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March Calendar

March 2020 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Abbreviation Key • AU=Averett University, 434.791.5600 www.averett.edu • DMFAH=Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History, 975 Main St. 434.793.5644 www.danvillemuseum.org • DSC=Danville Science Center, 677 Craghead St. 434.791.5160 www.dsc.smv.org • PA=Piedmont Arts, 215 Starling Ave, Martinsville 276.632.3221 www.PiedmontArts.org • The Prizery=700 Bruce St., South Boston, 434.572.8339, www.prizery.com

Ongoing Guided Walking Tours: Millionaires Row, Holbrook Street and Tobacco Warehouse District. Danville Historical Society. www.danvillehistory.org 434.770.1974 DMFAH: self-guided audio tours Brosville Library: 11948 Martinsville Highway www.pcplib.org 434.685.1285 Danville Public Library: 511 Patton St. readdanvilleva.org 434.799.5195 DPL Westover Branch: 94 Clifton St. www.readdanvilleva.org 434.799.5152 Gretna Library: 207 A Coffey Street, www.pcplib.org 434.656.2579 Gunn Memorial, Caswell County Public Library: 118 Main St, Yanceyville, NC www.caswellcounty. gov/library 336.694.6241 Halifax County Public Library: 177 South Main St. halifaxcountylibrary.org 434.476.3357 History Research Center and Library: 340 Whitehead St,, Chatham www.pcplib.org 434.432.8931 Mt. Hermon Library: 4058 Franklin Turnpike www.pcplib.org 434.835.0326 Pittsylvania County Public Main Library: 24 Military Drive, Chatham www.pcplib.org 434.432.3271 South Boston Public Library: 509 Broad St. 434.5575.4228 www.halifaxcountylibrary.org From Virginia to Parliament: Photos and commentary celebrate the 100th anniversary of Danvillian Lady Nancy Langhorne Astor’s election to the British Parliament. Langhorne House Museum, 117 Broad St. Danville free 2-5pm Saturdays or by appointment 434.793.6472 March 1 (thru 28) Winter Market: Danville Community Market, 629 Craghead St. Saturdays 9am-1pm

March 1 (thru May 24) Camilla Williams Exhibit: Williams was born in Danville and became the first African American to sing in a major American opera company in NYC. Exhibit will feature her opera costumes including Madame Butterfly. DMFAH

March 1 Music for Cello and Piano: The duo Anime and Grazia, comprised of Julia Goudimova and Anna Billias, will perform Edward Grieg’s Sonata for Cello and Piano and other works by Scandinavian composers. 4pm Emmanuel Episcopal Church 66 North Main St. Chatham March 2 Gardening Q&A: Have your gardening, lawn, and landscaping questions answered by Danville Master Gardeners Virginia Cooperative Extension Office, 326 Taylor Drive, Suite 100; noon-4pm 434.799.6558 danvillemastergardeners@gmail.com

March 3 Socks in the Frying Pan: A multiawards winning trio from County Clare, Ireland, their dynamic vocal harmonies, virtuosic musical ability and on-stage wit makes them one of the most sought-after groups in Irish music. $8-$28 The Prizery 7:30pm Old Dominion Classic Sports Car Club Meeting: O’Kelly’s Deli, 877 Piney Forest Rd, Danville 6:30pm March 4 Smokestack Theatre Presents: free program The Wednesday Club,

1002 Main St. Danville 3:15pm www. TheWedClubDanvilleVa.org March 6 Science After Dark: special presentation of Back to the Future II in the DSC Digital Dome Theater Enjoy fun hands-on Explore Science: Earth and Space activities and all exhibit galleries. 5:30-9pm show time 6:30pm. free for DSC members and college students with ID; $5 for others March 7 Danville Symphony Winter Pops Concert: A Tribute to John Williams: Star Wars, E.T. Adventures, Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones and more. 7:30 p.m. George Washington H.S Auditorium, 701 Broad St. free www.danvillesymphony.net March 8 Halifax County Student Art Show: opening reception 2-4pm Prizery The exhibit will be on display throughout March from 9am-5pm Monday through Friday. March 9 (thru April 13) Forms in Clay: pottery class DMFAH on Mondays 6:30-9pm $95 for DMFAH members/$105 for others. 434.792.5355 Registration required. March 9 Gardening Q&A: Have your gardening, lawn, and landscaping questions answered by Danville Master Gardeners Virginia Cooperative Extension Office, 326 Taylor Drive, Suite 100; noon-4pm 434.799.6558 danvillemastergardeners@gmail.com March 11 The Neighbor Next Door: DHS Tour Guide Joyce Wilburn will lead a virtual tour of the streets around The Wednesday Club and tell anecdotes about the houses and their former residents. A trivia contest, Segway demonstration, and prize drawings will follow. The Wednesday Club, 1002 Main St. free and open to all 3:15pm www.The WedClubDanvilleVa.org March 12 Public Scanning of photographs: for the book, Danville and Pittsylvania County Memories:

The 1940s, 1950s, 1960s DMFAH 11am-1pm March 14 Free Admission: DMFAH 10am-5pm March 15 Free Admission: DMFAH 2-5pm March 17 Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Gardening Q&A: Have your gardening, lawn, and landscaping questions answered by Danville Master Gardeners Virginia Cooperative Extension Office, 326 Taylor Drive, Suite 100; 9am-1pm 434.799.6558 danvillemastergardeners@gmail.com March 18 Inspired Design: presented by interior designer Melinda Bell Dickey The Wednesday Club 1002 Main St. Danville free and open to all 3:15pm www.TheWedClubDanvilleVa.org March 21 Indoor Yard Sale: Danville Farmers’ Market, 629 Craghead St. 9am-1pm Coffee & Cars: Old Dominion Classic Sports Car Club 9-10:30am Crema & Vine, 1009 Main St, Danville 434.548.9862

All That Jazz Chatham Rotary Auction: dinner, open bar, auction 6pm Chatham Hall $75 www.chathamrotaryclub.com March 24 Gardening Q&A: Have your gardening, lawn, and landscaping questions answered by Danville Master Gardeners Virginia Cooperative Extension Office, 326 Taylor Drive, Suite 100; 9am-1pm 434.799.6558 danvillemastergardeners@gmail.com March 27, 28 & 29 Smokestack Theatre: presents Art 7:30pm on Friday & Saturday; 2:30pm on Sunday DMFAH $15 online; $20 at the door adult language www.eventbrite.com March 30 Gardening Q&A: Have your gardening, lawn, and landscaping questions answered by Danville Master Gardeners Virginia Cooperative Extension Office, 326 Taylor Drive, Suite 100; 9am-1pm 434.799.6558 danvillemastergardeners@gmail.com

April 1 Inflatable Intestine Tour: Snap some selfies from inside an inflatable intestine as representatives from UVA & Massey Cancer Centers and Hitting Cancer Below the Belt explain how colorectal cancer develops and what you can do to prevent it. Averett Student Center, 204 Woodland Dr. 4-7pm free

April 3 The Rainier Trio Concert: fun and familiar works including Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, Joplin’s Elite Syncopations, Meditation from Thais and Dvorak’s Songs My Mother Taught Me Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 66 North Main St. Chatham free 7pm April 4 Attic Sale: DMFAH 9am-1pm See adjacent story. Bridge to Bridge Run, Bike, Fun Run: Begin and end at the Community Market, 629 Craghead St. Danville. benefits Danville-Pittsylvania Cancer Association bridge2bridgedanville.com April 5 Stratford Tennis Club and Southside Tennis Association Open House: 3-5pm 182 Churchview Drive Danville www. StratfordTennis.com 434.799.9165 May 2 Derby Day: DMFAH $40 4-8pm

Judy Strauser and Ann Sylves have a little fun preparing for the Attic Sale.

Throw Out the Mess & Organize the Rest

The 360 Decluttering Project

by The Recycling Queen

The Goal: Every day for 360 days, spend fifteen minutes organizing one small space.

o you have a lot of items you don’t want, but they are too good to throw away? What are you going to do with them? Three popular choices are: donating, recycling or selling. February is a terrible month to have an outdoor yard sale but the perfect time to organize your inventory. Whether you are planning a sales event in the spring or looking for a place to donate your gently used items for someone else to sell, here are a few tips from Ann Sylves, organizer of the 15th Annual Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History Attic Sale. 1. Label tablecloths and curtains with their length. Label bed linens with size. Tie together sets of sheets and pillowcases or sets of tablecloths and napkins. Label what is included. D

2. Clean or wash everything. No one wants to buy dirt.

3. Label items that are oneof-a-kind or very unusual. Shoppers won’t buy what can’t be identified. If you are donating an item to the DMFAH Attic Sale, put a suggested price on rare or valuable items. Otherwise, the sellers might not know its worth.

4. Bundle items. Shoppers might overlook CDs at $1 each, but six for $5 is a done deal.

5. Put batteries in things that need them. An added plus is that it’s a great way to get rid of half-used batteries.

If recycling is your choice, take newsprint, steel cans, aluminum cans, types 1 and 2 plastic, cardboard, mixed paper, and glass to: Piedmont Mall (southwest corner), Kings Fairground Plaza, Ballou Park Shopping Center, South Boston Road/Halifax Road (across from Public Works facility), and Piney Forest Road (beside the Astoria Hotel).

Check the bottom of each plastic container. If the number inside the triangle is greater than 2, throw it away. It cannot be recycled in this area. Remove the caps and throw them away. They are probably not #1 or 2. Rinse the items to be recycled. If it can’t be rinsed clean, throw it away. Why? Because it might contaminate the entire dumpster of plastic. For example, a plastic motor oil container might have only a few drops of oil in it, but when that container is compressed during the recycling process, the oil might leak out and cover other items. The entire dumpster of items is then rejected. If recyclables are in a plastic bag, the bag is not recyclable here. Empty the plastic bag into the recycling bin and recycle the plastic bag at a grocery store.

Computers, small household devices, and other electronic devices can be taken to the collection site located at the Public Works Warehouse Building, 998 South Boston Road. For security reasons, if it contains sensitive information, you might want to remove the hard drive. Search the internet to learn how to remove a hard drive from your brand of computer. Household batteries can be tested and recycled at Interstate All Battery Center, 418 Trade Street, Danville. www.interstatebatteries.com Cellphones, MP3s, and ink cartridges can be recycled at Target.

Do you still have Christmas cards taking up space? Some churches including Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 540 Central Boulevard, Danville are collecting the fronts of cards to use as notecards for their prison ministry next Christmas.

If you want to support the DMFAH, donate your good items to their Attic Sale that will be held on Friday, April 3, and Saturday, April 4. Items will be accepted daily starting on Monday, March 30. Clothes, shoes, and TVs are not accepted. Call 434.793.5644 for more information.

There are many other options for donating, recycling, and selling. Pick your method of saving the environment while throwing out the mess and organizing the rest.

Send Evince your organizing success story. Email 300- 350 words and a picture to joycewilburn@gmail.com. Include your name. It you want to remain anonymous because everyone thinks your house is perfect and it’s not, your name will not be published.