APRIL
April 1st-30th
Jeff Roland, Auburn High School Art Exhibit: Montgomery
Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center.
Thursday, April 14th
Lecture Series. Kentland Lecture and Tour: Blacksburg
Museum and Historic
Smithfield Plantation . Dr. Samuel
Cook, Associate Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary
Studies, Virginia Tech. Tour 6:00-7:00pm at Kentland. A brief
reception will be held at 7:00pm followed by a lecture at 7:30pm
also at Kentland. Dr.
Samuel Cook will lead a tour of the historic Kentland grounds
and home followed by a lecture. In 1820 James Randall Kent (1792-1867)
acquired 1,630 acres of Virginia Tech's present tract. As he
prospered in agriculture, Mr. Kent went on to build Kentland
Manor in 1834-35, a two-story, five-bay, Flemish-bond brick home.
Behind the manor house is a brick meat house with a wood-shingled
pyramidal roof. These buildings, a mill, and other structures
comprise the 350-acre Kentland Farm Historic and Archeological
District officially recognized by the Virginia Board of Historic
Resources and the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
Saturday, April 16th
25th Anniversary Dinner: Wilderness Road Regional
Museum
Buffet Menu. Reservations at 5:30 and 7:00pm. Candlelight, all-you-can-eat
$15.00, $7.50 ages 6 to 12, held at Wilderness Road regional
Museum. Take outs available. Museum Pioneers honored. If desired,
bring old china gift for 25th anniversary.
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MAY
Beginning May 1st
Robin Scully Boucher Exhibit: Montgomery
Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center. Exhibit runs through
June.
Saturday,
May 7
Heirloom Plant Sale:
Historic Smithfield Plantation. 9am
to 3pm Learn about colonial plant materials that were indigenous
to the
area, and purchase
heirloom
plants
for
your own garden. This year, Crow's Nest Farm of Blacksburg,
is providing true heirloom plants. Old favorites, bursting
with color, texture and interesting form, are very appropriate
for today’s gardeners, who want a touch of history for
their home gardens. The Smithfield Gardeners are also supplying
several varieties of plants from the Historic Smithfield garden.
Knowledgeable volunteers from the Smithfield garden will be
on hand for assistance and to answer questions. The house will
be open for tours at regular admission prices.
Sunday,
May 8
Mother's Day Open House: Glencoe
Museum. 1
to 4pm. Story-telling about some of the earliest families,
including Mary Ingles’ escape
from captivity and other scenes from her long life.
Children will draw and paint pictures depicting scenes from
the stories they’ve heard and try on old fashioned
clothing from "grandmother’s trunk" to learn about
historic styles of clothing. Refreshments will feature foods
that might
have been
served at social gatherings on the
Virginia Frontier
Thursday, May 12th
Lecture Series. David Givens lectures on Jamestown. Blacksburg
Museum and Historic
Smithfield Plantation . 7:30-8:45pm
Blacksburg Town Council Chambers, Blacksburg Municipal Building,
300 South Main Street. Reception to follow with light
refreshments in the lobby.
Saturday, May 14th
Fine Arts Festival: Montgomery Museum and Lewis
Miller Regional Arts Center
Saturday,
May 28th
Genealogy Workshop: Wilderness Road Regional Museum.
FREE Admission to Museum, five eclectic speakers, lunch, etc.
9:30am
coffee and registration, 10am to 2:30pm. Great assortment
of local history and genealogical books for sale, history papers
in archives, informational handouts, assistance with DAR forms.
Call 540-674-4835 or 540-674-0225 to register and pay later at
the door. Cost including lunch is $15.00.
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JUNE
Through June 30th
Robin Scully Boucher Exhibit: Montgomery Museum and
Lewis Miller Regional Art Center.
Sunday,
June 19th
Father's Day Concert on the Lawn: Glecoe
Museum. 2-5pm. Music
from the 18th century, dancing, crafts, and refreshments.
Beginning Friday, June 24th
Heritage Quilt Show, Sale, and Workshops: Wilderness
Road Regional Museum. June 24th through July 4th.
FREE admission. Old, new, and baby quilts, wall hangings, pillows,
and quilt tops. Anyone wishing
to loan, donate, or sell homemade items, please call Ann Bailey
at 540-639-0351, the museum at 540-674-4835, or Joyce Simpkins,
Coordinator at 540-639-2624. From June 27th through July 1st
there will be 5 free 1-1/2 hour workshops on techniques such
as “paper-piercing”, “curved piercing”, “heritage
quilts” (photography), “binding quilts”, “yo-yo
quilts”, “use of fat quarters”, and “crazy
quilts.” Day and time for workshops TBA. Also quilt books
to looks at and a door prize.
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Lecture Series. Elaine Dowe Carter lectures on Christiansburg
Institute: Blacksburg
Museum and Historic Smithfield
Plantation. 7:30-8:45pm,
Blacksburg Town Council Chambers, Blacksburg Municipal Building,
300 South Main Street. Reception
to follow with light
refreshments in the lobby. During
its long history from 1866 to 1966, the Christiansburg Institute
served as a unique educational institution boasting
a 185-acre campus and fourteen buildings. Educating African-American
students from counties throughout the area for 100 years, the
Institute was recently refounded in an effort to preserve its
history. An active Alumni Association and local volunteers work
to present exhibits and document the story of an institution
characterized by excellence and opportunity.
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JULY
Beginning
Friday, July 1st
Elina McCartney Exhibit: Montgomery
Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center. Exhibit runs July 1st
to August 31st
Through Monday, July 4th
Heritage Quilt Show, Sale, and Workshops: Wilderness
Road Regional Museum. June 24th through July 4th.
FREE admission. Old, new, and baby quilts, wall hangings, pillows,
and quilt tops. Anyone wishing
to loan, donate, or sell homemade items, please call Ann Bailey
at 540-639-0351, the museum at 540-674-4835, or Joyce Simpkins,
Coordinator at 540-639-2624. From June 27th through July 1st
there will be 5 free 1-1/2 hour workshops on techniques such
as “paper-piercing”, “curved piercing”, “heritage
quilts” (photography), “binding quilts”, “yo-yo
quilts”, “use of fat quarters”, and “crazy
quilts.” Day and time for workshops TBA. Also quilt books
to looks at and a door prize.
Saturday, July 2nd
Christiansburg Institute and Odd Fellows Hall Centennial
Celebration. 10:00am to 4:00pm Gilbert Street (Off
Main Street behind the Wendy’s near the Collegiate Square
Shopping Center) Celebrating
its 100th anniversary, the Odd Fellows Hall on Gilbert Street
in Blacksburg, together with the Christiansburg Institute,
will host an outdoor celebration with games, food and craft vendors,
and further information about the future of both the Odd Fellows
Hall and the Christiansburg Institute.
Saturday,
July 2nd
Mary Draper Ingles Program: New River Gorge National
River.
Afternoon program, time TBD. Program featuring a PowerPoint
presentation and first person history and re-enactors. For
more information, contact the
Canyon Rim Vistor Center at 304.574.2115.
Sunday,
July 3rd
Mary Draper Ingles Program: New
River Gorge National River. Afternoon program, time TBD. Program at Sandstone Falls featuring
a PowerPoint presentation and re-enactors, possibly including
an encampment. For more information, contact the Sandstone
Visitor Center at 304.466.0417.
July
11 to July 29
Smithfield History Camps: Historic
Smithfield Plantation. 9am
to noon. Camps are offered in 3, one week sessions, Monday
through Friday for
rising 3rd through 6th graders.
Children will
explore American Indians, with course material repeating, in
weeks 1 and 3 and Early European Settlers in week 2 through history,
art, and science activities.
Saturday, July 16th
Colonial Dinner: Wilderness Road Regional Museum.
A “Cold
Harbor” Buffet Menu. Reservations at 5:30
and 7:00pm. Candlelight, all-you-can-eat $15.00, $7.50 ages 6
to 12. Take outs available. Museum pioneers honored. Silent Auction
in progress.
July
25 to 29
Summer History Camp: Glencoe
Museum. 9am to noon. At the
Glencoe Museum and Ingles Cabin for children ages 5 to 12.
To include crafts, drama, music, and other frontier related
activities, getting ready for New River Homecoming celebration
to follow, on July 30 and 31st.
Saturday,
July 30
Mary Draper Ingles: New
River Gorge National River. 7:30pm.
Portrayal of Mary Draper Ingles by Karen Vuranch at the Fayette
Theatre. Contact the Sandstone Visitor Center at 304.466.0417
or the Canyon Rim Visitor Center at 304.574.2115 for more information.
July
30-31
New River Homecoming 2005: Glencoe
Museum. Celebration
of Mary Draper Ingles' return to the New River Valley 250 years
ago.
At
the Ingles’ Cabin,
on the original property where William and Mary Ingles lived, starting
in
the 1760s. Food, music, crafts, story-telling, tours
of Ingles property, reenacters, children’s activities, including
performances of skits based on scenes from Mary’s life.
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AUGUST
August
1-5
Smithfield History Camps: Historic
Smithfield Plantation. 9am
to noon. Camp is offered in a one week session, Monday
through Friday for rising 7th through 10th graders..
Children will explore Early
European Settlers through
history, art, and science activities.
Through Wednesday, August 31st
Elina McCartney Exhibit: Montgomery
Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center. Exhibit begins July 1st.
Saturday,
August 27
Textile Day: Historic Smithfield
Plantation. 10am
to 5pm. See Smithfield's special collection of textiles and demonstrations
of how they were made.
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SEPTEMBER
Beginning Thursday, September 1st
Harold & Carmon Wisdom Exhibit: Montgomery
Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center. Exhibit runs
September 1st to October 31st
Thursday, September 22nd
Lecture Series. Solitude Lecture and Tour: Blacksburg
Museum and Historic
Smithfield Plantation. Elizabeth
Fine, Professor and Chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary
Studies, Virginia Tech. Tour 6:00-7:00pm at Solitude. A brief
reception will be held at 7:00pm followed by a lecture at 7:30pm
also at Solitude. Elizabeth
Fine will lead a tour of Solitude followed by a lecture. Starting
as a humble log
cabin in 1801,
Solitude grew to become
the home of two Virginia governors, and the home of Robert Preston,
who donated the land on which Virginia Tech now stands. It is
Virginia Tech's oldest structure, the "Homeplace" of
the University. It was placed on the National Register of Historic
Places and named a Virginia Historic Landmark in 1989.
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OCTOBER
Through
Monday, October 31st
Harold & Carmon Wisdom Exhibit: Montgomery
Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center.
Friday, October 7th through Sunday, October 9th
Fall Festival of Arts & Crafts: Wilderness
Road Regional Museum. “A magical time that celebrates
the essence of fall all over the historic village of Newbern.” Quality
handmade items, fun, food, entertainment, and craft demos.
Friday set-up, Saturday
9:00am to 5:00pm, Sunday 11:00am to 5:00pm.
Silent Auction ends at 4:00pm on Sunday, held at Wilderness Road
Regional Museum. Free admission to everything and plenty of parking.
Date
TBD
Mary Ingles Walk: Glencoe
Museum. Commemorate Mary Draper Ingles'
journey of 850 miles through the wilderness to return to the
New River Valley. To be held in Bissett Park, Radford.
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NOVEMBER
Beginning Tuesday, November 1st
Holiday Exhibit: Montgomery
Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center. Exhibit runs November 1st through
December 31st
Saturday, November 12th
Harvest Dinner: Wilderness Road Regional Museum.
Buffet menu. Reservations 5:00 and 6:30pm. Candlelight, all-you-can-eat,
$15.00, $7.50 ages 6 to 12. Take out available. Museum Pioneers
honored.
Thursday, November
3rd
Lecture Series. The Furniture Styles of Smithfield
Plantation and the Alexander Black House: Blacksburg
Museum and Historic
Smithfield Plantation. Dr. Oscar
Fitzgerald, former Director of the Navy Museum, Washington, D.C.
and historian of
American
and European Decorative Arts and
Architecture. 7:30-8:45pm, Blacksburg Town Council Chambers,
Blacksburg Municipal Building,
300 South
Main
Street.
Reception
to follow
with light
refreshments in the lobby.
Date TBD
Holiday
Greenery Sale: Historic Smithfield
Plantation. Support
Historic Smithfield Plantation while decorating your home
for the holidays!
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DECEMBER
December
1 to 4
Holidays at Smithfield: Historic
Smithfield Plantation. An
18th century holiday celebration. Come tour the house decorated
for the holidays in
Colonial
style, and have a leisurely cup of tea in Susanna’s Tea
Room. Music, games, storytelling, and more! Don't
forget to shop the Smithfield Museum Store for elegant and unique
holiday gifts, pewter, jewelry, brass, pottery, and
children's gifts!
Through
Saturday, December 31st
Holiday Exhibit: Montgomery
Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center.
Monday, December 5th through Sunday, December 25th
Deck the Halls Open House: Wilderness Road Regional
Museum. Free Admission. “Bells, Books, and Candles” on
display. Sale of Mary Lee’s Christmas candy, Debbie’s
handmade gifts, quilts, local history books, and cookbooks.
Date TBD
Colonial Decorating Workshop: Historic
Smithfield Plantation. Make your own decorations
in colonial style to use in your own home.
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