Things to do this week: 10 arts, museum and community picks for June 8-14 around Martinsville and Danville

As of Monday, June 8, 2026, the most useful local arts-and-culture move is a fresh week-ahead guide rather than another carryover weekend recap. The spring exhibit run at Piedmont Arts ended on Saturday, June 6, 2026, so this week's best picks shift to classes, camps, family programs, museum exhibits and a few practical community events that still have room for readers to plan around.

• Monday, June 8, through Friday, June 12: Summer Art Camp: Grades K-2 runs from 9:30 a.m. to noon each day at Piedmont Arts, 215 Starling Ave., Martinsville. Piedmont Arts lists $80 tickets for members and $90 for nonmembers, with advance registration required.
• Tuesday, June 9: Yoga in the Galleries runs from 6 to 7 p.m. at Piedmont Arts. The class is led by Ally Snead, with $10 member pricing and $15 nonmember pricing.
• Any museum day this week: The Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Ave., Martinsville, remains the strongest flexible fallback with The Age of Dinosaurs. VMNH lists hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, with general admission at $12 for adults and $6 for youth, seniors and college students.
• Thursday, June 11, through Sunday, June 14: Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History, 975 Main St., has a solid exhibit pairing during public hours with the Danville Public Schools Student Art Exhibit and We the People, a Virginia Museum of History & Culture traveling exhibit. The museum lists hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
• Friday, June 12: Danville's strongest family block is at Ruby B. Archie Public Library, 511 Patton St. Start with Book Babies from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., then return for Life of a Ladybug from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., followed by Ladybug Release Day Family Night from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the library parking lot.
• Saturday, June 13: Danville Farmers Market runs from 7:30 a.m. to noon at Crossing at the Dan, 629 Craghead St. It is the easiest downtown errand-plus-outing option in the region this week.
• Saturday, June 13: Artwork Entry: Expressions 2026 runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Piedmont Arts. Artists living within a 100-mile radius of Martinsville can drop off up to two works for the annual open-entry exhibition.
• Saturday, June 13: Free Concert at the Pond starts at 4 p.m. at Infinity Acres Ranch, 136 Joppa Rd., Ridgeway. Martinsville Tourism says the family-friendly community event also includes the ranch's greenhouse opening, bands, food vendors and educational animals.
• Saturday, June 13: If readers want a second library option, Youth Dungeons and Dragons runs from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Danville library Maker Space for grades 6-12.
• Sunday, June 14: Bus Transportation to Sharswood's Juneteenth Celebration runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. through the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History. The museum says the round-trip outing is meant to help residents reach a regional Juneteenth event connected to local African American history.

The best planning note this week is straightforward: Saturday has the most stacked schedule. Readers can start with Danville's farmers market, pivot to artwork drop-off in Martinsville, and still finish with an evening concert in Ridgeway or keep Sunday open for the Juneteenth museum bus trip.

Sources: Piedmont Arts classes, events and summer camp pages at piedmontarts.org/classes.cfm, piedmontarts.org/events.cfm and piedmontarts.org/info/summer-camps.cfm, checked June 8, 2026; Virginia Museum of Natural History exhibit and visit pages at vmnh.net/event/2026-05-01-10-00/the-age-of-dinosaurs-special-exhibit and vmnh.net/plan-your-visit, checked June 8, 2026; Danville Public Library and City of Danville calendar at danvilleva.gov/2467/Public-Library and danvilleva.gov/Calendar.aspx, checked June 8, 2026; Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History venue and event pages at danvillemuseum.org/venue/danville-museum-of-fine-arts-history and danvillemuseum.org/event/bus-transportation-to-sharswoods-juneteenth-celebration, checked June 8, 2026; Martinsville Tourism events calendar and Infinity Acres Ranch community-event post at visitmartinsville.com/events and visitmartinsville.com/blog/infinity-acres-to-host-veterans-events-june-2026, checked June 8, 2026.