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The Arts Council of the Valley First Fridays Downtown for this month is Friday, September 3, 5 – 7pm.  Scheduled events are listed in the following press release:

Arts Council of the Valley, Smith House, 311 S. Main St.

Michael Hough, Sculpture, Sarah Byrd, Book Signing, and Kimmon Waldruff, Acoustic Sets

Arts Council of the Valley Satellite Gallery, Court Square Theater Marketplace

Bridgewater College Student Show

Arts Council of the Valley Satellite Gallery, former Jack Collins Shoe Store

Ashley McCoy, Painting

The Virginia Quilt Museum, 301 S. Main St.

Admission to the museum is free and the museum shop will be open, Virginia Quilt Museum Celebrates 15 years – Quilts from Our Collection

Asbury United Methodist Church, 205 S. Main St.

Trudy Cole and Bob Driver, Live music, Jim Harris and Kathy Pigg, Mixed Media

Harrisonburg League of Therapists, 312 S. Main St.

Erin Donnelly, Painting

Hardesty-Higgins House Visitors Center, 212 S. Main St.

The Valley Turnpike Museum and Rocktown Gift Shoppe will be open featuring work of Valley Artisans and the Art Gallery of Shenandoah Valley Watercolor Society. Light Refreshments will be served.

Linda S. Hoover, CFP, Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial, 165 S. Main Street

Michelle Krone, Photography, The WoodArt Studio, Woodturning and Carving

Clementine Café, 153 S. Main St.

Gwendolyn Garrett and Erin Kling, Drawings, Photography, and Mixed media

OASIS Gallery, 103 S. Main St.

Autumn’s Glory & the Color Purple

The Yellow Button, 192 S. Main St.

Erin Donnelly, Painting

Estland Design, 41 Court Square, Suite 4-D

The Cat’s Cradle, 124 S. Main St.

Kendall Charpentier, Painting

The Gaines Group, PLC, architecture + design, 107 S. Main St., Ste 2

Blueprints by Raymond Gaines and Charles Hendricks

*Reception catered by Shank’s Bakery

Laughing Dog T-shirts & Gifts, 825 S. Main St.

Lynn Lough, Mixed Media Paintings and Sculptures, and live music by Kat & the Traveler/s

Downtown Wine and Gourmet, 41 Court Square

Wine Tastings and (periodically) Music

Cally’s Restaurant and Brewery, 41-A Court Square

Beer Tastings 

Artful Dodger, 47 Court Square

Trip Madison, Mixed Media

Downtown Fine Furniture, 20 N. Main St.

August Enterprise/T.J.’s Demagraphics, 91 N. Main St.

Greg Ballou and James August Warsing, Jr., Paintings and Sculpture

Wine on Water, 70 W. Water St.

Wine Tasting

Polished, Inc., 29 W. Water St.

*10% everything in the store

Adona Music, 34 S. Main St.

Child Advocacy Center (a program of the Collins Center), 165 S. Main St.

Open House to tour the CAC facilities, including the newly renovated forensic interview room, meet members of the multidisciplinary team working to respond to child abuse in our community, and view children’s artwork from the CAC April Awareness Art Contest

Cornett Jewelers, Inc., 49 W. Water St., Suite-E

Grand opening of new jewelers in downtown

Yarn Mountain, 25 E. Water St.

Open House to celebrate new store, Refreshments provided, 5-8 p.m.

Dancing with Karen

Library Courtyard

Swing and Tango

Classic Carriage Horse Drawn Rides, $5.00

Departs from the Hardesty-Higgins House

6:00pm to 8:00pm

Discover Downtown Tours, $7

Departs from the Hardesty-Higgins House

6 pm

For more information on the Arts Council visit www.valleyarts.org or call (540)-801-8779.