Announcements

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Virginia is a nonprofit that supports lifelong learning initiatives. All are welcome to join their community of learners engaging in no-pressure college-level courses, socials, excursions, and more.

The spring semester runs from February to May and program registration is ongoing.

The Harry and Levon Webb Education Center at the Jefferson Center in downtown Roanoke is presenting guitarist Redd Volkaert for a masterclass and performance on Friday, Jan. 24th! They welcome you to join them for an educational afternoon of tips, tricks, and techniques for guitar players of all ages followed by a full band performance.

Polar Plunge is Special Olympics Virginia’s largest and coolest fundraiser. When you plunge, you support individuals with intellectual disabilities. There are plunging events in Northern Virginia, Virginia Beach, Radford, and Richmond, so choose your own adventure this winter.

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 second program of their fourteenth season in Staunton, Crozet, and Charlottesville public concerts on Friday, January 3rd; Saturday, January 4th; and Sunday, January 5th. 

This Christmastide program, entitled “Twelfth Night,” will feature soprano Addy Sterrett and bass Peter Walker. The concerts will include chamber music by Scarlatti, Monteverdi, Pandolfi, and Corelli, and will ring in the New Year with the virtuosic fireworks of Antonio Vivaldi.

Market Central is a nonprofit in Charlottesville. Every Saturday morning, they bring local farms, food entrepreneurs, and artisans together at the Farmers Market at IX downtown.

The Farmers Market at IX is open every month of the year including the cold ones!

They invite you to shop the market for fresh winter produce, local meats and handmade gifts. Parking is available, and they accept SNAP.

The Virginia Public Access Project, also known as VPAP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to remaining fiercely non-partisan. Their mission is to simplify complex information about Virginia’s state and local politics and government so our fellow citizens can better understand and make informed decisions that align with their values.

With the General Assembly session approaching, they invite you to visit vpap.org to track bills, find your legislators, and explore their Citizen’s Guide, which explains how the General Assembly works and how you can make your voice heard. You can also download their General Assembly app to stay up-to-date with all the legislature’s activities, all in one place.

The Haven is a year-round day shelter and housing service nonprofit in Charlottesville that supports our neighbors experiencing homelessness.

Every day of the year, The Haven provides a refuge, a place where anyone in a housing crisis can come to find the support and resources they need to survive and exit their crisis.

From providing a hot breakfast every day to preventing families from falling into homelessness, The Haven works to end homelessness in the greater Charlottesville area.

On Saturday, December 7th from 4 to 7 PM, James Madison’s Montpelier invites you to bring your entire family to our Holiday Open House to tour the Madisons’ home, which will be decorated according to 19th-century customs.

Open Doors is a nonprofit that has provided safe shelter for the unhoused, as well as compassionate support and access to services for all in the Harrisonburg-Rockingham community for 17 years.

This year, they are expanding and growing your impact through the Navigation Center, which will be home to a year-round low-barrier shelter and a daytime drop-in center that will serve those facing homelessness and other hardships in our community. They’re also creating a new kitchen program and expanding their resource coordination to meet those in need where they are and help them with long-term success.

Open Doors invites you to join them in their life saving and life-changing mission through their Planting Our Roots campaign, which is designed to seed this historic milestone, as they continue to extend and expand their compassionate response.

The Crozet Winter Brews Fest is hosting their 6th Annual event on Saturday, December 7th at Claudius Crozet Park.

They invite you to celebrate the change of season with over 30 craft brews, winter warmers, seasonal beers, local ciders and barrel aged brews! There will be samples, local food trucks, and live music from Matthew O’Donnell and Brisk Band ‘90s throwback. You can get festive with an ugly sweater contest or your Retro Après Ski Gear.