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The Gallery at York Hall, 301 Main Street, Yorktown, will open on Friday, April 1, for the 2023 season with operating hours of 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays (excluding Easter). Admission is free. The gallery is a cooperative effort between the Celebrate Yorktown Committee and...

Town Centre Park will come to life April 15 with pirates, bagpipers, sailors and Native Americans as Museum Expo, sponsored by the Kilmarnock Museum, takes place. Museums throughout the Northern Neck are expected to participate, reported Kilmarnock Museum president Carroll Lee Ashburn. Over 30 museums plan to attend. Among the participating...

The Garden Club of the Northern Neck (GCNN) will host Historic Garden Week (HGW) in the Northern Neck on April 19. The Garden Club of Virginia (GCV) will celebrate 90 years of Garden Week tours and GCNN is excited to be presenting two never-before-seen historic homes and two historic tour...

The Rappahannock River Waterfowl Show (RRWS) will fill the White Stone Firehouse March 18-19 with original paintings, decorative carvings, gunning style decoys, folk art style carvings, prints, photography and bronze sculptures. The Artist of the Year is Jim Wilson of Yorktown. Color copies of his original painting of a Kingfisher...

Game Changers of Middlesex’s Soul Train Fashion Show is set for 2-5 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at St. Clare Walker (SCW) Middle School at 6814 General Puller Highway (Route 33) in Locust Hill. Tickets are on sale for $10 each and can be purchased from Minister Davelin Gresham (539-2791),...

The Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department’s (MVFD) annual all-you-care-to-eat oyster roast and dinner is set for 5-7 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at the Urbanna firehouse at 335 Virginia St. The meal will feature fried and roasted oysters and oyster stew. String beans, potatoes and hot dogs will also be on the...

The Middlesex AARP TaxAide group starts its tax services for 2023 federal and Virginia tax preparation Wednesday, Feb. 8, at the Cryer Center at 7485 General Puller Highway (Route 33) in Locust Hill. The group prepares tax returns for taxpayers with low to moderate income with emphasis on senior...

For its February offering, Deltaville Maritime Museum’s (DMM) Turner lecture series will feature Leonard Powell, who will talk about his longtime affinity for the Chesapeake Bay. Powell’s talk is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 at DMM, which is at 287 Jackson Creek Road in Deltaville. There is no...

Preservation Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula (PNNMP) will host an illustrated talk on the restoration of an 18th century Lee family waistcoat at 2 p.m. February 11 at Wellford Hall, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 5987 Richmond Road, Warsaw. Stratford Hall curator of exhibits and design Amy Connolly will speak on...

The Virginia Writers Series, sponsored by the Friends of Belle Isle State Park, will continue on February 15. Larry D. Giles in a "Courtship of Rivers" will present his first book, Father Tree Water: Collected Poems and Photographs of the Rappahannock Mind Body Spirit and excerpts from other works in...