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Classes for the 2007 season begin today at the Jacksonville Center for the Arts in Floyd, Virginia. A wide variety of traditional and new media can be experienced through the Center's educational programming, with spring and summer classes now forming in disciplines like blacksmithing, pottery, glass working, digital photography, and the construction of musical instruments.

Community members of all ages are encouraged to inquire about the Greenfire Fund, a newly developed funding initiative at the Jacksonville Center which is designed to help make the Center's educational programming more accessible to residents of Floyd and surrounding areas.

To obtain a course catalog from the Jacksonville Center, please call 540-745-2784 or contact the Center via their website at jacksonvillecenter.org.

posted on February 5, 2007

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A website has been recently been set up to help support two young Floyd community members who are both battling brain tumors. Site visitors at www.samefight.org will find information on ways they can help Joshua Cantrell, Chance Harman, and their friends and families cope with the stress and challenges they are currently facing.

A recent benefit in Floyd raised over $17,000 to help cover medical expenses for the two boys. Upcoming benefits include a series of movie nights at the June Bug Center in Floyd and a winter carnival on February 24. To learn how you can get in volunteer efforts to help Chance and Joshua get well soon, please visit samefight.org.

posted on February 5, 2007

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February 5 - A 7 pm performance by Mountain Women Rising is scheduled at Radford University this Wednesday. Members of the Appalachian Women's Alliance will share their life experiences through poetry, prose, story and song in the Bonnie Hurlburt Student Center auditorium. For more information on this event, please call 540-831-6857.

posted on February 5, 2007

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A CD release party will take place at Whiskers Roadhouse in Floyd on February 9 to celebrate a new collection of recordings by Carbon Culture. Whiskers is located on South Locust Street in Floyd and can be reached at 540-745-5001. To hear music samples by Carbon Culture, please visit their website at carbonculturemusic.com.

posted on February 5, 2007

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On February 10, there will be a Contra dance at the Sun Music Hall in Floyd featuring music by No Strings Attached. The Sun Music Hall is located on South Locust Street, and can be reached at 540-745-7883.

posted on February 5, 2007

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On Saturday, February 24, weather permitting, there will be a community art and music gathering at the Jacksonville Center in Floyd. This is a free event, and all are welcome!

Organized by audiopark.org and friends of the Traces library for creative literacy, this event is designed to celebrate democracy, independent learning, community ties, and the coming Spring. Festivities will begin at noon and continue until 5 pm, with live music starting at 2 pm. Light refreshments will be served.

Things to see and hear at this event include multimedia installations by Brad Whitney, Arctic art by Mattiusi Iyaituk, ceramic work by Sarah McCarthy and live music by Billy Miller and Chris Luster. New & old music recordings from Floyd will also be featured, along with books and artifacts from the Traces library.

Area artists, musicians, artisans and land stewards are warmly encouraged to participate in the February 24 installation of the Traces library, which will take place inside the Jacksonville Center residence building. Folks who would like to take an active role in enriching this exhibit environment are invited to bring musical instruments, books, multimedia discs, textiles, art cards, farm products, barter items, etc. for purposes of trade, demonstration, and/or temporary display.

The Jacksonville Center is a community-based, charitable nonprofit cultural arts center located about 1/2 a mile south of the stoplight in Floyd, Virginia. To learn more about the Jacksonville Center, please call 540-745-2784 or visit jacksonvillecenter.org.

To learn more about festivities planned for February 24 at the Jacksonville Center, or to watch for weather-related announcements related to this event, please visit audiopark.org.

posted on February 5, 2007

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