The Octagon House Foundation will be having a spaghetti dinner fundraiser to support the restoration of The Octagon House! Join them on Friday, April 12, 2024 from 4:30pm-7pm at the Adwolfe Volunteer Fire Department for food and fun! Adult meals are $12 each and children under 12 $8. Dinner includes spaghetti with meat sauce, garlicContinue reading "Octagon House Foundation Benefit Spaghetti Dinner"

Come to the Settlers Museum for a day of history, nature, food and fun for the entire family on April 20, 2024. Activities include hay rides, tours of the historic farm, games for kids, a lesson in the 1894 one-room schoolhouse, nature walks on birds, trees, and medicinal and edible plants, and much more. Lunch is provided, and doorContinue reading "Settlers Museum Opening Celebration"

LVA on the Go, the Library of Virginia’s custom-made van, will visit the Main Library in Marion onSaturday, April 20 from 10:00 to 2:00 as part of Smyth County’s preparations for VA 250, the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution in 2026. The program brings some of the agency’s vast resources and staff expertise acrossContinue reading "Smyth County Public Library: LVA on the GO"

Join us for the start of our 2024 Speaker Series and opening program. Dr. Tal Stanley, Professor of Civic Innovation at Emory & Henry College, will talk to us about the importance of collecting stories. Tal coordinates the "Watershed Project," a project that has the mission to restore to civic memory the stories of peopleContinue reading "Tal Stanley – “Listening Well,” A Lesson in Collecting Stories and Oral History."