Blues headliner Tom Principato to appear at WTA’s Gateway
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WTA’s Gateway is stacking up blues headliners from across the USA. In September, it was Will Kimbrough,and in November it will be Tom Principato.
Search Results for The Wayne Theatre
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Podcast: WTA Presents Rosemary Thornton
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Nationally recognized authority on the Sears mail-order homes Rosemary Thornton will present her inventory of Sears Homes in Waynesboro on Thursday, Oct. 17.
River City Radio Hour debuts on WSVA on Sept. 29
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It seems like a given. The River City Radio Hour has always been on the radio. Right?
Several Augusta Free Press clients named Valley Favorites
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Readers of The News Virginian voted several Augusta Free Press clients as Valley Favorites for 2013.
A Treasure Lost: The Withrow House
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On Thursday at 7 p.m., Mary McPherson Highsmith will bring to life the story of her ancestral home and one of Waynesboro’s lost treasures, the Withrow House. Built in 1826, the Federal style home stood at 406 West Main for 129 years and was an important landmark in Downtown Waynesboro.
Basic City: A Planned Industrial Power
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The area at the foot of the western slope of the Blue Ridge was ripe for development in 1889. First, mining speculator Richard N. Pool chartered the area as Ingalls City. He was quickly outmaneuvered by Jacob Resse a Pittsburg industrial who saw the area as the next steel capital. He bought up the land and the famous Lithia Spring and laid out the plan for Basic City. With great hopes and vision the newly incorporated town set out to create the future.
Lecture on Virginia Indians in the 20th Century at the Gateway
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The 20th century was a time of unparalleled turmoil and opportunity for America’s Native population. Nowhere was that more true than here in Virginia. Larry Jent will trace that journey in his lecture Native Trials and Tribulations at WTA’s Gateway on Thursday, May 16 at 7 pm.
John Hardy Returns to WTA’s Gateway in Rattlesnake
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John Hardy, the acclaimed actor, playwright, director and former Artistic Associate at Virginia’s Barter Theatre, will return to WTA’s Gateway on Saturday, April 27 in his one-person drama Rattlesnake. Hardy plays sixteen roles in the drama with only a few pieces of furniture of props to highlight the action. It is a real tour de force for the accomplished actor. The 8 pm performance is at 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro.
WTA’s Gateway to present strategies of the American Civil War
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Dr. Jim Armstead, noted professor of military strategy, will present “Strategic Analyses of Civil War” at WTA’s Gateway on March 21 at 7 p.m.
Spring media arts events scheduled
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Members of the growing creative media community have several exceptional opportunities coming up, including a screenwriting workshop, a beginning audio workshop — both free — and a regional short film competition.
