Beverly Blog: Featured Event
Annual RR Fundraiser 2026
Game Night
Come one, come all to Game Night at the BHC! Led by AmeriCorps members, enjoy a laidback evening with your favorite games. Feel free to play one of the games at the Heritage Center, or bring your own! This free event is held about monthly, 5:30-8:00pm. See you there!
Civil War Symposium 2026
Davis & Elkins College and The Rich Mountain Battlefield Foundation present Chronicling the Fight: Art & Photography of the Civil War Saturday April 11, 2026 at Davis and Elkins College Senate Commons in the Myles Center for the Arts. Tickets: (please click on your choice of ticket below). Students with ID: Free, must register before the day of the event, HERE. We are offering a sliding scale of general admission this year. Please register at whichever level you wish, refreshments and lunch are included in all tickets. The “Battlefield Caretaker” and “Battlefield Changemaker” levels includes your 2026 annual…
Live on the Lawn! with Jason Hall
Live on the Lawn is back for 2025, generously presented by Davis Trust Co. Join us for our first FREE outdoor concert this season starting at 5:30pm in the backyard of the 1841 Jail. Live on the Lawn is BYOE–bring your own everything, including friends and refreshments! The Heritage Center will be open for bathroom access throughout the concert.
Beverly Heritage Center seeks Community Outreach Manager
Opportunity The Beverly Heritage Center is seeking a multi-talented individual to grow with our organization and to help us grow. This Community Outreach Manager position will assist with outreach, communications, and fundraising, while helping operate the Beverly Heritage Center Museum and events and grow capacity for our non-profit organizations. The position is half-time, on site in Beverly. Background The Beverly Heritage Center is a full-service museum and visitor center facility in Beverly, WV, operated through a partnership between Rich Mountain Battlefield Foundation and Historic Beverly Preservation. One full-time Executive Director is responsible for operations for the Museum and partner…
Blooming Adventures: Garden Stories Collected by and of Zora Neale Hurston
Blooming Adventures: Garden Stories Collected by and of Zora Neale Hurston is a special summer storytime presented by the Beverly Heritage Center in partnership with Elkins-Randolph Public Library’s Beverly Heritage Branch! Be inspired by a celebrated, 20th-century artist, Zora Neale Hurston. Her personal and collected stories spring with an appreciation for the natural world as a place full of wonder, wisdom and adventures. Dig into Zora’s creative visionary legacy through folk narratives retold by Master Storyteller and Published Poet, Diane Macklin. From dancing colors to arbor kinships, these stories will delight any creative spirit, wonder-full heart, or vivid imagination! …
A Strawberry Celebration: Planting the Seed! Day 2: Dinner and Cooking Classes
Join the Beverly Heritage Center in celebrating strawberries this spring! We in West Virginia love strawberries today, but their importance in our region predate our festivals by a long while. Strawberries, and the “wild” strawberry in particular, are celebrated by the Indigenous people and communities who have lived in these mountains since time immemorial. We welcome Chef Lorinda to Beverly to lead us in learning more about Seneca connections to the strawberry, celebrating this first fruit of the spring. Chef Lorinda visits us from Cattaraugus Territory, Seneca Nation. She is a Spring 2025 graduate of SUNY Buffalo’s Hospitality program, and…
Game Night
Come one, come all to Game Night at the BHC! Led by AmeriCorps members, enjoy a laidback evening with your favorite games. Feel free to play one of the games at the Heritage Center, or bring your own! This free event is held about monthly, 5:30-8:00pm. See you there!
Zora Neale Hurston Presentation and Workshop
Diane Macklin will present a storytelling workshop based around the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston, noted author, folklorist, and anthropologist. Hurston’s works, which include Their Eyes Were Watching God, are cornerstones of American literature, often centering on Black American community and culture. Zora Neale Hurston worked for the WPA Federal Writer’s Project during the Great Depression, and she collected stories throughout the American South and Appalachia, later published in various works and collections, including The American Guide. At this special event, Diane Macklin will share Zora’s stories and encourage participants to share their own, joining the rich history…
“Words of Love!” Exhibit Opens at the Beverly Heritage Center
Our biggest thanks to everyone who came to the opening event for our newest window exhibit “Words of Love” on Saturday, February 15th! Even with the cold rain, we had a fantastic turnout! During the event, AmeriCorps Member Josie Shaver, lead exhibit developer, delivered a fascinating presentation on the history behind the letters on display and the people who wrote them. “All of these little lines are so powerful, and I wanted to do something to honor that. The way they speak to each other is beautiful,” Shaver said. The universals of love drive this project; even though our ways…