Community Calendar

The Staunton Augusta Art Center announces the return of the Art for Gifts Holiday Market, the artful and thoughtful unique boutique in the galleries featuring the art and craft work of over fifty local and regional artists and artisans.
November 10 - December 31, 2023
Tuesday - Thursday: 12 noon - 5 pm
Friday and Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm
Sunday: 10 am - 4 pm
Closed on Mondays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
20 S. New Street
For a list of artists and for more details, please visit www.saartcenter.org.
This event is proudly sponsored by Brigitte Cowan and James River Realty.

Hospice of the Piedmont invites you, your family, and friends to honor and remember cherished loved ones at the 32nd Annual Memorial Illumination.

Free and open to the public, this special event features a program with music, reflection, refreshments, and a self-guided tour of illuminated installations. To celebrate the lives of those you’d like to honor and remember, you may contribute $20 or more to sponsor a Light. For every Light you sponsor, a tribute card can be sent to you to let family and friends know about the Light given in their loved one’s name. Your contributions empower our work to provide compassionate end-of-life care and comprehensive grief services to our community – bringing peace and resolution to our neighbors and purpose and meaning to our mission. We hope you will join us in a celebration of peace, remembrance, and community.

Cique Dreams Holidzae 2023 is set to illuminate John Paul Jones on December 12, 2023 at 7:30PM

The beloved American holiday classic retold as a live, captivating 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to life on the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life that one fateful Christmas Eve.

Silver Line Theatre Exchange proudly presents It's a Wonderful Life by Joe Landry, produced in special arrangement with Playscripts. Part of our Professional Performance Series, this production features talent from local and regional professional actors.

It's a Wonderful Life is a family-friendly show, though it does explore themes of suicide. The run time is approximately 90 minutes, plus a 15 minute intermission.

SHOWTIMES
Thurs (12/14) 1:00
Fri (12/15) 2:00
Sat (12/16) 8:00
Sun (12/17) 6:00

*Showtimes subject to change. Please visit courtsquaretheater.org for latest updates.
TICKETS
$9.50 Adults
$8.50 Seniors + Students

During the preliminary round, there are 160 of them. Then, about 90. Then 45. At last, only 12 lucky ones make it to the final. These are the contestants in the legendary International Chopin Piano Competition, held every five years in Warsaw, Poland. PIANOFORTE follows an eclectic group of young musicians from around the world who have prepared since they were children for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Offering a rare behind the scenes look backstage at the triumphant highs and crushing lows of competition, filmmaker Jakub Piątek (PRIME TIME, 2021 Sundance Film Festival) captures the intense pressure these musicians face in an experience that combines tears of exhaustion and despair with the ecstatic joy of playing. PIANOFORTE is both a testament to the power of remarkable music and an intimate coming-of-age portrait of young pianists navigating the rigors of competition, intense practice sessions, new friendships, lots of drama, and even more nerves.

Not Rated
Run Time: 1 Hour 31 minutes
Language: Polish with English Subtitles

SHOWTIME:
Sat (12/16) 5:30
Join us for a Meet + Greet with Santa + Mrs Claus before the movie!

TICKETS:
Free Admission!
No ticket required - seating is first come, first served

An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas eve.

Rating: PG
Run Time: 1h43m

Faded Poppy, based in Waynesboro, VA, are creators of whimsical & boho wedding floral arrangements. With their expertise, you will learn how to create a traditional yule log from scratch using fresh local logs & evergreens, Faded Poppy's staple items such as small pillar candle & rustic festive accents.Ticket price includes dedicated event space and all yule supplies. Please note that evergreen branches can be sticky & sharp so please provide your own gardening gloves as well as garden snips for cutting your greenery.

Stable Craft's fine food, craft beer & soft drinks will be available for purchase and can be enjoyed during the session. Outside food & beverage prohibited.

Sat (12/16) 3:00
followed by a Meet + Greet with Santa + Mrs Claus

TICKETS:
Free Admission!
No ticket required - seating is first come, first served

Buddy (Will Ferrell) was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa's elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn't fit in, the adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father. As it happens, this is Walter Hobbs (James Caan), a cynical businessman. After a DNA test proves this, Walter reluctantly attempts to start a relationship with the childlike Buddy with increasingly chaotic results.

Special Thanks to Riner Rentals for Sponsoring our 2023 Holiday Movies!

The Senior Choristers and the congregation sing , while our Director of Music and Organist Virginia Bolena plays. Guest harpist Anastasia Jellison performs during the evening’s highlight, Benjamin Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols.”