(Event information/calendar items must be received by 5 p.m. on Tuesday before the desired publication date. Email to dhall@theenterprise.net.)
Meetings
Monday, November 4
IDA Meeting, 4-5 p.m., Municipal Building, 55 W Church St., Martinsville.
Thursday, November 7
Henry County School Board meets, 5:30 p.m., 1st Floor, Summerlin Room County Admin Building, 3300 Kings Mountain Road, Martinsville.
Arts and Cultural Committee Meeting, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Municipal Building, 55 W Church St., Martinsville.
Friday, November 8- Saturday, November 9
LAST BIG BASEMENT SALE of 2024 and EVERYTHING is priced to go at Fido’s Finds and Kitties Kollectibles, 119 East Main Street in UpTown Martinsville on Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Events
Saturday, November 2
Upward Basketball and Cheerleading evaluation, 10 a.m. to noon, Fort Trial Baptist Church, 170 Oak Level Rd., Stanleytown.
Southside Survivor Response Center Gala, 5 p.m., New College Institute, 191 Fayette St, Martinsville.
Tuesday, November 5
Election Day
Tuesday, November 12
Local historian Jarred Marlowe, VMI Class of 2015, will recount the Battle of New Market at 10:30 a.m., in the Susan L. Adkins Memorial Meeting Room, Bassett Historical Society, 3964 Fairystone Park Hwy, Bassett. Free and open to the public.
Thursday, November 21
Henry County will hold a Comprehensive Plan Public Workshop #3, 6-7:30 p.m., Galilean House of Worship, 5078 A.L. Philpott Highway, Martinsville.
ONGOING
The 29th annual Coats for Kids Drive is underway through Nov. 29. For more information, call Debra Buchanan at (276) 358-1463. Drop off new or gently used coats at Hollywood Cinema or One-Hour Martinizing on Rives Road, Martinsville.
Uptown Farmers Market is open Saturdays 7:30 a.m. to noon through November 16.
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.
