In 2011, the Arts Council celebrates 25 years of artistic service in the Twin Counties! You are cordially invited to join us at the Galax Golf & Country Club on Saturday, November 5th at 7pm for the ‘Best Silent Auction in the Twin Counties’. The evening’s festivities includes entertainment by JUST JAZZ featuring the legendary Dave Morgan, catering by Chestnut Creek Coffee House & Bistro and auction items from local, regional and national donors such as the Cabot Creamery of Vermont, Walt Disney World and The Clubs of Olde Mill to name just a few. This annual fundraiser has quickly become the party in the Twin Counties and is expected to sell out this year. Individual tickets are $25 and Couples are $45. All proceeds benefit the Arts Council’s Scholarship and Arts in the Schools programs.

Individual Tickets $25.00

Couples Tickets $45.00

NUNSENSE is a hilarious talent show staged by five survivors at the Little Sisters of Hoboken nunnery, the rest of the sisterhood having succumbed to botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Sister Julia, Child of God. The remaining “Little Hobos” parade their talents at a variety show staged to raise funds so that the last four of the dearly departed can be buried. The score pulses with merriment and an unabashed desire to make you laugh, with songs and spontaneous comic interludes paced at break-neck speed. Amid the merriment is a riotous audience participation quiz that has everyone rolling in the aisles, NUNSENSE offers a cornucopia of hilarity for the whole family, proving conclusively that nun rhymes with fun! NUNSENSE is scheduled to be performed on November 12, 13, 17 & 20 at The Rex.

Adult Tickets $7.50

Seniors & Children under 16 Tickets $5.00

Join us for the first-ever Twin Counties Holiday Extravaganza on Thursday, December 15th at 7pm at The Rex Theatre. Featuring performances by area choirs, the Conservatory of Theatre & Dance, holiday storytelling and Santa, this evening is sure to get even the biggest Scrooge in a festive mood! Admission is $5 and donations of non-perishable food items and toys will be accepted at the door. Donations will go to area food pantries and the Angel Tree Projet.

Tickets $5.00

Life in Motion – In the performance Life in Motion, Joseph Cashore presents his collection of marionette masterworks. Characters of depth, integrity, and humanity are portrayed in a full evening unlike anything else in theater today. The performance is a series of scenes taken from everyday life and set to beautiful music by composers such as Beethoven, Vivaldi, Strauss, and Copland. Through a combination of virtuoso manipulation, humor, pathos, classic music, and poetic insight, The Cashore Marionettes take the audience on a journey that celebrates the richness of life. Life in Motion is a powerful, entertaining, surprising, theatrically satisfying, one-of-a-kind evening for adults and young adults.

Join us for this very special event on Saturday, May 12th at 7pm. The performance will be at the Galax High School Auditorium. Tickets are $10 for Adults and $5 for Seniors and Children under 16 years of age.

To sign up for the free lecture & demonastration with Joseph Cashore on Saturday, May 12th at 11:00 am at the Chestnut Creek School for the Arts, please call the Arts Council at 276-238-1217.

Adult Tickets $10.00

Seniors & Children Under 16 Tickets $5.00

Wayne Henderson DVD For Sale

DVDs can be ordered for $25 through The Arts Council’s “Tickets On Sale” section of this website and from Appalshop.org.  On August 20, we premiered the film “From Wood to Singing Guitar” at the Rex Theatre in Galax.  This documentary about the Grayson County luthier and musician, Wayne Henderson, was produced by Appalshop, Inc. and funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.   

$25.00