(Event information/calendar items must be received by 5 p.m. on Tuesday before the desired publication date. Email to dhall@theenterprise.net.)
Meetings
Thursday, December 5
Henry County School Board School Board Meeting, 5:30 p.m., followed by closed session, 1st floor, Summerlin Room, County Administration Building, Collinsville.
Events
Saturday, November 30
Martinsville Uptown Small Business Saturday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Uptown Martinsville.
Tuesday, December 3
Giving Tuesday, The Spencer-Penn Center.
Open House for Pregnancy Care Center, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., 314 Fairy St., Suite E, Martinsville.
Thursday, December 5
Christmas Tree Lighting, 4 p.m., Piedmont Arts, 215 Starling Ave. Martinsville.
Holiday Business After Hours, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., URW Community Federal Credit Union, 796 Commonwealth Blvd. Martinsville.
Blood Drive, 4-9 p.m., Scuffle Hill Brewing Co., 2620 Virginia Ave., Collinsville. Donors will receive $40 in TBC rewards.
Saturday, December 7
Bow Making Class at the New College Institute, 9 a.m. to noon. Cost is $20. Registration required by Dec. 2 at https://newcollegeinstitute.org/event/life-bow-making, or call (276) 403-5605.
Sunday, December 8
Roanoke Symphony Holiday Pops, 3 p.m., Martinsville High School Auditorium. David Stewart Wiley conducts the Holiday Pops. Lobby and box office will open at 1 p.m., the auditorium opens at 2 p.m., and the concert begins at 3 p.m. Altrusa will collect non-perishable food items for Grace Network in the lobby during the symphony’s performance. Tickets are on sale for $30 for reserved seating, $20 for general admission, and $10 for K-12 students. Family or individual adult WIC cardholders with ID receive free general admission. Tickets can be purchased online or at PiedmontArts.org.
Wednesday, December 11
Holiday Citizens Police Academy, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Piedmont Regional Criminal Justice Training Academy, 1024 Dupont Road, Martinsville.
Friday, December 13
First ever Christmas Extravaganza, Spencer Penn Centre, 5-9 p.m. Free admission and free photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus. More than 20 vendors. Live music, tree lighting, other activities.
Monday, December 16
Master Plan Public Information Meeting for the Mayo River State Park, 6-8 p.m., Spencer-Penn Centre, Lester Banquet Hall, 475 Spencer Penn Road, Spencer.
ONGOING
All branches of the Blue Ridge Regional Library are hosting the annual “Food for Fines Food Drive,” with $1 waived from overdue fines for each non-perishable food item donated. All food items collected will be donated to the Salvation Army of Martinsville VA, Service Center and the Patrick County Food Bank. This will run through November 30.
Book sale, hosted by the Friends of the Blue Ridge Regional Library, in the basement of the main branch, 310 E. Church St., Martinsville. The “Members Only” portion of the sale is Friday, Dec. 6, 2-5 p.m. (those interested may join at the door), and Saturday’s sale, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Dec. 7, is open to the public. Civil war, children’s books, and puzzles are among those highlighted, with a special sale on shelved hardback and paperback fiction-buy 2/get 1 free. Each group of 3 must be either hardback or all paperback. All proceeds go back into the library system.
The 29th annual Coats for Kids Drive is underway through Nov. 29. For more information, call Debra Buchanan, (276) 358-1463. Drop off new or gently used coats at Hollywood Cinema or One-Hour Martinizing on Rives Road, Martinsville.
The Martinsville-Henry County Lions Club regularly meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Pacific Bay Restaurant, 530 Commonwealth Blvd, Martinsville.
The Bassett Ruritan Club hosts breakfast on the 2nd Saturday of each month from 6 – 10 a.m. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children under 12. All you can eat sausage, fried bologna, eggs, cooked apples, sausage gravy, made from scratch biscuits, made to order pancakes, coffee and juice. Dine in or carry out.
AWANA meets at Blackberry Baptist Church on Sundays, from 4-6 p.m.
The Bassett Ruritan Club hosts Rook Music & More on Fridays from 10 a.m. – noon. Play Rook, work puzzles, make a craft and listen to a mixture of bluegrass, country & gospel music by different bands each week. If you want, bring a snack to share. This event is free to the public. Any donations received will go to the Bassett Ruritan Club to pay for electricity etc.
The Blue Ridge Regional Library offers free one-day passes to the Virginia Museum of Natural History and the Henry County YMCA with your library card. The passes are good for one day and exclude special events. There is a wait period before you can check out the pass again. For more details and exclusions, visit brrl.lib.va.us.
TOPS FIELDALE VA 0626 meets on Tuesdays at 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Bassett Public Library, 3969 Fairystone Hwy, Bassett. New members are welcome. For more information, please call Patti Farmer (276) 358-0489.
The Henry County Adult Learning Center offers free in-house and online classes to help prepare for college, career, or earn your high school equivalency or GED. Call (276) 647-9585.
