Fundraiser for Boonsboro Ruritan Club.

Hours: 8pm to 11pm; doors open at 7pm
Admission: $15 advance/$20 door; limited number of VIP tickets for $25
Location: Coffee Road
P: 384-3914
 

The Healthy Individuals through Prevention & Education (HiPE) Coalition will conduct two community forums to discuss youth/young adult drinking and alcohol related car crashes. HiPE was awarded a grant through Virginia Commonwealth University to reduce youth/young adult alcohol related car accidents by ten percent.

Refreshments will be served.

Hours: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Admission:  Free
Location: Jubilee Family Development Center, 1512 Florida Avenue
P: 455-5795 or 455-5685
 

Come downtown for the 4th Annual Get!Downtown Street Festival and discover what you've been missing! Main Street will be entirely closed off and there will be vendors, local bands performances, street performers, and lots of entertainment and fun for all!

Hours: 6pm to 9pm
Admission: Free
Location: Main Street,  Downtown Lynchburg
P: (434) 528-3950

Bikram Yoga is offering two free classes!  For those who are new to Bikram or to yoga in general, this is a good introductory opportunity.


Hours: 7:30am - 9am and 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Admission: Free
Location: 1314 Jefferson Street, Lynchburg
P: 846-2028
E: BikramYogaLynchburg@gmail.com
W:  www.bikramyogalynchburg.com

Movie:  The Princess Bride

Gather your blankets, chairs and bring the whole family to enjoy the Riverflick Film Series under the stars at Amazement Square's outdoor theater.

- Movie concessions will be available.
- This is an alcohol and tobacco-free event.
- Please, no outside drinks or coolers.
- Please, no Pets.
- In case of inclement weather movies will be shown the following Saturday. 

Hours: Gates open at 7pm; movie begins at dark
Admission: Free
Location: Amazement Square's Outdoor Theater, corner of Ninth and Jefferson Streets
P: 845-1888
 

The Healthy Individuals through Prevention & Education (HiPE) Coalition will conduct two community forums to discuss youth/young adult drinking and alcohol related car crashes. HiPE was awarded a grant through Virginia Commonwealth University to reduce youth/young adult alcohol related car accidents by ten percent.

Refreshments will be served.

Hours: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Admission:  Free
Location: Lynchburg Public Library's Community Meeting Room, 2315 Memorial Avenue
P: 455-5795 or 455-5685
 

Music performance - Christopher Bell

Hours: 8:00 pm
Admission: Free
Location: The White Hart, 1208 Main Street 

Jenny Reynolds and Cherry Hill will kick off the 2012 Fall Fridays.
No children under 12; under 21 with parent.

Hours: 6pm - 9pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Admission: $10 at teh door only
Location: Ellington Fellowship Playhouse, 421 Rivermont Avenue
W: www.theellington.org
 

Come and Enjoy... our 15th Year Crystal Anniversary! Gift Bags, Lots of Prizes, Samples, and More! Grand Prize Honeymoon Provided by Travel Lovers (must be present to win). Sponsored by the Kirkley, Travel Lovers, Robin Alexander Bistro, and WWYD.

Hours: 12noon - 4pm
Admission: $5 at the door. All Proceeds to benefit the Jubilee Development Center
Location: The Kirley Hotel & Conference Center, 2900 Candlers Mountain Road, Lynchburg
W: http://www.vabridal.com/events

Presented by the Lynchburg Art Club

Hours: 10am to 4pm; Awards Presentation at 3pm
Location: E.C. Glass High School grounds, 2111 Memorial Avenue
Rain Date: September 16
 

Sample over 20 wineries and breweries.
Music by Dragonfly, Love Canon String Band, and the Jangling Reinharts.
Artisans and crafters

Hours: 11am to 7pm
Admission: $15 advance; $20 gate; $5 general admission; kids five and under admitted free
Location: Riverfront Park, Jefferson Street
P: (434) 473-7319
E: info@lynchburgshows.com
W:  www.lynchburgshows.com

Join Naturalist, Ren Druash for a ladies-only guided white water rafting trip at the legendary Balcony Falls. No paddling experience necessary; great for beginners. Registration deadline is Sept. 7.

Hours: 9am to 3pm
Admission: $70 Lynchburg City residents; $85 non-city residents
Location: Meet at Nature Zone Parking Lot, 825 Kemper Street
P: 455-5828
E: nature.zone@lynchburgva.gov

Clifton Potter, “From Prisoners to Provosts, the Union Presence in Lynchburg, 1862-1870.” The talk starts in 1862 with establishment of an auxiliary facility in the Hill City, the site of the now campus of E.C. Glass, as a transit camp for Union prisoners that quickly passed the 500-person limit. The threat in 1864 to Lynchburg of Union forces under Gen. David Hunter, squelched by Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early, will also be highlighted, along with occupation of Union troops between 1865 and 1870, a mostly amicable arrangement. Rebuilding the Lynchburg economy just after the war will also be examined.

Hours: 5pm
Admission: Free
Location: Jones Memorial Library, 2311 Memorial Avenue
P: 846-0501
W:  www.jmlibrary.org
E: refdesk@jmlibrary.org

Silent Meditation for Peace

Friday, September 21 is International Peace Day, sanctioned by the United Nations and supported in cities and countries around the world in a variety of different ways. This year, the group Be the Peace is partnering with a variety of peace groups to host "Med Mobs" (think of combining a flash mob with meditation!), abd The Peace Practice is hosting one right here in Lynchburg!  All peace-minded residents of our fair city are invited to join in for a group meditation for peace. All are welcome!  Bring a friend and join in this global movement!

At 12 noon,  we'll join thousands of others across the globe for a 10-minute silent meditation for peace.  Bring a blanket, cushion, or chair for sitting during the meditation (you might also want to bring a water bottle, sun screen, camera, etc.)

Hours: 12 Noon - - Meet at 11:45am
Admission: Free
Location: The park across the street from The Peace Practice which is located at 3200 Memorial Ave.
P:  609-3437
E:  mail@thepeacepractice.com  (Susie Joiner)
W: www.thepeacepractice.com
 

"Peace One Day" is the inspiring story of Jeremy Gilley, the filmmaker who founded the P1D campaign, and his dream to
create "one day of peace" that persuaded the global community, via the United Nations, to officially sanction a day without conflict, a ceasefire day, a global day of peace. All are welcome!

Hours: 7pm
Admission: Free
Location: The Peace Practice, 3200 Memorial Avenue
P: 609-3437 
E: mail@thepeacepractice.com  (Susie Joiner)
W: www.thepeacepractice.com

Mark your calendar and stay tuned for further details!

Hours: 8:30pm
Admission: TBD
Location: Ellington Fellowship Playhouse, 421 Rivermont Avenue
W: www.theellington.org

Come see what treasures you can find!  Amazement Square is cleaning out their basement and will have lots of  retired pieces from the museum and past events. All proceeds will benefit the museum

Hours: 8am - 1pm
Admission: Free
Location: 27 Ninth Street (warehouse)
P: 845-1888
W: www.amazementsquare.org
 

Bawdy Ladies of 19th-Century Lynchburg.

Historian Nancy Weiland leads a tour to the graves of some of Lynchburg's famous "sporting ladies."

Hours: 3pm
Location: Old City Cemetery, 401 Taylor Street
P: 847-1465
E: occ@gravegarden.org
W: www.gravegarden.org

Enjoy an afternoon touring six homes on Greenway Court built circa 1930-1965.

Tickets available at  the Lynchburg Visitor Center, www.lynchburgtickets.com and at the Foundation office.

Hours: 1pm-5pm
Admission: $20 pp (Note: no individual house tickets will be sold).
Location: Various
P: 528-5353
 

The Alzheimer’s Association CWVA and the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College will hold the second Arts Fusion program for people diagnosed with memory loss, and their caregivers.  This informal program is designed as a social respite from the disease. 

Hours: 10am
Admission: Free, but registration is required
Location: Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College
P: (434) 973-6122, ex. 123
E: shughes@alz.org
W: www.alz.org/cwva

 

As a rock star, reality star, spokesperson, businessman, and philanthropist, Bret Michaels does more jobs in a single day than most people do in an entire lifetime. Michaels first rose to fame as the frontman of Poison.As one of rock's most iconic and enduring bands, Poison defined the fast, gritty, and glamorous rock 'n' roll scene and sold over 30 million records worldwide.

Hours: 8pm
Admission: $35 adv
Location: 3009 Murray Place
P: 846-3206
W: www.phase2club.com

Viva the Olympics! The LSO opens its 2012-2013 season by celebrating the Summer Olympics in London. The September “Olympic Journey” concert will feature Summon the Heroes, Chariot’s of Fire, Haydn’s London Symphony, and the 1896 Olympics theme. Also on the program is American patriotic music.

Time: 3pm
Admission: $20 Adult; $18 Seniors; $5 Students; Free, children 12 and under
Location: EC Glass High School Auditorium
P: (434) 845-6604
W: www.lynchburgtickets.com
W: www.lynchburgsymphony.com