Join us for a memoir writing class at the SWVA Cultural Center & Marketplace taught by Miriam Sauls. For inspiration for our workshop, we’ll look at food and the role it has played in both our lives and in our culture.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Thursday Night Open Jam Presented by The Crooked Road
Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace
1 Heartwood Cir
Abingdon, VA 24210 Map
The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail Thursday Night Open Jam at the Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace! Stop by anytime, music starts at 6:30 PM. The cafe will re-open at 5 PM serving cold sandwiches and hot specials! Thursday's specials are: the SWVA patty melt made with Laurel Springs Farm beef and delicious soup beans & cornbread!
Square Dancing at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
Anderson Park
341 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Bristol, TN 37620 Map
Join us at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2019 Children's Day for Square Dancing with Tyler Hughes and The Stone Mountain Serenaders! The calling consists of traditional square dance calls and is encouraging to beginners, as well as advanced dancers. The band always brings a strong repertoire of toe-tapping tunes and mesmerizing waltzes for every dance they play. The dance is FREE and open to the public! Get your dancing shoes on and spread the word!
White Birch Sunday Brunch at the SWVA Cultural Center
Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace
1 Heartwood Cir
Abingdon, VA 24210 Map
White Birch Kitchen & Juice Bar will be taking over Sunday brunch at the Cultural Center every Sunday in September! Come relax and enjoy cold-pressed juice mimosas and delicious food from 11 AM - 2 PM! Menu: Biscuits & Gravy $9 House-made buttermilk biscuits, Hickory Nut Gap sausage gravy, and two farm fresh eggs Breakfast Burrito $9 Scrambled eggs, roasted potato, sautéed mushrooms, onions, kale, and Ziegenwald goats cheese on a spinach tortilla Add bacon for $2.50 Goshen Yogurt & Granola $6 Goshen Homestead Creamery yogurt, house-made granola, coconut flakes, seasonal fresh fruit, and sorghum Grits & Veggies $9 Whites Mill Grits, melted leeks, roasted turnips, fennel, and squash Add an egg for $1.25 Brunch Burger $11 Laurel Springs Farm beef, hash browns, smoked gouda, cheddar, secret sauce, and egg on a multi-grain bun Living Bibb Salad $10 Pops Veggies living bibb lettuce, shallot, nectarines, citrus vinaigrette, and herbs Side options: Whites Mill Grits $3.5 Home Fries $3 Fresh Seasonal Fruit $4.5
Mi-mo-sa Flow at the SWVA Cultural Center
Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace
1 Heartwood Cir
Abingdon, VA 24210 Map
Join Nicole Dyer, Founder & Owner of White Birch Food & Juice and RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher), for Poses & Mimosas. Brighten your mood with an uplifting yoga flow followed by mimosas made with fresh, cold-pressed juice from White Birch. Nicole will guide you through an energizing flow ending with relaxing, restorative poses. She will also incorporate essential oils into the practice. $15/person - drinks are an additional charge BYOM! (Bring your own mat)
Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace
1 Heartwood Cir
Abingdon, VA 24210 Map
Come join us as we take the kitchen over. We have made a menu full of local meats and produce featuring SW VA Farmers! Prime Rib Carving Station, Honey Bourbon Glazed salmon, Locally sourced smoked bacon and seasoned sausage, Maple pecan salad, Quiche Loraine, Homemade Buttermilk biscuits with local honey, sausage gravy, hashbrown casserole, wild rice, honey glazed carrots, turkey white chili, assorted pastries and sweets, beverages and out signature caramel apple mimosa Please contact us for a complete menu and list of farms.
SWVA Cultural Center Book Club
Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace
1 Heartwood Cir
Abingdon, VA 24210 Map
Join us at the Southwest Virginia Cultural Center for our monthly book club, every first Monday of the month! This club features books by Southwest Virginia authors or books about Southwest Virginia. We hope you will join us to discover the culture and amazing authors SWVA has to offer. This event is put on hold for the months of August & September for revamping. It will pick back up in October!
Jazz Lunch at the SWVA Cultural Center
Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace
1 Heartwood Cir
Abingdon, VA 24210 Map
Jazz lunch is back! Join us for intriguing jazz numbers presented by the Southwest Virginia Community College Jazz Ensemble! Enjoy live music and our Tuesday special, the 2 cheese grilled cheese and tomato soup!
Feast of Your Life with Miriam Sauls & Vernessa Riley-Foelix
Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace
1 Heartwood Cir
Abingdon, VA 24210 Map
Join us for a memoir writing class at the SWVA Cultural Center & Marketplace taught by Miriam Sauls. For inspiration for our workshop, we’ll look at food and the role it has played in both our lives and in our culture. We will spend some time "sifting the ingredients" of our lives to access our own food memories using writing exercises, examining both the "sweet and savory" ways food may affect us. We will talk about vivid writing and form and color, and we will use words and drawing and painting and collage to respond to the memories and sensations of our experiences. All of our work will be done in a safe and supportive environment where process, exploration, and creative play will be our focus. You will leave satiated with fine food, with some new writing and art skills, with a book of your own showing your work for the day (but with room to continue expanding your new techniques and ideas), with an extensive bibliography of resources about food, and with new friends because there is no better way to make friends than creating and feasting together around the table. Miriam Sauls is from North Carolina. She has published articles and essays in local, state, and national magazines and works as a producer and documentary filmmaker. She holds a Master's Degree in English and a Certificate in Documentary Studies. Vernessa Foelix lives in Switzerland and has shown her artwork in many venues internationally. She teaches painting and English. She holds a Master's Degree in Art Education and has offered workshops in Europe and the USA. Chef Charles Parker is the SWVA Cultural Center Culinary Ambassador. He fell in love with food at age 5 and plans to help others do the same, while celebrating local farmers, growers and producers. Join us for this inspiring event! • Date: October 24, 2019 • Time: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM • Price: $150 • Registration cap of 12 (Only 12 tickets are available) Sponsors: Katbird's Wine and Gourmet Peyton Boyd A Likely Yarn / Janet Woolwine Park Street Guest House / Janet Woolwine