Today Market: The Harrisonburg Farmers Market will hold a special evening event from 5 to 8 p.m. The evening will feature special demonstrations in addition to produce.
Writing: The Harrisonburg Writers Critique Circle will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Panera Bread.
Fundraiser: The Church of the Nazarene, at 1871 Boyers Road in Harrisonburg, will hold a fundraiser lunch for Isaiah 117 House and its foster care mission. Lego: A Lego event will be at the Grottoes Branch Library at 4 p.m.
Today to Sept. 21 Book sale: The Central Branch of the Massanutten Regional Library will hold a book sale. Poetry: James Madison University’s fourth decennial Furious Flower Poetry Conference will include a banquet Sept.
18 to honor several poets with lifetime achievement awards. In 2005, the Furious Flower Poetry Center was chartered at JMU, establishing the nation’s first academic center dedicated to Black poetry. Since its founding, the center has facilitated programming on the local, regional and national levels, with a commitment to nurture, promote and pass on the rich and ongoing legacy of Black poets.
The conference remains its flagship event, and Furious Flower IV is expected to have more than 700 attendees. Today through Oct. 6 Art: Jim Leech is showing “Visions of the Past,” a photography exhibit at Blue Ridge Community College.
Friday Lunch with a cause: Enjoy lunch at Our Community Place, north of downtown Harrisonburg on Johnson Street, and help the homeless at the same time. Mone.