Evince Magazine September 2019

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Reflecting Forward Page 18

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Experience a Joy Ride Scavenger Hunt See Page 5

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Photo by Michelle Dalton Photography

September Contents

Editor’s Note

If you’ve never been on a joy ride, this is the month to do it! Not the kind that involves stealing a car, but the kind that means piling into a vehicle with friends and doing something fun like the multi-generational group on the cover. They are on the Middle Border Forward (MBF) scavenger hunt described on page 5.

What brings you joy? Good food?

That’s on page 19. Good wine?

We’ve got a suggestion for that on page 22. Something weird? Count on Linda Lemery to supply that. See page 18.

“Let the 2019-2020 Seasons Begin” on page 12 comes with an unwritten guarantee to bring you joy. The only thing you have to do is show up. We welcome back Kim Clifton’s “Second Thoughts” this month on page 9. Her humor is seasoned with wisdom and that brings joy to our hearts.

I hope Evince brings a little joy into your life this month and every month. For an extra bonus of fun, see if you can find the dog in the cover picture. She was supposed to be a focal point, but decided to be a diva and not cooperate.

Also, look for the cellphone that guided the group on the scavenger hunt.

3 Editor’s Note

5 Experience a Joy Ride Scavenger Hunt

by Kendall Ratliffe 6 Renovation Reality / Part 36

by Carla Minosh 8 Spotting Exceptional Customer Service

by Betzy Wilson 9 Second Thoughts / Why Ask Why

by Kim Clifton 10 Mrs. Marva’s Grandson Fiction by Telisha Moore Leigg 12 Let the 2019-2020 Seasons Begin

17 Book Clubbing / Nanaville

by Anna Quindlen

review by Diane Adkins

Reflecting Forward Joy and Inspiration from the Weird and the Familiar

by Linda Lemery

19 Around the Table

Baked Chicken Casino

by Annelle Williams 20 Photo Finish 22 The Wine Spot

A Joyful Wine & Cooking Connection

by Dave Slayton Simple Joy

by Mack Williams

CEO / Publisher Andrew Scott Brooks Editor Joyce Wilburn (434.799.3160) joycewilburn@gmail.com Associate Editors Jeanette Taylor • Larry Wilburn Contributing Writers

Diane Adkins, Cathy Cole, Courtney Dodson, Adam Goebel, Amanda Hodges, Caitlin Howell, Telisha Moore Leigg, Linda Lemery, CB Maddox, Carla Minosh, Bernadette Moore, Fred Motley, Charlotte Paris, Shelley Paschal, Kendall Ratliffe, Jeannette Ross, Beverly Shelton, Dave Slayton, Jay Stephens, Cheryl Sutherlin, Annelle Williams, Betzy Wilson, Peggy Wright

Art & Production Director Demont Design (Kim Demont) Finance Manager Cindy Yeatts (1.434.709.7349)

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On the Cover:

Photo of driver, Jeanette Taylor, with Angela Sanom, Jenna Sanom, and Riley Sanom by Michelle Dalton Photography.

Don’t forget to pick up the September edition of Showcase Magazine.

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Danville Community College Educational Foundation

Ladies’ Round • Thursday, October 10, 2019 Thursday, 1:00 p.m. tee-time only

Gentlemen‘s Rounds • Friday, October 11, 2019 Friday, 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. tee-times MIXED TEAMS ALLOWED ON FRIDAY

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ast month, the 2019 Class of Middle Border Forward Fellows launched Middle Border Explorer, an appbased regional scavenger hunt that highlights sixteen free and unique sites in Danville, Pittsylvania County, and Caswell County. Participants who complete the scavenger hunt before Monday, September 16 will have the opportunity to win one of seven cash prizes. A $100 prize will be awarded each Monday of the competition and a grand prize of $600 will be announced on September 19.

Weekly winners are not eligible for the grand prize.

Experience a Joy Ride Scavenger Hunt

by Kendall Ratliffe MBF Senior Program Coordinator

To participate, download the free Actionbound mobile app and search for Middle Border Explorer. Current MBF Fellow Crystal Jensen comments, “People are surprised by how easy it is to participate in the scavenger hunt and are impressed by the use of technology and the potential to win large prizes.” Regarding future possibilities with the app, Fellow Karen Williamson

adds, “I see a big future where free activities and paid activities in our region can live in this app and provide a fun and unique way to discover all the wonderful activities and places that are here in our backyard.”

The MBF Fellowship is a yearlong, leadership development program designed to introduce emerging leaders to the opportunities and challenges within the Middle Border region, encourage civic engagement and create a network of grassroots leaders poised to make a change where they live and work. Fellows meet monthly for day-long sessions on a variety of topics and work collaboratively to complete a community impact project prior to graduation.

For more information, contact MBF, 326 Main Street, Danville, 434.483.2894 or www.middleborderforward.org (The Middle Border Forward name is derived from their location in the middle of the border between North Carolina and Virginia.)

Above: The only block-house standing in Pittsylvania County, Yates Tavern is located on U.S. 29 Business about 1/4 mile south of Gretna. It was built around 1750 and sheltered travelers in what was then a wilderness.

Below: The mural in Milton is in the business district on the left side of the street coming from Virginia 58 East.

The Caswell County Courthouse, located in Yanceyville, North Carolina, was built between 1858 and 1861.

It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Pittsylvania Wayside Park is one mile south of Hurt on U.S. 29 Business.

The entrance is easy to miss.

Page 6 September 2019 Unlike HGTV shows where home renovations are completed within thirty to sixty minutes, the Victorian house at the corner of Chestnut Place and Main Street in Danville has been under a transformation for nineteen years. This series explores the truth of home renewal from someone who has been there and done that. If you missed any of the articles, visit www.evincemagazine.com.

W

e were at an auction in a concrete-floored warehouse with metal walls and a high ceiling that held harsh overhead lights.

Stretched out over several rooms were items from a seafood restaurant for sale: vinyl booths, deep-fat fryers, bins full of flatware, serving utensils and kitchen knives, a hostess podium, and a myriad of art objects and kitchen appliances.

We never made it past the first room, however, because we’d come for only one item-Lot Number 205, an Italian life-sized statue, Finding Moses, signed by F. Bazzaghi and dated 1870. The statue of pharaoh’s daughter stood tight against the wall. She was holding a dirty, stained, fat, pensive baby boy clinging to a string of beads in a basket. Pharaoh’s daughter had a look of elation and joy. Her pose was full of lithe strength and protective gentleness as she emerged from the reeds.

We were in love!

We had three distinct advantages at this auction. The first was that the advertising for the auction had not included any photographs to tempt dealers and art collectors with the

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by Carla Minosh quality of this otherwise unknown artist’s work.

The second plus was that we knew the auction house had butchered the artist’s name and the sculptor wasn’t an unknown. In fact, Barzaghi was Milan’s premier marble carver during the 1800s, having carved prominent monuments in public squares, significant funeral memorials, and cathedral ornaments. We also knew that the dealers had misread the date, not recognizing the swish of the European 6, mistaking it for a zero. By dangling my camera behind the heels of Pharaoh’s Daughter and snapping some photos from an angle we couldn’t have viewed otherwise, we were able to confirm that the date was actually 1876 and not 1870 as advertised. If you put Francesco Barzaghi (the correct spelling) together with 1876 (the correct date), you have Milan’s proud contribution to the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, The

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Also, we had photographs of this sculpture on transparency sheets with us. Standing at an appropriate distance, we waited until other auctiongoers left the room before pulling out our transparencies and lining them up with the marble.

They matched perfectly.

There was no doubt that this was the long-lost 1876

Centennial piece that had been purchased for the Pennsylvania Museum of Fine Arts at the Exhibition.

There were some lame bidding attempts made against our bids, but no bidding war, no applause, no sense of awe in the room at the end of the bidding. The auctioneer simply hammered it home and moved on to the next item. To everyone else, we were just a couple, buying a marble statue, surrounded by people bidding on deep fat fryers or other restaurant paraphernalia.

After nonchalantly checking out, writing the check, and accepting the receipt, we were giddy with delight as we sprinted back to the car. On the ride home we wondered how such a beautiful piece ended up at a place named Nick’s Seafood Restaurant in Norfolk, Virginia. We hope the wandering soul of Pharaoh’s daughter has been satisfied, and she will be pleased to live out the remainder of her years with us in Danville.

(to be continued)

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Spotting Exceptional Customer Service

by Betzy Wilson

I am very pleased to nominate Ralph Cummings, Security Manager of SOVAH in Danville for the Spotting Exceptional Customer Service Award.

Recently, I accompanied a friend for treatment at the SOVAH Cancer Center on South Main Street and waited for her in the waiting room.

When it was time to leave, I hurriedly searched for my car keys in my purse, taking things out to see better. That’s when I removed my wallet and placed it on the chair next to me. When I returned home, I noticed that the purse was lighter than usual. Only then did I remember leaving the wallet on the chair in the waiting room.

I immediately drove back to the Cancer Center, but the building was closed for the weekend. Very upset, I called security at the hospital and left a message. It wasn’t too much later that Ralph Cummings returned my call to report that the wallet with all its contents had been found and I could pick it up. I was very relieved and grateful for his prompt, courteous service. Thank you, Ralph Cummings.

Evince and the Danville Pittsylvania Co. Chamber of Commerce want to encourage and recognize exceptional customer service. When someone gives you exceptional service, please let us know.

In 300 words or less, tell us what happened. Email your story to joycewilburn@gmail.com or chamber@dpchamber.org. It’s a nice way to show appreciation for a job well done. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Evince Magazine Page 9 preparing your own message, a discussion group looking for weekly topics or someone in search of a daily devotion, this book is one you’ll want to read. Bob wonders about the same things we do: why bad things happen to good people; why we must wait so long for answers; and why we let ourselves live in fear.

Asking why, though, isn’t something Bob always allowed himself to do. He credits his teacher at George Washington High School, Herbert Ellis, with setting him free to look for explanations. He said, “My dear Robert, God gave you a questioner, and He intends for you to use it.”

Second Thoughts

by Kim Clifton ©2019

Why Ask Why Theirs not to reason why.

Those immortal words penned by poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in the poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” describe how the soldiers in the Battle of Balaclava must do what they are told, even if it means marching to their deaths.

Taking everything at face value, however, isn’t always the wisest course of action. In his latest book, The Eternal Why: More Faith Building Sermons, Dr. Robert H. Ramey, Jr. (Bob) challenges us to ask why, even when the discussions make us uncomfortable.

Folks, I’m still on hiatus from writing, but I’m breaking it this month to showcase this work. Bob and I are kindred spirits in that we take everyday situations and study them from other angles. The difference is that I only grow through blunders, mishaps and mistakes. Thankfully, Bob

doesn’t take the same paths I do and his gait is steady and true.

At first, I thought the title meant this was going to be a book full of questions. Instead, what I found is a book full of answers. I found guidance. I found direction. Moreover, I found comfort. We often talk about fake news, not knowing the difference between what is real and what isn’t. Bob takes it to another level. He doesn’t write about real or fake news.

He writes about the Good News.

He writes about making sense of a world that often doesn’t.

In this collection of sermons, Bob’s messages are told in a voice that’s anything but preachy. They’re told with the warm assurance of a trusted friend. They’re told with promises that everything will be okay, especially during those dark times when everything isn’t. Whether you’re a minister

Bob’s hope is that as you read this book, you’ll free yourself to ask the tough questions.

When something doesn’t seem right, explore it. Study it. Simply put – question it.

Your journey will not only reveal answers, it will help you develop a stronger faith as you learn and grow. Bob isn’t just focused on the world in which we live today. He wants to make it a better one for his great-grandchildren to inherit tomorrow. He dedicates these works to them and to all who read and seek to live Christian lives.

In “The Charge of the Light Brigade” theirs was not to question why, but ours is. Join me in following the chapters of this book penned by a selfproclaimed doubter. It will definitely make you a stronger believer.

Meet Bob at The Ginger Bread House, 1799 Memorial Drive, Danville, on Saturday, September 28, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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Mrs. Marva’s Grandson

broken, and then there was that thing that happened to my bestfriend-sister Fallen. Bad, it was bad--the man never caught, how she can’t ride in dark green cars now, how she flinches if people-if men--come up to her too quick. Back then, days after that happened I came to Mrs. Marva, sat silently until her daughter, Ellen, who was brushing Mrs. Marva’s hair, left. Then we were alone. Mrs. Marva adjusted the scarf she always wore.

fiction by Telisha Moore Leigg After a while, the staff stopped noticing me at Riverwild Nursing Facility on Andres Avenue in Boris, North Carolina. At fourteen or fifteen, they’d look at my dark face and someone, maybe an elderly patient calling out from a room or someone on staff, would say, “Here comes Mrs. Marva’s grandboy.” If there was someone new, they would pause, look confused in the small almost all-white nursing facility, before they too would tell me where Mrs. Marva was. Then, invariably, when I found Mrs. Marva, either in the greenhouse, or the cafeteria, or the recreation room, she would call to me and say, “Come be by me, Kwon.” And when I would get to her, when I sat down beside her, she would gently rub my brown hand with her pale, frail and spotted ones, with those soft ninety-year-old fingers. She was quick and bright but dying, wearing the light of her out into the universe through time.

Whenever I noticed and felt sad about that, she would say what she always said, “This too is for the good.”

She always said it in English, for me. Once or twice with her eyes looking out a rainy window, she said it differently, in a tongue I never learned. I still remember the sound, how she said it, “Gam zu l’tovah.” I could look it up, but the English works just as well for my purpose. I understand what Mrs. Marva meant. And anyway, it is not the language one speaks but the good heart that speaks good words. Mrs. Marva was a good woman. Like my mother Keisha, and my family Mandy Blue and Fallen, I loved Mrs. Marva too. Mrs. Marva’s gone now.

I don’t think that saying was original to her; someone else had said it. Mrs. Marva never said who.

But now, I say it too, and it weighs on me because I’ve had pain. The women I’ve known have all had pain. Mandy Blue’s eyes are seas that never reach land. My mother, Keisha, is brash-out-of-place-

“Shhh. Your mother told me already, Kwon,” Mrs. Marva said, steeled her voice, “How’s Fallen?”

I was fifteen, not a man, and I couldn’t cry until Mrs. Marva said what she always said, adjusted the neck scarf she always wore in feeble turns. I was so angry, a buoy sunk in sand watching for rain, so much rain. Ms. Marva’s husband had been a judge and she knew people, and justice could be done somehow. I wanted justice, revenge, but what I got was liver-spotted Mrs. Marva, rubbing the corners of my fingers in smooth swipes. At fifteen, tall yet still gangly, I started to open my mouth to shout how nobody was doing nothing, and how somebody should do something, and then breaking I trembled out, “What should I do?” Ms. Marva patted the bed beside her.

My name is Kwon. Today I am a man, getting college-educated, but back then, at fifteen, I couldn’t say anything because I thought like a child in that nursing room of Ms. Marva’s, watching Andy Griffin on her room television, smearing angry tears on my jeans that I wiped quickly from my eyes.

Two nurses came by then. One turned out the light. Humanity is a rerun reborn in every good or evil heart. Mrs. Marva said it again to me, that saying, and I cried some more. Next week, Ms. Marva got me a part-time job cutting the lawn at Riverwild on Thursdays.

I was fifteen; I’ve been cutting it ever since. I’m nineteen now. Mrs. Marva’s gone just last year, but for now, folks still remember me, call me Mrs. Marva’s grandboy, and for some reason, I gotta hold onto that, so I keep coming.

The sophomore English major in me likes the saying best with the commas, “This, too, is for the Good.” Sometimes, I capitalize the “g,” even though I know grammar and syntax don’t matter to the heart. Goodness is a stone weathering the river even as it gets worn away.

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Let the 2019-20 Seasons Begin!

There’s so much to see and do beginning with the following events. Save this page as a reference guide for the remainder of 2019. See you there!

Averett University

434.791.5600 • www.averett.edu • September 14: home football game 6pm • September 19-20: Charlotte’s Web 7pm $10/$8 • September 21: Charlotte’s Web 11am • September 27: DLANIEOUS – Funk and Groove Review featuring soul, R&B, blues, beach, funk, Motown and original tunes 7pm • October 4: Behind the Scenes of Academia: Professor Stephen Davidson, comic book collector; student center, multi-purpose room • October 12: home football game 1pm • October 19: homecoming football game 6pm • November 2: home football game 1pm • November 16: home football game 6pm • December 10: Dr. Betty Heard Christmas Readings presented by Linda Lemery student center, multi-purpose room

Danville Science Center

677 Craghead Street • www.dsc.smv.org • 434.791.5160 • September 6: Science after Dark “Big Hero Science” 5:30-9pm • October 19: Fall River Clean-Up 9:30-11:30am • December 6: The Science of Star Wars 5:30-9pm • December 7 & 14: Polar Express 10am & 2pm • January 10: Corks & Forks 6:30pm

Danville Symphony Orchestra

GW High School Auditorium • 701 Broad Street 434.797.2666 • www.danvillesymphony.net • October 26: classical season opening gala free 7:30pm • December 14: Here Comes Santa Claus free 7:30pm

Piedmont Arts

Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 66 North Main Street, Chatham.

Admission is by donation for the performing artists.

• October 25: Schubert’s Trout Quintet, Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusic, Piazzolla’s Libertango performed by The Saturn Piano Quintet with bassist Yi-wen Evans 7pm • December 8: Christmas Favorites: Rainier Trio and Leslie Mabe 7:30pm

215 Starling Ave., Martinsville • www.PiedmontArts.org • 276.632.3221 • September 27: Savory September: 50 Years of LOVE a 1969-Themed Party for the Arts 7 pm $40 includes admission, food and bar • October 3: Art at Happy Hour: FLASHPOINTS 5-7pm free • October 18: Opening Reception: Jill Jensen + Barbara Kobylinska 5:30-7:30pm free on display through January 4, 2020 • October 19: Bus to Broadway: Aladdin Bus leaves Piedmont Arts for DPAC in NC at 11am.

• October 25: Blues, Brews + Stews 6pm • $20 adults/$5 ages 12 and younger • November 7: Elliot Engel: The Wizardry of Oz 6pm dinner/7pm talk $20 talk only/ $45 talk + dinner • December 6: Christmas tree lighting 5pm Gravely-Lester Art Garden free • December 8: Roanoke Symphony Holiday Pops 3pm MHS Auditorium $25 reserved/$15 general admission/ $5 student • December 19: Art at Happy Hour: Jill Jensen + Barbara Kobylinska 5-7pm free

Danville Area Veterans’ Council

River District Association

434.836.0745 • November 10 Veterans Parade: begins at 2:30pm at the intersection of Broad & Main Streets

527 Bridge Street Suite 307 434.791.0210 • November 30: Shop Small Saturday • December 7: Christmas on the Plaza 4-6pm

Danville Art League

The Prizery

Chatham Concert Series

facebook.com/DAL • P.O. Box 10202, Danville, VA 24541 • October 27: opening reception/judged exhibition 2:30-4:30pm DMFAH, 975 Main St. open to the public; To enter the show, call 951.415.0312 or visit the DMFAH. Amateurs and professionals are encouraged to enter. Deadline is Saturday, October 19.

Danville Christmas Parade

• December 8: hosted by Riverview Rotary 3pm Main St.

Danville Concert Association

434.792.9242 • www.danvilleconcert.org Tickets are $25/$10students; $80/$35 season www.eventbrite.com • October 12: Kruger Brothers Danville Community Market 7:30pm • December 15: Christmas with the Celts GWHS Auditorium 7pm

Danville Historical Society

www.danvillehistory.org • 703.656.0025 • December 7: 47th Annual DHS Holiday Tour 11am-5pm $20/$25

Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History

975 Main Street • 434.793.5644 • www.danvillemuseum.org • September 1-October 6: Jane Carter Student Art Exhibition • September 1-October 13: String Theory Project • October 27-December 21: Danville Art League Exhibit

700 Bruce Street, South Boston • www.prizery.com • 434.572.8339 • September 6: The Art of the Cocktail 6-10pm Cocktail Contest.

Dinner with Smok’n Butts BBQ available for purchase.

Dancing to DJ Strange.

• September 20: Mountain Heart 7:30pm Mountain Heart is country rock on steroids. Be prepared for cutting-edge excellence in acoustic music.

• October 18 & 19: Murder at the Pie Auction 6pm The dinner theatre guests become part of the pie auction in this hysterical comedy murder mystery.

• December 15 & 16: Christmas Concert 3pm or 7:30pm Singers from the community come together to bring you an hour of beautiful Christmas songs. Kick off the holiday season with great music.

VCU Massey Cancer Center

Cancer Research and Resource Center 103 S Main St. massey.vcu.edu/patient-care/resources/crrcsv/ 434.421.3060 • Ongoing: Living Well @ the Y 12:30-1:45pm at the Danville Family YMCA. Register for free program and lunch.

• September 10: Taking Control through Nutrition & Lifestyle • October 10: Family History & Genetic Counseling

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September Calendar 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 • HNT=Historic North Theatre, 629 North Main St. Danville 434.793.7469 www.TheNorthTheatre.com • 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. www.halifaxcountylibrary.org 434.476.3357 History Research Center and Library: 340 Whitehead Street, 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 Crescent Crossing: This exhibit helps build confidence in young learners as they develop new skills and empowers caregivers to engage curious children. It

encourages children ages five and under to learn through play. $7 DSC Zula Patrol: Under the Weather: Learn about weather on Earth and other planets.

The Children of Langhorne House: 117 Broad St. Danville; a retrospective exhibit; free Saturdays 2-5pm

September 10

Welcome To Medicare Educational Seminar: Ballou Park, 760 West Main St. Danville 5:30pm register 434.799.5216 Aida’s Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera and Concert: free. 5:30-7:30pm AU Blount Chapel

September 13

45th Anniversary of the DMFAH’s first art exhibit

September 14 & 15

Free Admission Weekend: DMFAH

September 14 September 1 (thru Oct. 6) Jane Carter Student Art Exhibition: DMFAH

Free Craft Day: Main Street Art Collective, 326 Main St. Danville 11am-2pm all ages Jeff Liverman on Guitar: presentation on making guitars in conjunction with the current musical instruments exhibit. He will also play Depression-era songs. DMFAH 2-4pm free Travis Tritt + Charlie Daniels Band with Roy Norton Jr.: Carrington Pavilion Danville 434.793.4636

September 16 September 1 (thru Oct. 20)

String Theory Project: an exhibit of unique musical instruments DMFAH

September 6

The Art of the Cocktail: Cocktail Contest Dinner with Smok’n Butts BBQ available for purchase Dancing to DJ Strange 6-10pm The Prizery

Evening with an Entrepreneur: Connie Nyholm VIR; 5:30-7pm free IALR Register at 434.836.6990.

September 18

Shrimp Fest: DPChamber of Commerce Community Market 629 Craghead St.

September 19

54th Pittsylvania County Community Action Agency Annual Dinner: Stratford Conference Center, 149 Piney Forest Rd, Danville 7-9 pm speaker Denise Harlow, CED, VACAP $35pp/$60 couple/$250 table for 8. register@ 434.432.8250.

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September 21

Cars & Coffee: Old Dominion Classic Sports Car Club 9-10:30 am Crema & Vine, 1009 Main Street, Danville 434.548.9862 Bluegrass by the River Festival: 2 Witches Winery & Brewing Co., 209 Trade St. Live professional music: Jeanette & Johnny Williams, Jay Shelton Band, Bandwagon, Franklin Station. Proceeds benefit Project Lifesaver. 4-9pm www.bluegrassbytheriver.com

September 25

Picnic on the Plaza: JTI Fountain 111 Main St. Danville $4 United Way 11:45am-1:45pm

September 27

Savory September: 50 Years of LOVE: A 1969-Themed Party for the Arts. 7pm PA $40 includes admission, food and bar

September 28 & 29

Old 97 Rail Days: N-scale layouts, Human PlusN exhibit, Estlow train exhibit, DSC 10am5pm on 28th; 11am-2pm on 29th

September 28

28th Annual South Boston Harvest Festival: outdoor event on the streets of historic downtown South Boston 9am-5pm www. soboharvestfest.com 434.575.4208 Larry Wilburn on Guitar: presentation on the different techniques of playing classical guitar with demonstrations in conjunction with the current musical instruments exhibit DMFAH 2-4pm free Back to the Future 70s & 80s Bash: a benefit for the Boys & Girls Club of the Danville Area; Danville Golf Club 434.792.6617 ext. 105

September 29

An Afternoon of Music: High Street Baptist Church, 630 High St. 2-3:30pm free

September 8

Opening Reception: Artist John Greer Parsons-Bruce Art Association The Prizery 2-4pm Greer’s artwork will be on display for viewing and purchase during the reception and at other times during the Prizery’s normal operating hours Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm until October 31.

Ghosts & Gravestones Spirit Walk Auditions: DMFAH 2:30pm Smokestack Theatre Company

September 30 (thru Nov. 4) September 20

Mountain Heart: Mountain Heart is country rock on steroids. Be prepared for cutting-edge excellence in acoustic music. 7:30pm The Prizery

Forms in Clay: DMFAH 6:309pm Mondays $95 DMFAH members/$105 for others Register @ 434.792.5355.

September 30

Shakespeare and the English Landscape: presented by Dr.

The deadline for submitting information for the October calendar is Thursday, September 19, at 5:00 p.m. Please send just the basic information following the format on these pages to joycewilburn@gmail.com.

Evince Magazine Page 15 Robin Bates from the University of Lynchburg Halifax Public Library 6:30pm

We’re

Plan Ahead October 5

Masquerade Party: ages 21+ Danville After Hours Rotary $40 eventbrite.com; Cottontail, Craghead St.

October 7

Popular Antebellum Humor: presented by Dr. Jennifer Hughes from AU. Halifax Public Library 6:30pm

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Book Clubbing a review by Diane Adkins

Nanaville

by Anna Quindlen

Before I became a grandparent, friends would say to me, “There’s nothing like it!” I would nod, smile, imagine it to be so but really had no idea. After I became a grandparent, the words became a bedrock, lived experience. There really is nothing like it.

It is, as Anna Quindlen notes in this book, “the best.” It can be one of life’s most joyous experiences. But that doesn’t mean it is simple, easy, or without challenges.

Quindlen, who was a columnist for Newsweek for many years, is the author of nine novels. She also has become a noted chronicler of life’s stages for those typically known as Baby Boomers, both in her Newsweek columns and in books of essays such as Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake. Nanaville was written primarily about her experiences after the birth of her first grandchild, Arthur.

She acknowledges that grandparents face varying situations. Some are raising grandchildren by themselves, filling a parental role they may not have anticipated. Of course, not all parents become grandparents; for some that is a source of disappointment even grief. In a sense, it’s a book written in recognition of the author’s position of privilege. For those in the first glow of grandparenthood, it is a delight and a revelation. For others who have a bit of experience, the book invites us to remember the wonders of watching babies develop into their own selves with personalities, quirks and characteristics all their own.

Quindlen recognizes that the birth of a grandchild re-orders family life and the grandparents’ position in the family. We become peripheral to our children, no longer in charge of things. The grandparent who recognizes this change early is lucky. “Those who make their opinions sound like the Ten Commandments see their grandchildren only on major holidays and in photographs,” she writes. Quindlen offers instead the two commandments of grandparenting: Love the grandchildren. Hold your tongue. Within those parameters, grandparents get to share in the fun and in some of the work, recognizing the heavy burden of responsibility is shouldered by the parents, not them.

The roles of grandparents have changed significantly, as many who remember stern and rather uninvolved elders can attest. But then grandparenthood itself is a somewhat new phenomenon, rising as life spans have lengthened. Grandchild Arthur has a Chinese mother and American father and two grandparents in the states, two in mainland China. Quindlen’s thoughts on the changing nature of families set this book apart from the simplistic narrative it could have become. Written in a conversational style and easily read in an afternoon, this is an excellent book for all who aspire to take the most joyous of oaths: “I am the Mayor of Nanaville and I vow to carry out my duties well.”

Diane S. Adkins is a retired Director of Pittsylvania County Libraries and has three perfect grandchildren.

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Reflecting Forward

Where Can I Find an Evince?

Ten thousand copies of Evince are distributed each month at over 100 locations. Find your copy at:

Riverside Drive Piedmont Drive Marketplace Area

Checkered Pig Chuck’s Meats & Deli Danview Restaurant El Vallarta Goodwill on Westover Drive Joe & Mimma’s Karen’s Hallmark Los Tres Magueyes Ruben’s 2 Witches Winery & Brewing Co. URW Community Credit Union Western Sizzlin YMCA

Main & West Main Street River District Area American National Bank Commonwealth Pharmacy Crema & Vine Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History Danville Public Library Danville Science Center Dell’ Anno’s Pizza Kitchen Links Main Street Coffee Emporium Midtown Market Rippe’s SOVAH

Piney Forest Road Area Holley & Gibson Realty Co. Holy Grounds Mary’s Diner

Memorial Drive

Frank’s Pizza Ginger Bread House Old Dutch

Other

Danville Welcome Center

Franklin Turnpike Area Medo’s PCP Library - Mt. Hermon Ruben’s Too Village Pizza

In Tightsqueeze

American National Bank Bojangles Food Lion Frank’s Pizza Goodwill San Marco URW Community Credit Union

Joy and Inspiration from the Weird and the Familiar

Spotting Exception Customer Service al

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by Linda Lemery Reflecting Forward

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Photo Finish

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Experience a Joy Rid

e Scavenger Hunt

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In Chatham Area

Community Center Carter Bank & Trust Chatham Health Center El Cazador Grill & Pizza PCP Library on Military Drive Reid Street Gallery

In Gretna

American National Bank Carter Bank & Trust Family Healthcare JT’s The Lavette House Mama Rosa

In South Boston

Berry Hill Resort Bistro 1888 Goodwill Halifax County Public Library Mi Caretta O’ Sole Mio Sentara Medical Center South Boston Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts & History Southern Gastroenterology Southern Plenty Southern Virginia Higher Education Springfield Distillery The Prizery Toots Creek Antiques Mall Town of South Boston

In Martinsville

Chopstix Restaurant El Ranchito Elizabeth’s Pizza Frith’s Barbeque Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce Martinsville Visitor Center Piedmont Arts The Pacifica Bay Restaurant Virginia Museum of Natural History YMCA

In Yanceyville, NC

American National Bank Caswell Chamber of Commerce Busy Bee Cafe Goodwill Gunn Memorial Public Library Pizza My Heart

Raspberry in Hopkins, Minnesota

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experience joy, laughter, and/ or inspiration from seeing the weird and the familiar, whether traveling or staying at home.

Some examples: • Looking at my reflection in a restaurant’s bathroom mirror, seeing “HATU,” and finally realizing that the reflected image of my new t-shirt spelled the state’s name backward.

• Seeing Claes Oldenburg’s Spoonbridge and Cherry sculpture at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden (MSG) and wondering what kind of a mind conceived that.

• Viewing Alexander Calder’s The Spinner, Katharina Fritch’s Cock (a huge, bright blue rooster) in the MSG. There is a connection between a free sculpture garden and having a 3% unemployment rate in a large, urban area with many manufacturing businesses and donors to contribute funding.

• Discovering our first sevenstory Carvana vertical, glass, car-vending machine near Indianapolis. It can vend up to twenty-six cars. Reflecting on the engineering skills required to create it makes me wonder what the future holds.

• Reading books that surprise me like I Didn’t See It Coming and Loop.

• Being awestruck by the huge hanging raspberry structure on an otherwise unremarkable side

street in Hopkins, Minnesota.

• Laughing at Minnehaha Falls.

• Completing the requirements to become a Junior Ranger (at my age) on a visit to Minneapolis’s Stone Arch Bridge and Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam display.

• Seeing a guinea pig perform twenty-five tricks on YouTube.

• Walking with a friend around the lakes in Purgatory Park, Minnesota, where she finds a pristine white hat with a blue bow, and then being able to go home and say, “Look what we found while walking through Purgatory this morning!”

• Taking our fourteen-yearold rescue dog, for her slow, plodding walk each night of the eighteen months we’ve had her. When adopting her, the vet thought she didn’t have more than six months to live.

• Realizing that Evince was The Voice of Joy in September and The Voice of Serenity in August and how inextricably entwined those two states-of-mind are in my life.

I learned so much from this writing that I challenge you to ask yourself, “What are my sources of joy, laughter, and inspiration?”

About the Author: When she’s not trying to figure out why she’s laughing, Linda Lemery llemery@averett.edu works as Circulation Manager at Averett University’s Mary B. Blount Library in Danville. She welcomes reader comments.

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Baked Chicken Casino

by Annelle Williams

Summer flew by and vacation time is over. I started a new diet in June and that seems like only yesterday. During the last few months, I’ve eaten more fresh fruits and vegetables than you can possibly imagine, enjoying every single one.

Chicken and fish were added to the menu, but pork and beef were limited. This recipe is one I came up with while looking for a new way to enjoy chicken and have a little crunch without frying. While the chicken is baking there’s plenty of time to make rice or cook pasta and toss a salad. Another idea is to roast a vegetable in the oven while the chicken is baking.

The first day of autumn is Monday, September 23. It’s time to pull out your collection of thirty-minute meals and return to the fall routine. I like thirty-minute meal preparation year round, but it’s more important than ever while I become accustomed to new routines. I think you’ll enjoy this recipe all year long.

Chicken Casino 4 chicken breasts salt and pepper 4 slices of thin deli ham 4 pieces of pre-sliced provolone cheese

3/4 cup Italian seasoned panko crumbs 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese 3 T extra virgin olive oil

Preheat oven to 425°. Slice a pocket in each chicken breast. Salt and pepper to taste. Wrap each piece of cheese in a slice of ham and place inside each chicken breast pocket. Place on sheet pan covered with foil.

In a small bowl combine panko, Parmesan cheese and olive oil. Stir to combine.

Spoon equal amounts on top of chicken breasts and press to form a crust.

Place in oven and bake for 25 minutes until crust is browned and chicken is done. If the crust begins to brown too much while cooking, cover lightly with foil and finish baking.

Questions or comments?

Email me: AnnelleWilliams@comcast.net I look forward to hearing from you!

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Photo Finish

DMFAH Board Member Janet Laughlin and Executive Director Elsabe Dixon stop for a moment to smile for the camera.

When the new Civil Rights exhibit opened at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History (DMFAH), Mayor Alonzo Jones presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Emma Edmunds and the DMFAH Board of Directors, because the DMFAH: endeavors to become more inclusive and diverse in its presentation of Danville’s history through the expansion and installation of a permanent Civil Rights exhibit; encourages greater dialogue among the various contributors to the history of Danville; and wishes to honor those Danvillians who risked their lives in search of equality under the law.

Over 100 people attended the public event to applaud and view the exhibit. Evince is grateful that photographer, Von Wellington, was there to capture this historic occasion.

Photos by Von Wellington For more info visit www.vonwellington photography.com or call 434.770.3553. See more pictures on Facebook.

State Senator Bill Stanley holds the book that Rebecca Campbell’s grandfather wrote about the 1963 civil rights events in Danville.

Bishop Lawrence Campbell receives a welcome hug from an admirer.

Cherie Guerrant, Jennifer Taylor, and Jo Ann Howard have a thoughtful discussion.

Part of the exhibit includes a reproduction of the counter where a peaceful sit-in occurred.

Vice-Mayor Chad Martin of Martinsville and Danville Mayor Alonzo Jones listen as Kathryn Galloway sings during the opening ceremony.

Evince Magazine Page 21 Karice Luck with History United, Superintendent of Danville Public Schools, Dr. Stan Jones, and Carolyn Cades with Virginia Humanities talk about the exhibit.

Paula Martin Smith shares her story with Kevin McFadden from Virginia Humanities.

Christle Fallen (left) enjoys refreshments with Re’Shawn Woodson, Hope Adams, and Angela Frazier.

Wenn Harold, DMFAH Education & Technical Facilitator (right), and Danville Civil Rights leader Bishop Lawrence Campbell Sr. discuss his book, 1963 A Turning Point in Civil Rights.

Karen Warren (front), Venessa Toomer, and Brenda Valentine walk through the buffet line before the program starts.

Rebecca Gillespie Messman signs the visitors’ register while Olivia Ingram waits.

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aster Sommelier Evan Goldstein notes that the pairing of food and wine is like two people having a conversation, “One must listen while the other speaks or the result is a muddle.” Some believe that the flavor of the food and the flavor of the wine should complement each other by having similar characteristics. Others think that the flavors should be dissimilar.

Consider macaroni and cheese: a white wine with high acidity such as sauvignon blanc will contrast with the fat in the mac and cheese while a creamy style of oak aged chardonnay will complement the creamy fat of the mac and cheese due to similarities.

Perhaps you want to experiment with different combinations of food and wine. If so, consider Rombauer wine that has a classic food connection.

Koerner Rombauer moved to Napa Valley in 1972 armed with an appreciation for the intimate relationship between food and wine.

His great-aunt, Irma Rombauer, had authored the internationally renowned cookbook, Joy of Cooking, and his ancestors came from the wine-growing region of Rheingau, Germany, where wine is considered an essential complement to a meal.

Recently I enjoyed a glass of Rombauer Zinfandel with a sirloin steak. It was a great match. By

Photo by Dave Slayton

The Wine Spot A Joyful Wine & Cooking Connection

by Dave Slayton

a member of the Master Court of Sommeliers

the way, if you open a bottle of Rombauer wine that has a cork closure, you’ll see the words “The Joy of Wine” stamped on the cork. Let it serve as a reminder to take time to enjoy and appreciate such culinary delights or shall I say joys. Also, read the back label of the Rombauer wine bottle: “The Joy of Wine lies in the pleasure of sharing it with family and friends.” That’s another great pairing. Cheers!

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home is like a Promised Land, where hopes are often fulfilled sometimes behind their parents’ backs.

I sometimes ate from my grandmother’s fig tree, and saw my grandmother fashion one of its twigs into her snuffdipper and stim-u-dent.

Decades ago, we watched the 1956 movie “The Ten Commandments.” In one scene, a man of extreme age was being carried out of Egypt on a stretcher as he clutched a small fig tree. When he said, “I am dried up into the dust of death,” the other actor portraying Joshua told him his tree would be planted in the Promised Land, and “Children shall eat of its fruit.” To most children, their grandparents’

Not far away from my grandparents’ house was a well with a bucket and metal ladle to scoop cold, underground, foothill water for a refreshing drink. Though the ladle was metal, the taste of the water was untainted by it. Nearby, an outbuilding held country hams hanging from the rafters, and on its earthen floor lay limepreserved potatoes resembling ghostly orbs. The rows of vegetables in the adjacent garden were intertwined with blooming morning glory vines, and behind that was a wheat field. The scene contained the necessities for joy: family, beauty, water, fruit of the earth, and in the background, a white, frame building that provided food for the soul. It may sound simplistic, but, as of yet, no “floaters” of time have obscured my mind’s vision of the simple joy of that place.

’ve got that joy, joy, joy,

joy down in my heart!”

When I hear that old country hymn, the childhood image comes to mind of a small, white, frame church near my paternal grandparent’s home in North Carolina. To an impressionable young boy, that whole boyhood scene held the necessities for simple joy.

Simple Joy

by Mack Williams

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