Wednesday, March 17:
Art Club virtual meeting – Art Club virtual meeting from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Christiansburg Library. Create a pop-art inspired animal drawing and learn about artist Andy Warhol. Stop by the library for a curated craft kit and catch a video tutorial on the Christiansburg Facebook Page.
Thursday, March 18:
Talking About Books: Nonfiction – Virtual meeting from 1 a.m. until noon at the Christiansburg Library. To be discussed this month is “Righteous Mind” by Jonathan Haidt.
Knitting 102 – A virtual meeting from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. Montgomery Floyd Regional Library/Blacksburg Library. Knitting 102 will pick up with picking up. Learn how to retrieve dropped stitches, increase and decrease your work, and cast off your finished project.
The workshop will take place over a go-to-meeting. Call the Blacksburg Library at 540-552-8246 for more information and a workshop link.
Friday, March 19:
Hahn Horticulture Garden Spring Plant Sale- The 2021 spring plant sale is a joint fund-raising event between the garden and the VT Horticulture Club. It will be a two-week online sale this year due to the limitations on in-person gatherings.
The sale website will go live on Friday, March 19, and will close on Friday, April 2. After check out, customers will select a pick-up date between April 22-24. The horticulture club’s plant list for the annuals and perennials is not available, but a PDF list of trees and shrubs that the garden will be selling is available at https://hahngarden.vt.edu/documents/HHG-plantsale-2021-woody.pdf.
Quantities are limited, so order early for the best selection.
Monday, March 22 through Tuesday, April 2
Noise alert: Steam ventilation – From March 22 – April 2, if the weather is unseasonably warm resulting in temperatures above normal, the university and surrounding community members may notice elevated noise levels in the proximity of the Virginia Tech power plant due to the steam venting process associated with the commissioning of the plant’s new boiler. This notice is provided as a precautionary measure to inform the surrounding community of the possible need to vent steam. There are no immediate plans to vent steam during this period. However, if temperatures are unseasonably warm, steam produced by the new boiler may need to be vented, resulting in elevated noise levels in the proximity of the power plant and in the surrounding area. Possible intermittent noise will be limited to normal work hours (between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.), Monday through Friday only. All efforts will be made to reduce noise levels as much as possible. The Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities thanks the university community and local residents in advance for their patience and understanding. Questions related to the steam venting process (and during the process) may be directed to vtrepair@vt.edu or 540-231-4300.
Ongoing:
Head Start Enrolling – New River Community Action is now accepting applications for three- and four- year olds for Head Start for the 2021-22 school year. Head Start offers a no-charge pre-school for income eligible families. Families may apply by calling the local Head Start center, applying online at newrivercommunityaction.org or by picking up an application form in person at the local center.
Applications are accepted year-round. The phone numbers for the three local Head Start centers are Christiansburg 540-381-7559, Radford 540-731-4107 and Blacksburg 540-552-0490. Anyone applying in person should bring proof of the child’s birth and proof of the family’s income such as a 1040, a W-2, pay stubs, child support income, money received from grants, and unemployment income.
All month of March
Grab-and Go-Crafts – All the month of March at the Meadowbrook Public Library. Call the library to request take-and-make craft kits available for grab-and-go with curbside pickup.
The kits are free but supplies are limited.
Crafts and the dates they will be available are through March 20: Shark magnet clips;
March 22-28- Spring and Easter crafts.
StoryWalk – All the month of March, at the Christiansburg Library; Exercise your brain and body as you read and walk the trail. Begin at the library at the College Street entrance of Downtown Park. This month’s book is “The Big Red Barn.”
Teen/Adult Craft-Felt Smartphone Cover –All the month of March, at the Meadowbrook Public Library. Request a teen/adult craft to receive supplies to make your own felt phone cover. While supplies last.
Through March 31:
Keep Virginia Beautiful Annual “Shiver” Fundraising Event – Keep Virginia Beautiful (KVB) has opened registration for Shiver in Virginia, a reimagined version of its annual Shiver in the River festival that has been KVB’s largest annual fundraiser since 2015. This year’s initiative is designed to be COVID-safe and give people more choice in how they can contribute to the beautification of their communities. Shiver in Virginia runs until March 31. Participants engage in activities including litter cleanups, recycling, trail cleaning, graffiti removal and other good deeds. For a donation of $20.21, participants will receive a free Virginia State Parks parking pass, with no expiration date. Participants will also have access to the KVB Mission Challenge website, where they can map the collective progress on the 2,021-mile path across the state. With each act reported, participants will be entered into drawings for additional prizes.
Virginia Tech Parking Survey – Virginia Tech has released a 2021 Parking Survey. All those who utilize parking and transportation in and around the Virginia Tech Blacksburg campus are invited to participate, including visitors and Blacksburg residents. The survey will close March 31, 2021, at 5 p.m.
All responses will remain anonymous and will be analyzed at the aggregate level. The survey should take fewer than 15 minutes to complete. To take the survey, visit
https://vtnews.vt.edu/notices/adm-evergreens/Transpo-parkingsurvey.html.
Through Saturday, April 24:
“Unbearable Beauty” Exhibit at Moss Arts Center – The exhibit is open each Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. through Saturday, April 24. The exhibit is a demonstration of the devastation human activity has wreaked on the environment. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
