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. Money raised from the lunch goes to the center's homeless efforts, and the kitchen provides training for homeless people to become employed. Bluegrass: Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers will perform at the Court Square Theater at 7:30 p.
m. Story Time: Preschool Story Time for ages 3 to 5 happens the third Friday of each month at 10 am at New Market Library. Psychology: The central branch of Massanutten Regional Library will host “Psychology in the Valley” at 12:30 p.
m. Friday to Sunday Comedy: The dinner theater comedy “Granny Runs for President” will be at Crimora Community Center at 1648 New Hope-Crimora Road in Crimora. Showtimes are at 7:30 p.
m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m.
Sunday. The meal of ham, potatoes, green beans, applesauce, roll and dessert will be served before the play. Dress is casual and atmosphere is relaxed and family friendly.
Seating is limited, so please call or email If anyone in your party uses a wheelchair or walker or struggles with hearing or eyesight we can reserve seats if notified ahead of time. For info or tickets call or text 540-487-0526 or email [email protected] .
Saturday Planetarium: The John C. Wells Planetarium, in Miller Hall at James Madison University, will feature a program for elementary school-age children at 11 a.m.
and 1 p.m. Planetarium: The John C.
Wells Planetarium, in Miller Hall at James Madison University, will feature a program for older children and adults at 2:15 and 3:30 p.m. Pride: The 10th annual Pride Festival will be at Court Square.
Food Trucks: A special food truck event will be in Harrisonburg. Music: Brittney Spencer will perform in the Concert Hall at James Madison University at 7:30 p.m.
Cruise-In: The town of Elkton will hold a cruise-in featuring classic cars along W. Spottswood Avenue. Family fun: Comedian Ty-Rone will do his ventriloquist comedy show at 3 p.
m. at the Court Square Theater. Sunday Blues: A blues jam will be at Brothers Craft Brewing at 6 p.
m. All stringed instruments welcome. Author Talk: “Mountain Women Live On” author Peggy Shifflett will tell the history of 28 mountain women, stories told as a result of interviewing their granddaughters to determine the legacy they received from their grandmothers.
She will speak at 2 p.m. at the New Market Area Library Museum event: The Plains District Memorial Museum will mark its 26th anniversary from 1 to 4 p.
m. with a Kaleidoscope of Cookies. There will be 26 different kinds — one for each year.
Then, at 2 p.m., guest speaker Gregory Owen will discuss the World War II German labor camp at Timberville.
. Baking: Bluestone Vineyard, at 4828 Spring Creek Road in Bridgewater, will hold the 2024 Great Valley Baking Challenge, at 2 p.m.
Indulge in delicious chocolate desserts created by our Valley’s finest baking teams! Your ticket includes desserts, hors d'oeuvres, and a complimentary glass of wine. Non-alcoholic beverages are also available. Attendees vote for their favorite bakes while judges rank the competition's entries for awards.
The event is a fundraiser for Adagio House, which assists caregivers and the disabled. Monday Video Games: Save the Voids is an event where people drop in to play Smash Brothers. Event at 6:30 p.
m. at Benny Sorrentino’s. Women’s Group: Women are invited to meet at Our Community Place, at the intersection of Johnson on North Main streets at 2:15 p.
m. Women only. Tuesday Al-Anon: The Tuesday Night Al-anon Family Group, hosted by Muhlenberg Lutheran Church, will meet in person or electronically from 7 to 8 p.
m. June 11. Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength and hope in order to solve common problems.
For online meeting info, go to [email protected] . Caregivers: Blue Ridge Community College, at 1 College Lane in Weyers Cave, will host the Confident Caregiver Conference, covering life planning, finances, home care, transition to facilities and more, from 8:15 a.
m. to 3:30 p.m.
Dance: Eve Stanley will present a class, “Intro to Dance and Movement,” at 5:30 at the Court Square Theater. The event is free. Tuesday to Wednesday Job fair: JMU will hold a job fair at Atlantic Union Bank Center .
The event is open to all JMU students, regardless of major, and aims to help them explore different career paths learn about the job market. Industries such as technology, finance, public safety, gover nment, health care and more will be there. Wednesday Art: Art night will be at 7 p.
m. at the Golden Pony. The U.
S. Constituion: James Madison University will hold a “fireside chat” at 7 p.m.
in Wilson Hall with guest speaker Raj Vinnakota, JMU’s Dr. David Kirkpatrick, Dr. Kara Dillard and student Democracy Fellow Ai Vy Le, about the U.
S. Constitution.The event is free and open to the public.
It will also be livestreamed on YouTube . Parking for off-campus guests will be available on levels 3 through 5 of the Mason Street parking deck. Sept.
26 Keva: Use Keva blocks to build at this program at the Central branch of the Massanutten Regional Library. Politics: Freedom Baptist Church, at 141 Pleasant Hill Road in Harrisonburg, will host a program of the Massanutten Patriots from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Adam Masters with Americans for Prosperity, will discuss Best Practices for Election Engagement. Sept. 27 Concert: A Pops concert will be at 8 p.
m. at the Atlantic Union Bank Center on the JMU campus. 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.
Money raised from the lunch goes to the center's homeless efforts, and the kitchen provides training for homeless people to become employed. Sept. 27 to 29 Oktoberfest: Alpine Goat in Weyers Cave will kick off Oktoberfest with live music on Friday and Saturday, plus the inaugural Das Beer Games, a series of Bavarian themed challenges on Saturday.
Games include Keg Rolling, Bratwurst Toss, Kids Hill Rolling and more. The SPCA will hold gingerbread cookie decorating and a special adoption event on Sunday, and if puppies aren’t enough, you can also hang out with the goats. Sept.
28 Doo-wop: The Doo-Wop Project will perform at Wilson Hall on the JMU campus at 8 p.m. Peru: Take a virtual tour of the nation of Peru at 2 p.
m. at the Central branch of the Massanutten Regional Library. Sept.
30 to Oct. 30 Art: Beverly Perdue Jennings will have a retrospective exhibition of her paintings in Bridgewater College’s Beverly Perdue Art Gallery. The exhibition, “An Artist’s Journey,” includes watercolor and oil paintings.
an opening reception will be at the gallery from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept.
30, with an artist’s talk at 5:30 p.m. Free.
Oct. 2 Golf: The 22 annual Denton Family Golf Tournament will be at Lakeview Golf Course, 101 Shen Lake Drive in Harrisonburg. The event benefits the Explore More Discovery Museum Event includes brunch at 10 a.
m., snacks, beverages, and dinner. Brunch begins at 10 am, shotgun start at noon, dinner at 5 p.
m. Mental Health: Hometown Pastoral Counseling Group, PLC will hold its first-ever open house with a community event from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. to promote the expansion and remodel of its faith-based private practice.
Marsha Garst, Harrisonburg-Rockingham County Commonwealth Attorney, will speak. This event invites the community but requests an RSVP. The event is at 9 Killdeer Lane in Dayton.
A light lunch provided. Writing: The Rocktown Writers Guild will meet at 6 p.m.
at the Central branch of the Massanutten Regional Library. The group is not affiliated with the library. Oct.
3 Writing: The Harrisonburg Writers Critique Circle will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Panera Bread.
The Appalachian Trail: Mills Kelly, Professor of History at George Mason University will discuss “Virginia's Lost Appalachian Trail,” the story of a 300-mile section of the Appalachian Trail all but forgotten by hikers. This section was in use until 1952, when the Appalachian Trail Conference moved the AT more than 50 miles to the west. The talk will be at 7 p.
m. at the Central branch of the Massanutten Regional Library. Oct.
3 to 6 Theater: “Can’t Feel At Home," an original play by Dr. John T. Glick, will be at the Court Square Theater at 7:30 p.
m. on Thursday and Friday, at 3 and 7:30 p.m.
on Saturday, and 3 p.m. on Sunday.
Oct. 4 Home ownership: Derek Chaudhuri and Veronica Amato will speak at 5:30 p,m. at Kline May Realty, 1962 Evelyn Byrd Avenue, on a Home Buyers 101 Workshop.
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. Money raised from the lunch goes to the center's homeless efforts, and the kitchen provides training for homeless people to become employed. Oct.
5 Spooooky: Parentheses Books, at 76 West Gay St, in Harrisonburg, will hold a spooktacular Halloween Tea Party for little witches and wizards. (Big ones too!) Come in costume. Play Witch Bingo for prizes.
Sip sweet tea. Treats, too! Listen to a reading of Zadie and the Witch's Tea. Author Gayle C.
Krause will personalize and sign purchased copies. Science: The John C. Wells planetarium will hold a program called “Science Sunday for Girls.
” Anyone can attend, with special outreach for girls. A different activity every month. Celebrate Dayton: Dayton Days will be from 8:30 to 4 p.
m., with food trucks and more than 200 crafts exhibits. Reading and stuff: “Virginia is for Readers” author day will feature speakers, author signings, and a scavenger hunt.
Event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.
m. at Green Valley Book Fair, 2192 Green Valley Lane in Mount Crawford. Oct.
7 Writing: A session on writing will be at the Central branch of the Massanutten Regional Library at 6 p.m. The session will run every Monday through Nov.
26. Oct. 8 Key chains: It can be difficult for little ones to keep track of their library cards, so the Viilage Library in Broadway has created an event for youngsters 8 and up.
Create beaded key chains for their cards at 4 p.m. Oct.
10 Shenandoah National Park: “The Natural History of Shenandoah National Park” will discuss the wonders of the neighboring Blue Ridge Mountains! Have you ever wondered why some rocks are so hard and others are like sand below your feet on the trail? What else is there to be discovered? This overview of natural and cultural history will guide you on a journey through Shenandoah National Park and give you an idea of the fun and adventure that awaits you on your next visit. Oct. 11 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.
Money raised from the lunch goes to the center's homeless efforts, and the kitchen provides training for homeless people to become employed. Oct. 11 to Oct.
13 Musical: “Into The Woods,” the Steven Sondheim musical about fairy-tale characters gone rogue, will be at Blue Ridge Community College at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.
m. Sunday. Oktoberfest: Oktoberfest will have beer tasting.
pumpkin carving, an Oktoberfest market, authentic German Food, and live music. On Saturday, there’s a new competition to try your hand at: Oktoberfestspiele. Grab a partner, choose a team name, and test your yard game skills.
Games include: Bocceball, Croquet, Discgolf, Cornhole, and Can-Jam. Oct. 11 to Dec.
5 Art: Elizabeth Wislar will hold “Gather,” an art exhibit at Blue Ridge Community College. Oct. 12 Fossil hunt: Students ages 4 though 9 can dig for fossils at this event at the Central branch of the Massanutten Regional Library, at 1 p.
m. Civil War: The Virginia Museum of the Civil War, at 8895 George Collins Parkway in New Market, invites people to explore the battlefield after hours and step back in time with our annual lantern tour program, “Spirits of New Market," as we celebrate the indomitable spirit of those whose lives were impacted by the battle. You'll follow your guide on a lantern-lit tour of the battlefield, encountering living historians portraying the soldiers, townsfolk, and Bushong family.
Oct. 13 Author signing: James Blakely will be at Parentheses Books, at 76 W. Gay St.
, to discuss his book “Superstition.” Author: Chris Bolgiano will speak on “Authors Talk About Writing” at 2 p.m.
at the Plains District Memorial Museum, 176 Main St., Timberville Oct. 17 Segregation at the National Park: Shenandoah National Park was established in 1935.
At the time, Virginia was a “Jim Crow” state with laws that legalized racial segregation. By 1940, a segregated area that included a campground, picnic area, lodge, and cabins was developed at Lewis Mountain. Learn about Shenandoah National Park in the Jim Crow Era from Park Rangers Allysah Fox and Karl Rand.
Oct. 18 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. Money raised from the lunch goes to the center's homeless efforts, and the kitchen provides training for homeless people to become employed.
Oct. 19 5K Run/Walk: The 22nd annual Race to Beat Breast Cancer 5K Run/Walk will be at Westover Park. All proceeds will benefit the RMH Foundation for Breast Care and Treatment at the Sentara RMH Medical Center.
For information, contact Matt Little at [email protected] links icon or 540-433-2474.
Salt and Light: A holistic event will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.
m. at 2558 Fort Lynne Road in Rockingham. The event will bring holistic vendors with the crunchy, local, handmade, health conscious mercandise with live music and food! Fo information, go ro J L & S Creations on facebook.
If you're interested in being a vendor at this event, email [email protected] . Oct.
20 Library talks about library: Peggy Harkness, volunteer director of the New Market Library, will speak at the library at 2 p.m. As the library celebrates 50 years of service to the community, Peg will share the story of the evolution of the library to our current, beautiful building and array of services.
Oct. 24 Displacement at the National Park: Katrina M. Powell will discuss the families who were displaced to create the Shenandoah National Park.
The talk is at 7 p.m. at the central branch of the Massanutten Regional Library.
Oct. 25 to Oct. 26 Song: “Shenandoah Cabaret – A New World of Song” will be at Blue Ridge Community College.
The event, supporting Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, will be at 7:30 p.m. both days.
Nov. 22 to Nov. 24 Theater: “Ghost Ship,” a Youth Theater Performance, will be at Blue Ridge Community College, at 7 p.
m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m.
Sunday. Nov. 30 Christmas: Christmas will come to the Old Town Center Complex, at 42 Island Ford Road in McGaheysville, The event will feature carriage rides, Santa, cookies, a magician, facepainting, and more from 1 p.
m. to 4 p.m.
Events are sponsored by the McGaheysville Car Wash, the Thunderbird Cafe, the Cookie Pallett, Valley Olive Oil & Balsamics and more. Pride: The 10th annual Pride Festival will be at Court Square. Food Trucks: A special food truck event will be in Harrisonburg.
Music: Brittney Spencer will perform in the Concert Hall at James Madison University at 7:30 p.m. Dec.
17 Wine: Brix & Columns Vineyard 1501, at Dave Berry Road in McGaheysville, will host a program on how sweetness and acidity impact the flavors of wine and how these characteristics influence food pairing. This session is designed to give you a basic understanding of food and wine pairing..
