Community
Important changes at the Cryer Center
The Cryer Center is now closed for day-to-day operations, except for the Food Pantry. The office, Clothing Closet and Donation Center will no longer be open to the public until the current health concerns are overcome.
Many of its volunteers...
Mardi Gras raises over $60,000 for local youth
On February 29 the 2020 Middlesex Mardi Gras was celebrated at Bethpage Camp-Resort near Urbanna in royal fashion by 250 spirited guests. It was an early sell-out! Middlesex natives Art and Michelle Hudgins, the 2020 Middlesex Mardi Gras King...
‘The Maxwell Quartet’ to perform in Mathews
Concerts by the Bay and Live On Stage Inc. announce a Scottish string quartet will be part of their 2019-2020 concert season.
The Glasgow-based string quartet, “The Maxwell Quartet,” is bringing the sounds and stories of Bonnie Scotland to Mathews...
Middlesex natives featured in re-creation of iconic photo
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment in the United States granting women the right to vote, the Commonwealth of Virginia has organized a statewide commemoration led by the Virginia Museum of History...
‘Local History’ is topic of current RAL exhibit
“Digging Up Local History” is the current exhibit at the RAL Art Center, 19 N. Main Street, Kilmarnock.
It is an exhibit that challenged the RAL artists and photographers to dig up history in the Northern Neck by producing images...
‘Cuba Revisited’ is Turner Lecture topic
by Bill Powell
Events Director
Deltaville Maritime Museum –
Deltaville Maritime Museum (DMM) and Holly Point Nature Park will continue its 2020 Turner Lecture Series with a presentation of current travel information on Cuba on Sunday, March 15, at 2 p.m. Photographer...
Northern Neck Orchestra to celebrate Beethoven’s birthday
The Northern Neck Orchestra will celebrate the 250th year of Beethoven’s birth in 1770 with an all-Beethoven concert to be performed on Friday, March 27, at the Lancaster Middle School Theater in Kilmarnock, and Saturday, March 28, at the Northumberland...
MHS student has major role in ‘Opal’s Million Dollar Duck’
A new face will be appearing on the Lancaster Players stage this month as it presents “Opal’s Million Dollar Duck.”
Jackson Stamm, a Northern Neck native who lives in Irvington, is portraying Desmond Doolittle Derwent, one of the stars of...
March 8 ‘Afghanistan’ program will complete Sundays at Two’s 25th year
The final program in the Lancaster Community Library’s 25th year of Sundays at Two will be on March 8 with Rich Magnani’s talk about his work and socio-cultural experiences in Afghanistan.
The presentation will begin at 2 p.m. in the...
‘The Drifters’ to open RCA concert season
On Saturday, March 21, “The Drifters” will open the Rappahannock Concert Association’s (RCA) spring 2020 concert season. The concert at the Northumberland County Schools’ Performing Arts Theater on Academic Lane will begin at 7:30 p.m.
An adult concert ticket is...
