WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE:

At Virginia Wine Experience’s Upstairs Gallery, dip into Sandy Leigh Skipper’s “Water Phenomena” this month. Her photographs capture everything from streams and rivers to the great Atlantic Ocean. The artist will be on hand Friday, 6–9 p.m., and the gallery will provide free refreshments and the acoustic guitar stylings of Gary Skipper. The exhibit is one of many fantastic shows around town that will open its doors late for First Friday. So get out there and enjoy some free art, music and conversation! 540/373-8878.

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME:

Aquia Episcopal Church presents A Traverso Tour de Force on Saturday, 3–4 p.m. Join the Washington’s Camerata and the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps Baroque Flute Ensemble as they play works by Bon, Telemann, Boismortier and others. Free; donations accepted. 703/362-0836.

ALL THAT JAZZ: Next Thursday, Feb. 9, the UMW Faculty Jazz Ensemble honors America’s great black artists with “An Evening of Jazz” in Lee Hall. The concert begins at 8 p.m. as part of Black History Month and Cultural Awareness Series. Free. 540/654-1044.