Make plans to attend the WWII in Film Conference at Liberty University hosted by the National D-Day Memorial Foundation and Liberty University History Department to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Saving Private Ryan. Acclaimed WWII author and consultant for historical film productions Dr. Donald Miller of Lafayette College will be the keynote speaker. He is...

Following the conclusion of the WWII in Film conference, there will be a screening and discussion of Saving Private Ryan to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its theatrical release. The screening is free and open to the public, but tickets will be required for admission. For more information, visit www.dday.org or call (540) 586-3329.

The National D-Day Memorial will mark the 74th anniversary of Operation Overlord with a ceremony on Wednesday, June 6 at 11 a.m. This year’s commemoration features Pat Waters, the grandson of General George S. Patton and Desmond Doss Jr. Following the address, Normandy veteran Ash Rothlein will preside over the annual remembrance at the Memorial’s...

Virginia Dickens, is a photographer, artist, and graphic designer. She creates her art by combining her photographs, paintings and sketches in Photoshop. The mixed media piece is then built up layer-by-layer, adding pieces of her photographs as she goes. Printing her creations on canvas, metal and watercolor paper in her studio, she assembles the frames...

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But for an artist it is so much more.  Artists copy or borrow from other artists to learn and grow more than to flatter.  When local artist Carol Burnett encountered the work of Lynchburg artist Queena Stovall over twenty years ago, she knew that she not only encountered...

A weekend of Mountain Biking FUN and racing for the WHOLE FAMILY on June 8,9 &10 2018 at Falling Creek Park in beautiful Bedford Va.! Friday Dirt Crit 7pm Saturday Fat 5 Hour 830am Sunday Fat Tire Frenzy 930am On site registration opens 1.5 hours before race. ALL SKILL LEVELS AND ALL AGES WILL HAVE...

Join us on Saturday, June 9 at 7:00 p.m. as the Bower Center cohosts with the Spectrum Arts Society “Echoes of Appalachia, Bluegrass and Folk Songs.” This concert will be presented with a special combination of solos and small ensemble singing. Going back to our roots! Echoes of Appalachia will have you stomping your feet...

Shakespearean theater returns to Mr. Jefferson’s south lawn with Poplar Forest’s production of Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare’s extravagant romantic comedy. Bring your friends and family—and a picnic dinner and a blanket or chairs—and experience the magic of Shakespeare’s verse performed under a starry night sky. Adult refreshments will be available for purchase each night from...