Winter Reading: The Rural Retreat Public Library Adult Winter Reading Program will be Jan. 5 through March 20. Pick up a Book Log at the RR Library and each Book Log gives you another chance to win prizes. For more information, call 276-686-8337.Â
Valentine’s Dinner: Open Door Café will host a Feb. 14 Valentine’s Day Dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Cost is $75 for two meals and $40 for one three-course meal.
Market Day:Â Wytheville Farmer's Market will have a Valentine's Day Market on Saturday, Feb. 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Â
Dirt Road Rising: The Wytheville Moose Lodge presents Holly Ann & Dirt Road Rising on Saturday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. to midnight. The cost is $15 per person or $25 per couple and this is open to the public.
Valentine’s Banquet: There will be a Valentine's Day Banquet at Fellowship Baptist Church at 1705 Peppers Ferry Road on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 5:30 p.m. The meal cost is by donation and there will also be a silent dessert auction.
Vocalist to Perform:Â MacDowell Music Club will meet on Monday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m., at Grace Lutheran Church on Main Street in Rural Retreat. Natalie Drummond, vocalist, will present the program. Everyone is welcome to this free program.
Social Services:Â A 4 p.m., Feb. 18 meeting is set for the Bland County Department of Social Services Office located in the Court House at 612 Main Street, Suite 208, Bland.
Prom Project:Â The South Virginia Prom Project to be held at West End Methodist Church at 1030 W. North Street, has been postponed to Friday, Feb. 20, from 3:30-6 p.m. and on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Â
Benefit: A benefit for Cody Weatherman is set for Sunday, March 1, at 11 a.m. at the Ivanhoe Oddfellows Lodge Building on Painters Hill Road in Ivanhoe. The menu will be barbecue, baked beans, coleslaw, dessert and a drink.
History Time: War & Style: the Virginia Backcountry During the Revolution will be held on Saturday, March 7, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Wytheville Meeting Center. with speaker Jacob Morehead. Five local and regional speakers will focus on topics of clothing, furniture, retail and the Tories.
Radio Club:Â The Briarpatch Amateur Radio Club serves amateur radio operators in Southwest Virginia and northwestern North Carolina. All amateur radio operator are invited to the on-air weekly gathering held each Tuesday night at 8 p.m. with a frequency of 147.090+ and 103.5 tone. Additional information can be found online at www.vaemcommdb.or/BARC/ or on the Briarpatch Amateur Radio Club Facebook page.
