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June 2024
Learn to Build Your Own Grow House
FARMILY DAY AT CA & J FARM! Saturday, June 29th, 10:30am-5pm 11am-12:30pm - Guided Tour of the Farm 12:30 - Picnic Lunch Time, bring a Simple Lunch Tables scattered around 1-5pm - Help Us Build Our Grow-House !!!GAIN EXPERIENCE!!! (Info Sheets given so you can build your own) 1-5pm - Games out for the Kids 3pm Drum Fun! 1-5pm - Yellow Barn Store & Herbal Center open* $10 donation per person over 12 or $20 per Family Thank you! Your…
Find out more »July 2024
The Adventure Begins @ the Library!
Join the fun with the Mathews Memorial Library's The Adventure Begins summer programs! From Adventures in Nature, to Adventures in Imagination, Adventures in Travel and Adventures Close to Home, there's something for everyone! Activities include Lemonade Lectures, Tales to be Told, Discovery Days and Creative Activities- check out the list below to see the offerings, dates and times, and contact the Library to register. All activities are free. *REGISTRATION FOR TUESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY EVENTS IS FOR AGES 6-12 ONLY/…
Find out more »Movie Night at the Museum: Happy Homes & Fertile Farms
Join the Mathews Historical Museum for a free Movie Night at the Museum! This month, enjoy a 25th anniversary showing of a 1999 film “Mathews County: Happy Homes and Fertile Farms on Smiling Waters” by the late Eugene C. Hudgins of Mathews. Mr. Hudgins created this 111-minute historical overview of Mathews County, and in his words, “As we travel on the road of life, many times the sweetest part of the trail is the part that leads back home. Our…
Find out more »CERT Interest Meeting
Stop in to learn what the CERT program is, and volunteers if you are interested in helping to make a positive impact on your community. Please come on out and learn more- we hope to see you there! Light refreshments will be provided.
Find out more »The Adventure Begins: C2K Camp Week
Join the Coalition4Kids in their summer camp at the Mathews Memorial Library and the Bay School Community Arts Center, for ages 6-12! This free camp runs from 10 am - 4 pm daily, and starts each day with activities at the Library, before heading to the Bay School for the afternoon after lunch! Register by July 5th at the library!
Find out more »July Gardening Meeting
Mathews Gardening Group Come join us at the next Monthly Meeting! Meeting Notice When: Wednesday, July 24, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM Where: Mathews County Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) Main Office: (804) 725-7196 10494 Buckley Hall Road Suite B, Mathews, VA 23109 Speaker & Topic: Pamela Darney, Master Gardener and Master Naturalist Seed Saving Strategies: When & How to Start! BONUS: SEED SWAP – BRING YOUR SEEDS TO EXCHANGE WITH OTHERS About Seed Saving: The practical understanding and value…
Find out more »August 2024
What Is It?
Bring your ceramics, arrowheads, pottery, and other artifacts, to the Mathews Historical Museum to have them identified. This annual event is co-hosted by the Mathews Historical Museum and the Fairfield Foundation. There is no charge for this event. On site will be a special guest, antiquities authority William (Bill) Pitman, formerly Curator of Archaeological Collections at Colonial Williamsburg, now retired and affiliated with the Fairfield Foundation. The Museum has enjoyed hosting this event in past years and is pleased to…
Find out more »Teen Writer’s Workshop
Join the Mathews Memorial Library for a Creative Writing Workshop and author talk with Shannon Dunlop, author of Right Here, Right Now. Free and open to youth ages 12-18!
Find out more »CANCELED: Lighthouse Keepers of Mathews County: Presentation by Benn Trask
*THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED* Benn Trask, noted historian, educator, Marine Corps veteran, librarian and museum curator, is the author of numerous books, including academic works on the Virginia Civil War regimental histories series. Most recently, he has written “Lighthouses of Hampton Roads: A History,” on the eleven light stations of Southeastern Virginia. Free and Open to the Public. Refreshments will be served.
Find out more »The Enemies List: Invasive Plants
Join the Mathews Gardening Group for a lecture entitled "The Enemies List: Twelve of the Most Notorious Invasive Plants of Tidewater, Virginia," with special guest speaker Christina Verderosa, Newport News Master Gardener & Tree Steward. This event is free and open to the public.
Find out more »September 2024
MLC’s Lecture Series
A Long-Awaited Update to the ‘State of the York’ Report! presented by CIRSE GONZALEZ Cirse Gonzalez, Coastal Training Program Coordinator of the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia (CBNERR-VA) at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will guide attendees through the recently completed update to the “State of the York” report - the first of its kind since 2002! The report provides an overview of various components of the York River and its watershed (including water quality/ecosystem health,…
Find out more »Forgotten Black Patriots, Loyalists, and Women
Discover the mostly forgotten history of free and enslaved African Americans during the American Revolution. Learn about the events in 1775 that led Virginia Governor Dunmore to issue a proclamation freeing enslaved people owned by patriots in exchange for joining the British troops. Why did enslaved people risk their lives for freedom in places like Gwynn’s Island, in Mathews County? Discover the legacies of free and enslaved people who supported both the American and British causes. Join speaker Harvey Bikari,…
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