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Three Notch’d Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble is a nonprofit based in Charlottesville that seeks to enrich the culture of Central Virginia through historically informed performances that reveal the beauty of early music. They are presenting the first program of their twelfth season, “The Four Corners of Europe,” with public concerts in Staunton, Richmond, and Charlottesville from Friday, November 4th through Sunday, November 6th. This Eastern European program, entitled “Eastern Exotic,” will include Slavic, Polish, and Hungarian traditional folk tunes, lullabies, and elegant chamber music. More information is online at tnrbaroque.org.

The League of Women Voters of the Charlottesville Area is a nonpartisan political nonprofit whose mission is to inform, educate, and advocate for women with an emphasis on voting.  If you will be 18 on or before General Election Day, November 8^th, you can register to vote at your registrar’s office, through a voter registration drive, or online at vote.elections.virginia.gov, where you can also request an absentee ballot if you choose.

This year, the General Assembly approved Same Day Registration. Instead of waiting for the registration process, you can register to vote and cast a ballot at the same time when voting early or voting on Election Day.

If you are already registered to vote, you can visit vote411.org to verify your registration, find your district and your precinct polling place.

To make voting accessible, curbside voting is available for those with mobility issues or those who are 65 and older. If you have trouble reading fine print, machines can enlarge the print and headphones are available if you’d like to have the ballot read to you.

The Zephyrus Early Music Vocal Ensemble of Charlottesville is a non-profit vocal group based in Charlottesville, Virginia.  On Friday, October 21^st , at 7:30 pm, and on Sunday, October 23rd, at 4:00 pm, Zephyrus presents “Heinrich Schütz 350,” a concert commemorating the 350th anniversary of the death of Heinrich Schütz, the most famous German composer before the time of Bach.

The program includes the “German Requiem” written for the 1636 funeral of a German count and the first musical Requiem composed in German.  The concert also includes a setting of the Magnificat from his final collection of compositions, completed in 1671 at the age of 86.  The October 21st concert is presented by the Westminster Organ Concert Series of Westminster Presbyterian Church, located at 400 Rugby Road in Charlottesville.  The October 23^rd concert is presented by Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Lynchburg, at 1000 Langhorne Road.  You can visit zephyrus-va.org for more information.

The Front Porch is a nonprofit in Charlottesville dedicated to connecting everyone through music. The Front Porch invites you to Night of The Blind Pig, a speakeasy costume soiree on Saturday, November 12th.  The night includes dinner, drinks, dancing and live jazz by Daniel Clarke Trio, Free Bridge Quintet, and Zuzu’s Hot 5 – plus a silent auction and games.

More information is on their website, frontporchcville.org.

PACEM is a non-profit organization that shelters individuals in our community who are experiencing homelessness.

PACEM invites you to bring your friends and family to the third annual Women’s Homeless Shelter fundraiser on Sunday, October 23^rd from 12:30 – 5:00PM in Earlysville. You can enjoy a day in the countryside featuring musical performances by Mama Tried and the HighWay Department.

All proceeds from this fundraiser help fund housing focused services and programming for homeless women staying in the shelter.

More information is available by email at info@pacemshelter.org