by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jun 13, 2024 | Art, Education, People
Middle Street Gallery is opening an exhibit by painter and journalist Tim Carrington on Friday, June 14 titled, “Rhymes and Echoes,” featuring paintings from his recent travels in the Dominican Republic as well as works from his studio in Rappahannock County. An...
by Ireland Hayes | Jun 2, 2024 | Art, Business
The Rappahannock County Library Board of Trustees will unveil its renovation plans and concept renderings at the Board of Supervisors’ July 1 meeting as library officials gear up for the building’s first major expansion since it opened in the 1990s. At a library...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 24, 2024 | Art, Politics
‘With his art, he shared a window into his soul’ Kevin Adams painted the real. He found it beautiful. Born on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, he traveled and looked, searching out the visual secrets of his subjects. Outside, at the easel, he would draw the contours,...
by Bob Hurley | Apr 23, 2024 | Art, People
Member, County Buildings Committee; set painter/designer, RAAC Theatre; Rappahannock Senior Center; Headwaters reading program; after-school Bible Club, band percussionist, Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church; Rapp At Home; mentor, Education for Ministry, Twelve-Step...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 21, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Health, Politics
One day he feels fine . . . next comes a diagnosis of cancer, five kinds “I’m a very blessed man. My whole life, I’ve had everything I wanted or needed,” said Ted Pellegatta, looking back on 84 years from the vantage of his recliner in the tiny cottage next door to...