The events featured are presented by Downtown Blacksburg, Inc. or our member businesses and community groups.

Upcoming Events & Activities
August 1-14
August 15- 31
July 31- Up on the Roof- 5:30-8pm

August 1-7 - Movie at the Lyric - Maleficent

August 1-2-Steppin' Out
Friday 10am-11pm,
Saturday 10am-10pm

August 6- Paint Party at the Artful Place

August 6- Alexander Black House Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting 10am-4pm

August 9- Summer Arts Festival- On the Waterfront. FREE Movie at the Lyric, 3pm 
 
August 9- Paper Making Workshop at Alexander Black House 10am-2pm

August 9- Mount Tabor Ruritan Club Fish Fry 5-7pm

August 10- Vintage Market at Market Square Park, 10am-2pm

August 13 - Mingle at the Market, 5-7pm

August 13- Summer Arts Festival- On the Waterfront. FREE Movie at the Lyric, 3pm 

August 8-14 - Movie at the Lyric - Begin Again
August 15-21 - Movie at the Lyric -  (split) Ida/Edge of Tomorrow

August 15- Market Days at Warm Hearth Village, 3-7pm

August 22-28 - Movie at the Lyric -Snowpiercer

August 23- Alexander Black House Black Tie Gala at the Inn at Virginia Tech

August 28 - Up on the Roof, 5-8pm   
  
August 29- Sept 4  - Movie at the Lyric - Life Itself

August 29- MurderDrome- sponsored by NRV Roller Girls. 7pm, Tickets TBA



Wine Tasting at Gourmet Pantry Every Saturday at 12pm. To register for Cooking Classes and events at Gourmet Pantry please call (540) 951-1995 or visit the store!

Member Events & Activities
Member Events & Activities 

Uncommonly Gifted
208 South Main St
Gifts, Greetings and so much more.
Come on in for 10% off all Art Glass. 

Blacksburg Farmers Market
Wednesdays 2 - 7 pm

Saturdays 8am - 2pm

 

Vintage and Antique Market, Sunday August 10,10am - 4pm, sponsored by the Friends of the Farmers Market.

 

Mingle at the Market, Wednesday August 13, 5-7pm, Live music and local beer and wine.

 

Tomato Tasting Event- August 16, 2014

The ever-popular tomato-tasting event is back! Sample dozens of local varieities, and vote for your favorite! The Mobile Kitchen will be on-hand with free demos and tastings. Music in the park with the Porch Loungers. Event times are 9 - 11:30 am

   
Up on the Roof
August 28, 5:30-8pm on the rooftop Kent Square
$4 one drink and food, $9 three drinks and food with $1 reusable cup
Local bands, food and beverages all sponsored by local companies and non-profits
21+and over only. Be Local. Be Social.

Mount Tabor Ruritan Club
FISH FRY: Saturday, August 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Slusser's Chapel Picnic Shelter, 1543 Mount Tabor Rd, Blacksburg.
All-you-can-eat fish, fries and slaw;  Homemade desserts; and beverages. Adults-$8,children under 12-$4, carry-outs-$8. Held rain or shine. Call 540-449-6178 for further information. 
 
NRV ABWA Luncheon 
The New River Valley Chapter of the American Business Women's Association will have our monthly luncheon on Wednesday, August 20 at 11:30am at the Hilton Garden Inn on Price's Fork Rd. in Blacksburg. To find out more about the New River Valley Express chapter or to RSVP for one of our monthly luncheons, please visit our Facebook page at:
www.facebook.com/ABWANRVExpress

Hahn Horticulture Garden 
Wednesday
Garden Walks (and Talks) - Free!
All run 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. - meet at the Peggy Lee Hahn Garden Pavilion. No registration required.

 

 

Wednesday, July 30, 2014. 12-1p.m.
Understanding Permaculture with Sarah Gibbs of NatureScapes

 

Wednesday August 6 and 20, 2014. 12- 1 p.m.
Butterfly Walks with Entomologist, Tom McAvoy, Virginia Tech.

 

Workshops

Saturday September 6, 2014. 10:00 a.m.  

Sand-casted Leaf Workshop with Rachel Yungman

Workshop limited to 20 participants; must pre-register

 

Saturday September 20, 2014. 10:00 a.m.  

Embellishing Your Leaf with Paints with Rachel Yungman

Limited to 20 participants, must pre-register

Fee includes instruction and supplies to finish one leaf

 

To register, please contact Stephanie at vtgarden@vt.edu or 540-639-2233. 

Member Events & Activities
Member Events & Activities 

Eucalyptus Massage Therapy
Free Tuning Fork Therapy at our Steppin' Out booth on August 1-2 on the corner with Cabo Fish Taco~AND Take a break from shopping and walk in for a chair or table massage for $1/minute 11-2pm Friday and Saturday ~ 20 minute maximum available!
 

Last day to register for 'Lifeweavings: A Creative Journey' is August 3rd. An interactive workshop by Textile Artist, Joni Beach on Sunday, August 10th, 1:30-5pm, Fee includes art supplies $45 ~ See www.massageblacksburg.com 

for details!

Free sound therapy for anxiety and pain relief using tuning forks or singing bowls before your massage! Schedule your session in August and receive this wonderful therapy!  

Chamber of Commerce Events
August 7- Eggs & Issues Breakfast
Speaker: MCPS, Brenda Blackburn       

Where: 99 Bradley Drive, Holiday Inn Christiansburg (across from NRV Mall)
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 am

 

August 14 Business@Lunch

Topic: Sales Trends & Closing the Deal

Speaker:  Identify Reality, Willie Jester     
Where: 1520 N. Franklin Street Christiansburg (Chamber office)

Time: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

  

For both events: Chamber Members $20- Non-Members $40

Reservations are required. Call 540.382.3020 or email Dlyons@montgomerycc.org to reserve your seat

 

August 21: Business After Hours 

Wikiteria Caf� & Blue Ridge Mountain Catering
Where: 1715 Pratt Drive, Suite 1200 Blacksburg
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.    

 

NRV Roller Girls
Information session Tuesday August 5th from 7-8pm at the Christiansburg Rec Center. Come find out more about our league! We're recruiting skaters, referees, and volunteers - no experience necessary! Must be 18 or older. 
 
Patio Party with
 Welcome to Hoonah
The University Club
 Saturday, August 16, 7:00pm - 11:00pm
7:00 - 7:30pm....Beer & Wine Social
7:30 - 8:30pm....Dinner off the Grill
8:00 - 11:00pm....Dancing to WELCOME TO HOONAH A band to keep you hopping, and partying all night long! ALL INCLUSIVE EVENT: Catered Dinner, All Beer & Wine, and Partying & Dancing to Live Band ADVANCE PAID RESERVATIONS REQUIRED..... No Later Than: Thursday, August 14th by 5pm UClub Members: Free, Guests of UClub Members: $20.00 each General Public: $30.00 each Contact Leslie Whiting at 540-231-3872 or uclub@vt.edu.


Speed Dating/Mixer for Professional Singles
The University Club, Wednesday August 27, 6:30 - 8:30pm.
Speed Dating...."For the FUN" Meet Professional singles of the NRV. Enjoy a "face to face " chat........ meet new friends, and just maybe...... make a MATCH?! All Inclusive Evening: Beer/Wine, Light Hors D'oeuvres, Mixer/Happy Hour & Speed Dating Single Ticket: $20.00 each Bring a Friend: 2 for $30.00 *Remember....comfort in numbers, so bring your single friends! For Professional Singles 24 yrs old and up.... Join the Facebook "VT UClub Singles" Group 100 Otey Street Blacksburg, VA 24061 231-3872 uclub@vt.edu www.uclub.vt.edu

Fish Fry 

Mount Tabor Ruritan Club Fish Fry on Saturday, August 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Slusser's Chapel Picnic Shelter, 1543 Mount Tabor Rd, Blacksburg. All-you-can-eat fish, fries and slaw; homemade desserts; and beverages. Adults-$8, children under 12-$4, carry-outs-$8. The Panjammers Steel Drum Orchestra will be playing. Held rain or shine. Call 540-449-6178 for further information. On Facebook at MtTaborRuritan.  

   

Blue Ridge Clarinet Collective

Afternoon Concert

Featuring works by Sowash, Bouffil, Mendelssohn, Rossini, and Piazzola

Saturday, August 9 at 2:30 PM

At Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 1301 Gladewood Rd  

 

The concert is free and open to the public. Donations gratefully accepted.


Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture


Perspective Gallery 

August 1- 16:
Printmaking Revered: 40 Years of Prints from the Collections of Robert Miller
 

August 26:Exhibit opens/ Medical Avatar: Time Healing Transformations by artist Virgil Wong

 

This is a multidisciplinary exhibition on the visualization of health data used to influence patient physician interaction and behavior change. Virgil Wong, a New York City-based artist and cognition technology researcher at Columbia University, creates digital portraits of people with chronic diseases in the Roanoke and Blacksburg area based on their own self-tracked symptom data.

 

This exhibit illustrates how art and technology can meld to aid people in visualizing how their health choices affect their physical beings.  Through the use of an app and "digital health portraits"  people create personalized avatars and timelines to more effectively communicate complex medical histories to their doctors. The exhibit was created by Virgil Wong, a New York based artist who graduated from Blacksburg High School.

 

August 29: Medical Avatar: Time Healing Transformations by artist Virgil Wong

Meet the artist reception and artists talk 5 - 7 p.m. Free and Open to the Public
  
Alexander Black House and Cultural Center
Come by the newly restored Alexander Black House & Cultural Center and celebrate our local artists selected to participate in this one of a kind "16 Squares of Art" exhibit. An artists' reception will be held August 8 from 5pm-7:30pm.
Now open! Come by and visit. We are open Tuesdays through Saturday, 10:00am - 4:00pm.
For more information about the Grand Opening Activities

 
 Community Arts Information Office   Displaying work by Maxine Lyons, a member of the Blacksburg Regional Arts Association.


New River Stage presents "Women of the Night", a Cabaret
Seeking women ages 21 and up who sing and move well.
Theatrical comedy background a plus.
Please prepare 16 bars of best/favorite piece.
Accompanist provided, please bring sheet music.

Sides available for reading. Minute monologue may be requested.

 

Auditions:
Wednesday August 20th - 6 to 7:30pm
Saturday August 23rd - 11 to 1:00pm
The Village Center, 2387 Warm Hearth Drive, Blacksburg VA 24060.
between 9 and 5pm
for more information.

Call Backs TBD

Show Dates:
Friday Oct. 24th, Saturday Oct. 25th, Sunday Oct. 26th
  

 

Live at the Lyric

 

Scythian

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 8pm

 

Della Mae

Sunday, October 5, 2014 at 8pm

 

Einstein's Monkey

Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 1pm

 

American Shakespeare Center presents MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 7:30pm

 

  For information and tickets visit: http://www.thelyric.com/live/

YMCA UPCOMING EVENTS: July - August

 

Off-Campus Ytoss Collection at BCR

    Do you live at or near BCR Properties' 1201 N. Main St. and 508 Center St. locations? Are you moving out this summer or just doing a little belated spring cleaning? Don't bother scheduling a pick-up or dragging your stuff down to the Y-Center. Let us come to you!

    On July 31st and August 1st from 11 AM - 5 PM, volunteers will be stationed at the two above-mentioned locations to take your donations. Email ytoss@vtymca.org with questions. We're still looking for volunteers for this event, too, so if you have some free time, please consider signing up for a shift on volunteerspot: http://vols.pt/Tc4Gwj.

 

Steppin' Out Blacksburg

 Your YMCA staff likes to have a little fun, too! Stop by the YMCA booth at Steppin' Out 2014, August 1st & 2nd to check out our mobile pottery wheel, enter our thrift shop raffle, and get a sneak preview of upcoming pottery, language, and garden class offerings for fall. We hope to see you there!

 

Volunteer for Ytoss Sale 2014!         

Going into it's 8th year, our most popular sale event will be back and better than ever in McComas Hall August 20th & 21st on Virginia Tech's campus! Help welcome students back to campus by volunteering August 17th - 21st for set-up, break-down, customer service or deliveries.

We encourage representatives from local business, clubs, and civic organizations to get involved as a way to gain exposure among new students. Donors, sponsors, and participating volunteer groups are welcomed to bring informational resources to display at the sale. Volunteers should please register online via volunteerspot: http://vols.pt/Tc4Gwj.

Blacksburg residents are welcome to shop at the Ytoss Sale, as well. However, please bear in mind this special event is geared toward incoming students in need of a low-cost (and low environmental impact!) alternative to furnish their dorm rooms and apartments. Help us remain true to the purpose of Ytoss by shopping on behalf of a student you know!

Visit our facebook event page (https://www.facebook.com/events/630270570381037/) for more info and feel free to email ytoss@vtymca.org or call Ayla Wilk at 540-231-3734 with questions.

 

For all information and to purchase tickets, please see
 www.artfullawyergallery.org/blacksburg-en-blanc





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