Community Calendar

Live Arts Radio PSAs
STAGE KISS
Contact andrew@livearts.org with any questions.

PSA 1
Length: 10 seconds
VO: Superstar playwright Sarah Rulh’s STAGE KISS opens at Live Arts on January 23rd, 2026 and runs through February 15th! Directed by Robert Chapel, visit livearts.org for tickets.

PSA 2
Length: 20 seconds
VO: Live Arts is pleased to present the charming and profound comedy, STAGE KISS, by Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl. This witty play-within-a-play explores the hilarious and often messy lines between professional performance and personal passion, asking: when is a kiss ever just a kiss? Directed by Robert Chapel, visit livearts.org for tickets.

PSA 3
Length: 30 seconds
VO: Live Arts’ first show of the new year is Sarah Ruhl's charming comedy STAGE KISS. This witty play-within-a-play explores the hilarious and often messy lines between professional performance and personal passion, asking: when is a kiss ever just a kiss? The story centers on two actors, cast as long-lost romantic leads in a forgotten 1930s melodrama. The catch: they were once in love and haven't seen each other in years. January 23rd through February 15th at Live Arts, 123 East Water Street. Tickets at livearts.org, or call 434-977-4177. Directed by Robert Chapel, sponsored by Janet and Charles Cheeseman.

Lambda Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa started the Craft & Vendor Fair over a decade ago to raise money for our Jane Whitfield Painter Scholarship. It was only $500 dollars at the time and for a local and worthy high school graduate this is committed to a career in an education related field. It is now $2000 and we are hoping to raise it to $2500 for next year.

We are a non-profit so all of the money we raise through entry fees, cafe, and bake sale goes directly to the scholarship fund.

In addition to the beautiful arts and crafts wrought by the inspiring creativity of Artisans and Crafters, there will be yummy food, a bake sale and door prizes announced thoughout the day. Get ready for a beautiful day! This is a great way to bring a scholarship to a worthy recipient. Come on out to show your support for a young future educator in a way that places them on the path to becoming a brilliant teacher for the children of our future.

Thank you.

Live Arts Radio PSAs
STAGE KISS
Contact andrew@livearts.org with any questions.

PSA 1
Length: 10 seconds
VO: Superstar playwright Sarah Rulh’s STAGE KISS opens at Live Arts on January 23rd, 2026 and runs through February 15th! Directed by Robert Chapel, visit livearts.org for tickets.

PSA 2
Length: 20 seconds
VO: Live Arts is pleased to present the charming and profound comedy, STAGE KISS, by Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl. This witty play-within-a-play explores the hilarious and often messy lines between professional performance and personal passion, asking: when is a kiss ever just a kiss? Directed by Robert Chapel, visit livearts.org for tickets.

PSA 3
Length: 30 seconds
VO: Live Arts’ first show of the new year is Sarah Ruhl's charming comedy STAGE KISS. This witty play-within-a-play explores the hilarious and often messy lines between professional performance and personal passion, asking: when is a kiss ever just a kiss? The story centers on two actors, cast as long-lost romantic leads in a forgotten 1930s melodrama. The catch: they were once in love and haven't seen each other in years. January 23rd through February 15th at Live Arts, 123 East Water Street. Tickets at livearts.org, or call 434-977-4177. Directed by Robert Chapel, sponsored by Janet and Charles Cheeseman.

💘✨ ALL WE NEED IS LOVE… AND LOCAL SHOPPING! ✨💘
Show some love to RVA small businesses and make your Valentine’s plans extra special at our Valentine’s Market at Main Line Brewery!

Join us for a FREE indoor & outdoor market filled with incredible local artists and makers offering handmade home décor, art, jewelry, apparel, and one-of-a-kind finds you’ll actually be excited to gift (or keep for yourself — we won’t judge).

❤️ Celebrating our 7th year at Main Line Brewery
🐶 Dog-friendly
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family-friendly
🎯 Outdoor games + laid-back Sunday Funday vibes
🍺 Great beer, even better community

Bring your partner, your friends, your kids, your pup — and come hang out, shop small, and support the creative heart of RVA. This is the kind of Sunday that just feels good.

💝 FREE EVENT
🛍️ #ShopLocal #RVAMakers #SundayFunday

👉 VENDORS: Apply at www.artisanmakers.org

Celebrating its 50th anniversary season with the fifth of seven concerts, the Rockbridge Choral Society presents “Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificence!” with The Rockbridge Chamber Singers, chamber orchestra and soloists under the direction of William McCorkle, Artistic Director. The program includes Magnificat, Cantata 34 and Cantata 51.

Formed in 1975, the Rockbridge Choral Society is a community chorus of amateur singers performing in and around the historic town of Lexington in the lower Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Its performances are frequently augmented by a professional chamber orchestra and soloists from across the region and the country.

Live Arts Radio PSAs
STAGE KISS
Contact andrew@livearts.org with any questions.

PSA 1
Length: 10 seconds
VO: Superstar playwright Sarah Rulh’s STAGE KISS opens at Live Arts on January 23rd, 2026 and runs through February 15th! Directed by Robert Chapel, visit livearts.org for tickets.

PSA 2
Length: 20 seconds
VO: Live Arts is pleased to present the charming and profound comedy, STAGE KISS, by Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl. This witty play-within-a-play explores the hilarious and often messy lines between professional performance and personal passion, asking: when is a kiss ever just a kiss? Directed by Robert Chapel, visit livearts.org for tickets.

PSA 3
Length: 30 seconds
VO: Live Arts’ first show of the new year is Sarah Ruhl's charming comedy STAGE KISS. This witty play-within-a-play explores the hilarious and often messy lines between professional performance and personal passion, asking: when is a kiss ever just a kiss? The story centers on two actors, cast as long-lost romantic leads in a forgotten 1930s melodrama. The catch: they were once in love and haven't seen each other in years. January 23rd through February 15th at Live Arts, 123 East Water Street. Tickets at livearts.org, or call 434-977-4177. Directed by Robert Chapel, sponsored by Janet and Charles Cheeseman.

Live Arts Radio PSAs
STAGE KISS
Contact andrew@livearts.org with any questions.

PSA 1
Length: 10 seconds
VO: Superstar playwright Sarah Rulh’s STAGE KISS opens at Live Arts on January 23rd, 2026 and runs through February 15th! Directed by Robert Chapel, visit livearts.org for tickets.

PSA 2
Length: 20 seconds
VO: Live Arts is pleased to present the charming and profound comedy, STAGE KISS, by Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl. This witty play-within-a-play explores the hilarious and often messy lines between professional performance and personal passion, asking: when is a kiss ever just a kiss? Directed by Robert Chapel, visit livearts.org for tickets.

PSA 3
Length: 30 seconds
VO: Live Arts’ first show of the new year is Sarah Ruhl's charming comedy STAGE KISS. This witty play-within-a-play explores the hilarious and often messy lines between professional performance and personal passion, asking: when is a kiss ever just a kiss? The story centers on two actors, cast as long-lost romantic leads in a forgotten 1930s melodrama. The catch: they were once in love and haven't seen each other in years. January 23rd through February 15th at Live Arts, 123 East Water Street. Tickets at livearts.org, or call 434-977-4177. Directed by Robert Chapel, sponsored by Janet and Charles Cheeseman.

In Playing for Power, Marvin T. Chiles offers a fascinating account of amateur sports in Jim Crow Virginia, revealing how, in addition to churches, workspaces, and civil rights organizations, sports were also a key arena for Black resistance to white supremacy. Chiles recounts the development of Black football and basketball culture at the high school and college levels in Virginia from the 1890s to the early 1970s. Looking beyond their role as leisure pastimes, Chiles demonstrates how amateur sports strengthened education, neutralized class divisions, shaped Black masculinity, mentored Black male leadership, cultivated race pride, and reflected Black desires for urban modernity. Playing for Power traces how amateur sports coalesced into a key cultural institution that fostered Black Virginians’ collective sense of community, achievement, and purpose during segregation, cornerstones of later advances in the Civil Rights Movement. Chiles’s groundbreaking work will interest historians, scholars, and individuals interested in the intersection of sports and civil rights and the history of Black sports during the Jim Crow era.

Watch and discuss a themed reel from the recently released PBS documentary, "The American Revolution," in commemoration of America's 250th.

We hope you'll join us for a series of three community screenings of the recent PBS release, “THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION” as we begin our 2026 program calendar!

Each screening will include a thirty-minute thematic reel of stories and highlights from the larger documentary, as well as a moderated conversation between audience members and university faculty and community panelists. Whether you’ve seen all eight hours of the documentary or none at all, these screenings will provide helpful context for the upcoming commemorations of the 250th anniversary of America’s independence.

The programs will be held at 5 pm in the Northen Auditorium in Leyburn Library on the campus of Washington and Lee University. Admission is offered free of charge, and attendees are asked to RSVP in advance

Live Arts Radio PSAs
STAGE KISS
Contact andrew@livearts.org with any questions.

PSA 1
Length: 10 seconds
VO: Superstar playwright Sarah Rulh’s STAGE KISS opens at Live Arts on January 23rd, 2026 and runs through February 15th! Directed by Robert Chapel, visit livearts.org for tickets.

PSA 2
Length: 20 seconds
VO: Live Arts is pleased to present the charming and profound comedy, STAGE KISS, by Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl. This witty play-within-a-play explores the hilarious and often messy lines between professional performance and personal passion, asking: when is a kiss ever just a kiss? Directed by Robert Chapel, visit livearts.org for tickets.

PSA 3
Length: 30 seconds
VO: Live Arts’ first show of the new year is Sarah Ruhl's charming comedy STAGE KISS. This witty play-within-a-play explores the hilarious and often messy lines between professional performance and personal passion, asking: when is a kiss ever just a kiss? The story centers on two actors, cast as long-lost romantic leads in a forgotten 1930s melodrama. The catch: they were once in love and haven't seen each other in years. January 23rd through February 15th at Live Arts, 123 East Water Street. Tickets at livearts.org, or call 434-977-4177. Directed by Robert Chapel, sponsored by Janet and Charles Cheeseman.