Grab your friends and family and head for CrossKeys Vineyards this weekend for a Memorial Day celebration. Says the vineyard owners, “This Saturday, May 27, from 3-8 PM we will be hosting a Smoked and Oaked BBQ. Chef Dexter will be preparing a variety of house-smoked items to get your memorial day weekend going!” There will be live music from 4:30- 7:30 by the band, Gabby Haze. If … [Read more...]

The Charlottesville Municipal Band will present the first concert in its 95th Season Summer Concert Series on Tuesday, June 6 at 7:30 pm at Western Albemarle High School Auditorium, 5941 Rockfish Gap Turnpike in Crozet. The free concert will feature band classics, marches, and popular selections. Guest soloists include clarinetist Charlotte MacDonald and vocalists Rebecca Ewing and Jessica … [Read more...]

Deborah Gillespie from Bluefield says there is an event coming to Blacksburg that all should consider - The Mount Tabor Ruritan May Fish Fry with Music by Indian Run String Band. The initial event is set for Saturday May 13 from 7 to 5 to 7 PM at Slusser’s Chapel, sponsored by the Indian Run Stringband and the Mount Tabor Ruritan Club. Deborah says that around 300 attend the event weekly. “They … [Read more...]

Want to do something special for Mom this year? May I suggest the Sunday Brunch at CrossKeys Vineyards with Jimmy O? Nancy and I attended the Easter Brunch at CrossKeys and the food was excellent and the entertainment, with Jimmy O strumming his guitar and delivering ballads from the past, was likewise excellent. CrossKeys near Weyer’s Cave in the Shenandoah Valley is an exceptional vineyard … [Read more...]

As Dirty Harry would say: Do you feel lucky, punk? Do you really feel lucky? If you do, check out the 3rd Annual Virginia Ducks Unlimited Christmas In July Gun Calendar raffle sponsored by Green Top Sporting Goods. Here’s the deal. DU calendars will be sold for $50 each, all net proceeds going to waterfowl conservation, of course. But there will be drawings and daily winners among those who … [Read more...]

By Chris Wilkes James River Runners   It is my honor to invite you to participate in the James River Runners Chili Cook Off and Brewer’s Challenge. The event will take place on May 6th, 2017 from 11am until 6 pm.  The Chili Cook Off, in its 36th year, has been very successful in raising money for our local Volunteer Fire Department and the water rescue team.  Every year we team up … [Read more...]

There are numerous “Kid’s Fishing Days” coming up. These are special opportunities for children to fish without adult competition. Even if parents have no experience in the art of angling, there are usually veterans on hand to help out with casting and bait. Check out the dates and locations below and take advantage.   April 1-June15 (Three or more stockings within dates listed). … [Read more...]

So, it’s winter. Two more months of gloom and doom and Mother Nature threatening a couple feet of snow at a moment’s notice. Days are short, nights are long and there is only one thing we can do about it. Let’s party. Let’s track down Jimmy O at one of his many venues, drink a glass of wine or two and enjoy this amazing entertainer and his music for the ages. Endangered music, he calls it. … [Read more...]

The final segment of the Fall Wild Turkey season is January 14 through 28, 2017 in the selected counties of Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Caroline, Carroll, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Clarke, Craig, Culpeper, Cumberland, Dickenson, Dinwiddie, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Floyd, Fluvanna, Franklin, Frederick, Giles, Goochland, Grayson, … [Read more...]