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December 2024
Sounds of the Season
Celebrate the season with an evening of light classics and holiday music! The enchanting sounds WSO Brass Ensemble will ring through library, putting those attending in proper mood to enjoy traditional pudding wassail. Celebrate the season with an evening of light classics and holiday music. The enchanting sounds WSO Brass Ensemble will ring through library, putting those attending in proper mood to enjoy traditional pudding and wassail.
Find out more »A Fairytale Christmas
Pull on your PJs, grab your blanket and favorite teddy bear to join Santa at the library for the magic of Christmas stories, cookies and hot chocolate. For families and children.
Find out more »Rock the Resolution
Teens are invited to join in celebrating the holiday while taking a look at future and what new year could bring. Enjoy refreshments, games, music, and the cheery atmosphere of library’s teen center.
Find out more »Holiday Bingo Night
Join the Mathews High's Key Club for a Holiday Bingo night at Fire Station #1! There will be prizes awarded, and your $10 ticket includes hot chocolate, and there will be baked goods for sale, and all proceeds will benefit the Key Club and local charities.
Find out more »January 2025
ETC. Vintage’s Second Sunday Artist Day!
It is cold outside! Are you wishing for warmer weather? Do you have shells sitting around and want an idea of how to put them to good use? You can turn your shells into beautiful magnets! Join us on Sunday, January 12, 2025 from 12 to 4 PM and artisan Rebecca Suzanne Wheeler can guide you in turning your idea into reality. She can also paint your idea for you or if you just want to participate, she will have…
Find out more »Ebenezer Baptist Choirs & Joshua Allen Performance
In a repeat of last year’s enthusiastic reception, join us at the Cobbs Creek Arts Center, 61 Cobbs Creek Lane, Sunday afternoon, to hear the wonderful voices of the Men’s Chorus and the Women’s Chorus of our local Ebenezer Baptist Church. The groups’ most recent performance was before an appreciative audience at a Christmas sing-along at Mathews Central United Methodist Church. The men’s chorus has been in existence for over 25 years and is well known throughout the area. *Also on the…
Find out more »Crafted in Clay
Crafted in Clay is a yearly pop-up pottery event, from Jan. 17th- Feb.1. Shop for unique, decorative and functional pottery. Pottery pricing will range from full price to sale and seconds pricing.
Find out more »Piankatank Ruritan Club’s Brunswick Stew Fundraiser
The Piankatank Ruritan will be holding a Brunswick Stew fundraiser- the cost is $12 a quart and is preorder only. There will be no dine in service- only pickup.
Find out more »Red Cross Blood Drive
Give the gift of life- donate blood at one of the Red Cross' Blood Drives this year! Drink plenty of water, and come in ready to give blood. January 28, April 15, July 15, September 9, December 2- you can register for any or all of the dates on redcrossblood.org!
Find out more »February 2025
Build-A-Robot Day
Learn coding and construct and customize your own robotic car! Open to grades 5-8, register today at 804-725-7196, or [email protected].
Find out more »Master Gardeners Crepe Myrtle Workshop & Cleanup Day
The Mathews/Middlesex Master Gardeners are offering a Crepe Myrtle Pruning Workshop on the Canine Companions Property. Join the Master Gardeners in a free workshop to learn about tools, tips, and techniques for proper pruning of Crepe Myrtle, from 10-11:30am. If you would like to stay after the workshop, there will be an opportunity to volunteer for Canine Companions between 12 and 3:00pm. To register for the pruning workshop at 10am: Call the Mathews Extension office at 804-725-7196 or email [email protected]…
Find out more »Freedom’s Fortress Movie
"Freedom’s Fortress,” a movie which depicts the story of Fort Monroe, will be shown at the Mathews Museum's Movie Night. Empowered by a legal loophole, thousands of enslaved Africans escaped and found refuge at a Union-held fort during the Civil War. Doors open at 6:30, movie begins at 7:00. Movie runs approximately 1⁄2 hour.
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