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Guest Chef @ Mac’s Country Store In Roseland : 6.19.09

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©2009 NCL Magazine : Photos By Tommy Stafford : Guest Chef Murray Whitehead whips up a special dish at Mac's Country Store in Roseland as part of the weekly guest chef event.
©2009 NCL Magazine : Photos By Tommy Stafford : Guest Chef Murray Whitehead whips up a special dish at Mac's Country Store in Roseland as part of the weekly guest chef event.

Roseland
Nelson County, Virginia
Most folks around Nelson don’t think twice about seeing Murray Whitehead painting a roof. That’s his profession! But you wouldn’t ordinarily think about him being in the kitchen. As Part of a Mac’s County Store’s new event, they are having guest chefs from around the area come in on a weekly basis and cook up of their favorite dishes. These aren’t professional chefs, but their food is! The faces will be everyday folks we all see around Nelson.

Murray cooks up some of the ingredients in his Paella Spanish dish.
Murray cooks up some of the ingredients in his Paella Spanish dish.
Murray serves up his specialty dish to one of the customers celebrating her birthday lunch at Mac's!
Murray serves up his specialty dish to one of the customers celebrating her birthday lunch at Mac's!

You can read more about the history of Mac’s Country Store by clicking here.

Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, A Thieving Magpie Production at the Hamner Theater, Sunday at 2pm

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Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, A Thieving Magpie Production at the Hamner Theater.

Love and laughter –deceptions and double-dealings – music and mischief, in one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies, Beatrice and Benedick match wits while comic deceptions and dark schemes lead young lovers to make Much Ado About Nothing.

Much Ado About Nothing will play Thursdays – Sundays, June 25 – July 12.
Tickets are $10, $5 for children under 10, at the door, or by reservation at 434-361-1999. Seating for all shows is limited, so please reserve early. For an additional charge of $10, boxed dinners are available for all shows if pre-ordered; call the Hamner Theater for details.

At the Hamner
In the air-conditioned Hamner Theater, Thursday and Friday shows begin at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. A free preview show will be performed on Wednesday evening, June 24 at 7:30pm. Opening Night performance Thursday, June 25 will be followed by a champagne reception.

Saturdays at the Vineyard
On Saturdays, the show will be performed outdoors at Cardinal Point Vineyard (June 27, July 4) and at Mountain Cove Vineyards (July 11), starting at 7:00 p.m. Picnickers are welcome, with vineyard grounds open at 5:30. (No outside alcoholic beverages allowed.) Bring blankets and lawn chairs. In case of rain, Saturday shows will be held in the Hamner Theater, starting at 7:30 p.m.
‘Five-dollar Fourth’ – all tickets only $5 for the July 4 outdoor show at Cardinal Point Vineyard.

Event Date: Sunday 28th of June 2009 02:00 PM

Location/Address: Hamner Theater

Contact Telephone Please call 434 361 1999 for more information

Thieving Magpie Productions presents Much Ado About Nothing, Onstage June 25 – July 12, Thu – Sun

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Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, A Thieving Magpie Production.

Tonight’s show is at Cardinal Point Vineyard at 7pm.

Love and laughter –deceptions and double-dealings – music and mischief, in one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies, Beatrice and Benedick match wits while comic deceptions and dark schemes lead young lovers to make Much Ado About Nothing.

Much Ado About Nothing will play Thursdays – Sundays, June 25 – July 12.
Tickets are $10, $5 for children under 10, at the door, or by reservation at 434-361-1999. Seating for all shows is limited, so please reserve early. For an additional charge of $10, boxed dinners are available for all shows if pre-ordered; call the Hamner Theater for details.

At the Hamner
In the air-conditioned Hamner Theater, Thursday and Friday shows begin at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. A free preview show will be performed on Wednesday evening, June 24 at 7:30pm. Opening Night performance Thursday, June 25 will be followed by a champagne reception.

Saturdays at the Vineyard
On Saturdays, the show will be performed outdoors at Cardinal Point Vineyard (June 27, July 4) and at Mountain Cove Vineyards (July 11), starting at 7:00 p.m. Picnickers are welcome, with vineyard grounds open at 5:30. (No outside alcoholic beverages allowed.) Bring blankets and lawn chairs. In case of rain, Saturday shows will be held in the Hamner Theater, starting at 7:30 p.m.
‘Five-dollar Fourth’ – all tickets only $5 for the July 4 outdoor show at Cardinal Point Vineyard.

Event Date: Saturday 27th of June 2009 07:00 PM

Location/Address: Hamner Theater

Contact Telephone Please call 434 361 1999 for more information

DEVILS BACKBONE BREWING COMPANY: GARY RANDAL Performing Sunday, June,21, 2009, 2pm

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HAPPY FATHER’S DAY! Grab a pint of Jason’s newest session beer and some delicious pub fare while catching some rays on the DBBC terrace listening to Gary Randal June 21st at 2pm(weather permitting) But, we will move inside and continue the celebration!

Event Date: Sunday 21st of June 2009 02:00 PM

Location/Address: crossroads Rt 151 & Rt 664- Nelson County

Contact Telephone Please call 434.361.1001-www,dbbrewingcompany.com for more information

Thieving Magpie Productions presents Much Ado About Nothing, Onstage June 25 – July 12, Thu – Sun

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Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, A Thieving Magpie Production at the Hamner Theater.

Love and laughter –deceptions and double-dealings – music and mischief, in one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies, Beatrice and Benedick match wits while comic deceptions and dark schemes lead young lovers to make Much Ado About Nothing.

Much Ado About Nothing will play Thursdays – Sundays, June 25 – July 12.
Tickets are $10, $5 for children under 10, at the door, or by reservation at 434-361-1999. Seating for all shows is limited, so please reserve early. For an additional charge of $10, boxed dinners are available for all shows if pre-ordered; call the Hamner Theater for details.

At the Hamner
In the air-conditioned Hamner Theater, Thursday and Friday shows begin at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. A free preview show will be performed on Wednesday evening, June 24 at 7:30pm. Opening Night performance Thursday, June 25 will be followed by a champagne reception.

Saturdays at the Vineyard
On Saturdays, the show will be performed outdoors at Cardinal Point Vineyard (June 27, July 4) and at Mountain Cove Vineyards (July 11), starting at 7:00 p.m. Picnickers are welcome, with vineyard grounds open at 5:30. (No outside alcoholic beverages allowed.) Bring blankets and lawn chairs. In case of rain, Saturday shows will be held in the Hamner Theater, starting at 7:30 p.m.
‘Five-dollar Fourth’ – all tickets only $5 for the July 4 outdoor show at Cardinal Point Vineyard.

Event Date: Friday 26th of June 2009 07:30 PM

Location/Address: Hamner Theater

Contact Telephone Please call 434 361 1999 for more information

Crozet Volunteer Fire Department Summer Celebration : June 27, 2009

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Crozet Fire Department
Summer Celebration

June 27th 2009 11am-9pm
Car Show 11-2
Music provided by Chick Tragic & the Roosters, Eliza Run, The Morris Family and Ronnie Johnson
We will have Bingo, Games, Free Children’s Games, Face Painting.
Information table. Food will be available.
FREE PARKING/FREE ENTRANCE

Event Date: Saturday 27th of June 2009 11:00 AM

Location/Address: 5652 Three Notched Road Crozet Va

Contact Telephone Please call 434-823-4758 for more information

Free VPI Reading at Hamner Theater – Sunday at 1pm

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The Hamner Theater’s Virginia Playwrights Initiative presents two free staged readings on Saturday, June 20 & Sunday, June 21.

There will be a free Staged Reading of “Nobody’s Wife”, by Cindy Dlugolecki on Saturday at 7 p.m. This play was inspired by the work of Philadelphian muralist Violet Oakley, one of the ‘Red Rose Girls’, and the first woman in history to be commissioned to paint murals in a public building.

On Sunday, June 21 at 1 p.m., there will be a free Staged Reading of “The Grove at Illium”; Jane Ann Crum’s play follows a family over several generations, beginning with the establishment of the family farm, The Grove, in the nineteenth century, and continuing to the present day – a play about family, and a search for self.

The Virginia Playwrights Initiative (VPI) is a part of the Hamner Theater’s continuing mission to foster new works for the stage, specifically those by Virginia playwrights. VPI provides a venue for the playwright to workshop, rewrite and rehearse a new script with a company of experienced actors, a director and a dramaturg. The playwright participates in a process of readings, rehearsal, discussion, culminating in a public staged reading.

Following each reading, there will be a discussion open to all. This discussion is an important part of the process, providing an opportunity for the playwright to understand the impact the play has had on the audience. The Virginia Playwrights Initiative is made possible in part by grants from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the BAMA Fund.

Event Date: Sunday 21st of June 2009 01:00 PM

Location/Address: Hamner Theater

Contact Telephone Please call 434 361 1999 for more information

Free VPI Readings at Hamner Theater – Sat & Sun

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The Hamner Theater’s Virginia Playwrights Initiative presents two free staged readings on Saturday, June 20 & Sunday, June 21.

There will be a free Staged Reading of “Nobody’s Wife”, by Cindy Dlugolecki on Saturday at 7 p.m. This play was inspired by the work of Philadelphian muralist Violet Oakley, one of the ‘Red Rose Girls’, and the first woman in history to be commissioned to paint murals in a public building.

On Sunday, June 21 at 1 p.m., there will be a free Staged Reading of “The Grove at Illium”; Jane Ann Crum’s play follows a family over several generations, beginning with the establishment of the family farm, The Grove, in the nineteenth century, and continuing to the present day – a play about family, and a search for self.

The Virginia Playwrights Initiative (VPI) is a part of the Hamner Theater’s continuing mission to foster new works for the stage, specifically those by Virginia playwrights. VPI provides a venue for the playwright to workshop, rewrite and rehearse a new script with a company of experienced actors, a director and a dramaturg. The playwright participates in a process of readings, rehearsal, discussion, culminating in a public staged reading.

Following each reading, there will be a discussion open to all. This discussion is an important part of the process, providing an opportunity for the playwright to understand the impact the play has had on the audience. The Virginia Playwrights Initiative is made possible in part by grants from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the BAMA Fund.

Event Date: Saturday 20th of June 2009 07:00 PM

Location/Address: Hamner Theater

Contact Telephone Please call 434 361 1999 for more information

Severe Weather Possible Later Today Across Virginia & Nelson : 6.18.09 : Threat Diminishing In Nelson 4:15 PM EDT

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The Storm Prediction Center in Oklahoma has much of Virginia, including Nelson, in the slight risk area for severe weather later Thursday afternoon. Click to enlarge.
The Storm Prediction Center in Oklahoma has much of Virginia, including Nelson, in the slight risk area for severe weather later Thursday afternoon. Click to enlarge.

Nelson County, Virginia
With dewpoints already in the lower 70’s Thursday morning, and temperatures expected to be near 90° in the afternoon, the potential for severe weather is developing across Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has placed the area in the slight risk category for severe storms. Their morning discussion included the following for this area:

…MID ATLANTIC REGION…
MORNING WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER TROUGH ROTATING EASTWARD
ACROSS THE UPPER OH VALLEY. THIS TROUGH WILL PASS ACROSS THE MID
ATLANTIC COASTAL REGION TODAY AND HELP TO INITIATE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NYC SOUTHWARD INTO VA/NC. SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN
THE 70S ARE PRESENT THIS MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF VA/NC WHERE STRONG
INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON. ALL MODELS ARE
IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER
THIS AREA. VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES APPEAR SUFFICIENT FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW SUPERCELLS OVER THIS AREA CAPABLE OF DAMAGING
WINDS…HAIL…AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

Additionally the local weather service office in Sterling mentions the possibility of strong to severe storms both Thursday and Friday in their Hazardous Weather Outlook:

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. ONE OR TWO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO MAY DEVELOP ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN WEST
OF THE BLUE RIDGE. ANY STORMS THAT FORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PRIMARILY LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

We’ll continue watching developments here and update if severe weather starts breaking out.
NCL

Area Church Members Feed 10,000 People In About 2 hours : 6.18.09

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©2009 NCL Magazine : Photos By Tommy Stafford : Around 50 people from 13 different area churches bag up food at Grace Episcopal Church in Massies Mill Wednesday afternoon.
©2009 NCL Magazine : Photos By Tommy Stafford : Around 50 people from 13 different area churches bag up food at Grace Episcopal Church in Massies Mill Wednesday afternoon.

Massies Mill
Nelson County, Virginia
For the second time in less than a year, area churches have banded together to do the unthinkable. They have packed thousands of meals for needy folks, this time in about two hours. The group met Wednesday afternoon at Grace Episcopal Church in Massies Mill where the assembly line cranked out meals for 10,000 people in about 2 hours. We first told you about the effort back in the Fall of 2008 when area churches had their inaugural event.

Volunteers carry large bags of grain into Grace Episcopal Wednesday afternoon.
Volunteers carry large bags of grain into Grace Episcopal Wednesday afternoon.

Sarah Loken who helped coordinate Wednesday’s event says, “This year we have lots more people.” The event is part of Operation Sharehouse that provides meals for needy people around the world. It’s part of the umbrella organization Stop Hunger Now based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Area church volunteers seal bags of rice and other grains at Grace on Wednesday afternoon.
Area church volunteers seal bags of rice and other grains at Grace on Wednesday afternoon.

The idea originated when Grace Episcopal’s Rector, Judy Parrish, attended a North Carolina conference in early 2008 where they packaged around 11,000 meals in just over two hours. “What I like about this effort, is there are no age boundaries. There’s something here that everyone can do from the very young to the very old, and we are all helping people that have very little to eat,” Judy told NCL Wednesday afternoon as the first 1000 meals had just been packaged.

A youngster serves as a runner taking packaged meals to the next table for sealing before being boxed up for shipment around the world.
A youngster serves as a runner taking packaged meals to the next table for sealing before being boxed up for shipment around the world.
Every time 1000 meals were packaged a giant gong was sounded to mark the passage of the next thousand!
Every time 1000 meals were packaged a giant gong was sounded to mark the passage of the next thousand!
Church volunteers tape up boxes used for shipping in Operation Sharehouse.
Church volunteers tape up boxes used for shipping in Operation Sharehouse.
Betty Brown of Nelson County carefully measures grain going into one of the bags before it's sealed.
Betty Brown of Nelson County carefully measures grain going into one of the bags before it's sealed.

You can learn much more about Operation Sharehouse and Stop Hunger Now by clicking on their website here.

Congrats to everyone from all of the 13 area churches for a tremendously successful effort!

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