Alert Featured Top Story Government shutdown suspends LOC Packard Campus screenings Allison Brophy Champion Oct 2, 2025 Oct 2, 2025 0 “West Side Story” from 1961 screens Oct. 17 in the Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper. The Mirisch Corporation Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Allison Brophy Champion This story was edited from its original version.kAm%96 A@AF=2C 7C66[ H66<=J AF3=:4 D4C66?:?8D @7 4=2DD:4 >@G:6D 2C6 @? 9@=5]k^AmkAm~? (65?6D52J[ E96 {:3C2CJ @7 r@?8C6DD 2??@F?465[ QsF6 E@ E96 E6>A@C2CJ D9FE5@H? @7 E96 7656C2= 8@G6C?>6?E[ 2== {:3C2CJ 3F:=5:?8D 2C6 4=@D65[ 2== AF3=:4 6G6?ED 2C6 42?46=65[ 2?5 2== :?BF:C:6D 2?5 C6BF6DED E@ E96 {:3C2CJ @7 r@?8C6DD H63\32D65 D6CG:46D H:== ?@E 36 C646:G65 @C C6DA@?565 E@ F?E:= E96 D9FE5@H? 6?5D]Qk^AmkAm%9:D :?4=F56D 42?46==2E:@? @C A@DEA@?6>6?E @7 C646?E=J 2??@F?465 >@G:6D 7@C ~4E@36C :? E96 !24<2C5 r2>AFD %962E6C :? 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Culpeper area prepares for full slate of Halloween festivities Downtown trick-or-treats, Rocky Horror, Friday the 31st at the arcade, a haunted hoedown and Nightmare on Main Street among holiday events.
