Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By admin on January 9, 2020

Last week, former Burg reporter Emma Schkloven and I shared some of the 2020 events were most looking forward to in the coming months.

Those eight events were just a drop in the bucket of whats on its our way. This winter, expect a new jazz dinner series at the Craddock Terry Hotel; Wolfbane Productions 1920s-set take on Guys and Dolls, where the entire theater will be transformed into a speakeasy; a Cajun dance party at Lynchburg Parks and Recreations Aviary; Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra and Jefferson Choral Society presenting Broadway tunes and chart toppers, respectively, in new concerts; and more.

At 7 p.m. Thursday, InTuition Theatre Group is debuting its latest show, the Harry Potter parody Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic, at the Miller Center, 301 Grove St. InTuition provides money for college tuition to high school and college level actors and tech workers in the Lynchburg area by giving them hands-on experience in student-run plays. Tickets are $10, and the show also will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/intuitiontheatregroup.

Also happening Thursday: MasterWorx Theatres production of Irving Berlins Holiday Inn, set for 7:30 p.m. in the Academy Center of the Arts Warehouse Theatre. More performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The musical, based on the Universal Pictures film, is about a couple who turns a farmhouse into a fabulous inn with dazzling performances to celebrate each holiday, from Thanksgiving to the Fourth of July. Tickets range from $15 to $20. For more information, visit https://masterworxtheater.com/events or https://academycenter.org/event/holiday-inn.

Below, weve listed 35 more events coming your way between now and the end of February. Remember that dates and times always are subject to change, so make sure to call the venue before heading out. And continue checking out our weekly calendars for even more events as the weeks go on.

Thursday, Jan. 16

Jefferson Forest High Schools Cavalier Theatre is kicking off 2020 with Treasure Island, based on Robert Louis Stevensons pirate adventure, at 7 p.m., with more performances set for 7 p.m. Jan. 17, 1 and 7 p.m. Jan. 18 and 3 p.m. Jan. 19. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors. http://cavaliertheatre.com.

Saturday, Jan. 18

Fifth & Federal Stations Winter Whiskey Fest, which runs from 1 to 6 p.m., will celebrate the restaurants third anniversary. Nelson Countys Silverback Distillery and Virginia Distillery are among the participants; the event also includes educational presentations about Virginia whiskey history, the distillation process and more, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.; awards for best whiskey cocktail and best whiskey spirit; and live music by the Whiskey Shakes from 4 to 6 p.m. Admission is $18. http://www.fifthandfederal.com/store/p19/Whiskey_Winter_Fest_Tasting_Tickets_January_18th.html.

The Craddock Terry Hotel is hosting a new event, Jazz Night with Tony Craddock Jr. & Cold Front, at 6:30 p.m. In addition to the performance, the event includes a four-course meal prepared by Culinary Director Jason Arbusto with wine pairings and an optional cocktail hour. Tickets are $150 for the dinner and performance and $200 with the cocktail hour included and front-row seating. (434) 455-1510, events@shoemakersdining.com.

Tuesday, Jan. 21

The exhibition Geometric Aljama: a Cultural Transliteration which features paper-cut installations by artists from the U.S., Canada, Dubai and Afghanistan exploring geometry as a fundamental aspect of art and as a way to communicate universal ideas across cultures will open in the University of Lynchburgs Daura Gallery with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. and remain up through April 10. http://www.lynchburg.edu/academics/academic-community-centers/daura-gallery.

Friday, Jan. 24

Magician Mike Super who press materials tout for combining illusions with the hilarity of a headline comedian will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Music Theatre. Super was a finalist on season nine of Americas Got Talent in 2014 and previously was the winner of NBCs Phenomenon, which aired in 2007 and was judged by illusionists Criss Angel and Uri Gellar. Supers final trick during this show will be to reveal a headline prediction he made for The News & Advance. He sent the prediction to the Academy in a sealed envelope last month, and it will be stored in a vault at the Bank of the James until the show. Tickets range from $14 to $72. https://academycenter.org/event/mike-super.

The Listenings first open mic of 2020, set for 8 p.m. at Speakertree, 901 Jefferson St., will focus on the words that open the Preamble to the Constitution: We the People. Participants are invited to reflect on what those words mean to them through song, dance or other forms of artistic expression. Sign-up for the open mic starts at 7:45 p.m. Admission is a $5 donation at the door to support The Listenings mission to engage, change and save lives with the performing arts. facebook.com/WelcomeToTheListening.

Saturday, Jan. 25

Lynchburg Symphony Orchestras Broadway By Request featuring songs from Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Rent, Jersey Boys and more will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Academy Center of the Arts Academy of Music Theatre. Tickets range from $25 to $82. https://academycenter.org/event/lso-broadway, http://www.lynchburgsymphony.org.

Wednesday, Jan. 29

BodyVox, a Portland, Oregon-based dance troupe, and a live string quartet will perform together during Cosmosis, a provocative marriage of dance, theater, film and chamber music, set for 7:30 p.m. in Sweet Briar Colleges Murchison Lane Auditorium. The show features nine pieces set to live music written by everyone from Debussy and Ravel to contemporary composers and alt-rock legend Elliot Smith. http://www.sbc.edu/events.

Thursday, Jan. 30

The exhibit Josef Albers and the Interaction of Color based on Albers 1963 publication The Interaction of Color, which was conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors and students will open in Sweet Briars Pannell Gallery with a reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. https://sbc.edu/arts/art-exhibits-and-events.

Wolfbane Productions Guys and Dolls opens at 8 p.m., with more performances on select dates through Feb. 23. The production will be set in the 1920s inspired by the theme for Wolfbanes new season, Howling Twenties with its indoor performance venue, The Wolf Den (197 Old Courthouse Road in Appomattox) transformed into a speakeasy for what the creative team promises will be an immersive experience with no traditional stages or performance areas. http://www.wolfbane.org.

Friday, Jan. 31

Alluvion Stage Companys Parade will open in Liberty Universitys Tower Theater at 7:30 p.m., with more performances on select dates through Feb. 16. Set in 1913, the musical filled with soaring music and a heart-wrenching story, offering a moral lesson about the dangers of prejudice and ignorance is about a Jewish man living in Georgia who is put on trial for murder. http://www.alluvionstage.com.

The Maier Museum of Art at Randolph Colleges latest exhibit, Scorched Earth, opens with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. The show features artist Beatrice Modisetts large-scale paintings, formed through the accrual and erosion of layers and layers of thinned oil paint, according to press materials. Various objects are placed under and on top of the canvas and the resulting hills and valleys direct, disrupt and imprint the paints flow and surface. Modisett also will give an artist talk in the gallery at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1. http://www.maiermuseum.org.

The Academy Center of the Arts Academy Youth Theatre will present Disneys Frozen Jr. at 7 p.m., with more performances at 7 p.m. Feb. 1 and 2 p.m. Feb. 2. Tickets range from $10 to $17. https://academycenter.org/disneys-frozen-jr.

Sunday, Feb. 2

The Legacy Museums Black History Month Celebration will be held at 3 p.m. at the Miller Center, featuring a presentation followed by a traditional soul food Sunday Supper. Meal tickets, which cost $15 for adults and $8 for children younger than 12, must be purchased by Jan. 31. http://www.lynchburgparksandrec.com/event/black-history-month-celebration.

Monday, Feb. 4

The Bower Center for the Arts 6th Annual Edna Curry/John Bower Exhibition, which honors the centers primary benefactors, will open and run through March 14, with an awards reception scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 14, featuring comments from the judge at 6 p.m. http://www.bowercenter.org.

Friday, Feb. 7

Brookville Middle School students will present Shrek Jr. at 7 p.m. at Brookville High School, with more performances set for 7 p.m. Feb. 8 and 2 p.m. Feb. 9. All tickets are $5. http://www.lynchburgtickets.com/shrekjr.

Saturday, Feb. 8

Endstation Theatre Company is hosting the gala fundraiser One Night Only in the Academy Center of the Arts Warehouse Theatre. The event is black tie optional and features dinner and drinks, an auction and performances by Lynchburg native Taylor Rodriguez, who recently was named the 2019 Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Champion by Elvis Presley Enterprises; Sage Melcher, an actor, singer/songwriter and dancer living in New York; and Jonathan Mousset, a Manhattan-based actor/singer. Both Melcher and Mousset appeared in Endstations recent production of My Way. Tickets are $125 per person, and doors open at 6 p.m. (434) 226-0686, http://www.endstationtheatre.org.

Sunday, Feb. 9

Old City Cemetery will host a Valentines Concert at 3 p.m., featuring oboist William P. Parrish Jr. and pianist Claudia Jones Patterson playing gospel, classical and jazz music. Seating is limited, and admission costs $15. http://www.gravegarden.org.

Wednesday, Feb. 12

E.C. Glass Theatres season continues with The Heart of Robin Hood, a spirited new version of the great English legend that premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in November, with more performances on Feb. 13, 14 and 15. http://glasstheatre.org/season.

Thursday, Feb. 13

Saturday, Feb. 15

Roots, R&B and folk group Kyshona and the Shonettes are performing at Bedford Central Library, 321 North Bridge St., at 7:30 p.m., as part of the Friends of the Bedford Library Concert Series. The band is fronted by Kyshona Armstrong, who has been featured on NPRs World Caf Live and in 2015 was named one of the top 5 roots artists to watch by CMT Edge. Before embarking on her music career, she worked as a music therapist for incarcerated and institutionalized adults and children. Tickets are $15. (540) 586-8911, http://www.friendsofbedfordlibrary.org.

Thursday, Feb. 20

University of Lynchburg Theatre is presenting Pride and Prejudice at 7:30 p.m., with more performances at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 and 22 and 2 p.m. Feb. 23, in the Dillard Theatre. Press materials promise the show is not your ordinary Jane Austen and offers a delightfully postmodern view of 19th century England [that] is a merry, bold and boisterous homage to Jane Austens most beloved novel. http://www.lynchburg.edu/academics/majors-and-minors/theatre.

Friday, Feb. 21

Another Austen tale, Sense and Sensibility, will open in Liberty Universitys Box Theater, with more performances on select dates through March 1. http://www.liberty.edu/theatre.

Renaissance Theatre Companys production of M*A*S*H opens, with more performances on Feb. 22, 28 and 29 and March 1, 5, 6 and 7. http://www.renaissancetheatrelynchburg.org.

Gospel musician Jonathan McReynolds will perform in Liberty Universitys LaHaye Event Space at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $12 to $18 in advance, with a $5 increase at the door. http://www.liberty.edu/sa.

Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) continues its monthly jazz series with Roots of Jazz, featuring Adam Larrabee on guitar and banjo and Ross Martin on acoustic and electric guitar, at 6:30 p.m. at Second Street Amherst, 194 Second St. Admission is $10 at the door, and advanced tickets are not available. (434) 989-3215.

Saturday, Feb. 22

Jefferson Choral Societys More Chart Toppers of the Past is set for 7:30 p.m. in the historic Academy of Music Theatre. The show is a sequel to last years performance of Billboard and Broadway chart toppers, this time featuring songs like Across the Universe, California Dreamin, Moon River, Im a Believer, It Had to Be You and more, accompanied by a rock band. Tickets are $26. https://academycenter.org/event/jcs-chart-toppers.

Lynchburg Parks and Recreation is hosting a Cajun Dance Party from 7 to 9 p.m. in The Aviary, 400 Grove St., featuring traditional dancing, food and live music from Bayou Faux Pas. Dance lessons will feature a mix of Cajun two-step, waltzes and more, according to press materials, and festive attire is encouraged. Admission is $10 for adults and free for children younger than 10; New Orleans Creole-style gumbo will be served for $5 per bowl. http://www.lynchburgparksandrec.com/event/cajun-dance-party.

Sunday, Feb. 23

Educator and author DuBois Miller will talk about his life growing up in Lynchburg during Why and How I Wrote About Tinbridge Hill, set for 3 p.m. at Old City Cemetery and co-sponsored by the Legacy Museum of African American History. Miller has written two books about his former neighborhood, Ten on Tin and Three More on Tin. http://www.gravegarden.org.

Thursday, Feb. 27

Heritage High Schools Pioneer Theatre will present Agnes of God and Never the Sinner in repertory, with shows scheduled for Feb. 27, 28 and 29 and March 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. http://www.lcsedu.net/schools/hhs/about/activities/pioneer-theatre.

Sweet Briar Colleges spring musical, Fountain of You, will open at 7:30 p.m., with more performances at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 and 29 and 2:30 p.m. March 1. The concert musical is an irreverent and fantastical satire of the societal values of youth and beauty and gendered roles inherent in them, according to the Bethany Arts Community, where playwrights Tasha Gordon-Solman and Faye Chiao worked on the script while in residency. http://www.sbc.edu/events.

Friday, Feb. 28

The circus troupe Cirque FLIP Fabrique will present one of its shows, Blizzard a crazy, poetic and gentle journey in the dead of winter at 7:30 p.m. in the Academy of Music Theatre. Tickets range from $14 to $56. https://academycenter.org/event/flip-fabrique.

Passages: An Installation in Progress by Cheryl Harper will open at the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College, with a reception at 5 p.m. and an artist talk by Harper at 7 p.m. The site-specific installation explores themes of heritage, identity, persecution and privilege. In addition to hangings, floor objects and hand-printed wallpaper, the installation features a family wedding dress overlaid with other clothing and accessories owned by mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers, according to press materials. http://maiermuseum.org.

Saturday, Feb. 29

Beatleologist Scott Freiman will present the multimedia lecture Deconstructing Abbey Road featuring tales of the Fab Fours recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios, a track-by-track journey explaining the inspiration for the songs and their evolution in the studio at 7:30 p.m. in the Academy of Music Theatre. Tickets range from $20 to $56. https://academycenter.org/event/deconstructing-abbey-road.

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2020 winter events: Harry Potter parody, 'Guys and Dolls' reimagined, Winter Whiskey Fest and more - Lynchburg News and Advance

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