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    [ October 30, 2010; 2:00 pm;
    November 27, 2010; 2:00 pm;
    ]

    The barn at Ivy Creek.
    PHOTO  courtesy of ICNA
    Ivy Creek Natural Area boasts a rich history, and today they’re telling that story. The barn, formerly the showpiece of the working farm known as River View Farm, is open for a rare opportunity to glimpse into the past. Earlysville Rd. 973-7772.

Sheepish

October 3, 2010 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
$5 adults, under 16 free

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Don’t be sheepish
PHOTO BY Duchamp - Flickr

Montpelier hosts the annual Fall Fiber Festival and Sheep Dog Trials, an early autumn celebration of rural life in the Virginia Piedmont. The event includes weavers and spinners, sheep shearing (kids can get up close and really see what is happening), border collie demonstrations, workshops on the various aspects of using natural fibers, and many different breeds of sheep and goats. Food booths, Scottish music and bagpipes, and vendors selling natural fiber clothing, yarns, blankets, and socks. Festival-goers get a discount on tours of Montpelier, too. Rt. 20 in Orange County. 296-8533.

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