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Last year's murder mystery dinner trains were such a hit, The Loy Foundation has expanded this year's schedule to 10 events on The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: June 14, July 19, August 16, September 6, October 4, and November 1 & 15. Tickets will be available by calling The Potomac Eagle at 304-474-0736 and soon at The Visitor Center in The Bottling Works. Click here for more info on the plots for each excursion's mystery. Tom Valentine Productions will be putting on the shows.
Coming Friday, May 16, 8PM
Simple Gifts
Three women plus twelve instruments equals one good time when Simple
Gifts takes the stage. Drawing on an impressive variety of ethnic folk
styles, this award-winning trio plays everything from lively Irish jigs
and down-home American reels to hard-driving Klezmer frailachs and haunting
Gypsy melodies, spicing the mix with the distinctive rhythms of Balkan
dance music, the lush sounds of Scandinavian twin fiddling, and original
compositions written in a traditional style.
Combining tradition with innovation, Simple Gifts creates some of the finest
arrangements in folk music today: swing fiddle creeps into a Romanian dance,
spoons show up in an Irish reel, and the concertina ventures far beyond styles
considered traditional for that instrument. Based in the hills of central Pennsylvania,
these women play an amazing array of instruments. Linda Littleton, Rachel Hall,
and Karen Hirshon switch with ease among two violins, concertina, mandolin,
banjolin, recorders, bowed psaltery, hammered dulcimer, baritone fiddle, guitar,
piano, and percussion.
These women deliver their
music with rare intensity and contagious enthusiasm. It’s obvious
that Simple Gifts loves the music they play and knows how to share their
excitement with the audience. This is an act not to be missed!
Admission $10 (HCAC members $8), under 17 free. Advance tickets available online.
Exhibit through May 15: Works by Hampshire County Artists
 
Works in a variety of media by Meg and Jonathon Hamilton, Michael O'Brien, Susan Feller, Anne Renee Livingston, Robin Teas, Robin Pancake, Bess Rexroad, Jan Dodgins, Larry Brown, Mike Dwyer, Nelson Zambito, Carolyn Forsythe Lowman, Max Boward, Carol Hobbs, Jean Kellogg, Laurel Kellogg, Karen Garel, Sybil MacKenzie, Lou Mazzeo and Darla Cook.
View the show when the Visitor Center is open Tues-Sat 9AM-1PM and 1:30-4:30PM (until a staff person is hired, this is likely to depend on availability of personne, so you are advised to call ahead) and during concerts. And if you fall in love with something and want to take it home, most work is available for sale.
Fiber Arts Exhibit Opens May 16
 
A variety of creative uses of fiber from the traditional to the contemporary by Susan Feller, Laurie Gundersen and Carol Hobbs will grace the lobby of The Bottling Works through June 26. Hooked rugs, shibori silk banners, quilts and quilted fashions, and fiber baskets will be among the wide range of items on display. Many pieces will be for sale. Opening reception to meet the artists will precede the Friday, May 16 concert.
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