[ February 23, 2012 4:13 am to January 7, 2012 10:00 am. ] Wednesday, December 28, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.

A free activity during which children may draw or paint their favorite 2011 memory on a mural.

[ August 5, 2011; 6:00 pm; ] Experience the Civil War as a civilian in Old Town Winchester! Learn about the citizens and the events that took place in Winchester during that stirring period of time. Make your reservation by calling 540-542-1326, and meet your guide at 2 N. Cameron Street. $5.00 per person, payable to your guide.

[ August 6, 2011; 9:00 am; ] Join us every Saturday morning (May through November) from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the Loudoun Street
Mall for the Winchester City Market. Vendors of homegrown fruits, vegetables and homemade jams, baked goods, other foodstuffs, herbs, flowers and plants, and arts and crafts will be selling at the Market during the five-month season. The Market [...]

[ August 6, 2011; 1:00 pm; ] Local historian and professor, Jonathan Noyalas, will sign his latest book “Stonewall Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign: War Comes to the Homefront.”

Mr. Noyalas is an assistant professor of history at Lord Fairfax Community College, and director of its Center for Civil War History. The book examines Jackson’s campaign, much of which occured in the Winchester area.

[ August 6, 2011; 1:00 pm; ] Live soca and reggae music with outdoor island food and beverages! Join us for a big “JUMP UP” to celebrate Jamaican Independence Day with a fun fest. Lots of kids activities and food vendors.

Admission:
FREE

For More Information, call:
(540) 722-5006

[ August 6, 2011; 2:00 pm; ] Come join us for an evening packed with fun for all ages. Kids games & prizes (free), inflatable playgrounds, Chinese auction (drawing will start @ 6pm), face painting, finger printing, cake walks, antique fire trucks, kids craft tables, country ham sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers, kettle corn, soft drinks. Raffle drawing at 7:00 pm, you do [...]

[ August 7, 2011; 2:00 pm; ] Sunday, August 7

This fascinating illustrated lecture will investigate how eighteenth-century art reflected the revolutionary changes taking place in science, technology, governmental institutions, literature, and philosophy. Presented by Twyla Kitts—the teacher-program coordinator for the VMFA education and statewide partnership department and the collection educator for the museum’s Byzantine, Renaissance, Baroque, and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European galleries—the [...]

[ August 9, 2011; 9:00 pm; ] Remember when horror movies had fun, excitement, and Roddy McDowall? This August the Alamo Drafthouse will be taking a trip back to the mid-80s with the original FRIGHT NIGHT. You’ll see McDowall as the most cowardly vampire hunter in syndication. You’ll see Chris Sarandon as Jerry Dandridge, the most WASP-ily named vampire in the history [...]

[ August 12, 2011; 7:00 pm; ] Friday, August 12

The sounds of Motown are coming to the MSV! The Moonlighters, an Alexandria-based band that has performed at the Kennedy Center seven times, will play the best of soul music from the 1950s and 1960s eras for this special Gardens at Night. Enjoy gorgeous gardens and songs made famous by The Temptations, Aretha [...]

[ August 12, 2011; 7:00 pm; ] Friday, August 12
History At Sunset: The Valley Pike: Thoroughfare to Frontier, Prosperity, and War
NPS Ranger Program – Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park, Middletown

One of the most critical features in the settlement and economic growth of the Shenandoah Valley was the existence and improvement of the principal road that ran along its length.  [...]