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May 2024
Bids for Kids Annual Spring Auction Fundraiser
Join the Gloucester Montessori School for a Spring Auction Fundraiser at Hyco House. There will be a cash bar available, a charcuterie table, catered dinner from Olivia's, fresh local oysters and live music!
Find out more »Come Shop for Mom at ETC. Vintage
For May, since the second Sunday is Mother's Day, ETC. Vintage plans to be open on the FIRST Sunday of May, instead of the second. Come by and shop for all the moms in your life... Sweet Mary's Sweets & Savories will be onsite with special sweets to purchase and taking orders for Mother's Day, the following Sunday
Find out more »Faerie Tea
Join the Bay School for a Faerie Tea in the Art Speaks Gallery! Bring Your Own Teacup - Faerie Dress Encouraged - Tea & Faerie-Inspired Foods - Games & Activities - Prize Raffle - Learn Fae & Tea Lore Schedule Faerie Hair - $20, Crystal Face Adornment - $15 By Appointment ONLY: 12-1:30PM
Find out more »Dine to Donate
Join the Gwynn's Island Civic League at Richardson's Cafe for a Dine to Donate event, benefiting Mathews County Public Schools. Head over for dine-in or take-out to help with the purchase of school supplies for MCPS!
Find out more »Flights to Freedom Historic Highway Marker Unveiling & Dedication
Join the Mathews County Historical Society, the Mathews NAACP, and the First Baptist Church, for the Unveiling and Dedication of the Flights to Freedom Historic Highway Marker. This event is free and open to the public. Throughout the antebellum period, Mathews County’s lengthy shoreline and access to deep-water shipping provided numerous enslaved men, women and children the opportunity to escape from bondage. The historical marker commemorates recurrent flights to freedom during the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War. The dedication…
Find out more »Mother’s Day Seafood Buffet Brunch
Join Zoll Vineyards for a Mother's Day Seafood Brunch! Single seating at noon. Reserve your table before they sell out! Toast Mom with 2 Mimosas or Sangrias per ticket! The buffet includes: Shrimp Salad Tea Sandwiches, Old Bay Crab Cakes, Lemon Garlic Shrimp, Crab Legs, Sicilian Seafood Salad, White Wine Basil Mussels, Clams on the half shell, Smoked Salmon & Caviar, Crawfish, Oyster Chowder, Wasabi Deviled Eggs, Cinnamon Sugar Donut Waffles, Stuffed French Toast, Hickory Ham & Honey Biscuits, Brown…
Find out more »‘The Greatest Show’ Recital
Join the Mathews Dance Studio for their annual recital, "The Greatest Show"- a circus-themed performance that combines the music from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey’s Circus with “The Greatest Showman”.
Find out more »Colby Helms & the Virginia Creepers
At the bottom of the Southwest Virginia foothills half-a-mile from the nearest neighbor, 21-year-old Colby T. Helms resides in an “underground house” built by his late father on land his family has owned for generations. Colby first dreamed of making music his life at age 12, when a group of Blue Ridge Mountain old-time and bluegrass players performed songs like The Ozark Mountain Daredevils’ “Standing On The Rock” and the gospel classic “A Beautiful Life” at his father’s funeral in…
Find out more »25th Annual Tour de Chesapeake
Located in Mathews, VA, on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay, the Tour de Chesapeake cycling event, now in its 25th year, offers rural, flat roads that all lead to water. There are 4 concise routes, each around 25 miles, which take cyclists from our own Gwynn's Island to Bethel Beach to the New Point Lighthouse. Each route has fully stocked rest stops, SAG support and lovely views galore! You may ride any route as many times as you like to add…
Find out more »Great Big Flea Market & Yard Sale
Join the Piankatank Puritan Club for their Great Big Flea Market and Yard Sale! Inquiries for table spaces can be directed Tim Roscher at [email protected] or 757-650-2758. Set up for inside vendors will be on Friday from 6-8pm, and again on Saturday beginning at 7am. Outside vendors can setup Saturday at 7am Inside booth space includes one 8ft table and 2 chairs for $20, or multiple table can be purchased for $20. Each space is approximately 10ftx4ft. Outside space is $15,…
Find out more »MHS Athletics Presents… Comedy Night!
Join the Mathews High School Athletics Department for Comedy Night, featuring Tom Holaday, Sonya King and Sid Bridge! Tickets are $15 in advance, or $20 at the door, and can be purchased at MHS, Howard-Dooley Care, Mathews Pharmacy and Morgan & Edwards Real Estate.
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