WMRA Books & Brews
Books & Brews is an author series focused on discussions with writers from our area. This series is a collaboration with regional breweries, including Pale Fire Brewing Company in Harrisonburg, Seven Arrows Brewing in Waynesboro, and Winchester Brew Works in Winchester. Each location is a wonderful space to explore these topics together.
The Books & Brews season runs from September to May and is usually scheduled for the second Tuesday of every other month.
We welcome suggestions and if you have an author in mind for a future Books & Brews, please send a note to our series host, Mary Katharine Froehlich.
WMRA's Books & Brews series is made possible thanks to the support of Gaines Group Architects, our official sponsor. The Gaines Group has offices in Charlottesville and Harrisonburg.
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Books & Brews, February 10, 2026 - Bruce Holsinger, author of Culpability, discuses his novel that explores a world newly shaped by chatbots, autonomous cars, drones, and other nonhuman forces. -
UVA Astronomer Kelsey Johnson takes us to the edge of scientific understanding about the universe in her new book Into The Unknown. -
WMRA's January Books & Brews will feature Kelsey Johnson, author of Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos. Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 7pm. -
Gabrielle Cerberville otherwise known as "The Chaotic Forager," joins us for WMRA’s next Books & Brews on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at 7pm in Harrisonburg at Pale Fire Brewing. -
Gathered: On Foraging, Feasting, and the Seasonal Life -
According to veteran journalist, Miranda Spivack, Americans are likely to encounter the effects of government malfeasance with their local officials. -
Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back -
In 1997, journalist David Poole launched a one-employee nonprofit to shine light on a blind spot in Virginia’s lax campaign finance system. Over the next quarter century, the Virginia Public Access Project assumed an increasingly larger role in state politics. -
Books & Brews, October 14, 2025 - Trusted Source: How a Virginia Nonprofit Gained Bipartisan Support in an Era of Political Polarization -
When Henry and Priscilla Ireys (EYE-REES) found an old farm that promised refuge from hectic lives and encroaching illness, their world opened to unexpected adventures and led to surprising moments of beauty.
