The Virginia Ball Room will host the 2010 Highlands Jazz Festival on April 18 from 2-6pm. This year’s featured performers will be Todd Wright & Rick Simerly and their Band, The Dixieland Jazz Band featuring Abingdon’s very own Jimmy Fleenor, and 176 B.C. featuring Susanne Buckner & Suzanne Cox.
The Rotary club will be offering...
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Although its full glory is still a few days away, spring has finally come to the Virginia Creeper Trail in the form of cherry blossoms and a myriad of other colorful flowers. Most of the trees are still in the “bud” stage, but a few are already sporting their new leaves in that typically...
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The Arts Depot will be offering a three day watercolor workshop with well-known watercolorist Harry Thompson beginning Monday, May 17 and continuing through Wednesday, May 19. The times of the workshop will be from 9am to 4pm daily.
Mr. Thompson is the owner of a gallery at Kennebunkport, Maine. He has also been an instructor for...
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The Abingdon Farmer’s Market will open for the 2010 season on April 17. The opening day festivities will feature live music performed by The Old Oak Revival, a wonderful local band performing folk, rock and Americana music. And of course there will be plenty of homegrown produce for sale as well as a number...
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The Star Museum’s popular exhibit ‘Diva: More Than a Woman’ is set to close on August 8, but there will be plenty to see in the meantime. There will simply be a few changes made to keep the exhibit fresh and interesting.
Part of Virgina’s statewide initiative MINDS WIDE OPEN, the exhibit pays tribute to women...
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