(Event information/calendar items must be received by 5 p.m. on Tuesday before the desired publication date. Email to dhall@theenterprise.net.)
Meetings
Tuesday, November 12
City Council Meeting, 7 p.m., Municipal Building 55 W Church St., Martinsville.
Wednesday, November 13
Uptown Pedestrian Safety Meeting, 6 p.m., Municipal Building 55 W Church St., Martinsville.
Events
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.
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.
Amateur Cooking Competition, 2:30 p.m., Ridgeway Branch Library, 900 Vista View Ln, Ridgeway.
Thursday, November 14
Dr. Elliot Engel: da Vinci: Before the Code, 6 p.m., Piedmont Arts. Many scholars consider Leonardo Da Vinci to be the greatest artistic genius in the history of Western Civilization. Dr. Elliot Engel will probe the breadth and depth of Leonardo’s extraordinary mind while revealing the fascinating causes for his many unfinished masterpieces. He even tackles the universal mystery of Mona Lisa’s smile. A catered dinner will begin at 6 p.m. and the lecture will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $45 for dinner and the lecture, and $20 for just the lecture. Tickets can be purchased online at PiedmontArts.org or by calling the museum.
Friday, November 15
Amateur Cooking Competition, 2:30 p.m., Martinsville Branch Library, 310 Church St E, Martinsville.
Wednesday, November 20
Upward Basketball and Cheerleading Evaluation, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Fort Trial Baptist Church, 170 Oak Level Rd, Stanleytown.
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
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.
Fruit Fundraiser for Martinsville Band, purchase fruit to support the band through November 12. Orders can be placed at www.thebulldogband.com or by calling (276) 403-5870.
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.
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.
