Community Calendar

Now showing six new exhibits. The featured artists are Blake Seals, Felicia L. Reed, Adam Reinhard, Sorvino, and Tobi Holtslag. Also see 80+ working artist studios.

Visit us Tuesdays through Sundays 11am- 5pm. Admission is free and open to the public. Convenient and free parking is available. The exhibits will continue through November 22nd 2025.

Shop Small at our Brambly Park Artisan Market every Sunday! We'll have Local Artisans selling handmade Home décor, Art, Jewelry, Apparel, Ceramics, Candles, Woodworking, and More! We are an outdoor, open-air market located at Brambly Park, an urban winery and oasis located in the northwest corner of Richmond's Scott's Addition neighborhood. BYO Dog to run around the 2 acres of property. Kid Friendly! Come out to support our community!
VENDORS Apply on our Website www.artisanmakers.org

Charlottesville Symphony and UVA University Singers present Dvořák's Mass

Description
Benjamin Rous and Michael Slon, conductors
Christina Pier, soprano
Emily Marvosh, contralto
Jamison Walker, tenor
Kevin Spooner, bass-baritone
UVA University Singers
Kevin Spooner’s appearance is made possible by the Davidson Guest Artist Fund.

Johann Strauss II – Overture to Die Fledermaus
One of Strauss’s most popular orchestral works, the overture to Die Fledermaus (The Bat) is a medley of lively waltzes and polkas from an opera much loved for its humor, intricate plot and catchy melodies.

Dinuk Wijeratne – Polyphonic Lively
Inspired by 20th century artist Paul Klee’s painting of the same name, Canadian composer Dinuk Wijeratne has created a kaleidoscope of tone colors that weave together elements of jazz, rock and classical music.

Antonín Dvořák – “The Colors of the Flag” from The American Flag
The chorus and alto soloist join the orchestra in this first movement of The American Flag, commissioned around the 400th anniversary of what used to be called “Columbus’s discovery of America”.

Antonín Dvořák – Mass in D major
Steeped in the influences of Czech folk music, this mass cemented Dvořák’s reputation as a composer who could flawlessly blend deep spirituality and musical sophistication.

The new Amherst Community Chorus will be meeting and rehearsing at Second Stage, 194 Second Street, Amherst, VA, beginning Sunday, November 16, from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. All ages and experience levels welcome!

If you enjoy singing, especially in a group, creating harmony and community, come and rehearse with the Amherst Community Chorus!

Second Stage holds two fun Community Sing-Alongs each year. The chorus will prepare special music for those events. The current project is to learn two numbers from Handel’s Messiah — the "Hallelujah" chorus plus a beautiful new arrangement of “He Shall Feed His Flock” in Gospel style. Parts for a gospel soloist are available and eagerly waiting to be filled. At the Holiday Sing-Along, the public will be invited to join in singing these numbers under the direction of the chorus conductor, Sandra Kirk-Rodgers.

If you have interest in attending or have questions, please contact amherstchorus@gmail.com or call Second Stage at 434-941-0997

Music from Stephen Nachmanovitch and David Rothenberg, with guest singer Ashlynn Manning Teng.

David Rothenberg has written and performed on the relationship between humanity and nature for many years. As a composer and jazz clarinetist, Rothenberg has at least forty albums out under his own name, a record on ECM with Marilyn Crispell, One Dark Night I Left My Silent House. His book Why Birds Sing is also published in England, Italy, Spain, Taiwan, China, Korea, and Germany. It was turned into a feature length BBC TV documentary. His book, recording, and film Nightingales in Berlin, was published in April 2019. In 2024 he released Secret Sounds of Ponds, a book/music/performance initiative which reveals the unknown music beneath the surface of even the most ordinary of ponds.

Stephen Nachmanovitch performs and teaches internationally as an improvisational violinist and at the intersections of multimedia, performing arts, ecology, and philosophy. He is the author of two books on the creative process, Free Play and The Art of Is. Born in 1950, he graduated in 1971 from Harvard with a degree in psychology and in 1975 from the University of California, where he earned a Ph.D. in the History of Consciousness for an exploration of William Blake. He has taught and lectured in many countries on creativity and the spiritual, social, and ethical underpinnings of art. Since the 1970s he has been a pioneer in free improvisation on violin, viola, and electric violin. He has presented lectures, master classes and workshops at many universities and conservatories, and has had numerous appearances on radio, television, and at music and theater festivals.

In 2021 Stephen & David released a recording and a companion book in which they spoke together about improvisation, playing with the songs of birds, and the nature of creativity, “From This World, Another.”

Now showing six new exhibits. The featured artists are Blake Seals, Felicia L. Reed, Adam Reinhard, Sorvino, and Tobi Holtslag. Also see 80+ working artist studios.

Visit us Tuesdays through Sundays 11am- 5pm. Admission is free and open to the public. Convenient and free parking is available. The exhibits will continue through November 22nd 2025.

A project within the Art for Nature - Ideas for Our Future series, sponsored by the German Embassy in Washington DC and supported by POCACITO network, a nonprofit organization based in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The starting point for the series was the question:
How can we live healthy and fulfilling lives in the future?
Four schools across the United States each worked with an artist on exploring and probing this question.
In addition to the Maggie Walker Governor’s School, this included Borah High School in Boise, Idaho, Santa Fe Community College in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Vestavia Hills High School in Vestavia / Birmingham, Alabama.
Each school took a very different approach and their works will be published online after the conclusion of the project on https://www.pocacito.org/.
The students at Maggie Walker picked the James River as their focus.
The artist R. Stein Wexler (https://www.rsteinwexler.com/) guided their work.
R. Stein Wexler (she/her) is a public- and installation-artist trained as an urban planner.

After opening remarks, students and R. Stein Wexler will engage in a panel discussion about the ideas and questions that led them to create this exhibition.

Light refreshments will be offered and the Maggie Walker Governor's School orchestra will contribute live music.

Now showing six new exhibits. The featured artists are Blake Seals, Felicia L. Reed, Adam Reinhard, Sorvino, and Tobi Holtslag. Also see 80+ working artist studios.

Visit us Tuesdays through Sundays 11am- 5pm. Admission is free and open to the public. Convenient and free parking is available. The exhibits will continue through November 22nd 2025.

Women Supporting Women is excited to announce the return of the Accomack Support Group! This in-person breast cancer support group is open to survivors living in or around Parksley and Onancock, VA and the greater Accomack County, including Pocomoke. It's a safe, welcoming space for local Survivors to connect , share and support one another through every stage of their breast cancer journey.
Come meet our Facilitator: Cathy Kerns

“Andreas Ottensamer … brings such a velvety tone on all registers, his first entrance after the short orchestra introduction sounds almost seductive.” – The Classic Review

“[Soltani] is a remarkable cellist, with a piercingly beautiful tone and utterly pure intonation.” The Times [London]

Bax is “perhaps the most elegant of today’s young pianists” – The New Yorker

Program: Beethoven, Mendelssohn & Brahms