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It was pure coincidence that director Ron Maxwell happened to be finalizing a film about the Civil War when the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation in New Market contacted him about six months ago in the hopes that he would come to a fundraising battlefield walking tour in Winchester this Saturday.
 
Chase away the rain this weekend with summertime events around the valley, spending festive days in the sun and evenings with music under the stars.
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Woodstock author Chastity Harris gave in to the voices 3 1/2 years ago when they became too loud to ignore.
Beer and wine tastings, classes in herb care, movies, music and more will highlight the weekend's events around the area at the Hop Blossom Craft Beer Festival in Winchester, Virginia Herb Festival in Reliance, A Family Country Fair in Edinburg, Family Drive-in Theater in Stephens City and Winchester Book Gallery in Winchester.
With the Canon Rebel EOS T3 digital camera her husband bought her, Candice Trimble of Front Royal has set aside her psychology degree in the interest of developing her photography skills.
June 7
Theater
• "Church Basement Ladies" -- 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Thursday, and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Wayside Theatre, 7853 Main St., Middletown. Information: 869-1776, waysidetheatre.org.
Theatre Shenandoah's second Summer Concert Series will kick off a summer of musical talent from around the area, beginning tonight in Edinburg with 12-year-old Charlee Allman, a sixth grader at Warren County Middle School.
Area playhouses turn to old standards for their first plays of the summer, with music and comedy setting the stage for deeper truths of family, devotion and the importance of home.
May 31
Theater
• "Church Basement Ladies" -- 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Thursday, and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Wayside Theatre, 7853 Main St., Middletown. Information: 869-1776, waysidetheatre.org.
On June 2, teams of bike riders from around the region will converge on the Frederick County area to take part in the Sixth Annual Boys and Girls Club of Northern Shenandoah Valley's Heritage Ride.
Visitors come to the Kernstown Battlefield for various reasons. History buffs want to learn more about the Civil War, which reshaped the region. But a lot more are interested in the experience that redefined lives.
As the summer approaches, grownups and children alike are ready to get active and have some summer fun. Local Parks and Recreation Department programs are promising just that.
Area projects like Buy Fresh Buy Local have helped increase interest in locally produced foods, but more attention is needed to combat declining farmland, according to advocates of Winchester Main Street Agriculture.
This summer, make the most of Warren County's landscape by escaping into Shenandoah National Park for the day or even for just an hour. Those looking to commune with nature can find something going on every day of the week.
This summer the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival will turn 50, but even as festival organizers prepare to celebrate, festival President Dennis Lynch is making plans to secure the next 50 years.
This weekend, spend time with family and friends as community pools open their gates, the scents of festival foods fill the air and music rises up from the valley for the unofficial start of summer.
May 24
Theater
• "You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water is Running" -- Friday, Saturday and Thursday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Winchester Little Theatre, 315 West Boscawen St., Winchester. Information: 662-3331, wltonline.org.
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