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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rappahannock author Judd Swift will describe what it’s like to arrange trips for American presidents, in a talk at the Rappahannock County Library. Swift was an advance man for presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. In a conversation with journalist Andy Alexander, Swift will share engaging stories from his recent […]
Award-winning author Jennifer Ackerman will give a RAAC-RLEP Talk at Little Washington Theatre to discuss her latest New York Times bestseller, What An Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds. This book is a brilliant scientific investigation into owls--the most elusive of birds--and why they exert such a hold on human […]
In her new book, author Paula Whyman describes how she attempted to restore 200 acres of Rappahannock County farmland that was long gone-to-seed. Whyman will tell her story, as recounted in her delightful book, Bad Naturalist, at the Little Washington Theatre. The event is sponsored by Rapp at Home and RAAC.
Author and scholar David Chaffetz will give a RAAC Talk about his recent book, Raiders, Rulers and Traders. In his book, Chaffetz explores the lively history of the great horse empires that shaped civilization from the Bronze Age through the twentieth century. Readers learn that horses were not just a form of transportation, but a transformative […]