Whether your passion is history or science, this weekend has a festival to enjoy. The Historic Triangle will be full of activities marking Revolutionary triumph and hailing alumni from the College of William & Mary.
For a list of events for Homecoming weekend at the College of William & Mary, click here.
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Festivals
Greenwood Christian Academy will host a Fall Festival on Saturday. There will be free fun for families, including James City County Police and Fire Department with kids’ activities, vendors and musicians. The festival starts at 9 a.m.
This weekend marks the 233rd anniversary of victory at Yorktown during the Revolutionary War, and the area is celebrating with its annual Yorktown Day affair. Yorktown Victory Center and the National Park Service have a full roster of interactive history programs planned for Saturday and Sunday. York County Parks and Recreation will present ceremonies and a parade Sunday, and the Yorktown Woman’s Club will hold its annual Brunswick Stew luncheon at Grace Episcopal Church, starting at 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
Celebrate Chickahominy at its annual Community Day on Saturday. Those interested in marching in the parade should line up at Toano Middle School at 9:45 a.m., and there will be a ribbon-cutting at 11:15 a.m. There will also be karaoke, food and other activities.
Experience and eat science at PhysicsFest on Saturday at the College of William & Mary. The annual festival will feature liquid nitrogen ice cream, along with demonstrations of movie science — light sabers and spy gadgets — in real life. Programs run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Small Hall. Click here to learn more about the event.
Support a Cause
Jamestown High School Band will host the Drive 4UR School event Friday afternoon. For every free test drive taken, Ford Motor Company will donate $20 to the school, up to $6,000. The fundraiser starts at 3 p.m.
Support the American Heart Association at a lasagna fundraiser Friday at Riverside Doctors’ Hospital Williamsburg in Conference Room A/B. The meal, also available for carry-out, benefits the hospital’s HeartChase teams for the upcoming event. It is available for lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and for dinner from 4 to 7 p.m.
Music and Dance
There will be live music at Berret’s Taphouse Grill on Friday night for Steal the Pint Night. The weekly event starts at 6 p.m. and features DuClaw Brewing Co. from Baltimore.
Garden of Zen Yoga will host a three-hour introductory workshop on West African dance on Saturday. The style of dance is rhythmic and energetic and includes improvisation. The workshop starts at 12:30 p.m., and all ages are welcome.
The Tidewater Intergenerational Orchestra will kick of its 11th season with a program featuring violinist Dr. Wanchi Huang on Mendelssohn’s D Minor Violin Concerto this Saturday. The resident ensemble of Saint Bede Catholic Church will also perform works by Vivaldi, Mozart and more, in a free concert starting at 2 p.m. Learn more about the group here.
Tribe Athletics
Tribe Volleyball takes on Hofstra at a game Friday, where fans can support Beyond Boobs! by purchasing a T-shirt or raffle ticket. The game starts at 7 p.m. in Kaplan Arena. The team returns at 7 p.m. Saturday against Northeastern.
William & Mary’s field hockey team will play against Temple at 2 p.m. Saturday. Cheer on the Tribe at Busch Field.
For its Homecoming game, Tribe Football will face Villanova. The game starts at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Zable Stadium. Click here to learn about other Homecoming festivities.
The men’s soccer team plays at 7 p.m. Saturday at Martin Family Stadium. The game pits the Tribe against Delaware’s Blue Hens.
Talks and Discussions
William & Mary’s Black Law Students Association will present a movie night at 6:30 p.m. Thursday night. They will show “Fruitvale Station” and afterward William & Mary faculty and students will discuss issues of race and police action.
Dalton Bennett, a member of William & Mary’s Class of 2009 and Associated Press award-winning video journalist, will give a presentation at noon Friday at the school’s Morton Hall Room 20. Bennett was most recently working in Iraq, but has also covered Ukraine, the Gaza War and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines this year. Free and open to the public, the talk will be followed by a reception.
Master Gardeners Carol Fryer and Bob Winters will speak Saturday about constructing rain gardens in homes. Their talk, which includes demonstrations, starts at 10 a.m. at Freedom Park Interpretive Center.
Learn about how globalization and technology have influenced education in a talk Saturday by Dr. Yong Zhao. “Counting What Counts: Education Outcomes that Matter” starts at 6:30 p.m. at William & Mary’s School of Education, is based on a new book Zhao has co-authored.
Bly Straube, long-time senior curator at Historic Jamestowne and one of the key players in the 1994 Jamestown Fort discovery, will speak on the latest Jamestown finds at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Williamsburg Regional Library. Straube’s talk is presented by the Tidewater Virginia Historical Society, an organization that dates back to 1889.
Meetings
A dyslexia support group will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Martin’s Food Market. Decoding Dyslexia Virginia, a grassroots movement, works to connect families to resources, support and educational interventions for dyslexia.
The Auxiliary of the Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center will hold its annual open-to-the-public meeting at 4 p.m. Friday. A panel of physicians will discuss “A Bump in the Road” on breast cancer.
