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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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Fun with "The
Lorax": Young-
sters who sign
up to hear the
Dr, Seuss classic
"The Lorax" at 10
a,m, Saturday
at the Charles
Town Library
also will learn to
finger-knit their
own Truffala
Tree book mark
and try their
hand at planting
seeds. Sign up
for the program
in person at the
library at 200 E.
Washington St.
or call 304-725-
2208.
Discounts for going out: Taking in a show.at
the Old Opera House in Charles Town can get
you a 10 percent discount at select restaurants
and on select works at the Washington Street
Artists' Cooperative Gallery at 235 W. Washing-
ton St. in Charles Town. The gallery will be open
until 7 p.m. Friday. For details, call the gallery at
304-724-2090 or see www.wstreetgallery.com.
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"Home Games" continues: Charles
Town's Old Opera House presents the
comedy/drama "Home Games" by Tom
Ziegler at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and
2:30 p.m. Sunday. The theater is at 204 N.
evening shows; $15 for matinees. For de-
George St. Tickets: $8 for students; $17 for
tails, go to www.oldoperahouse.org. To re-
serve seats, call 304-725-4420.
Sips some Vandalia: West
Virginia's newest draft beer is in the
spotlight Saturday at Good Natured
Market and Vegetarian Caf6, 209 S.
Raleigh St. in Martinsburg. The India
pale ale, brewed in Martinsburg, is
part of "A West Virginia Evening"
where $15 gets you one Vandalia
draft, samples of the beer and other
locally made products, a choice of
Good Natured's gourmet salad or
soup plus music from Chelsea Mc-
Bee and Calvin Smith. For details on
the event, go to www.goodnaturedllc.
corn or call 304-262-9978. For more
on the beer, call 304-995-6605 or go
to www.vandaliabrewery.com.
Put your brain
to the test:
There's still time to
put together a team
for the 15th annual
Brain Games, the
popular trivia tour-
nament that raises
money for Literacy
Volunteers of the
Eastern Panhandle.
compe-
tition begins at 1
p.m. at the James
Rumsey Technical
Institute on W.Va.
9 east of Hedges-
ville. Teams can
have three to six
members, and reg-
istration costs $30
per person. Brain
Games questions?
Call 304-264-0298
or email LVEP-
BrainGames@aol.
com.
at 7 p.m.
:: The Bluegrass Music Alliance's free
Tuesday jams are open to musicians of all levels as
well as to anyone Nho wants to listen to bluegrass.
Jams happen from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Caperton
Train Station, 229 E. Martin St Martinsburg. For.details,
see www.BluegrassMusicAIliance.org or contact Jenn
Jensen at Jenn@TravelWV.com or 304-264-8801.
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son County as well as elsewhere in West Virginia's Eastern
Panhandle and beyond. Email the details to Christine Mill-
er Ford at Christine@spiritofjefferson. Items may be faxed
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Remembering Rum.
sey: Learn about steam-
boat pioneer James Rum-
sey's ties to Shepherd-
stown at 7 p.m, Thursday
when the long-time presi-
dent of the Rumseian So-
ciety delivers a lecture at
the Entler Hotel, 129 E.
German St. in Shepherd-
stown. Nick Blanton's talk
is entitled, "Stubborn Ad-
vocates: How Shepherd-
stown Came to Carry a
Torch for James Rum-
sey." Though Robert Fu'l-
ton is widely credited with
developing the steam-
boat, Rumsey showed off
a steam-powered boat on
the Potomac in 1787 -
decades before Fulton's
Claremont began ferrying
passengers in New York.
The talk is part of Shep-
herdstown's 250th anni-
versary celebration. For
more information, call
304-876-0910 or go online
to www.historicshepherd-
stown.com.
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