Local roots: Fluvanna music educator Horace Scruggs and his band, Odyssey of Soul, perform unique concert-lectures that cover topics such as the civil rights movement and African influences on American music. In 2020, Scruggs turned his attention to local history and released Resilience, Recovery, and Rebirth: Sustaining Hope in Trying Times, an emotional, humorous, and revealing documentary that honors the lives of the African American community, including his Fluvanna County ancestors. The film, created in partnership with the Fluvanna Arts Council and Fluvanna NAACP, features interviews with community members and historians, as well as musical performances from Odyssey of Soul, which examine the county’s past and present, including the former plantation Pleasant Grove.
Saturday 2/19. Free, 7:30pm. PVCC’s V. Earl Dickinson Theater, 501 College Dr. pvcc.edu
