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Past Events
2006
5.19.06 ~ Grapes and Galleries ~
5:30- 8:30pm ~ Wine tasting, delicious food, live music, & a
chance to visit the art galleries & artisans of Historic
Fincastle. Sponsored by Botetourt Chamber of commerce,
Fincastle Vineyards, Wine Gourmet, Three Little Pigs, Courthouse
Cafe, Jake Cress' Fincstle Gallery, Mill Stone Gallery, Edward
Bordett Art Gallery, blue katt gallery, Willy Simmons, and Porter
Caldwell. Profits provide educational scholarship to
graduating Botetourt County high school
seniors.
5.5.06 - 6.3.06 ~ A Year Abroad ~ Premier exhibit by photobrapher Beth
Echols ~ Opening Reception 6:30 -
8:30pm
2.19.06 ~ Artwork by Mary Chiaramonte ~ Opening
Reception, 2-5pm ~ www.merrysee.com
2005
12.10.05
~ Historic Fincastle Holiday Tour ~ Tour
15 buildings in the Town of Fincastle, including galleries,
churches, and private homes. 10am-5pm. Event includes a
delicious buffet served from 11am-3pm in the ballrooms above the
blue katt gallery. The $25 tickets can be purchased the day of
the tour at the Millstone Gallery (Main and Roanoke Street).
Profits support Historic Fincastle Inc. and the Botetourt Women's
Town and Country Service Club. More info at
ww.historicfincastle.com.
10.28.05 ~ Travelin' On and Other Constant Changes ~ Final
exhibit of Scott and Lisa Kattenbraker before they leave
Virginia for Washington State. 6-9pm. Come as yourself
or in costume. Show leaves by November 10th with the gypsy
caravan.
10.29.05 ~ Harvest of
Stories ~ Stories and local musicians in the ballroom above
blue katt gallery. Please consider a donation of canned goods
for the Bot. Food Pantry and donations of $$ for Katrina Hurrican
Relief.
9.29.05 ~ A visit by Democrat Leslie
Byrne. Leslie is running with Tim Kaine to become
Virginia's next Lt. Governor. Meet with Leslie from 5-6pm in
the ballroom above the blue katt gallery
2005
~ Jake Cress and Dreama Kattenbraker have collaborated on one of Jake's famous
Hickory Dickory Clocks. This clock is the first to include a
hand-built stoneware face, painted wooden mice and a small "book"
plaque displaying Jake's version of the old rhyme. See the
clock on exhibit at the blue katt gallery where it is for sale until
October. Jake is known
for his unique and beautifully crafted wood furnishings that have a
"twist" on traditional designs. Jake's clocks are found in
collections world-wide and are typicaly sold through places
such as Sotheby's Auction houses.
www.jakecress.com.
Dreama, owner of
blue katt gallery, is a hand-built clay artist who enjoys creating
characters and creatures.
2006 Book Club
Readings
Black
Holes and Quantum Cats ~ Laura Ouelette
Night ~ Elie
Weisel
A Country
Year ~ Sue Hubbell
The Red
Tent by Anita Diamant
Black
Bodies and Quantum Cats by Jennifer
Ouelette
Jefferson's Monticello:
Recollections of a Monticello slave and a Monticello Overseer ~
edited by James A. Bear, Jr. (1976)
Mammoth Cheese ~ by Sheri Holman
(2005)
A
Prayer for Owen Meany ~ by John Irving
2005 Book Club
Readings
A wrinkle in
Time - by madeleine L'engle
Circle of
Quiet - by Madeleine L'engle (1972)
The Secret
Life of Bees - by Sue Monk-Kidd
The Life of
Pi - by Yann Martel
No. 1 Ladies
Detective Agency - by Alexander McCall Smith
Their Eyes
were Watching - by Zora Neale
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