This week in Lynchburg (Nov 4-10)

115 or so events this week. Doug Tallamy, the native plants author, talks at E.C. Glass Thursday, then First Friday brings the Riverviews juried show opening, gallery openings at the Academy and Opera on the James' The Magic Flute to town. Saturday has the Fall Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival at Poplar Forest, a Moose Lodge craft fair and the Holiday Fine Art Market. The rest of the week is pottery and craft classes, library programs, game nights and trivia. If I'm missing something, or you've got an event you're hosting or want to share, let me know.

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Doug Tallamy: A Guide to Restoring the Little Things That Run the World, Thu · 7:00pm at E.C. Glass High School auditorium · native plants talk, book signing and nonprofit displays in the lobby from 6:00pm

The Magic Flute, Fri and Sun · Fri 7:30pm and Sun 3:00pm at the Historic Academy Theatre · $20.50-$250 · Opera on the James

Fall Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival, Sat · 11:00am-5:00pm at Poplar Forest · $35 tasting · tastings, live music, food vendors and an artisan market

🟢 free · 🟠 paid · 🎤 karaoke

🟢 Coffee for Caregivers · 9:30am · Visiting Angels Lynchburg · LoveHeals monthly series

🟠 Open Studio · 10:00am-2:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $25-$60 · drop in and make a project, priced by project tier

🟢 Builders Club · 10:00am-5:00pm · Downtown Branch · STEAM program

🟢 Mustaches 4 Kids Storytime & Craft · 10:30-11:30am · Miller Center Library Hub · storytime and a craft

🟢 Bookmobile · 11:00am-4:30pm, four stops · YMCA, Jefferson House, Williams Home, Daniel's Hill · YMCA on Old Forest Rd 11:00am-12:00pm, Jefferson House 12:30-1:30pm, The Williams Home 2:00-3:00pm, Daniel's Hill Center 3:30-4:30pm

🟠 Beginner Knitting · 12:00-2:00pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $68 · two Wednesdays, needle arts classes are back with Tammy, kit and pattern included

🟠 Basic Alterations & Repairs · 1:00-3:00pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $68 · two Wednesdays, buttons, small tears, hems and fit, bring a garment to repair

🟢 Mustaches 4 Kids Kick Off Party · 4:00pm · Starr Hill On Main · season kickoff, benefits Mustaches 4 Kids

🟢 Frankenstein (1931) · 4:30-6:00pm · Forest Library, Forest · Blast from the Past monster movie screening, ages 10+

🟠 Patchwork Quilting for Beginners · 5:30-7:30pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $98 · three Wednesdays, needs prior sewing machine experience

🟢 Run Club · 6:00pm · Three Roads Brewing · weekly run, all levels, 20% off for runners after

🟢 Open Mic Night · 6:00pm · Big Lick Tropical Grill · every Wednesday (Jodie Davis)

🟠 Miniature Paint Night · 6:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $5 · first Wednesday night to paint your miniatures

🟢 Chess Club · 6:00-9:00pm · Starr Hill On Main · every Wednesday, all levels welcome

🟠 Holiday Resin Trays Workshop · 6:00-8:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $35-$55 · candy, Christmas tree and snowman tray options

🟢 Wednesday Lorcana Play · 6:00pm · Underground Cards & Disc Shop, Forest · weekly Disney Lorcana TCG play

🟢 Live Celtic Music · 7:00-10:00pm · Dish · weekly Wednesday Celtic session

🟢 Bar Exam Trivia · 7:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest · weekly Wednesday trivia (Tyler Wolff)

🟢 Trivia Night · 7:00pm · Three Roads Brewing · teams up to 8, Three Roads tokens as prizes

🟠 Union Arena Weekly Locals · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $7.99 · weekly TCG locals, a pack per win

🎤 Karaoke: The Vault 6:00-9:00pm, half price cocktails (Shining Star Karaoke) · Lola's Mexican Cuisine & Cantina 7:00pm-12:00am · Scoreboards Sports Grill 8:00pm

🟢 Bookmobile · 9:30am-4:30pm, four stops · Little Scholars, CVCC, Armstrong Place, Dollar General · Little Scholars Academy Preschool 9:30-10:30am, Central Virginia Community College 11:00am-12:00pm, Armstrong Place 2:00-3:00pm, Dollar General on Bedford Ave 3:30-4:30pm

🟠 Intermediate Crochet · 10:00am-12:00pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $68 · new class, two Thursdays, working in the round and granny squares

🟢 Parachute Play · 10:30-11:15am · Miller Center · ages 2-5 with a grown-up, parachute games, movement, stories and songs

🟢 Plant Swap · 4:00-6:00pm · Miller Center Library Hub · for teens and adults

🟠 Sit and Stitch · 4:00-6:00pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $10 · bring a handwork project in progress, guidance as needed

🟠 Ancestral Medicine · 5:00-6:30pm · Sattva Yoga & Wellness Center · $30 · with Fran Paul, co-hosted with Sacred Mountain Healing

🟢 Hill City FC Jersey Reveal Party · 5:30-8:00pm · Three Roads Brewing · first look at the 2027 jerseys, free jersey for Premium Season Ticket Holders

🟠 Mindful Flow Yoga · 5:30pm · Sattva Yoga & Wellness Center · $10 · Thursday class, free for members (Kate McPhatter)

🟢 Pokemon Weekly Tournament · 6:30pm, alongside One Piece Play at the same time · Underground Cards & Disc Shop, Forest · weekly TCG nights

🟠 Belly Dance · 6:45pm · Sattva Yoga & Wellness Center · $15 · weekly class, $15 drop-in for non-members (Nancy McAndrew)

🟢 Doug Tallamy: A Guide to Restoring the Little Things That Run the World · 7:00pm · E.C. Glass High School auditorium · native plants talk, book signing and nonprofit displays in the lobby from 6:00pm, family friendly

🟢 Kreative Room Unfiltered (KRU) Open Mic · 7:00pm · The Music Hall · weekly open mic for music, spoken word and comedy

🟢 Music Bingo · 7:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest · weekly Thursday (Mike Hand)

🟠 Thursday Night Commander · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · includes a $6 pack, weekly Magic: the Gathering Commander night

🟠 Line Dancing · 8:00pm-12:00am · The Trading Post · $10 · at the door, ages 16+, instruction all night

🟠 Friday Open Studio · 9:30am-12:30pm · Living Line Studio · $90 · pass for ten visits sold on Big Cartel

🟠 Open Studio · 10:00am-2:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $25-$60 · drop in and work on your own project, priced by project tier

🟢 Tiny Tabletops · 10:30am-12:30pm · Miller Center Library Hub · play stations for toddlers and preschoolers

🟠 Little Picasso Art Club · 10:30-11:30am · The Scrappy Elephant · $13 · toddler art class

🟠 Mahj & Mingle · 11:00am-1:00pm · Boonsboro Country Club · $20 open play · the guided session is full, last Mahj & Mingle of the year, food and drinks for purchase (Hill City Mahj)

🟠 Beginner Crochet · 1:00-3:00pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $68 · two Fridays, sign up at needle-ninja.com

🟠 Mini Junk Journal Workshop · 1:00-4:00pm · The Scrappy Elephant · $30 · make a small junk journal

🟢 Holiday Fine Art Market · 4:00-7:00pm · Lynchburg Art Club & Gallery · opening weekend, fine art, artisan goods and baked treats

🟠 Custom Wreath Making · 4:30-6:30pm · The Scrappy Elephant · $20

🟢 First Friday at Riverviews · 5:00-8:00pm · Riverviews Artspace · opening of the 18th Annual Juried Show, Modern Twist, with a juror talk and awards at 6:00pm, plus open artist studios, concessions and a student show in the Hallway Gallery

🟢 First Friday Fiber Arts · 5:00-7:00pm · Downtown Branch · all ages

🟢 Stuart Twery & A.J. Eccles (First Friday gallery opening) · 5:00-8:00pm · Patricia Harrington Gallery, Academy Center · Eccles' Heritage in Watercolors and Twery's Faces of Lynchburg

🟢 Law & Order for Hire in Virginia: One Deadly Time in the Old Dominion · 5:00-7:00pm · Lynchburg Museum & Visitor Center · true crime book talk at 5:30pm with author Phillip Andrew Gibbs, books for sale and signing

🟠 First Friday Open Studio · 5:00-8:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $5-$50 · open studio with tiered projects

🟠 UV Resin Pour Skill Share + Open House · 5:00-7:30pm · Vector Space · $3 suggested donation · First Friday open house, make resin creations and tour the makerspace

🟠 Lynchburg Immersive Experience · 5:00-8:30pm · 512 5th St · $13.37-$14.64 · about an hour of nature projection art, timed tickets on Eventbrite, door sales if space allows

🟠 Rockin' Out 4 Paws · 5:30-9:00pm · New London Ruritan Club, Forest · $10-$20 · fried chicken dinner for the Friends of Bedford County Animal Shelter (adults $20, kids 6-12 $10), silent auction, live music and a 50/50 raffle drawing at 8:30pm

🟠 The Drawing Table · 6:00-7:30pm · Palmera House · $30 · collaborative botanical drawing with artists Sunshine Lewis and Jenny Mancier, supplies included

🟠 Recovery Rhythm Night with Brocaine · 7:00pm-1:00am · The Clarity House · $10 in advance · substance free fundraiser dance for Leah's Free Food Bank, outdoor dance 7:00-11:00pm and indoor after hours 11:30pm-1:00am, ages 18+ (younger with a parent), couples $15 and families $35 in advance, $15, $20 and $50 at the door

🟢 The Mandalorian & Grogu (Movies in the Beer Garden) · 7:00-9:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest · outdoor Friday family movie night

🟠 Digimon Weekly Locals · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · weekly TCG locals, a pack per win

🟢 Friday Night Magic: Commander · 7:00pm · Underground Cards & Disc Shop, Forest · weekly Commander night

🟠 Haunted Pub Crawl · 7:30-9:30pm · The Historic Bragassa Toy Store · $35 · lantern led, meets at the Toy Store, ticket sales end 15 minutes before the start

🟠 The Magic Flute · 7:30pm · Historic Academy Theatre · $20.50-$250 · Opera on the James

🟠 Will Overman with Vinnie Paolizzi · 8:00-10:00pm · The Music Hall · $15-$20

🎤 Karaoke: Scoreboards Sports Grill 9:00pm · Dish 10:00pm to close (Shanice)

🟢 Saturday Market · 8:00am-1:00pm · Lynchburg Community Market · weekly farmers and community market

🟢 Forest Farmers Market · 9:00am-12:00pm · Forest Farmers Market · producer only market behind the Forest Library

🟠 Jefferson Choral Society Holiday Craft Fair · 9:00am-3:00pm · Moose Lodge 715 · $2 adults, kids free

🟠 Mini Junk Journal Workshop · 9:00am-12:00pm · The Scrappy Elephant · $30 · make a small junk journal

🟠 Painting on Black: A Sure Way to Achieve Value Contrast · 9:00am-4:00pm · Peggy Burruss Art Studio · $150

🟠 Saturday Clay Day: Owl Wall Hanging · 10:00-11:30am · May Carter Pottery Studio · $22 · registration required

🟠 Sit and Stitch · 10:00am-12:00pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $10 · bring a handwork project in progress, guidance as needed

🟠 Mosaic Tray Workshop · 10:00am-12:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $35-$50

🟢 Holiday Fine Art Market · 10:00am-4:00pm · Lynchburg Art Club & Gallery · opening weekend, fine art, artisan goods and baked treats

🟠 Festival of Light · 10:00am-5:00pm · Boonsboro Ruritan Club · $5 · readers, healing arts, vendors, lectures, belly dancing and a drum circle, 12 and under free

🟠 Fall Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival · 11:00am-5:00pm · Poplar Forest · $35 tasting · $15 without tasting, $40 and $20 at the door, kids 6 and under free, tastings, live music, food vendors and an artisan market

🟢 Free Community Meal Share · 11:00am · Miller Park · Food Not Bombs weekly Saturday meal share, food drop-offs 10:15-11:00am

🟢 WaterStone Art Circus · 12:00-5:00pm · Waterstone Pizza · art and yard sale market with a fall cookout (LoveLYH)

🟢 Tabletop Gaming · 12:30-5:00pm · Forest Library · open tabletop gaming session

🟠 Wood Fire Workshop (Two Weekends) · 1:00-4:00pm · Academy Ceramic Studio · $255 · ages 18+, make today, then kiln firing at Sweet Briar through Dec 13, register by Nov 7 (Shawn O'Connor)

🟢 Artist Talk: A.J. Eccles & Stuart Twery · 1:00-2:00pm · Ann White Academy Gallery · talk on the First Friday exhibits

🟠 Pokemon Casual League Play · 1:30pm · Dragon Fire Games · $4.99 · weekly Saturday casual league

🟠 Amigurumi Critter Creation · 2:00-4:00pm · The Scrappy Elephant · $30

🟠 Beginner Needlepoint · 2:00-4:00pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $68 · two Saturdays, sign up at needle-ninja.com

🟢 Sumo Tournament Watch Party · 2:00-6:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest · the rescheduled watch party

🟠 Yu-Gi-Oh! Weekly Locals · 2:30pm · Dragon Fire Games · $4.99 · prize packs

🟠 College Night · 5:00-8:00pm · Hill City Sports Center · $5 per college student · courts, fitness and the Aquatics Center

🟠 Lynchburg Immersive Experience · 5:00-8:30pm · 512 5th St · $13.37-$14.64 · about an hour of nature projection art, timed tickets on Eventbrite, door sales if space allows

🟠 Disney Lorcana League Play · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · weekly Saturday league play

🟠 Gundam Weekly Locals · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $6.99 · weekly Saturday TCG locals

🟠 Second Wind Band · 7:00-10:00pm · New London Ruritan Club, Forest · $10 · community dance, no membership needed, doors open 6:30pm, children free

🟠 Bingo Loco · 7:30-10:00pm · Joy & Lynch Christian Warehouse Theatre · $35

🟠 Locked in Time · 8:00-9:30pm · Bowman's Locksmith · $25 · Hill City Tours walk through downtown sites

🎤 Karaoke: Lola's Mexican Cuisine & Cantina 7:00pm-12:00am

🟠 Festival of Light · 10:00am-5:00pm · Boonsboro Ruritan Club · $5 · readers, healing arts, vendors, lectures, belly dancing and a drum circle, 12 and under free

🟠 Bookbinding a Junk Journal · 11:00am-1:30pm · The Scrappy Elephant · $30 · bind your own junk journal from scratch, ages 17+

🟠 Sunday Afternoon Commander · 1:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · weekly Magic: the Gathering Commander, includes a pack

🟢 Free Self-Defense Workshop with FLAG Club · 2:00-5:00pm · Sattva Yoga & Wellness Center · limited enrollment, register at sattvacentercv.org

🟢 Socctoberfest! · 2:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, Forest · soccer themed afternoon of games, moved from Oct 24

🟠 The Main Street Christmas Revue · 2:00pm · The Music Hall · $20-$23

🟠 Wood Flower Bar · 2:00-4:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $30-$50 · make a wooden flower bouquet

🟠 Painting with Coffee! · 2:00-4:00pm · The Scrappy Elephant · $35 · use coffee as a watercolor pigment, ages 13+

🟠 The Magic Flute · 3:00pm · Historic Academy Theatre · $20.50-$250 · Opera on the James, matinee

🟢 Riftbound Play · 3:00pm, alongside Weekly Lorcana Play at the same time · Underground Cards & Disc Shop, Forest · weekly TCG play

🟢 Music Bingo with Andrew · 7:00-9:00pm · Three Roads Brewing · Sunday nights in the taproom

🟢 Babygarten · 10:30-11:30am · Miller Center Library Hub · babies 0-23 months plus parents, caregivers and siblings

🟠 Open Studio · 10:00am-2:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $25-$60 · drop in and make a project, priced by project tier

🟢 Bookmobile · 12:00-6:30pm, four stops · Peaks View Park, Florida Terrace, Jefferson Neighborhood Center, River Ridge · Peaks View Park 12:00-1:00pm, Florida Terrace 1:30-2:30pm, Jefferson Neighborhood Center 3:00-4:00pm, River Ridge 4:30-6:30pm

🟠 Mixed Media Monday · 1:00-2:00pm · Living Line Studio · $35 · single class, a new project each week, open studio follows 2:00-4:00pm

🟢 Forest Friends Book Club · 1:00-2:00pm · Forest Library · monthly book club

🟢 Little Squirrels' Wyld West Puppet Show · 3:00-3:30pm · Second Stage, Amherst · weekly puppet show for ages 2-4, 10 seats

🟢 Weekly Trivia Night · 6:30pm · Hill City Pub · this week's theme is US military history (DJ Liz)

🎤 Karaoke: Tiger Sun 9:30pm-12:00am (DJ Liz)

🟠 Tuesday Morning Pilates · 8:00am · Sattva Yoga & Wellness Center · $10 drop-in · weekly class (Kaitlen)

🟠 Mindful Flow Yoga · 4:00-5:15pm · Sattva Yoga & Wellness Center · $10 drop-in · Tuesday class with Kate McPhatter, first class free

🟢 Jodie Davis Solo Acoustic · 5:30-8:30pm · Fleming Mountain Grill · every Tuesday, with Twofer Tuesday food specials

🟢 Tuesday Craft Night · 6:00pm · Three Roads Brewing · supplies available or bring your own project

🟠 Tile Tuesday: Mahjong 102 & Open Play · 6:00-8:00pm · Palmera House · $35 (Mahjong 102) / $15 (open play) · run by Hill City Mahj

🟠 Open Play: Guided Play & Mahj 101 · 6:00-9:00pm · The Gilded Dogwood Mahjong Society · $25 · American mahjong open and guided play plus a beginner lesson, payment is the reservation

🟠 LYH Lindy Hop · 7:00-9:30pm · RiverView Vinyl · $5 · weekly swing night with a lesson included, no partner or experience needed

🟠 One Piece Weekly Locals · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · a pack per win, needs an active Bandai card ID

🟠 Tuesday Night Pauper · 7:00-10:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · weekly Magic: the Gathering series, entry includes a pack per win

🎤 Karaoke: Big Lick Tropical Grill 5:30pm, Kids Karaoke Dance Party · Dish 10:00pm to close (Allison and Shanice)

🗓️ Coming up next week

Next week brings concerts at the Academy, a two day show at Super Rad and a holiday handmade market, and the full list lands in Tuesday's email:

1964 Tribute Show, Thu Nov 12 · 7:30pm at the Historic Academy Theatre · $29.50-$75

Three Dog Night, Fri Nov 13 · 7:30pm at the Historic Academy Theatre · $56-$120

Anarchy At The Arcade Level 2, Fri Nov 13 and Sat Nov 14 · 4:00-11:00pm at Super Rad Arcade Bar · $17.85-$33.85

Handmade for the Holidays, Sat Nov 14 · 8:00am-4:00pm at the Lynchburg City Armory · holiday handmade market from Parks and Rec and the Community Market

Charlottesville Ballet: Salute, Sat Nov 14 · 4:30pm at the Historic Academy Theatre · $25.50-$32

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