Things to do around Martinsville this week: art, history, dinosaurs and downtown events

For readers planning the week of Monday, June 1, through Sunday, June 7, 2026, Martinsville-Henry County has a solid mix of arts, museum, history and family-friendly stops without a long drive.

• Tuesday, June 2: Piedmont Arts hosts the Clyde Hooker Awards at 5:30 p.m. at 215 Starling Ave. The annual event honors DelShana LeGrant and 3rd Bay Cafe for supporting the arts, with a reception to follow. Piedmont Arts lists the event as donation encouraged.
• Wednesday, June 3: Random Trivia League returns to Scuffle Hill Brewing from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Collinsville. The Martinsville Tourism calendar says players can drop in for a single night or compete in the season-long league.
• Thursday, June 4: Piedmont Arts offers its monthly Bob Ross Workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.. The June painting subject is Winter Hideaway. Tickets are listed at $75 for members and $85 for nonmembers, with advance registration required.
• Friday, June 5: The Martinsville-Henry County Historical Society says Sounds on the Square returns with free music at 5 p.m. and half-price museum admission inside the MHC Heritage Museum downtown at 1 E. Main St.
• Saturday, June 6: Storytime at Spencer-Penn Centre runs from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at 475 Spencer-Penn Road in Spencer. The tourism calendar says the free program includes special readers, crafts and family activities, with no registration required.

For an anytime museum stop this week, the Virginia Museum of Natural History continues its Age of Dinosaurs special exhibit in Martinsville. VMNH lists regular hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday during the summer schedule, with standard museum admission applying.

The practical takeaway this week is that the strongest local options are clustered around the Starling Avenue and Uptown corridor: a Tuesday arts recognition event, a Thursday hands-on class, Friday's downtown music-and-museum pairing, and a Saturday family program in Spencer.

Sources: Piedmont Arts calendar and classes pages, checked May 30, 2026, piedmontarts.org and piedmontarts.org/classes.cfm; Virginia Museum of Natural History website and exhibit calendar, checked May 30, 2026, vmnh.net and Age of Dinosaurs exhibit page; Martinsville-Henry County Historical Society homepage and events page, checked May 30, 2026, mhchistoricalsociety.org and mhchistoricalsociety.org/events; Martinsville Tourism monthly events calendar, checked May 30, 2026, visitmartinsville.com/events-calendar/month.