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8pm, free admission, camping $5, The Appalachian South 10-5; Sat 10-1, 535 Church St, Clifton Forge VA, 540.826-2519 Southern WV It alian Fes tiv al Italian Festiv tival Folklife Center, Pipestem WV, www.allnightopenmic.com Naturally 7 creates a full band sound simply by using their Fri. dinner dance, entertainment, Italian grocery & crafts, Bluefield City Auditorium/Youth Center, Stadium Drive, voices, 8pm, The Chuck Mathena Center, Princeton WV Bluefield WV, 304.589-3069 Sunday, September 28 Friday-Sunday, October 3, 4, 5 Cr anberr Cranberr anberryy Shindig, Open House at Cranberry Mountain NaAr tis tr ations Artis tistt Demons Demonstr trations ture Center, Pocahontas Co. WV, 1-800.336.7009 beginning at 10am, Tamarack, Beckley WV, 1.800.tamarack Uncor Uncorkked & Unplugged da ober 4 Saturda dayy, Oct October sip wine, listen to music, 2-5 pm, Raphine VA, 1-888-511-WINE Satur
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arts, crafts, historical displays, free entertainment, 9am-3pm, meets last Monday of every month, 6 pm, all welcome, public historic business district, Alderson WV, 304.445-7365 welcome free of charge, Clifton Forge Public Library, 535 Church Wide Yard Sale Church St, Clifton Forge VA, 540. 862-4502 beginning at 9am in the parking lot of Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church, Alderson WV, 304.445-7814
Oct ober 2008 October
28th Annual Countr af Countryy Cr Craf aftt Guild Show
Pipestem Resort State Park, Pipestem WV, 304.466.1800
Oct ober Sky Fes tiv al October Festiv tival
thr oughout Oct ober & N throughout October Noovember Ge ac Gettaw awaay PPac ackkages Weekends through November 1 Corn Maze & Pumpkin PPatc atc atchh
corn, hay & twilight mazes, hay rides, campfires, Fri 4-10pm, Sat 9am-10pm, Sun 1-10pm, Byrnside Branch Farm, 1mi down Willow Bend Rd on left, Union WV 304.772-3131, www.byrnsidebranchfarm.com
PubPub Quiz Every Tuesday at 8 Irish Session Every Sunday at 6 pm irishpub24901@gmail.com www.irishpubonwashingtonstreet.com good days to advance goals October 26-31 Stay clear & get grounded October 23 & 24 Kiss Days November 9-10; 15-17 confusion, instability November 1-3; calmer and more to the point by Tuesday November 4
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unique gifts, fall & holiday decorations, 9:00- 3:00 pm, Bluefield Area Arts Center, Bluefield, WV, 304.425-3521 Coalwood WV, 304.297-2202
Huntersville Traditions Day
wagon rides, horse plowin’, livin’ history, frontier cookin’, back porch pickin’, apple butter makin’, demonstrations of lost arts, see ad pg 32 & story pg 5, Huntersville WV, 304.799-4747, 800-336-7009
Ghos our Ghostt TTour ourss of Lewisbur Lewisburgg
4th Annual Freshwater Folk Festival
Dr awing fr om His Drawing from Histtor oryy Class
Annual Har ves tiv al Harves vestt Fes Festiv tival
7:30 & 9 pm, meet at General Lewis Inn, Lewisburg WV music by Everett Lilly & the Lilly Mountaineers with special guest Chance McCoy, The Rust Kings, & Alliens, presentations 304.256-8687 & exhibits by expert biologists & conservationists, hands-on Miller’s Mazing Corn Maze educational activities, arts & crafts, food vendors, 10-5pm, CreighBerHili Farm, Lewisburg WV 304.497-3184, ribbon cutting ceremony for Outdoor Classroom at 1pm, FREE www.creighberhilifarm.com admission, WSS Fish Hatchery, East Main Street, White Sulphur Wednesda ober 11,, 8, 115 5 ednesdayys, Oct October Springs WV, 304.536-1361 learn or re-learn basics of drawing in an historical setting with resident interpreter Christy Mackie, explore line, texture, composition, negative & positive space, shading, use of artifacts, architecture & Fall garden inspiration, $20/1 week, $30/2 weeks, $40/3 weeks, 2-4:30 pm, Historic Smithfield Plantation, 1000 Plantation Road, Blacksburg VA, 540-231-3947
Thursday, October 2 Ar Artt bbyy Night, downtown Galleries, Roanoke VA, 540.342-2028 Thursdays, October 2, 9, 16, 23 GVT Literary Tea Series, listen to great works of literature
M & Tu 3pm-1am F-S-Sun 1pm-1am closed Weds & Thurs
Alderson’s 3rd Fall Heritage Festival
relax to live music, sample winning Rockbridge wine, grape stomping, hay rides, food available, $5 includes tasting & souvenir glass, 11am-5pm, Raphine VA, 1-888-511-WINE Oktoberfest with special hymn singing between 2 and 4 pm, Frontier Culture Museum, Staunton, 540.332-7850
Helve tia’s Fir da Helvetia’s Firsst Satur Saturda dayy Square Dance
begins at 8 pm, adults $5, 12 & under $1, Community Hall, Helvetia WV, 304.924-6435
Tuesday, October 7 Blue Ridge Story Tellers while enjoying a cup of tea, 5:30pm, Greenbrier Valley The- Barnes & Noble, Roanoke VA, 540.776-2960 atre, 113 E. Washington St, Lewisburg WV, 304.645-3838 WSS Main Street Committee meets Reading Ar Artt Book Club The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier is story of Nicho- open to public, 6 pm, WSS City Hall, 304.536-4787 las des Innocents, commissioned to design a cycle of tapes- Wednesday, October 8 tries in 15th century France, the women he meets during cre- Homestead Postcard Club
ative process, especially Claude-his patron’s daughter, results Reynolds Homestead, 7pm, Critz, VA, 276.694-7181 in this famous work, 1:30-3 pm, The Clay Center, Charleston High Tech Wednesday, guided tours through normally off-limit spaces, 3:30pm reservations suggested, limited to 15, NRAO, WV, 304.561-3570 Green Bank WV, 304.456-2150 Thursdays, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Wake up and see stars, reservations suggested, 2pm, Old Time Music Jam Live from Work Horse Cafe FREE mountain music jam session, 6:00 pm, musicians welNRAO, Green Bank WV, 304-456-2150 come, audience encouraged to dance and sing, concessions Thur sda da ober 2-4 Thursda sdayy-Satur -Saturda dayy, Oct October available, Virginia Horse Center, Lexington VA, 540.464-2950 Fall Cooking Sc hool with Chef Randy School fine tune your cooking skills & enjoy some delicious meals, 2 Draconids Meteor Showers - 25 per hour for 2 days sda ober 9, 116, 6, 23, 30 Thursda sdayy, Oct October pm Thurs-Saturday Brunch, learn healthy alternatives from Thur just basic recipes, also fusion cuisine & become a localvore, After School Classes $250/pp, Garth Newel Music Center, Rt 220, Warm Springs Frontier Culture Museum, Staunton, 540.332-7850 VA, 540.839-5018 After School Classes Thur sda ober 2-5 Thursda sdayy-Sunda -Sundayy, Oct October Crab Orchard Museum, Rts. 19 & 460, Crab Orchard Road, Tazewell Fall Fling in Whit Whitee Sulphur Springs VA, 276.988-6755 Thurs at 5pm Wildflower & Wildlife Art Show with wine & Frida ober 110 0 ridayy, Oct October cheese reception at Old White Motors Showroom, Fri Arts & Little Switzerland Cloggers’ Crafts Show opens 12 noon-8pm at Emmanuel United Meth- Annual Dance & Family Fun odist Church, ham & bean dinner 4–7pm at WSS Civic Center food served from 5 pm, dance & family fun begins 6 pm, & Alumni Welcome Reception 7pm & featured artist Kim Ayers Monterey Firehouse, Monterey VA, 540.468-3499 at Kittens Korner, Sat. Freshwater Folk Festival 10am–6pm Frida da ober 110-1 0-1 1 ridayy-Satur -Saturda dayy, Oct October 0-11 at National Fish Hatchery, spaghetti dinner 4–7pm at Southernmost Maple Products Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Sunday, Mud Bog 12 noon–6pm on McCloud Road, 304.536-9206 or 304.536- maple pork BBQ, chicken dinners, bluegrass music, hay rides, maple donuts, beginning at 9 am, Monterey VA, 5060, or online at www.wssmainstreet.org, see story pg 5 540.468-2682 ridayy, Oct October Frida ober 3 Friday-Sunday, October 10-12: Fir rida Firsst FFrida ridayys Af Aftter 5, shops & galleries open til 9pm, Lewisburg BPW 28th Annual Arts & Crafts Fair refreshments, Lewisburg WV, 304.645-4333 prize/cash drawings, food, free admission & parking, Fri & Sat Artist Reception for Evan Boggess 9am-7pm, Sun 11am-5pm, West Virginia State Fair Event Cen5-8pm at Cooper Gallery, 122 E. Washington St, Lewisburg ter, Rt 219S of Lewisburg, Fairlea WV State Fair of WV fairWV, 304.645-6439 grounds, Fairlea WV, 304.645-1321 Film Fest Fridays, begins 6:30 pm, call ahead for movie Used Book Sale titles, NRAO, Green Bank WV, 304.456-2150 Highland County Public Library, Monterey Firehouse, Friday-Saturday, October 3-4 Monterey VA, 540.468-2550
Clif ge Public Libr ar Cliftton For Forge Librar aryy BookSale
hardbacks, paperbacks, CD’s, DVD’s, tapes & other items, Fri
SPCA Annual Sweater Sale
Highland County Craft Shop, Monterey Firehouse, Monterey