Arts & Entertainment

The Glasgow Garden Club honored Judith Perkins at the Natural Bridge Elementary School Honor Arch on Sunday, Oct. 8.

The Veterans Day ceremony in Lexington will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, in the sanctuary of the Lexington Presbyterian Church.

The Raphine Volunteer Fire Company will hold its annual Thanksgiving dinner for the community this Saturday, Nov. 11, at the firehouse starting at 5 p.m. The dinner will include turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, dressing, green beans, coleslaw, roll, assorted desserts, and ice tea, coffee or lemonade.

The Lexington Garden Club is taking orders for holiday arrangements again this year.

Washington and Lee University will present the faculty recital “Strange Bedfellows: Unexpected Musical Duos” on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Wilson Concert Hall featuring (from left) Gregory Parker, baritone; Akiko Konishi, piano; Heather Dobbins, bassoon; and Christopher Dobbins, trombone. The program includes works by Ravel, Castérède, Sulek, Serocki and more. No tickets are required. For more information, visit online at https:// my.wlu.edu/lenfest-center/fall-faculty-recital-strange-bedfellows-unexpected-musicalduos.

Rockbridge Area Habitat for Humanity will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 5 p.m. at Brady Chapel at Lexington Presbyterian Church on Main Street. The public is invited to attend.

The Rockbridge County High School FFA is conducting a citrus fruit fundraiser through this Friday, Nov. 10.

On Halloween, the second-graders at Waddell Elementary School participated in The Great Pumpkin Patch Investigation. These detectives examined pumpkins using their powers of observation, math and science skills and their taste buds (to sample roasted pumpkin seeds). Organized by teacher Amanda White, and working with the Roots and Shoots Garden volunteers, the pumpkin patch investigation was a “howling” success. ABOVE, Lori Wood and Sue Shultis, Roots and Shoots volunteers, help the secondgraders weigh and measure their pumpkins during the Great Pumpkin Patch Investigation. BELOW, Amanda White helps students dunk their pumpkins while volunteer Vieve Minor offers samples of different flavors of pumpkin seeds. (MaryWoodson photos)

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Natural Bridge Elementary’s fall festival last month featured a number of activities. ABOVE, Roger and Sarah Funkhouser from Grocery Express await trunk-ortreaters. AT RIGHT, Deputy Oliver Schriver hands out candy to students. BELOW, Kristie Funkhouser, Julie Morris, and Beth McElroy explain a craft activity after reading a story to the firstgraders.

Washington and Lee University will present the University Jazz Ensemble + Vosbein Magee Big Band on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 8 p.m. in Wilson Concert Hall.

Last week’s PTO trunk or treat event at Fairfield Elementary School featured lots of candy, along with some holiday reading. Among those reading was (below) Sue Morris, a retired teacher from New Jersey.

Rockbridge Area Habitat for Humanity will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 5 p.m. at Brady Chapel at Lexington Presbyterian Church on Main Street. The public is invited to attend.

Walkers Creek Fire & EMS is taking preorders for smoked hams and whole turkeys for Thanksgiving dinners. Cost is $55 each.

Rockbridge Christian Academy’s annual Hallelujah Night on Oct. 31 drew over 300, including teens and adults, for an evening of varied activities. The event featured games, skits and eight types of bounce houses – along with plenty of children and teens in costumes. (Ethan Blevins photos)

The Museums at Washington and Lee University will present an evening of contemporary short films by Arab and South Asian filmmakers on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater, followed by a post-screening discussion on identity, culture, community and pride.

Area residents are being invited to participate in a Thanksgiving food drive to benefit Monacan community members in need.

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Washington and Lee University’s Staniar Gallery will present a talk with artist and educator Nestor Armando Gil on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 5:30 p.m. in the Lenfest Center’s Keller Theater, followed by a reception.