Join Windmore and American Legion Post 330 for Culpeper Remembers

Through a kind invitation from American Legion Post 330, Windmore Foundation for the Arts will present a Memorial Day commemoration, with music from The Piedmont Community Band and poems and prose honoring those who gave their lives in the service of our country from authors in Pen-to-Paper. 

Culpeper Remembers was last held three years ago, and had been planned as an annual event. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, cancelled the event in 2020 and 2021. This Memorial Day will mark the return of what organizers hope will now be an annual event. 

Culpeper Remembers will be held on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30th at American Legion Post 330, located on Route 229. The event will begin promptly at 3:00 P.M. with the playing of "Taps", so attendees are strongly encouraged to arrive early to find parking and settle in before the concert starts. 

Summer Arts Camp

1st Session: Monday, June 14th thru Friday, June 18th 

2nd Session: Monday, June 21st thru Friday, June 25th 

Each 5-day fun and educational camp will give your budding artist the chance to be immersed in all of the Fine Arts by participating in daily workshops encompassing Music, Art, Crafts, Writing, Storytelling, Theatre, and Acting.

On Friday, the campers will get to participate in indoor rock climbing at State Climb. 

Hours: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm 

Ages: 6-12 

Location: 303 South Main Street, Culpeper, VA 

CDC Limitation: Each session limited to 10 campers 

Cost: $150 per session per child 

Sibling discount and scholarships available 

Questions? Email us at: summercamp@windmorefoundation.org

Please join the Piedmont Community Band for our upcoming performances. First, we will appear with writers from Pen to Paper at Culpeper Remembers at American Legion Post 330 at 3:00 on Memorial Day, May 30. We are honored to have this opportunity to recognize the sacrifice of those who gave their lives for our freedom. 

On June 12, we invite you to join us for an evening of Movie Magic as we play some favorite movie themes for you. Join us at 5:00 in the Culpeper Baptist Church worship center.

To finish out our spring season, we'll be making an appearance at Culpeper Festival Committee’s Freedom Car & Bike Show presented by CARS. We'll be playing at The Depot at 10:00 AM on Fourth of July. 

We look forward to seeing you at our performances and invite any who play a band instrument from middle school to adulthood to join us Sunday nights 6:30-8:30 in the sanctuary at Culpeper Baptist Church.

Stage Combat

StageWorks is excited to announce our second Stage Combat workshop this year. Join us and The Noble Blades from Reston on June 18 at 1 pm for a 3 hour workshop that will focus specifically on hand weapons! Registration costs $25 and will open on June 1st. Slots are limited so be sure to sign up quickly! For more information on this workshop and other upcoming events email Jessy at stageworks@windmorefoundation.org

May meetings

We had a very active group at the morning writers’ meeting. Two of our newest members each read   the introductions to their books. They were eager for suggestions and feedback. The members of the group felt they had succeeded in drawing the reader into the story. They accomplished the goal of making the reader want to read more.

We have not been able to have an evening meeting for several years. In May we again started having a meeting from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. We had a small group, but we will continue to have the evening meetings since many people work during the day. Both meetings are open to writers of all ages and abilities. They are a good way to get feedback and suggestions for your stories.

We had more submissions for the anthology and there is still time to submit your writing for consideration. We will begin the planning process for the book this month. We are also interested in black and white pictures or drawings for the anthology. Send your submissions to

Pen-to-Paper@windmorefoundation.org.

Please type your submissions in a Word document using Times New Roman 12 points. Graphics or pictures should be in jpg format.

We are also interested in poems or short stories about military men and women. You will be asked to read your story, or have it read by members of the StageWorks theater group at the Culpeper Remembers Memorial Day event on May 30th, at 3:00 P.M. at the American Legion Post 330 on Route 229. This is a free event. Piedmont Community Band will present music appropriate for the occasion.  All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Our next meetings are June 7th from 10:00 A.M. to Noon and from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Both meetings will be held in the conference room of the Culpeper County Library.

The prompts for June are:

"Sunny Skies"

OR

"Where to"