Sundays at Two to open March 6 at Lancaster Community Library

U.S. Naval Observatory astronomer Geoff Chester will present The Dazzling Skies of the Northern Neck at 2 p.m. March 27.

The Lancaster Community Library Sundays at Two lecture series will launch at 2 p.m. March 6 in the second floor conference room at LCL, 16 Town Centre Drive, Kilmarnock.

The program will include six sessions on a range of topics of interest to the community, reported library director Alice Cooper. Sessions will continue to be offered at no cost and are open to the public.

The series will open with author, Dr. Allener Baker-Rogers on Book Writing: from Idea to Publication.

The series will continue at 2 p.m.:

  • March 13 with Cider Apples for the Northern Neck, by Cathy Calhoun of Ditchley Cider Works.
  • March 27 with The Dazzling Skies of the Northern Neck, by U.S. Naval Observatory astronomer Geoff Chester.
  • April 3 with Empowering Small Communities and Forgotten People Globally, by Zeno Gamble of the Blessing Project.
  • April 24 with The State of the Economy: Virginia and the Northern Neck, by Joseph Mengedoth, economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
  • May 1 with Lives Bound Together: Slavery at George Washington’s Mt. Vernon, by Susan Schoelwer, Mt. Vernon’s Robert H. Smith senior curator.
Rivah Visitor's Guide Staff
Rivah Visitor's Guide Staff
The Rivah Visitor’s Guide provides information about places to go and things to do throughout the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula of Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay region, from the York River to the Potomac River.

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