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Children’s Theatre at the Hanover Arts & Activities Center

Admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:47:22 +0000

The Hanover Arts & Activities Center is sponsoring a Children’s Musical Theatre Camp in July 2010 and a musical production of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka in August 2010.

Children’s Musical Theatre Camp sponsored by the Hanover Arts & Activities Center is now accepting registrations. Rising 1st through rising 8th graders may participate during the 3-week camp program. Camp runs July 12 through July 29 every Monday through Thursday from 1:00 – 3:00pm at the Hanover Arts & Activities Center. Students will learn about different aspects of theatre (including makeup, costumes, technical elements, music, choreography, scenery, props, stage combat, improv and more!). No audition is necessary to attend Children’s Musical Theatre Camp. Camp fee is $175, and includes materials, a t-shirt and healthy snacks. There is a discount for siblings. Registration forms are available at www.hanoverarts.org. You may mail your completed Registration Form and payment to the Hanover Arts & Activities Center ~ P.O. Box 486 ~ Ashland, VA. Hurry! There are a limited number of spaces available for this camp.

Auditions for Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka will take place on April 28, 2010 (rising 1st – 4th graders) and April 29, 2010 (rising 5th – 8th graders) at 6:30 p.m. each evening at the Hanover Arts & Activities Center, 500 S. Center Street, Ashland, VA 23005. Children must attend an audition for a chance to be cast in a role for the play. At the audition, we will ask your child to sing a song a capella (without music) and to read from the script. Auditions will be a FUN process. No appointment is necessary for auditions.

Rehearsals for Willy Wonka will take place July 5 through August 5, 2010 Monday through Thursday from 3:00pm-5:00pm at the Hanover Arts & Activities Center. Performance dates for Willy Wonka are August 6, 7 and 8, 2010. The registration fee for Willy Wonka is $200, and includes costumes, t-shirt and a healthy snack. Children who are cast in Willy Wonka may also sign-up to participate in Children’s Musical Theatre Camp for the additional fee of $175. There is a discount for siblings. Registration forms are available at www.hanoverarts.org. You may mail your completed Registration Form to the Hanover Arts & Activities Center ~ P.O. Box 486 ~ Ashland, VA or bring it with you to auditions in April. For more information, call Lorie Foley, Camp Director, at 804-798-0704 or email loriefoley@comcast.net.

The G.A.M.E. Rocks the Ironhorse TONIGHT

Admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:01:55 +0000

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Gentle O’Reminder: Come out to the Ironhorse tonight for LIVE MUSIC from The G.A.M.E. No cover charge. 8 pm.

Grand Re-Opening of Jessica Robertson’s Studio – March 23

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:13:04 +0000

Plan to join Jessica Robertson and her staff for the upcoming “Grand Reopening” Open House. March 23 from 4-7. See their newly redesigned studio. They will also be drawing for doorprizes every hour. This is a great time for the Ashland community to come check us out! www.jessicarobertson.com 804-798-7980.

Jeremy Witt Exhibit at the R-MC Welcome Center

Admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:43:06 +0000

The R-MC Welcome Center is hosting an art exhibit by artist and alumnus Jeremy Witt ‘92 throughout March. Come by Monday – Friday between 9 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to see this compelling exhibit. Come meet the artist at the Open House on Tuesday, March 16 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. in the Welcome Center.

Witt has always been interested in photography and since his college days he has continued to explore the medium with great intensity. He has tried his hand at color and digital photography, but his first love is black and white film. “I still shoot film and develop it in my darkroom, along with my prints,” he says.

Witt also makes music and writes fiction, including screenplays and short stories.

“I have seen for years how all of the disciplines I explore inter-react,” says Witt. “All creativity comes from the same place, or at least the same general direction, so all of the things I make have a similar vibe. They are filtered through my unique personality, but their real force is much more primal. In this way the images are new and old at the same time. Black and white photography, being a medium of subtlety, can demonstrate this reality very well. It doesn’t scream. It doesn’t need to. It’s very hard to speak directly about the images. They are emblems of a process and not really about representational reality. They exhibit, in a visual manner, that which we all feel and experience in life: light and dark, black and white, movement and calm and everything inbetween.”(Witt’s book, inbetween, was published in 2006 by Cross Mill Gallery.)

“Mammalogues” – a one woman show this Sunday, March 14 at RMC

Admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:46:29 +0000

Gene Glave, who used to live in Ashland and now lives in Charleston, SC, has written a one-person show, “Mammalogues.” Ms. Glave had breast cancer. This show is a funny and poignant look at what she went through. March 14 at 7:00pm (Blackwell Auditorium at R-MC). All proceeds will go to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Tickets are $10. For more information, and to purchase tickets, please call 804-752-7318 or email studentlife@rmc.edu.

Ashland Police Department will host a Safe and Sober Driving Event

Admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:05:57 +0000

On Friday, March 5, 2010 from 12:00pm – 4:30pm the Ashland Police Department will host a Safe and Sober Driving Event at Randolph-Macon College. The Ashland Police Department would like to extend an invitation to all drivers, young and old, to join us as we kick-off “Checkpoint Strikeforce” & “Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving: St Patrick’s Day impaired driving awareness campaign”. This event is also being held in conjunction with Randolph Macon College’s “Spring into Safety Campaign” and is sponsored by their Residence Life, Office of Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Campus Safety Office. Officers and representative from Mother Against Drunk Drivers organization will be on hand to educate drivers as to the dangers and consequences of driving impaired. Volunteers will wear “fatal vision goggles” while maneuvering a golf cart through traffic cones to simulate the effects that alcohol has on a person who operates a motor vehicle under the influence. Officers will also offer field sobriety tests to the volunteers after they complete the driving course. Also during this month, the Ashland Police Department will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in an effort to remove impaired drivers from our roadways. In NHTSA statistics show that in 2008, there were 134 crash fatalities on St. Patrick’s Day. Out of that number, 50 people were killed in traffic crashes that involved at least one driver or motorcyclist with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher. Please remember that “Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk.” Designate your sober driver before the St. Patrick’s Day parties begin.

Pet Portraits – Hanover Humane Society Fundraiser

Admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:56:50 +0000

On March 19 and 20, Jessica Robertson Photographic Artistry will donate the session fee of all Pet Portraits to the Hanover Humane Society. Hurry and make your appointment before they’re all gone! Call 798-7980.

Giant Flemish Rabbits

Admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:43:33 +0000

Saturday March 20 at 1:00 p.m. at the Richard S. Gillis, Jr. Ashland Branch Library, 201 N. Railroad Ave. (804) 798-4072. Celebrate our Snuggle up with Peter Rabbit read aloud program with a visit from some Giant Flemish Rabbits.

If you have a special physical or communication need that may affect your use of library services, please ask a staff member or call Tom Shepley, Director at (804) 365-6211.

1960s The Meaning Behind the Music

Admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:40:49 +0000

Thursday, March 25 at 7:00pm at the Richard S. Gillis, Jr. Ashland Branch Library. Other Voices, an acoustic vocal band, will take you on a trip through the sixties, with the protest anthems, pop songs, and expressive ballads that made the era unforgettable.

If you have a special physical or communication need that may affect your use of library services, please ask a staff member or call Tom Shepley, Director at (804) 365-6211. Richard S. Gillis, Jr. Ashland Branch Library, 201 S. Railroad Ave , Ashland. 804-798-4072.

Sue Watson wins coveted YWCA Outstanding Women Award for Education

Admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:36:26 +0000

Sue Watson was among 10 women selected for the YWCA honor (out of nearly 80 candidates). To celebrate, the YWCA is hosting a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 23, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. The luncheon is a fundraising event and nearly 900 members of the Metro Richmond community attend each year. Funds raised support the YWCA’s three core program areas: domestic violence, sexual violence and early childhood education. Tickets are $50. Sales will begin in March.