavner Oct 27th at 7pm & Oct 28th at 2pm Handley Library Auditorium Joint benefit for Winchester Little Theatre & Friends of The Handley Library All Seats are $25 (fees included) General Admission Eighty years ago, on a Sunday night in late October, Orson Welles and ... Read more
This year the Pumpkin Patch at Wilson's Wild Animal Park will be open daily from Mid-September though the end of October. As always, the pumpkin patch is free with admission to the Animal Park. The park will be decorated with over a dozen fiberglass characters from nationally known sculptor, Mark Clone. Kids will love having ... Read more
Join all of your favorite storybook characters in a FUN halloween party! Children will enjoy a 30 minute show and get a chance to meet and greet while also trick or treating with all of their favorite characters. Ideal for ages 2+ October 28th 12:00pm and 2:30pm Children ages 3+ $15.00 Children 2 and under ... Read more
The staff at Abram’s Delight Museum (one of 3 museums operated by the Winc./Frederick County Historical Society and owned by the city of Winchester) is hosting a fund-raising event for improvements needed at Abram’s Delight, the oldest home in Winchester. The fun will include old-timey yard and table games for adults and children (croquet, lawn ... Read more
Author Talk: Young Washington with Peter Stark With powerful narrative drive and vivid writing, Young Washington recounts the wilderness trials, controversial battles, and emotional entanglements that transformed Washington from a temperamental striver into a mature leader. By weaving together Washington’s harrowing wilderness adventures and a broader historical context, Young Washington offers new insights into the ... Read more
The Shenandoah Valley Tapestry is a once in a life time project - a needlework narrative honoring and celebrating over 250 years of history of the northern Shenandoah Valley. The Tapestry was created by a community group known as the Stitchers of The Shenandoah Valley Tapestry Project and received its first stitch in November 2015. ... Read more
Shenandoah University's McCormick Civil War Institute is pleased to feature historian Dana Shoaf, editor of Civil War Times, for an evening lecture "Propitious Weather and a Splendid Spectacle": The Grand Review of the Armies on Thursday, November 1, 2018. This free public lecture will discuss the Grand Review's significance and analyze this remarkable event through ... Read more
On the First Friday evening of every month, Old Town hosts an array of activities that celebrate the arts in our community. Come check out what's happening this month! www.facebook.com/FirstFridaysOldTownWinchester
Mountains & Valleys, Venues & Alleys, Music & Hue, Always Something To Do! First Saturday of the month, year-round Every first Saturday of the month, the Top of Virginia Artisan Trail hosts Open Door Tours. Participating sites in Winchester, Frederick County, and Clarke County invite visitors to see demonstrations, view artists working in their studios, ... Read more
Expert Historical Tours and the Kernstown Battlefield present: The Five Battles of Winchester A Day of Lectures and Tours from the Experts. Rain or Shine! Total cost: $20 (lunch, snacks and hydration provided) Expert Historical Tours (EHT), will partner with the Kernstown Battlefield (KBA) to offer a full day of lectures and tours on the ... Read more
The KBA will open for a special day honoring our Veterans, Active Duty Military and First Responders. Special tours will be given to our honored guests and their families by KBA docents. This year we will be joined by the Northern Shenandoah Valley Community Veterans Engagement Board. The Board works with the Veterans Administration, local ... Read more
An intimate account of country music, social change, and a vanishing way of life as a Shenandoah town collides with the twenty-first century in Lingan’s Homeplace: A Southern Town, a Country Legend, and the Last Days of a Mountaintop Honky-Tonk Handley Regional Library System, in partnership with the Virginia Center for Literary Arts, announces a ... Read more
Written by Oscar Wilde Directed by Jeff Schwartz Nov. 9-11, 15-18, 20, 23-24 Box Office opens Oct 29 This famous comedy features Oscar Wilde’s clever wordplay and thinly veiled social commentary. The characters follow his theme that, “We should treat all trivial things in life very seriously, and all serious things of life with a ... Read more
This event is open to United States Marines, past or present, and their guests. A semi-formal dinner will be followed by the cutting of the cake, dancing and cash bar. James Charles Bogaty, a US Marine and this winery's namesake, invites you to celebrate the 243rd birthday of the Marine Corps! This event is not-for-profit ... Read more
Written by Oscar Wilde Directed by Jeff Schwartz Nov. 9-11, 15-18, 20, 23-24 Box Office opens Oct 29 This famous comedy features Oscar Wilde’s clever wordplay and thinly veiled social commentary. The characters follow his theme that, “We should treat all trivial things in life very seriously, and all serious things of life with a ... Read more
Written by Kit Wilder Based on the 1844 Novel by Alexandre Dumas Freely adapted from Alexandre Dumas’ swashbuckling masterpiece, Wilder’s lively retelling traces the young D’Artagnan’s coming of age under the watchful tutelage of Athos, Porthos and Aramis—the Three Musketeers. Together, this unlikely band of heroes battle the evil Cardinal Richelieu, the deadly Comte de ... Read more
Written by Oscar Wilde Directed by Jeff Schwartz Nov. 9-11, 15-18, 20, 23-24 Box Office opens Oct 29 This famous comedy features Oscar Wilde’s clever wordplay and thinly veiled social commentary. The characters follow his theme that, “We should treat all trivial things in life very seriously, and all serious things of life with a ... Read more
Written by Oscar Wilde Directed by Jeff Schwartz Nov. 9-11, 15-18, 20, 23-24 Box Office opens Oct 29 This famous comedy features Oscar Wilde’s clever wordplay and thinly veiled social commentary. The characters follow his theme that, “We should treat all trivial things in life very seriously, and all serious things of life with a ... Read more
Stephens City is hosting its first Hometown Christmas from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday along Main Street. The event will feature food, music, a craft show and sale, house tours, wagon rides and an appearance from Santa Claus. Shoppers can take advantage of a business scavenger hunt with prizes! Scavenger hunt cards are available ... Read more
Come dressed in your pajamas for family adventure! Tickets are $5 and each young guest receives activity sheets and a souvenir train ticket. Our train conductor leads the fun and gets everyone in the holiday spirit. Great for school and youth groups for a low-cost holiday outing. When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary ... Read more
Join James Charles for the fourth annual lighting of the winery Christmas tree! Everyone will receive a complimentary cookie as we gather around the tree and see the lights go up - this event is great for kids, too! They will light the tree at 7pm, but come early and stay late as we kick ... Read more
Millbrook High School band boosters holiday bazaar will be Saturday December 1st, 2018 from 8am-2pm. It will be held in the cafeteria of Millbrook High School. The holiday bazaar will include 56 local vendors, local foods, pictures with Santa (parents may take their own free pictures or there will be a professional photographer on site) ... Read more