(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
Friday, September 13
Arts and Cultural Committee Meeting, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Municipal Building Room 32, 55 W Church St, Martinsville.
Thursday, September 26
Special Education Advisory Committee meeting, 6 p.m., Community Learning Center at MCPS Central Office, 746 Indian Trail, Martinsville.
Events
Friday, September 13
Harvest Moon Run 5K-8K and Dancing on Depot, 7 p.m., Gazebo on Depot Street.
Miles 4 Vets Golf Tournament, noon, Beaver Hills Golf Club, 200 Beaver Hills Club Dr, Martinsville.
Piedmont Arts and local chefs present “Fortune + Flavor: Friday the 13!”at 6:30 p.m. This superstitious fundraiser features themed small-bites, craft cocktails, games and raffles, live music, and fun tarot readings. Show us if you’re feeling lucky or unlucky by wearing all black or all white. Tickets are $50 and all-inclusive. Purchase your tickets online at PiedmontArts.org or at the museum.
Saturday, September 14
Fur Fair, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Smith River Sports Complex, 1000 Irisburg Road, Axton.
Saturday, September 21
“Back the Blue,” the Bassett Highway 57 Cruise-In will sponsor a classic Auto and Motorcycle ride to support law enforcement officers. The ride will start in the parking lot of the Martinsville Speedway. Leaving at 1:30 p.m., arriving in Bassett at 3 p.m., $10 entry fee per vehicle.
Wednesday, September 25
PUMP (Pull Up Mentor Program), 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., P&HCC Dalton IDEA Center, 26 Fayette St, Martinsville.
Thursday, September 26
Job Fair, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Patrick & Henry Community College Stone Hall Gym, 645 Patriot Ave, Martinsville.
Saturday, September 28
4RC Community Mental Health Walk 2024, 10 a.m. to noon, Smith River Sports Complex, 1000 Irisburg Road, Axton.
ONGOING
Bassett Train Station Farmers’ Market is open Tuesdays from 5-7 p.m. through September 24.
Uptown Farmers Market is open Saturdays 7:30 a.m. to noon through November 16, and Wednesdays from 7:30 a.m. to noon through 10 to September 25.
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.
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 Tuesdays at 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Bassett Public Library, 3969 Fairystone Hwy, Bassett. New members welcome. For more information, please call Patti Farmer (276) 358-0489.
