Bring the family to Lee Hall Mansion's Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday April 20. The popular tradition started when the house was still a private residence in the twentieth century, the owners would host children from the surrounding communities for an Egg Hunt on the grounds the Saturday before Easter. Today the event continues. In addition to the Egg Hunt -starting promptly at 10:00, there...

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Event Name: Annual Chincoteague Easter Decoy & Art Festival   Date of Event: April 19 & 20, 2019   Hours: April 19 – Noon-6:00 p.m. and April 20 – 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.   Number of Years: 40   Admission Fee: $4.00 each day – children under 12 are free   Location: Chincoteague Combined School – 4586 Main Street...

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Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast will be hosting a summer camp open house. This event is open to all girls in grades 1-12 and their families, whether or not they are members of Girl Scouts. Families will be given a tour of everything that camp has to offer, including tents and cabins, boating docks, challenge course, archery range and so much more. From outdoor...

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Curious about what lives in our coastal ocean waters? Take this 75 minute cruise with Aquarium educators to collect a variety of local fish and marine invertebrates and observe them up close aboard the boat. Watch as they work the trawl net and pull up discoveries that may include seahorses, stingrays, blue crabs, keyhole urchins, and jellies, and then release the animals back into the ocean....

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The Virginia Living Museum will celebrate Earth Day with special activities for our animals and guests Saturday, April 20. Observe the animals as they receive toys, treats and other enrichment activities to stimulate natural behaviors. Learn ways to help the environment by reducing, reusing and recycling waste. Visit the Goodson Living Green House and Conservation Garden for...

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Celebrate the spirit of the Saturday market in Port-Vendres, Yorktown's sister city since 1990, during the seventh annual Sister Cities Yorktown French Market.Enjoy French music, wine, and featured traditional market products such as fresh-baked bread and pastries, chocolates, macarons, crepes, and authentic beignets (just to name a few!) 757.877.2933

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Learn forest bathing with nature guide Lenora on a mid-morning walk at First Landing State Park. Celebrate Earth Day by taking time in nature to center yourself, embrace the wonder of our environment and learn forest bathing as a means of connecting with your inner and outer worlds. This experiential, interactive walk will teach you about the natural environment's healing properties and how...

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Relax and unwind at the Canvas Café, the Saturday paint-and-sip tea parties at Downing-Gross! Follow some of your favorite local artists as they lead you in creating your very own masterpieces. Enjoy complimentary tea and coffee out of your free Downing-Gross mug. And you can take your masterpiece home to hang on your walls or to give as a gift to someone you care for. Space is...

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Join tour guide Shannon Stafford as he shares stories of diseases, Victorian operating procedures, and hospital histories.  Suggested donation $5.  Info and weather cancellations:  http://www.norfolksocietyforcemeteryconservation.org

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On The Hill Gallery presents a solo show by award-winning Hampton Roads artist Holland Wentz Etheridge March 31-April 29 in its back gallery. Her show collection, titled “Studies in Light and Dark,” includes subjects close to home and far away. “I’m captivated by the things I see in my environment and in my travels to Europe. You’ll see expressed in watercolor...

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