Upcoming Events

May
7
Tue
The Pottery Place: Into to Watercolors Class @ The Pottery Place
May 7 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Join Mary for an introduction into watercolors.

$18 per person

Recommended for 13+

During this class you will learn basic techniques and create one finished card to take home!

May
10
Fri
Tamarack Marketplace Artist Demonstration: Steve Lily @ Tamarack Marketplace
May 10 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 am

Join us for an artist demonstration with Steve Lily. He creates handcrafted coin jewelry! Embark on a journey of artistic vision & talent and discover the allure of handcrafted treasures and the stories they hold!

May
11
Sat
The Migration Celebration @ Little Beaver State Park
May 11 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Join Three Rivers Avian Center  Saturday, May 11 from 9 to 5 for this free family friendly event celebrating the return of our Springtime birds and the West Virginia ecosystems they live in. There will be guided nature and bird walks, photographers workshop, face painting and live birds of prey. Watch the event page for schedule! !

Tamarack Marketplace Book Signing: Don Stansberry @ Tamarack Marketplace
May 11 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm

Unlock the pages of inspiration with a book signing with Don Stansberry. He is the author of five books including Secret Blood, Crusty, Inky and the Missing Gold, Inky, Oglebee, and the Witches, and Skipping Through the ABC’s of History.

Beckley’s Coffee & Tea Celebration @ Downtown Beckley
May 11 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Beckley’s Coffee & Tea Celebration merging with Sweet Treats event during the Rhododendron Festival featured during May!

This tasty event features coffee, tea, and dessert-tasting, plus other food, youth musical performances, and Emergency Preparedness Fair booths.

Activities will take place along Neville Street from Word Park to the Cardinals Plaza by Heber Street, weather-permitting. The middle level of the Beckley Intermodal Gateway will be rainy day location.

For $5, attendees will receive five tasting/sample tickets and a voting coin. Tickets will be sold at The Raleigh Playhouse & Theatre during the event.

In addition to these activities, the Appalachian Paranormal Collective will be having an event at the Raleigh Playhouse & Theatre the same day. Admission is $10 to attend their activities in the theatre and at Sir Walter’s in the basement of the theatre.

The Rhododendron Festival spans from May 11 through May 27 with a variety of activities planned. .