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LANCASTER—Kilmarnock Town Centre Park will soon welcome Music on the Half Shell Stage for 2021, presented by Chesapeake Bank and the Town of Kilmarnock. “We are super excited to welcome some amazing local performers as well as performers from the region,” said Mayor Mae Umphlett. “We all know how...

YORK COUNTY––Yorktown’s Sounds of Summer concerts kick off Thursday, June 3 at Riverwalk Landing in Historic Yorktown. The series runs Thursday nights from 7 to 9:30 p.m. through Aug. 12, with no concert on July 1. Opening the 10-week series is Tidewater Drive Band followed by an exciting schedule that...

Limited advance individual tickets and “member’s only” ticket packages are now on sale for the Deltaville Maritime Museum’s Groovin’ in the Park 2021 casual, outdoor concert series by phone, online and at Nauti Nell’s store in Deltaville. The warm weather and music will be here before you know it,...

Flat Iron Crossroads is a nonprofit organization that has revitalized the site of a 100-year-old gas station into an intimate, modern performing arts center located on the corner of Flat Iron Road and Daffodil Lane in Gloucester. Just as gas stations have prepared travelers for journeys since the advent...

NORTHUMBERLAND—The “Make It a Heathsville Saturday” initiative for 2021 opened April 17 with the Heathsville Farmers Market, sponsored by Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern. On third Saturdays through October, the Heathsville community will come together to offer a variety of shopping and things to do, reported executive director Corinne Becker. The market operates...

Tour de Chesapeake is an annual, family-friendly bicycling event located in Mathews County. The supported ride is all day on Saturday, May 15, but organizers hope you will make a weekend of it and see all Mathews has to offer. There is a whole assortment of things for you...

Pirates invade Yorktown: Step back into the Golden Age of Piracy as Riverwalk Landing and the Watermen's Museum are invaded by seafaring marauders from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 24 and 25. Explore a pirate encampment, view live blacksmith demonstrations, sing along with sea shanties, and don’t...

by Don Richeson -  Deltaville’s Gabby Taylor, who attends the music school at William and Mary College, will perform a special free trumpet selection as part of the 12:30 p.m. Sunday, April 4 easter Service at All Saints Anglican Church at 48 New St. in Saluda. The selection will include...

by Jackie Nunnery -  Spring is in the air and now love is in Kilmarnock’s Town Centre Park. Community development coordinator Ashley Jones and Mayor Mae Umphlett unveiled the permanent LOVEworks on a cold and sunny Saturday, March 20. The project has resulted from a partnership involving the town and the...

The exhibit, which will be available throughout 2021, showcases a reproduction of the T.C. Walker mural from Main Street, Gloucester. It includes photographs, archival documents and other objects allowing guests to explore Walker’s fascinating life. Thomas Calhoun Walker, the first African American to practice law in Gloucester, is a...