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Exhibits on view:

– American Watercolor Society 158th Annual International Exhibition
– Act II: Paintings by Gail Doyle Smith
– Paintings by Kelly Gravely Mattox

This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP with the number and names of the attendees in your party by Wednesday, Jan. 21.

Sponsored by Helen S. and Charles G. Patterson Jr. Charitable Foundation Trust, Sovah Health and What’s Your Sign.

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Visitors can view books on loan from the collection of Joyce and Kenneth Staples. A craft for kids and snacks will be available. This event is admission free. All ages are welcome.

This event is held in conjunction with the National African American Read-in, a groundbreaking effort to encourage communities to read together, centering on African American books and authors. The initiative was established in 1990 by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English to make literacy a significant part of Black History Month. It has reached more than six million participants around the world.

Sponsored by Brightspeed and Carter Bank.

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The contest features eight teams competing to win the most votes, the highest score from the judges and a set of gorgeous mirror ball trophies.

Your votes ($1 = 1 vote) benefit your favorite teams and raise money to support Piedmont Arts programming in Martinsville-Henry County. Each team’s final score is made up of a combination of your votes and the judges’ scores. The team with the highest final score wins the grand prize. To double your votes ($1 = 2 votes) and make those dollars really count, you can apply your total donation toward a Piedmont Arts membership. A $40 minimum is required for this option.

Admission tickets are $30 for reserved seating, $20 for general admission and $10 for students in grades K-12.

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“A Game Apart” provides a glimpse of Jackie Robinson’s life during a bygone era of separate and unequal locker rooms, of whites-only hotels, and of restaurants with only a back door for colored athletes to enter. Witness the hopeless humiliation of a star player who was showered with adulation on the field and became a second-hand citizen when he walked off the diamond. Meet Jackie’s compatriots fighting the same battles between the end zones, inside the ring and around the track. A Game Apart is a powerful lesson of courage through dedication, perseverance and leadership.

Tickets are $20 for general admission and $10 for students in grades K-12.

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Exhibits on view:

– Paintings: Betsy Hale Bannan
– Accelerations: Lisa Beth Robinson
– Hot, Fresh Brioche…Knitting: Lauren Thornhill
– Reynolds Homestead Weavers’ Exchange

This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP with the number and names of the attendees in your party by Wednesday, April 8.

Sponsored by Helen S. and Charles G. Patterson Jr. Charitable Foundation Trust, Sovah Health and What’s Your Sign.

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