Shenandoah Valley Music Festival Announces 2013 Summer Season Lineup at Orkney Springs!

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The 50th Anniversary Season of the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival, presented by First Bank, will feature Grammy Award winning performer Kris Kristofferson in a special solo acoustic show and five-time Grammy winner Marty Stuart with his band The Fabulous Superlatives.

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May 18, 2013

Bill Yates and The Country Gentlemen

Bluegrass fans will immediately recognize the name Bill Yates for his many years as a member of Country Gentlemen.

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May 14, 2013

Congratulations Local TSA Winners

TSA STUDENT AWARDS

Many area residents may not know about the Technology Student Association (TSA) program in our schools, nor the important benefits these students bring to our community and society at large. TSA members in our local middle and high schools focus on Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics concepts, (STEM Science), as well as leadership, and presentation skills — all essential to everyone’s future.

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May 14, 2013

Top 10 steps to prepare for a remodel

In honor of National Home Improvement Month this May, the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) advises homeowners of the 10 most important steps to take before the remodeling project starts. (more…)

May 13, 2013

RR Donnelley: Innovative Line of Printed Electronics

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R. R. Donnelley has launched an innovative RFID and NFC production capability as part of its printed electronics initiative. These new capabilities enable the company to provide customers with unique printed NFC and RFID tags that can be embedded in an extensive range of products that RR Donnelley produces, including retail displays, product packaging, shipping labels, direct mail pieces, catalogs, magazines and more. Printed electronics from RR Donnelley provide customers with a single source for integrated radio frequency enabled business and consumer communications.

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May 3, 2013

Bluegrass Heritage Night at WTA’s Gateway

Bourbon Barrell Blue Grass

Two of the Valley’s newest bands bring their unique take on bluegrass to WTA’s Gateway on May 11, 2013.  Both Bourbon Barrel Congress and  Many Nights Ahead were born in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley and share a common bluegrass heritage, but each uses that lineage to move to a style of their own.  (more…)

April 30, 2013

Mercy House Youth Tell Stories of Homelessness

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The Arts Council of the Valley awarded six Advancing the Arts grants for this 2012-2013 academic year. During March 2013, the creators of Residence and Refuge, a five-week writing and photography workshop made possible by an Advancing the Arts grant, worked closely with the Mercy House after-school program to offer elementary and middle school residents artistic skills with which to tell their stories. Sarah Murphy and Kayla Runion, workshop teachers and coordinators of the program, compiled the writing and photography of each student into a book that will be on display at the Smith House on May 3rd, 2013 along with a photography exhibit from the workshops. (more…)
April 25, 2013

Spring Brings Art in the Park

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What better way to celebrate Spring, than to join us on April 20th, 9am-12pm for our first Art in the Park of 2013! Art in the Park provides important art education opportunities to the community one Saturday per month.
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April 19, 2013

Rocktown Beer & Music Festival

Rocktown Beer Fest

MARK YOUR CALENDAR : April 20, 2013 – TICKETS ON SALE NOW

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April 17, 2013

Rooting Out Waste at the Department of Justice

United States Congress As the March 1 sequestration deadline approached, Attorney General Eric Holder dramatically warned that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would be forced to make cuts that threaten the safety of all Americans. Holder claimed that cuts to agencies within the Justice Department would diminish the department’s ability to investigate and prosecute crimes.

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April 13, 2013