Due to heavy rain and flooding in the area, the kick-off show of the Sperryville Summer Concert Series has been postponed until May 22 at 6PM. A popular Sperryville band returns to the Summer Concert stage. Band members include: Adam Rogers on mandolin and vocals; Jesse Rogers on bass; Tucker Rogers on resonator guitar; Matt […]
This film has surprised and delighted audiences on multiple fronts: great acting by Josh O’Connor and Isabella Rossilini; fabulously designed tomb-raiding scenes in Tuscany, grubby commerciality amidst antiquity collectors, and magical timelines that glide between past and present. O’Connor plays a renegade British archeologist who is haunted by a lost love, while edging towards a […]
RAAC's annual No Ordinary Person show brings autobiographical stories told by our Rappahannock neighbors to the stage at the Little Washington Theatre on Friday, June 6 (7:30 pm) and Sunday, June 8 (3 pm). There will be a talkback with the storytellers after each show. This year's storytellers include: John Fox Sullivan, Monica Kelly, Lily […]
RAAC's annual No Ordinary Person show brings autobiographical stories told by our Rappahannock neighbors to the stage at the Little Washington Theatre on Friday, June 6 (7:30 pm) and Sunday, June 8 (3 pm). There will be a talkback with the storytellers after each show. This year's storytellers include: John Fox Sullivan, Monica Kelly, Lily […]
Anora is a 2024 American romantic comedy-drama film, written, directed and produced by Sean Baker. It stars Mikey Madison as Anora, a stripper from Brooklyn, New York who marries the wealthy son of a Russian oligarch, Vanya, played by Mark Eydelshteyn. The Cinderella fairytale story quickly becomes threatened, taking many twists and turns, once the […]
Postponed until June26th because of weather New to the summer concert stage this year, with deep roots in the Blue Ridge Mountains, including in Rappahannock, this band of poetic storytellers will enchant you with their eclectic songs of life, love and wonder, mixing a variety of genres including rock-country blues. Band members include: Jess Estienne—lead […]
RAAC's two-week Summer Chorus and Drama program for 4th through 12th graders culminates in a free performance for the entire community at Rappahannock County High School. This is a joy-filled experience not to be missed. The beautiful, energetic music these students master in this short time is incredible, and their one act play will delight.
Back by popular demand, this favorite regional rhythm and blues band returns for their fifth year. Band members include: Robert (Bobby “G”) Glasker on vocals and guitar; Anders Drew on vocals and guitar; Mike (Coy) Groves on vocals and guitar; George Glascoe on bass guitar; and Paul Norris on drums.
RAAC's July movie is the 2024 drama, I'm Still Here, based on the 2015 autobiography written by Brazilian novelist and screenwriter, Marcelo Rubens Paiva, about his father--Rubens Paiva--a dissident politician who went missing, and was murdered during Brazil's military dictatorship in 1971. The film depicts the impact of Paiva's disappearance on his family's life, especially […]
RAAC's next movie is the Oscar-winning film, Emilia Pérez. The film follows a Mexican cartel leader--played by Karla Sofia Gascón--who aims to disappear and transition into a woman with the help of a lawyer--played by Zoe Saldaña. Among its numerous accolades, the film won Oscars for Best Supporting Actress (Saldaña) and for Best Original Song […]
This ensemble is comprised of Rappahannock musicians who have played together for almost a half a century. Their songbook draws from a deep well of blues, reggae, backwoods country, Americana, classic rock, and a little bit of bossa nova. Band members include: Robert "Smiggy" Smith on guitars and vocals; Vincent Day on guitar, mandolin and […]
RAAC will screen the critically acclaimed, award-winning film, Sing Sing on September 5th. Directed by Greg Kweder, this inspiring story is based on the real-life "Rehabilitation Through the Arts" program at Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison. The film is about a group of inmates who find purpose and whose lives are transformed through the power of artistic expression, […]