OCTOBER 2015 Around Clarke County
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October 17 Art Opening The Dairy Barn
Gallery. 22989 Sam Fred Road, Middleburg. 4–6pm. Join the artists to mingle, nosh and expand
or begin your art
collection. The artists will be showing paintings, sculptures, pottery and collage. The show opens with music from Justin James Forcione, and will be open Oct.18, 24/25, 31/Nov1 from 12-5pm, and by appointment. A closing reception will be on November 1, 2-4 pm with music from Morgan and Dave of Furnace Mountain. www.
thedairybarngallery.com 540 687-5517.
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Three Sisters Art Challenge
Regional Art Show and Sale. Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct., Berryville. The Three Sisters Regional Art Challenge Show & Sale explores facets of the Native American Three Sisters (agricultural treasures of maize/corn, pole beans and winter squash/gourds). This unique art show and sale is a preview to The Gathering, an educational celebration of agri-culture. The show and sale also features Gourd artist Mike Connolly and Native American “Spirit Painting”
artist
Stacey Littledeer. The show and sale will run October 17– November 21. Exhibit opens at 2. Exhibits are free and open
Tuesday-Saturday from Noon to 3pm and by appointment. For more information visit
www.barnsofrosehill.org.
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Documentary Film It’s a Good Day to
Die. With presentation by renowned Native American leader Dennis Banks. Barns of Rose Hill. 95 Chalmers Ct., Berryville. Dennis Banks co-founded the American Indian Movement (A.I.M.) in 1968 to call attention to the plight of urban Indians in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The �ilm presents an intimate look at Dennis Banks’ life beginning with his early experience in boarding schools, through his military service in Japan, his transformative experience in Stillwater State Prison and subsequent founding of a movement that, through confrontational actions in Washington DC, Custer South Dakota and Wounded Knee, changed the lives of American Indians forever. Bittersweet and compelling, A Good Day to Die, charts the rise and fall of a movement that fought for the civil rights of American Indians. 2pm. Doors open at 1:30. $25 in advance. $35 at the door. For more information visit
www.barnsofrosehill.org.
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Dark Water Rising. Barns of Rose Hill. 95
Chalmers Ct., Berryville. To the members of Dark Water Rising,
kinship is essential. Ties of kinship within the band’s Native American communities helped to establish the band in 2008. “Native Americans who piece together Southern rock full of gospel harmonies, hip- hop in�lections and Motown soul with a journeyman work ethic. With bold songwriting and bewitching arrangements, DWR breaks rules effortlessly.”- Sylvia Pfeiffenberger, “Indy Week”. Performance starts at 8pm. $15 in advance. $20 at the door. For more information visit
www.barnsofrosehill.org.
18 Open House 850 West Main
Battletown Athletics. Street,
Berryville. 12–5pm. Corn hole tournaments for adults, 4 square face off for the kids, Obstacle course to test your fi tness, Free Classes throughout the day, plus lots more! Learn about all the services we have to offer-including after school kids program! For more information call 703 598-3601.
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Sharp’s Appalachian Harvest
Barns of Rose Hill. 95
Chalmers Ct., Berryville. 2pm. Sharp’s Appalachian Harvest is a special multimedia show and concert by Brian Peters, from England, and Jeff Davis, from Connecticut. Their presentation is devoted to the astounding collection of
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Alash Ensemble performs at the Barns of Rose Hill October 29.
songs and music made by Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles in the Southern Appalachians over three summers in 1916, 1917 and 1918. The English folklorists had ventured into the heart of the mountains to seek out old British ballads still being sung in remote mountain settlements, and their haul of over sixteen hundred pieces is one of the greatest folk song
collections ever made.
There will be an old-time jam
after the presentation, 20
so bring your fi ddles, banjos, guitars and mandolins! $12 in advance, $15 at the door. For more information visit www.
barnsofrosehill.org.
Key Referral Mixer Barns of Rose Hill.
95 Chalmers Court Berryville. 5:30–7pm. Edward Jones is hosting a Key Referral Mixer.
Your Window and Door Specialist (540) 837-9351
10 South Greenway Avenue, Boyce •
www.ottercreekmillwork.com
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