IN THE GALLERY – A solo exhibit by Stacy L. Yates is being held in the Apple Gallery October 28-November 23. It was in the beautiful mountain ranges of Stokes County that Yates discovered a true love and passion for nature and the real beauty it holds. Refining her vision as a photographer, she is seeking those unique compositions and the perfect light that enhance her photography. Yates will be exhibiting her beautiful landscape photos in unique handmade solid wood frames during the month of November in the Apple Gallery. The exhibit is open to the public.

HISTORY COMES ALIVE IN STOKES COUNTY – Mr. George W. Hicks brings history alive within our schools providing North Carolina stories of our heritage. Programs include overviews on Colonial Christmas, Revolutionary War History, and Civil War History. Hicks is a national author of Southern history including Colonial Wars and the Southern Frontier, Settling the Colonial Southwest, Revolutionary War and Southern Chaos and The Revolutionary War and John Stokes: the Man Behind Stokes County. For more information or to schedule Mr. Hicks for a school program, please contact the SCAC.

WRITER’S GROUP – The Stokes County Writer’s Group, sponsored by the SCAC, meets on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Danbury Library. There are readings with helpful critique and an informal, fun atmosphere. All ages are welcome. Come join this group and express yourself. For more information, please call Joy Lewis at 336-351-4060 or the SCAC.

THE MEANING OF OUR TEARS – The SCAC now has a limited number of books available for sale entitled The Meaning of Our Tears by author Trudy J. Smith. The book, which is an expanded reprint of White Christmas, Bloody Christmas, has just been reduced to $29.95 plus sales tax. To reserve a copy of this book, please call the SCAC.

HOUSE OF PETTICOATS – The SCAC has available Trudy J. Smith’s new book, House of Petticoats, a funny, romantic, uplifting and at times sad book. House of Petticoats is the true story of the life of Greensboro native, Jessie Huffman.

Developed from Huffman’s personal handwritten journals, the book floats sweetly through the everyday adventures of a young girl growing up in the Great Depression years to the romantic remembrances of the beautiful young woman she became who finds and loses her only true love during WWII. She subsequently decides she would never marry or even fall in love again.

This book will appeal to those who love Southern history, nostalgia and especially North Carolina stories. It is tastefully rendered to appeal to everyone from young girls to grandparents. If you like such classics as Little House on the Prairie or Walton’s Mountain, House of Petticoats will be a title you will give or recommend as a gift with confidence. This paperback book is $14.95 plus sales tax. To reserve your copy of this book, please call the SCAC.

NANCY REYNOLDS LANDMARK PRINTS – A limited number of Nancy Reynolds Landmark prints have been reproduced from the SCAC’s original print and are now available for purchase. These prints, which measure 12” x 15” (print size) or 14” x 17” (border size) by artist Ed Eaton, are a wonderful keepsake and will commemorate this beautiful Stokes County historical school. The cost of each print is $25 plus sales tax. Please call the SCAC to reserve one.

CHRISTMAS IN HISTORIC DANBURY – The SCAC, The Town of Danbury, The Stokes Historical Society and Artist’s Way Creations will host Christmas in Historic Danbury on Sunday, November 29, from 3-6:30 p.m. The beautiful artwork of Patti Hricinak Sheets will be featured in the Apple Gallery of the SCAC, 500 N. Main Street, Danbury. A free reception will be held from 3-6:30 p.m. in the Apple Gallery.

Santa will be visiting the SCAC for photographs with children and adults. Dine at Artist’s Way Creations, where the desserts are as delicious to look at as they are to eat, and visit the Artist’s Way gallery, shop at Holly Ridge Country Primitives, and enjoy Once Upon A Blue Ridge’s production of “A Christmas Carol Revisited.”

The Wilson Fulton House will be open for touring from 3-5 p.m. This restored 1859 Wilson Fulton “Brick House” located at 403 Main Street in Danbury serves as the Historical Society’s Museum of Stokes County history. And last, but not least, there will be a tree lighting ceremony and caroling at 6 p.m. on the lawn of the Historic Danbury Courthouse. The public is invited to attend.

For more information on any of the events mentioned above, please contact the Stokes County Arts Council at 336-593-8159.

Anyone with disability(ies) who needs an accommodation to participate at the SCAC’s events/programs is requested to inform the Arts Council 48 hours prior to the scheduled time of the event or program.