Mary Llewellyn McNeil

Little Washington Theatre 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, United States

RAAC Talk

Derek Leebaert – Unlikely Heroes

Rappahannock County Library 4 Library Road, Washington, VA, United States

Derek Leebaert will speak at the Rappahannock County Library Friday April 14 at 7:30PM. He will discuss his new book on FDR, and his team of innovators. He'll also tell of his continuing adventure of looking deeply into the past and finding fresh insights. Leebaert sees history as a mix of tectonic economic and political […]

Reading Series – Angela M. Carter

Quievremont Winery 162 Gidbrown Hollow Rd, Washington, VA, United States

RAAC is pleased to announce the next event in its Reading Series: “Freeing the Caged Bird,” a poetry reading by Angela M. Carter—confessional poet, novelist, Pushcart Prize nominee, spoken word performer, and author of Memory Chose a Woman’s Body (2014) and the forthcoming Love is the Dying Dog (2023). Ms. Carter will also be offering […]

RAAC Talk – Ben Raines

Little Washington Theatre 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, United States

Author/Filmmaker Ben Raines will talk about his acclaimed book, The Last Slave Ship. Raines will discuss this true story of the criminal transport of slaves to the U.S. in 1860, and his own discovery of the evidence on April 9, 2018. That day, Raines— the son of Rappahannock resident Susan Raines— dove into a swampy river […]

RAAC Talks – Creative to Creative

Little Washington Theatre 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, United States

Creative to Creative: an exploratory dialogue about the process of creating what isn’t already here. Expect the unexpected arising from deep humor and unflinching originality, when accomplished stage and screen actress Betsy Brantley collaborates and collides with the irreplaceable Rappahannock painter Ruthie Windsor-Mann. Environmentalist, painter, writer and former Rappahannock resident Ruth Anna Stolk will moderate […]