Press release | The Center for the Arts is pleased to present “It’s Complicated,” featuring Baltimore artist Dr. Yemonja Smalls.
In her first east coast solo show, Smalls selects and assembles mixed media to convey the complexities that color relationships. In this investigative show, she explores both a metaphorical and literal process of breaking, tearing, hiding, layering and cementing to yield insight into what creates and maintains unions.
Press release | The Lucy Burns Museum opens to the public on Saturday, January 25, 2020, with a grand opening celebration scheduled for May 9, 2020.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment in 2020 the museum presents the story of the imprisonment of the 72 Suffragists at the Occoquan Workhouse in 1917 — and an event on these grounds that marked a turning point in the Women’s suffrage movement to secure voting rights for all women in the United States.
Adventure Brewing at Eagle Village will open for business on January 11, bringing its award-winning craft brews to a second location in Fredericksburg.
“We have been looking at locations for a very long time since Adventure South closed, with the landlord not wanting to renew the lease. We still wanted to have a presence in the Fredericksburg area,” said co-owner Russ Patishnock.
Virginia, from time to time, holds a lottery that allows its residents to get liquor products not usually found in state government-owned and operated stores — the only place in Virginia you can legally obtain liquor.
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The Lake Ridge Chorale will hold auditions for new signers this month.
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We’re now learning about the first baby of the New Year born in Manassas, at Novant Health UVA Health System Prince William Medical Center.
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The Prince William County Police Department turns 50 years old this year.
It plans to mark the milestone in a series of social media posts throughout the year.
Fredericksburg’s boat show is set to return this month to the Fredericksburg Expo Center on Friday, January 17 and Saturday, January 18.
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Now we’re hearing from Novant Health UVA Medical Center in Prince William County, which is announcing its first baby of the New Year. A press release states:
Novant Health UVA Health System Haymarket Medical Center welcomes the new year with the announcement of its first baby of 2020. Liam Okechukwu was born Jan. 1 at the Women’s & Children’s Center at Haymarket Medical Center.
Hospitals in Fredericksburg and Stafford are telling us about the first new bundles of joy of the New Year. A hospital spokeswoman states:
Mary Washington Hospital [in Fredericksburg] had the first baby born in the Fredericksburg region. Baby girl Winter Wren was born at 4:32 a.m. on January 1 to parents Leah and Marcus of King George, was 7 pounds 5 ounces and 19 inches long.
