Things to do

Today
MUSIC
Roger Merchant will appear at the Waynesboro Farmers’ Market from 4-6 p.m. playing today’s country music and old standbys. Children are invited to make a cork sail boat from 3-5 p.m.

THEATER
Endstation Theatre Co.’s 2009 Blue Ridge Summer Theatre Festival is under way at Sweet Briar College; “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be presented at 7 p.m. on July 9, 11, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25 and 26 on the dell near Babcock Fine Arts Center, where parking is available; “My Brother’s Knife” will be performed at 2 p.m. July 12 and at 7 p.m. July 14, 15, 17, 22 and 24 in Murchison Lane Auditorium at Babcock Fine Arts Center. Tickets for the Blue Ridge Summer Theatre Festival are $12 each and can be purchased via http://www.lynchburgtickets.
com. For more information, visit http://www.endstationtheatre.org.

Thursday
MUSIC
Young Razzcals Jazz Project performs at 8 p.m. at the 22nd annual Jazz in the Park at Staunton’s Gypsy Hill Park; bring a lawn chair; concessions available, rain or shine; with opening at 7:45 p.m. by Generation Jazz; for more info, contact 337-6944.

Friday
ARTS
Staunton Augusta Art Center presents Stone Hearts: the juried work of Virginia Stone Carvers’ Guild.  July 10-August 23 with the Opening Reception on Friday, July 10, 5-7 P.M.  Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday in the R. R. Smith Center for History and Art, 20 S. New Street.  Free.  For more information, visit http://www.saartcenter.org or call 885-2028.

Pat Moss hosts a print signing at The Barn on Route 340 through Sunday July 12 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bring two previously owned Moss prints for signing. For more information, call 949-6473 or visit http://www.pbuckleymoss.com.

MUSIC
Smooth Jazz with Broda: a jazz vocalist at 6:15.  No cover charge. Space limited.  Call for seating availability. Stone Soup Books and Café, 908 W. Main St., Waynesboro; 943-0084; http://www.stonesoupbooks.net.

The Edelweiss Band will perform at The Edelweiss German Restaurant in Greenville (exit 213 on Interstate 81); 6-9 p.m.; German folk music, pop,  love songs, sing-alongs, polka and waltzes; no cover charge; for more information, call 942-1409 or 649-1040.

Saturday
EVENTS
Waynesboro’s Summer Extravaganza at Ridgeview Park 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sunday noon-10 p.m., for more information, call 942-6735, or visit http://www.waynesboro.va.us.

Horse and Hound Wine Festival, at Johnson’s Orchards in Bedford; tickets are $10 in advance, at the gate: tasters $1, general admission $10, children under 12 $5, dogs $5 and children under 2 are free; for more information, visit http://www.horseandhoundfestival.com or http://www.visitbedford.com or call the Bedford Welcome Center at 587-5681 or (877) 447-3257 or the Peaks of Otter Winery at 586-3707.

Sunday
EVENTS
Waynesboro’s Summer Extravaganza at Ridgeview Park,noon-10 p.m., for more information, call 942-6735,  or visit http://www.waynesboro.va.us.

MUSIC
The Waynesboro Connection presents Leonardo Ciampa in concert at 3:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 11th and Wayne Avenue; works by J. S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn,  Charles-Marie Widor, Alexandre Guilmant, Joseph Maneri (world premier), Andrea Amici (American premier) and will conclude with the world premier series of “Five Waynesboro Preludes,” which are settings of familiar hymn tunes. The recital has free admission and all are welcomed to attend; all donations will help defray the cost of the series.

Tuesday
MUSIC
“The Gospel Trumpet” will perform at 7 p.m. at Staunton’s Gypsy Hill Park, 541 Thornrose Ave.; a Praise-in-the-Park concert sponsored by the Linden Heights Baptist Church; bring a lawn chair; for more information, visit http://www.gospeltrumpetmusic.com.