Lacey Spring
Lacey Spring, VA · Arts & Culture
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Hear Together: Luminaries at Silver Lake
The Virginia Quilt Museum is a nonprofit museum in Dayton. Since 1995, they have worked to cultivate and preserve the quilting arts, and promote the unique blend of art and cultural heritage of quilting. They are hosting a Luminaries at Silver Lake evening with the Dayton Bee Friends on Saturday,...
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Frontier Culture Museum announces holiday lantern tours and workshop series
STAUNTON, VA (Rocktown Now) — The Frontier Culture Museum is celebrating the holiday season with two special offerings that bring historic holiday traditions to life. Visitors can explore the sights, sounds, and customs of Christmases past while discovering how families across different cultures and time periods celebrated the season.
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GRiZ to Relocate His Seven Stars Festival After Learning Current Site Was Once a Plantation
GRiZ says he will find a new location for his Seven Stars festival after learning the event’s current site was once a plantation. So, What Was GRiZ Doing During All That Time Off? ‘I Just Needed to Figure Out Who I Am to Me’ The second edition of Seven Stars happened earlier this month, Oc. 9-11, at Oak Ridge Estate & Farm in Arrington, Virginia. In a statement posted to social media on Thursday (Oct. 29), the producer noted that his team was previously made aware of the site’s history and consulted with educators at the University of Virginia on the issue, but that the issue was never brought to him. “I had naively assumed that if an issue of this weight arose, it would be brought to my attention,” says the artist born Grant Kwiecinski. “But true leadership does not allow for deflecting of accountability. This responsibility for what happens under my name sits squarely on my shoulders. This fell on my watch, and the failure is entirely mine.” He continues that Seven Stars will not return to Oakridge Farm and that he and his team “are taking an intentional hiatus to search for a new home. Seven Stars
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Community gathers to discuss preservation, future of historic Booker T. Washington High School in Staunton
STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) - Community members gathered Saturday morning at the historic Booker T. Washington High School to discuss preserving the facility and planning for its future use. “Its important to preserve the history of this school because back in the thirties and all this was the only black high...
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GRiZ Announces Seven Stars Will Look For New Home Following Backlash From Venue’s Plantation History
GRiZ’s Seven Stars Festival will go on hiatus and search for a new home after its current site in Virginia was revealed to be a former plantation. The dubstep star apologized for the oversight and shared his decision to move the festival away from the Oak Ridge Estate in Arrington, Virginia, in a heartfelt video posted to Instagram today, following weeks of online discourse about whether a festival built around inclusivity should be held on land with such a painful history.
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Book Lovers Will Fall Head Over Heels For These 9 Secondhand Bookstores In Virginia
Ready to find the best secondhand bookstores in Virginia?. These 9 incredible shops offer amazing deals and shelves packed with wonderful reads!. 1. Bargain Books Richmond (Richmond) There’s something deeply satisfying about a bookstore that tells you exactly what it’s about right there in the name. Bargain Books...
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6 Virginia-inspired Barbies are on display at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Barbie: A Cultural Icon, a new exhibit at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, is bringing more than six decades of fashion, culture and nostalgia to Richmond — with a special spotlight on six specific Barbies connected to the commonwealth. The traveling exhibit traces Barbie’s evolution from her...