Community Calendar

Visit the Turner Pavilion every third Thursday from 5 to 8pm June through August to enjoy live music, local artisans and farmers, food trucks and vendors, and hands-on activities with community organizations. Check our Facebook and Instagram for info about activities and vendors!

As you near retirement, you’ll face important Medicare decisions. Everence® is here to help you navigate the process. Join us for this free informative webinar, where our experienced Medicare specialists will guide you through the key steps to understanding your options. During this webinar, we’ll cover:
Understanding the parts of Medicare
Choosing your coverage path
Deciding when to enroll
Enrolling in Medicare
Bring your questions – our team of experts is here to help!

Shenandoah Valley Art Center presents Stretch and Release Yoga with Paula Figgatt and Leslie Chisnell. Gather in the Heart of Downtown Waynesboro for a meditative experience that benefits the mind while increasing your range of flexibility and centeredness in the body. Stretch & Release Yoga targets the fascia and connective tissues including tendons, ligaments and bones while creating suppleness, openness and health for our inner organs and muscles. By stilling the mind, bring the awareness deeply inward to create peace and relaxation to restore and renew the Spirit! (Register: www.svacart.com or call 540-949-7662, Fee: $10 per session, Tuesdays, March 3 – April 14, 6:05 - 7:00 p.m., 416 Gallery, 416 W Main St, Waynesboro, VA 22980).

Come learn the sport of rugby while getting fit and making great friends. All are welcome. No experience necessary.

This class will provide aspiring actors with the tools they need to smoothly go from first read-through to opening night. Participants will learn proven techniques for analyzing a script and understanding a character’s motivations, and practice essential skills for working with scene partners, making bold choices, and being creative in the rehearsal room. This class is open to anyone who is curious about how to get started in acting, with no experience required. Whether you are keen to get on the stage yourself, or even to understand the process of those you enjoy watching on stage, this class is for you. This class will be entirely practical.

This introductory playwriting course invites adult learners to explore the fundamentals of writing for the stage in a supportive, creative environment. Participants will examine various dramatic structures, engage with key narrative conventions, and experiment with techniques that bring stories to the stage through dialogue, character, and action. Through guided exercises, discussions, and writing prompts, participants will develop original pieces of dramatic art while gaining a deeper understanding of how plays are often built to function as meaning machines. This class offers a mix of practical application and theoretical discussion.

This is not an event but rather an evergreen PSA request for people who may be interested in attending their first AA meeting. Suggested script:

Maybe when you drink, you keep wanting more.

Maybe drinking has gotten in the way of your dreams, of who you wanted to be.

Maybe drinking stopped being fun. Now it just makes you feel lonely.

People in AA understand. And they say, "Welcome."

You can live a sober life that's happy and free. Find an AA meeting in our area at A A Heart of V A dot org. More than 100 in-person and online meetings each week that can help you stay sober just for today. That's A A Heart of V A dot org.

Shenandoah Valley Art Center presents: Painting Outdoors with John Hancock. Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced students will have fun painting outdoors in this four-week Plein-aire watercolor class. Beginning with loose and playful watercolor studies and sketches, we will explore the creation of watercolor as an outdoor painting medium. By the end, we will be much more comfortable starting and finishing a watercolor painting "en plein aire!" Suitable for students who have at least a bit previous experience in watercolor.(Register:WWW.svacart.com or call 540-040-7662, Fee: $335.00, June 3 - 24, 9:30am to 12:30pm)

The Shenandoah Valley Art Center during the month of April, in the Cabell/Arehart Invitational Gallery, is exhibiting the artwork of Joan Graybeal Menad of New Hope, VA. Born and raised in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, Menard moved to the Shenandoah Valley in 2012. She has created art her entire life and enjoys combining multiple media in her work. In response to an often chaotic world, Joan creates her own fantasy figures. Her calm-faced ladies emerged during Covid, when she missed seeing people’s happy expressions. She hopes they bring a sense of peace and joy to viewers. “Life Is a Stage: Welcome to Joan of Art’s World” features her beloved ceramic figures alongside new mixed-media assemblages. Step into Joan’s imaginative world and stay awhile. The public is invited to the opening reception on April 4, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. where you can meet and talk to the artist. The exhibition will be open to the public April 4 – May 30, Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Saturday, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., at 126 S. Wayne Ave, Waynesboro, VA 22980.

In the SVAC Member’s Gallery the theme is “Green.” The members will present their unique interpretations of the theme in each work of art which is priced to accommodate art collectors seeking pieces to expand their collection. The public is invited to view the exhibition, remembering that the art center serves the community by recognizing talent, encouraging creativity, and joining lives through art! The exhibition opening will be April 4, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. The exhibition will be open to the public April 4 – May 30, Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Saturday, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., 126 S. Wayne Avenue, Waynesboro, VA 22980.