Familiar Facades II

Resident Loretta Johnston began drawing as a child, but art wasn't her only gift. She earned a degree in music education and a master's in education with a secondary math endorsement.

As a self-taught watercolor artist, Loretta has depicted houses and scenes of interest in the areas where she has resided. She has also mastered still life and landscape paintings. Her first exhibit in Lawrence Gallery was in 2016, and several of her paintings have been on display in the SVWC Canterbury Dining Room for several years. We are thrilled to have her sharing her work once again.

An opening reception will occur on Friday, January 10, from 5 - 6:30 p.m.

Stop in to view Familiar Facades, as Lawrence Gallery is open to the public every day between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Started in 2020 as a first of its kind in our area, the Memory Café is a safe and comfortable space where care partners and their loved ones living with any type of dementia can gather to socialize, play games, and enjoy activities together. Experience community, laughter, and conversation with others navigating similar changes and make new memories together.

‍This is a FREE event hosted by SVWC, on the second Monday of each month. NOTE: The location has changed from previous years to The Espresso Bar and Cafe' in downtown Winchester. For additional details, contact Donielle Weatherholtz-Palmer at dpalmer@svwc.org.

SVWC will treat music lovers to an evening of picking and grinning at the first Bistro Concert of the year.

The Newtown String Band will perform old-time music that one might have once heard played on the front porches of small-town American homes. The Stephens City-based Newtown String Band features Heather Butler on fiddle, Gina Faber on mandolin, John Thomson on five-string banjo, and Paul Hammerton on guitar. Newtown String Band has previously performed at Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury for several years.

Friday's Bistro Concert, sponsored by Atlantic Union Bank, begins at 7:30 p.m.

Admission is $10 at the door, and cash is the only form of payment accepted.

For more information, call 540-665-0156.

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