(Event information/calendar items must be received by 5 p.m. on the Tuesday before the desired publication date. Email to dhall@theenterprise.net.)
Meetings
Thursday, January 11
Martinsville School Board meets at 6 p.m. in the School Board Office, 746 Indian Trail, Martinsville. The board will consider the first reading of the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget.
Events
Friday, January 12
Music Night at the Spencer-Penn Centre. Hard driving old-time string band, Gap Civil, will play in Alumni Hall. Gate opens at 5 p.m. with the band starting at 6:15 p.m. Admission is a $5 CASH donation. Come enjoy some great mountain music and dancing! Concessions, including our ever-popular Spencer Penn hotdogs, will be sold.
Saturday, January 13
The Bassett Ruritan Club, 277 Philpott Dam Road, Bassett, will be having their monthly breakfast from 6 am to 10 a.m. The breakfast is all you can eat and includes sausage, fried bologna, eggs, apples, gravy, biscuits, pancakes (buckwheat and regular), juice and coffee. The cost is $8, $4 for kids 12 and under.
Auditions for a One-Act Play Festival, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., at TheatreWorks Community Players, 44 Franklin Street, UPTown Martinsville. All experience levels.
Sunday, January 14
Auditions for a One-Act Play Festival, 2 – 4 p.m., at TheatreWorks Community Players, 44 Franklin Street, UPTown Martinsville. One Act Plays include “If Walls Could Talk” – A drama following a family as the generations pass; the more things change, the more they stay the same. (10 – 12 actors). “Waiting on the Train Southbend, IN” – A drama wherein a group of people trying to get home are delayed at the train station, forcing them to pause and benefit from each other’s life advice. (7 actors). “Dating in the Time of Zombie” – A dark comedy. A scientist clings to normal life by attempting to hold a speed dating event, despite Zombies as constant distraction. (6 actors).
Monday, January 15
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Wednesday, January 17
The registration fee of $50 (lunch included) is due for the Danville Master Gardeners’ 11th SPRING TO GREEN, Less Work Garden More Seminar. Registrations will be accepted after that time (space permitting), but lunch is not included. The event will be held at the Olde Dominion Agricultural Center (ODAC) on Route 29, Chatham. Speakers are Pat Lust, Goochland/Powhatan Master Gardener; Bryce Lane, former host of “In the Garden,” and Mary Ann Hansen, retired Virginia Tech Extension Plant Pathologist. For more information, call Debra Bailey at (336) 340-1981, the Danville Extension Office at (434) 799-6558, or register online at Eventbrite. com. Registration is limited to 125 participants.
Monday, January 22
Meet and Greet hosted by Ridgeway District Supervisor Travis Pruitt, 6-7:30 p.m. at the Ridgeway Rescue Squad, 108 Magnolia St., Ridgeway. Guest speakers will be featured, and light refreshments will be served.
Saturday, January 27
Piano Bar, 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:15 p.m., at TheatreWorks Community Players, 44 Franklin Street, UPTown Martinsville. The cast, musicians and Emcees of the 6th annual Piano Bar are ready to have a great audience sing-along to a myriad of music. Our theme this year is Peace, Love and Soul! Tickets are $10.
ONGOING
The Martinsville-Henry County Lions Club regularly meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Pacific Bay Restaurant, 530 Commonwealth Blvd, Martinsville.
AWANA meets at Blackberry Baptist Church on Sundays, from 4-6 p.m.
TOPS FIELDALE VA 0626 meets each Tuesday at 5:45 pm at the Rangeley Ruritan Building on 134 Calloway Drive, Fieldale, VA. New members are welcome. For more information, call Patti at (276) 358-0489.
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.
The Fontaine Ruritan Club hosts Bingo every Tuesday at 1903 Joseph Martin Highway, Martinsville. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and games begin at 7. Money from Bingo supports community service awards, scholarships, and other community efforts.
Book Bingo on the 4th Tuesday of the month at the Martinsville Branch of the Blue Ridge Regional Library, 11 a.m. to noon. Call (276) 403-5430 to register.
Medicaid eligibility renewals have resumed. Martinsville-Henry County Coalition for Health and Wellness (MHCCHW) offers Medicaid/FAMIS application and renewal assistance for Virginia residents from birth to 64 years of age in-person: Wednesdays 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at Community Storehouse, 128 E. Church St (lower level of the old Leggett Building) in Martinsville, or by phone, Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MHCCHW’s specially trained Medicaid/FAMIS Outreach Advocate is available to help. Call or text Ann Walker at (276) 732-0509 to learn more or for an appointment.
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.
