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The village of Onancock and
surrounding region of the Eastern Seashore offers unlimited activities and a
number of special events throughout the year.
Great restaurants, antique
shopping and entertainment are all available within easy walking distance of The
Spinning Wheel B&B. We are located in Onancock’s historic residential district,
just 3 blocks from the town wharf and the deep water Onancock Creek. The creek
and the Chesapeake Bay offer a variety of water sports and excursions, including
the ferry to Tangier Island. If you arrive by boat, let us know and we’ll meet
you at the wharf!
Nearby attractions include
The Ker Place Plantation House & Museum and the Bloxom Winery. The beach at
Assateague Island, home of the famous wild ponies and lighthouse, is only a
short drive away. Onancock is centrally located and a great place from which to
visit all the beautiful towns of the Eastern Shore.
For our local weather,
nearby activities and
additional area info, try the following links:
*Dates and Events subject to change. The town Chamber of Commerce may be
contacted for further details
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Art is INN 2008 !
A unique
METAL JEWELRY WORKSHOP and LODGING PACKAGE
designed by Artist Karen Tweedie, and hosted by Thom & Linda
Nolan, proprietors of The 1890 Spinning Wheel B&B.
Beautiful metal jewelry. You design it, craft it, keep it! Treat
MOM to a fun getaway for Mother‘s Day! Perfect for a Girls
outing; or bring your Guys along, too. They can go kayaking,
fishing, golfing or just RELAX while you create your masterpieces!
May 1 & 2 AND
June 5 & 6.
(Thursday - Friday workshops)
JewelryWorkshop/B&B
Package: $335 - $475*
(includes jewelry materials & supplies, PLUS
2
nights
lodging on Weds. & Thurs.) Get acquainted with other
“ARTISTS in the MAKING” as well as Karen, Linda and Thom during
a WELCOME RECEPTION on Wednesday evening. Extended stays discounted 10% for
additional nights booked concurrently with your package.
Vacation and stay the weekend, on Onancock’s First Friday you'll enjoy your
jewelry creation, then it will be exhibited in a local gallery or
store!
Space is limited (8) for this special workshop , so do book early!
It will be held around the corner from the B&B, in Karen’s
creek-side home/studio. Check out Karen’s jewelry creations at
www.karentweedie.com. Please contact Karen ahead of
time if you desire to purchase your own set of basic jewelry
tools.
* Price range is based on choice of B&B room, and if someone
accompanies you to share the B&B cost (single, double or triple
occupancy/1 room only). Deposit required.
Traveling with a group? Contact us to design your group’s own
SPECIAL PACKAGE! Jewelry Making/B&B Packages-Art is INN; or
Cooking/B&B Packages with Musical Chef Johnnie Mo from Mallards
Restaurant, www.mallardsllc.com. The Chef is INN! Contact the Innkeepers for further details. |
ONGOING
Guided
Fisherman Island Tour, National Wildlife Refuge in Kiptopeke (10/07 thru
3/08 - Saturdays)
FEBRUARY, 2008
Roseland Theatre, Onancock;
International Film “Shirley Valentine” (2/14 - Thurs. @ 8)
Valentine’s Day Local Restaurants’ Extravaganzas
Arts Council of the Eastern Shore, Onley; The
Virginia Symphony Orchestra “Shakespeare in Love” (2/16 - Sat. @
8, $24)
The North Street Playhouse, Onancock; “Do Lord,
Remember Me” (2/15,16,22,23,29 - Fri., Sat., @ 8, Sun. @ 2:30)
Barrier Island Center Oyster Roast & Silent
Auction, Machipongo (2/23 - Sat., $50/person or $75/couple)
7th Annual Eastern Shore Heritage Celebration @
ESCC, Melfa - music, lectures by local authors, demos by local artisans
& craftsmen (2/23 - Sat. @ 10-3)
Windsor Chair Making Class, Historic Ker Place,
Onancock (2/25-29, Mon. - Fri.)
Lecture by Master Chair maker John Robinson,
Historic Ker Place, Onancock “The History of the Windsor Chair”
(2/29 - Fri. @ 7, $5)
MARCH, 2008
The North Street Playhouse,
Onancock; “Do Lord, Remember Me” (3/1 - Sat. @ 8)
Barrier Island Center, Machipongo; Painted Oil
Floorcloth Workshop (3/1 - Sat. @ 9 - 1, $85)
Historic Cokesbury Church Concert Series,
Onancock; Serafin String Quartet (3/2 - Sun. @ 3, $20)
Windsor Chair Making Class, Historic Ker Place,
Onancock (3/3 - 7, Mon. - Fri.)
Historic Cokesbury Church, Onancock; Arts Council
of the Eastern Shore - Gilles Chiasson, Broadway
performer/songwriter/singer who performed in original Broadway casts of
Rent, The Scarlet Pimperel, The Civil War and La Boheme (3/8 -
Sat. @ 8)
Roseland Theater, Onancock; International Film
“The Painted Veil” (3/13 - Thurs. @ 8)
The North Street Playhouse, Onancock; “The Ugly
Duckling” SPARKles Series (3/15 - Sat. @ 1)
St. Patrick’s Celebration
@ The Blarney Stone Pub, Onancock
Easter Decoy & Art Festival & Auction, Chincoteague Combined School
(3/21,22 - Fri. & Sat. @ 12 - 5, $3)
The North Street Playhouse, Onancock; “Moonlight &
Magnolias” (3/28,29 - Fri. & Sat. @ 8)
2nd Annual Sneak Peak Artist Studio & Chatham
Vineyards Tour (3/29,30 - Sat. & Sun.)
Historic Cokesbury Church Concert Series,
Onancock; “A Celtic Fair” Fun with Maggie Sansone and her merry
minstrels (3/30 - Sun. @ 3, $15)
Historic Ker Place, Onancock; exhibit “Your Story”
(during March & April)
APRIL, 2008
First Friday, Onancock; shops & galleries
(arts/crafts/demonstrations) open from 5 - 8 on the first Friday of each
month; dining specials in several local award-winning restaurants.
(April thru December)
2nd Saturday Art Stroll, Chincoteague
(April thru December)
GardenART on King St, Onancock; First Friday “Yappy Hour” fun filled
evening for Dogs & their Owners (4/4 - Fri.)
Roseland Theatre, Onancock; International Film
(4/10 - Thurs. @ 8)
Arts Council of the Eastern Shore, Onley; Richmond
Ballet (4/13 @ 3)
The North Street Playhouse, Onancock; “Always,
Patsy Cline” (4/25,26 - Fri. & Sat. @ 8)
Garden Club of Virginia Historic Garden Week
(4/19 - 4/27)
Eastern Shore of Virginia House & Garden Tour
(4/26 - Sat., 9:30 - 5:00, $30 full 6 home/site tours, $10 single
home/site tour)
Free admission to the Barrier Islands Museum,
Machipongo
MAY, 2008
Metal Jewelry Workshop - Art is INN
- Spinning Wheel B&B (5/1,2 - Thurs. & Fri.)
First Friday, Onancock (5/2 - Fri., @ 5 -
8; workshop jewelry on display in town)
The North Street Playhouse, Onancock; “Always,
Patsy Cline” (5/2,3,4,9,10 - Fri. & Sat. @ 8, Sun. @ 2:30)
40th Annual Seafood Festival, Chincoteague;
Entertainment “The Marshall Tucker Band” (5/7 - Wed., 12:30 -
4:00, $40)
Roseland Theatre, Onancock; International Film
(5/8 - Thurs. @ 8)
Super Saturday, Onancock; Town Wide Yard Sale -
local Onancock & Eastern Shore Vendors (5/10 - Sat. a.m.)
14th Annual International Migratory Bird
Celebration, Assateague National Wildlife Refuge (5/10 - Sat. @ 9
- 4)
2nd Annual Black Drum Fishing Tournament, Bay Creek Marina,
Cape Charles (5/17-18 - Sat. & Sun.)
CBES 19th Annual Pig Roast, Cherry Grove Farm,
Eastville (3/24 - Sat.)
JUNE, 2008
Metal Jewelry Workshop - Art is INN
- Spinning Wheel B&B (6/5,6 - Thurs. & Fri.)
First Friday, Onancock (6/6 - Fri. @ 5 - 8;
workshop jewelry on display in town)
The North Street Playhouse, Onancock; “Glengarry
Glen Ross” (6/6,7 - Fri. & Sat. @ 8)
Roseland Theatre, Onancock; International Film
(6/12 - Thurs. @ 8)
Wachapreague Vol. Fire Dept. Town Carnival
(6/25-7/19 - Wednesdays thru Saturdays)
JULY, 2008
Patriotic Band Concert & Ice Cream
Social, Onancock Town Gazebo Park (7/3 - Thurs. @ 7)
First Friday, Onancock (7/4 - Fri. @ 5 - 8)
83rd Annual Fireman’s Carnival, Chincoteague
Carnival Grounds (Fridays & Saturdays in July @ 7 - 11)
and Old Fashioned
Fireworks Celebration (7/4 - Fri. @
10)
7th Annual Celebration of Art in the Park, Barrier
Island Center, Machipongo (7/5 - Sat.)
Roseland Theatre, Onancock; International Film
(7/10 - Thurs. @ 8)
The North Street Playhouse, Onancock; “The Sugar
Bean Sisters”(7/11,12,18,19,20,25,26 - Fri. & Sat. @ 8, Sun. @
2:30)
21st Annual Chincoteague Island Blueberry Festival
(7/25,26,27 - Fri., Sat., & Sun.)
83rd Annual Pony Swim & Auction, Chincoteague
(7/30,31 - Wed. & Thurs.)
AUGUST, 2008
First Friday, Onancock (8/1
- Fri. @ 5 - 8)
Roseland Theatre, Onancock; International Film
(8/14 - Thurs. @ 8)
Chincoteague Decoy Carver’s Assoc. Decoy Show
(8/30,31 - Sat. & Sun., 10 - 4)
SEPTEMBER, 2008
First Friday, Onancock (9/5
- Fri. @ 5 - 8)
Onancock’s Annual Harborfest, family fun
(9/5,6 - Fri. & Sat.)
Roseland Theatre, Onancock; International Films
(9/11 - Thurs. @ 8)
2nd Annual Lure of the Shore (9/13 - Sat.)
16th Annual Birding & Wildlife Festival - event
kickoff in Onancock, bird watching in Cape Charles (9/18,19,20,21
- Thurs. thru Sun.)
ESO Shore Made Music Festival, ESO Art Center,
Belle Haven (9/27 - Sat.)
OCTOBER, 2008
16th Annual Eastern Shore Harvest
Festival, Cape Charles (10/1 - Wed., $40)
First Friday, Onancock (10/3 - Fri. @ 5 -
8)
Roseland Theatre, Onancock (10/9 - Thurs. @
8)
36th Annual Chincoteague Oyster Festival
(10/11 - Sat. @ 10 - 4)
9th Annual Chili & Chowder Cook-off, Chincoteague
(10/18 - Sat.)
Annual Between the Waters Bike Tour & Traditional
Eastern Shore Oyster Roast (10/25 - Sat.)
NOVEMBER, 2008
First Friday, Onancock (11/7
- Fri. @ 5 - 8)
Roseland Theatre, Onancock (11/13 - Thurs.
@ 8)
Assateague Island Waterfowl Week (11/17-25
- Mon. to following Tues.)
22nd Annual Deborah Waterfowl Show & Auction,
Chincoteague Center (11/28,29 - Fri. & Sat.)
6th Annual Artisans Guild Open Studio & Vineyard Tour
(11/28-30 - Thanksgiving Weekend)
DECEMBER, 2008
First Friday, Onancock (12/5
- Fri. @ 5 - 8)
Roseland Theatre, Onancock (12/11 - Thurs.
@ 8)
Onancock Christmas Homes Tour
Christmas Concerts @ Historic Cokesbury Church, Onancock
North Street Playhouse Holiday Show, Onancock
Onancock Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade
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And from the B&B
bookshelf...
Off 13-The
Eastern
Shore of
Virginia
Guidebook
by K. Mariner
A great
area guide with maps & illustrations. Available for purchase at
the Spinning Wheel B&B for $14, or mailed to your home for $20. (Cash
or check payment requested)
"It's
not surprising that the Eastern Shore of VA remains largely
undiscovered by the tourists: it is often even left off the map!
Two isolated VA counties unconnected to the rest of the state,
the VA Eastern Shore is a quiet little slice of countryside
wedged between ocean and bay, dotted with small villages,
generously endowed with history. The water is never far away
here, and the pace of life is noticeably easier. This guidebook
takes you to virtually every corner of a part of the state that
even most Virginians have never visited: Chincoteague Island,
famous for its ponies and a fine ocean beach; remote Tangier
Island, where the streets are too small for automobiles;
historic Accomack, with its beautifully preserved old buildings
and homes; and many even smaller and more out-of-the way places
like Oyster and Cherrystone, Pungoteague and Wachapreague,
Franktown and Horntown and Modest Town. And islands as diverse
as Wallops, from which rockets blast off into outer space, and
uninhabited Cobb, for which you'll need your own boat."
Also...
The
Hidden
Key
&
Treasure
on
Chincoteague
Island
by Karen
Simpson-Tweedie
Both
books are autographed by the Author & Illustrator
Two adventure tales
for children in a local setting. Beautifully illustrated volumes
make a great gift. |
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