Arts & Entertainment

Edward Adams, professor of English, will present a public lecture to mark his appointment to the John Lucian Smith Jr. Memorial Term Professorship at Washington and Lee University on Tuesday, March 14, at 6 p.m. in the Harte Center in Leyburn Library.

Rockbridge County High School has many opportunities for students to succeed in academics suited to their desired career path.

Baptist World Alliance Head Speaks At Event

Rachel Clark, (630) 607-9938 [email protected]

AT THE SOUL FOOD luncheon following Sunday’s International Heritage and Harvest Day service at First Baptist Church, the guest speaker, the Rev. Dr. Tomas Mackey (in photo above) shakes hands with longtime First Baptist member Mabel Poindexter. AT RIGHT, Mackey and Richard Jones go through the food line. BELOW, members of the Ukrainian families who are living in Lexington select their food. The families were welcomed and introduced at the just-concluded service. (Claudia Schwab photos)

Washington and Lee University will host Victoria Ferguson, interim director of the American Indian and Indigenous Community Center at Virginia Tech, for a Monacan pottery demonstration on March 10 and 11 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Reeves Museum of Ceramics.

Deborah Potter McCormick, 540-463-7652

Evelyn Ayres

Washington and Lee University is marking Women’s History Month with a month-long commemoration and celebration of women’s achievements.

Carolyn Terrell, (540) 649-3828/[email protected] Hello everyone. Happy birthday wishes are sent to McKenzie Waymack and Suzi Berry.

The Natural Bridge Ruritan Club recently donated a new flagpole, with Dark Sky-compliant lighting, to the Natural Bridge Volunteer Fire Department. Here club members close their February meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance, along with members of the fire department. Club member Gary Barker, owner of Fatlighter Company, donated materials and handled the construction of the project. Brad Myers, with the club’s Public Service Committee, and Scott Hannah, with the Citizenship & Patriotism Committee, assisted.

Carolyn Bradley, 540-258-2720

Rachel Clark, (630) 607-9938 [email protected]

Washington and Lee University has been included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. students for the fifth consecutive year.

The Museums at Washington and Lee University are presenting a new exhibit celebrating women ceramicists in Japan who are challenging tradition, breaking barriers and forging new techniques and methods with a clay exhibit that opened to the public on Feb. 1 and will close on April 29.

Lynn Chin, an associate professor of sociology at Washington and Lee University, will present a lecture on March 2 at 5 p.m. in the Stackhouse Theater at the Elrod Commons as part of W&L’s Mudd Center for Ethics’ series on “Beneficence: Practicing and Ethics of Care.”

Tim Hagans To Perform This Saturday

Mountain Gateway Community College has announced that the seventh annual Distinguished Alumni Award is currently open for nominations.

Virginia Military Institute is welcoming Shaolin kung fu master Heng Yue on Sunday, March 5, at 1 p.m. for a demonstration in Gillis Theater in Marshall Hall, followed by an interactive workshop in the Hall of Valor.

Virginia National Guard Sgt. Lee Shallenberger (center) was presented a Unit Award, after a long deployment to Africa, during a recent ceremony at the Hines Memorial Armory. Retired Maj. Jimmy Poole (left) has sponsored the award for the past 23 years, an award that is unique to Company B, 1-116th Infantry Battalion and is voted on by the soldiers. First Lt. Eric Abshier (right) was also present at the ceremony.

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