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Amherst's HALLOWEEN BASH
Calling our friends of all ages! Enjoy a FUN and FREE night of Trunk or Treating, activities, and a Halloween Dance Party! Additional details will be posted in our Facebook event, so make sure you let us know you are GOING and invite your friends!
Facebook Page - Let us know you're GOING!
Interested in participating in the Trunk or Treat?
There's still time to sign up! Email us to reserve your spot!
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Vendor Event Opportunity
Be sure to join us for Fall-a-days! Makers will share their art, crafts, and baked goods, so there will be something for everyone!

Additional details can be found on our Facebook page https://fb.me/e/26hlZEWmx.
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AGAR's Java & Jazz Concert Series
Saxophonist Joseph Henson and his jazz quartet (Isaac Williams, piano;
Jonah Horton, bass; Daniel Kelly II “D.K.,” drums) invite you to a “release
party” of Henson’s latest CD for October’s Java & Jazz concert.


Joseph Henson, formerly a member of the US Army Blues Jazz Ensemble from Washington, D.C., retired in December 2018 to become Associate Professor of Commercial Music and Jazz Studies at the Liberty University School of Music. He has played saxophone and written music for the Blues for 21 years and has also been the band’s Musical Director for the past few years. Henson holds degrees in music from the University of South Carolina and the University of North Texas, and performs regularly in the D.C. area with a wide variety of groups, including his own quintet. He and his wife Mary live in Forest, VA with four of their five kids.

Henson has continued to play for Amherst Java and Jazz during the pandemic. He has been composing new works also. Now he is ready to release a new CD album, and will hold a
release party at Java and Jazz on October 29 at 6 pm. Please come and bring your friends.
 
Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students, which include admission
and a coffee or soda from Baine's Books and Coffee. For more information,
please visit AGAR's website, http://www.amherstglebeartsresponse.org/
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Nightcaps Workshop
Nightcaps is a new musical drama by lyricist Brooke Vandervelde and composer Richard Rose, presented by AGAR in collaboration with Second Stage. The new musical drama - set at a college in the Upper South - will be developed in a series of four one- and two-scene workshops at Second Stage.


We are seeking community members to participate in workshops as stage crew, singers, and musicians on the following dates:
• Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022
• Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023
• Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023
• Saturday, April 01, 2023

Each workshop will begin at 9 a.m. and culminate at 4:00 p.m. in a short performance and discussion, both of which are free and open to the public.
For information about participating, contact Brooke at Rivula@gmail.com.
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Open Casting Call
Open Casting Call!

Second Stage is proud to announce a partnership for a live radio show! Please contact Janet Rose at info@yourfeelgoodstation.com for audition information. 
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Sound Stage Music Program
Sound Stage offers weekly violin, piano, and voice lessons!
 
Scholarships for Sound Stage classes and workshops are available through a generous donation from Schewels Home and additional funding from Amherst County and the Economic Development Authority (EDA) of Amherst County.
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Introduction to Positive Discipline
Introduction to Positive Discipline
- FREE Presentation via Zoom -

Sunday, November 13, 2022 3:00 - 4:30pm

Come receive support using Positive Discipline principles that are used around the world by parents and school systems. You will leave this presentation with simple, fun, and practical tools.

Please register for the event here.

For additional information, please contact Shimila Keenum, LCSW and Certified Positive Discipline Educator, at Shimila@groundedpath.org, visit https://www.groundedpath.org/, or call (434) 515-2555. 
 
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Spotlight on Local Art
Have you seen the art displays in our main hallway?
Stop by to say hello and browse our selections!


For additional information or to purchase, please stop by the Second Stage Office or contact us at (434) 941-0997 or secondstageamherst@gmail.com!
Annual Giving to Second Stage
A donation to the Second Stage annual fund allows us to continue offering a gathering place to inspire creativity and community. It enables us to provide a venue for art, music, film, a farm and artisan market, and much more.

Beyond these cultural activities - not to mention Baine's coffee shop and bookstore - Second Stage also houses a reliable workspace for local artists and entrepreneurs.
See 
why they say Second Stage is worthy of your support.
A donation to Second Stage provides space for your neighbors who are small business owners.
“What I love most about Second Stage is its environment, warm and inviting architecture, and location. It’s a great place, location wise, to house my business. I would recommend Second Stage to anyone with a small business in need of a small studio, because it has provided me with an affordable one. The rent is affordable, and the organization has plans for the future. The future I envision for Second Stage is an increased attendance for programs, participation, and funding for events. Encouraging others to donate to support the Amherst community and the arts is what makes it worth it.” - Lani Barovick
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We have other ways that you can show your support as well. If you've seen the gorgeous landscaping here at Second Stage, you may know we have Donna Meeks to thank for that. In true Donna spirit, a Music Scholarship Fund has been created to bring music to Amherst. Please consider donating in her memory.

Donna was a giver.
We marveled at the exceptionally beautiful grounds that she nurtured in our neighborhoods and on the Sweet Briar campus.
Donna’s gift.
We reveled in her ever-positive approach to life.
Donna’s gift.
We admired her love of people and their unique talents.
Donna’s gift.
We wished for her musical talents, her clear voice, her sure hand on the instrument.
Donna’s gift.
We were ever grateful that she believed in the mission of building a creative community at Second Stage.
Donna's gift.
We delighted watching her in the audience at many musical evenings.
Donna’s gift.
We appreciated her collegial approach to design, installation, and upkeep of the Osinga Memorial Gardens.
Donna’s gift.
Toward the end of her life, she didn’t waiver. She accepted the reality of her worsening condition with the grace and good spirit we had come to admire and hope to emulate.
Donna’s gift.
Thank you, Donna.
Consider a Gift
Second Stage | Amherst is located at 194 Second Street, Amherst, VA 24521

COVID-19 policy: We request that you stay home if you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or tested positive in the past 10 days. Thank you for helping keep our community healthy.

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