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Youth Climate Action Summit
Youth Climate Action Summit
Join local students, climate advocates, and industry professionals for a day of exploring the many facets of the climate crisis through engaging presentations, hands-on workshops, and interactive installations.
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Great Lives Lecture- Martin Luther King Jr.
Great Lives Lecture- Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Date: February 27, 2024 The John and Linda Coker Lecture In hallowing Martin Luther King Jr., we have hollowed him. We have replaced his radical vision for justice with a romantic image of a man who stands for little more than love and peace. For the past seven years, Jonathan […]
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Great Lives Lecture- Rosemary Kennedy
Great Lives Lecture- Rosemary Kennedy
Rosemary Kennedy Lecture Date: February 29, 2024 The Coldwell Banker Elite Lecture Rosemary, Joe and Rose Kennedy’s strikingly beautiful eldest daughter attended exclusive schools, was presented as a debutante to the queen and king of England, and traveled the world with her high-spirited sisters and brothers. Yet Rosemary was intellectually disabled, a secret fiercely guarded […]
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Living History at Ferry Farm
Living History at Ferry Farm
Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution in Virginia with a living history event at George Washington’s Ferry Farm! Inside the Washington House, delve into the years leading up to the revolution, culminating in the pivotal year of 1774. In each room, interactive living history stations will portray various aspects of 18th-century life. Guests […]
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Taste Through Time: Bread Talk
Taste Through Time: Bread Talk
Whether you participated in the sourdough craze of 2020 or have memories of bread baking in your grandmother’s kitchen, you know there is nothing like a fresh-baked loaf of bread. Bread was one of the most important foods of colonial times. Watch an 18th century breadmaking demonstration in Kenmore’s kitchen at the opening weekend edition […]
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Digging Deeper into Grazing
Digging Deeper into Grazing
Every Tuesday in March at the Spotsylvania County Extension Office inside the Marshall Building!
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Fredericksburg Ghana Friendship Day
Fredericksburg Ghana Friendship Day
Enjoy Ghanaian cultural exhibits, art, music and sample delicious cuisine highlighting the myriad contributions Ghanaians have made over the years to enrich our lives. We invite you to join the City and residents of Fredericksburg, Africulture, citizens of Ghana and those of Ghanaian ancestry as we highlight the historic and important relationships we have had […]
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Market at the Center
Browse and shop local artists and crafters on display at the Dorothy Hart Community Center, enjoy crafting workshops and food trucks.  Saturday, March 9 and Sunday, March 10 10am – 4pm Dorothy Hart Community Center, 408 Canal Street Entry is free, there are fees for workshops and for vendors  To become a vendor or learn […]
Resume In-Person Workshop
Resume In-Person Workshop
Are you or someone you know seeking a new career opportunity after being laid off from 2024-2018? Let us assist you in updating your resume to a 21st Century Resume for a Better Job Opportunity! Join us by pre-registering at www.leenc.org. We will have a special Guest Speaker at the workshop. Submit a copy of your current resume and […]
Ballads & Brews
Ballads & Brews
Join us in our 18th-century tavern to sample historic drinks and treats and learn about early Fredericksburg’s connections to Ireland and Scotland. Sing along with Kinda Celtic as they perform authentic drinking songs that patrons sang in taverns of old! The colonists of Virginia, including early Fredericksburg, came from many places, but those who came […]
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Great Lives Lecture- Edith Wilson
Great Lives Lecture- Edith Wilson
Edith (Mrs. Woodrow) Wilson Lecture Date: March 12, 2024 The Chancellor's Village Lecture Beautiful, brilliant, charismatic, catty, and calculating, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson was a complicated figure whose personal quest for influence reshaped the position of First Lady into one of political prominence forever. And still nobody truly understands who she was. She climbed her […]
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Great Lives Lecture- Billie Jean King
Great Lives Lecture- Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King Lecture Date: March 14, 2024 The UMW James Farmer Multicultural Center Lecture When Billie Jean King set out to be a champion tennis player in the 1960s, she quickly realized the world she wanted didn’t exist yet for women. So she set out to help create it. Her early life played out […]
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Bluebird Basics and Bluebird Monitoring Training
Bluebird Basics and Bluebird Monitoring Training
About Bluebird Basics And Bluebird Monitoring Training DESCRIPTION: Anne Little will take you throught the lifecycle of the bluebird from start to finish. There will be a 45 minute presentation followed by question and answer period. Following the presentation, the bluebird monitors will stay for an addition 30 minute training for hand-on trail monitoring. The public […]
Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Wild & Scenic Film Festival
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is one of the largest environmental film festivals in North America and we are excited to bring the festival to our river community for the 12th year! Join us for a series of inspirational films that feature adventure, conservation and calls to action you can make possible in your […]
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Great Lives Lecture- Elizabeth Taylor
Great Lives Lecture- Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor Lecture Date: March 19, 2024 The Jubilation by Silver Companies Lecture No celebrity rivals Elizabeth Taylor’s glamour and guts or her level of fame. She was the last major star to come out of the old Hollywood studio system, and she is a legend known for her beauty and her magnetic screen presence […]
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Homeschool Investigators: Dinosaur Discoveries
Homeschool Investigators: Dinosaur Discoveries
Dinosaur Discoveries (March 20th, 10am – 11:30am): Families will become paleontologists and explore FAM’s newest exhibit Stomp FXBC. Using their observation skills, students will study local fossils, compare dinosaur characteristics, make their own dinosaur track and much more! This program is designed for children ages 5 – 10 years old.
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Great Lives Lecture- George Remus
Great Lives Lecture- George Remus
George Remus: A Real-Life Gatsby Lecture Date: March 21, 2024 The UMW Dining Lecture In the early days of Prohibition, long before Al Capone became a household name, a German immigrant named George Remus quit practicing law and started trafficking whiskey. Within two years he owned 35 percent of all the liquor in the United […]
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Great Lives Lecture- Ten Caesars
Great Lives Lecture- Ten Caesars
Ten Caesars Lecture Date: March 26, 2024 Ten Caesars is the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who founded the empire, to Constantine, who made it Christian and moved the capital east to Constantinople. The empire reached from modern-day Britain to Iraq. By the fourth century, the time of Constantine, […]
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Great Lives Lecture- Edgar Allan Poe
Great Lives Lecture- Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe Lecture Date: March 28, 2024 The Russell and Barbara Stone ‘79 Mait Lecture It is a moment shrouded in horror and mystery. Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849, at just forty, in a painful, utterly bizarre manner that would not have been out of place in one of his own […]
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Spring Community Clean-Up Day & Environmental Fair
Spring Community Clean-Up Day & Environmental Fair
Spotsylvania Parks & Recreation is hosting their 5th Annual Spring Community Clean Up Day & Environmental Vendor Fair on Saturday, April 6, 2024 from 9:00am-1:00pm. Advance registration is required to participate in the clean-up event. The Environmental Vendor Fair at the Marshall Center (8800 Courthouse Road, Spotsylvania, VA 22553). The Environmental Vendor Fair is a […]
Colonial Fair at Historic Kenmore
Colonial Fair at Historic Kenmore
Huzzah! Step back in time at Historic Kenmore’s Colonial Fair. Be enchanted by Peter Gardiner’s magical conjuring and laugh along with Professor Horn’s Punch and Judy Show. Engage in colonial art lessons, relish interactive games, and soak in the musical atmosphere of Colonial Faire. This event offers a captivating blend of historical performances and immersive […]
