Events at BMCA

Annual Acoustic Corner InstructorConcert

Saturday, November 23

7:30pm / Doors at 7:00pm

$20 per ticket

Our ever popular Annual Concert with the famous instructors from ACOUSTIC CORNER is always a winning show! Expect lots of great combinations of instruments and musical genres - and a few surprises from this talented group. They all play professionally with various bands, but this is the only time of the year they play together and we are thrilled to have them do it on our stage in our intimate listening room...

Holly Jolly

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December 5 • 5:00-7:00pm

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Clay Studio Exhibit

Pottery Market

Local Author Market

Youth Maker Market

BMCA Dance Performance

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Starting on December 6 the Arts Center keeps its doors open until 8pm to accommodate the revelers of the community wide Holly Jolly celebration. The Upper Gallery opens with the Clay Studio Exhibit featuring the best work of students and faculty working in the BMCA Clay studio. This exhibit runs through January 3. Across the hall potters will have hundreds of pieces available for sale. This is the perfect time to pick up last minute gifts, stocking stuffers, ornaments, jewelry and teacher gifts. On the theater level a Youth Makers Market will be in full swing with children ages 8-16 putting their handmade items and entrepreneurial spirits on display. Local authors will share the theater space to introduce the community to a variety of fiction and non-fiction books for sale. More than 100 BMCA dancers led by instructor Amy Maze will take to the stage on the street by the Old Depot starting at 6:30.

Connie Regan-Blake presents...

A Slice of Life: an Evening of Stories

Saturday, December 7 • 7:30pm

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Join nationally celebrated storyteller, Connie Regan-Blake, as she transforms a packed theater into an intimate circle of friends with old-timey charm, wisdom, and humor. We’ll also welcome to the stage, her workshop participants, Catherine Yael Serota, Steve Tate, Rick Bowers, Jane O. Cunningham, Christine Westfeldt, and Pepper Ellis-Hagebak. This event is in our intimate theatre, and usually sells out so get yours tickets ahead of time!

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And look for the next “Slice of Life” series with Connie’s storytelling students in the Spring of 2020.

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​Advance tickets are $15, or $20 on the day of the event, or at the door, if available. Doors open at 7:00pm and seating is first come first served.

BMCA

Holiday

Sing-along!

Sunday, December 8th

4:00pm

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Make this terrific, old-fashioned sing-along part of your family's holiday tradition! Join us in singing along to some of the world's most classic carols in this FREE event on December 8th. The whole family can enjoy this community experience of carols and holiday songs in the warmth of our theater.

Please rsvp for this event

A Child's Christmas in Wales

Writted by Dylan Thomas • Performed by James Navé

Sunday, December 8th

6:00pm

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We welcome back personality and poet James Navé as he again presents the classic story “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan Thomas. Navé transports us to another time and another place where the season was packed with delights for all our senses, when children believed and villagers created a special time in that special place. As a gift to the community, Navé has been presenting the rich language of Thomas’s evocative holiday classic poem since 1988. Join us for an afternoon and leave renewed.

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BMCAT Presents...

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The

Santaland

DIaries

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DECEMBER

13th, 14th, 15th, 20th, 21st, & 22nd

Fri & Sat @ 7:30pm, Sun @ 2:00pm

When a down-on-his luck wannabe actor arrives in New York City at the end of the year, the only employment he can find is at Macy’s department store -- working in Santaland for the holiday season, as a reluctant, but relentlessly cheerful, elf. Newly christened “Crumpet”, our clever anti-hero shares his observations of the mayhem in front of and behind the scenes during one chaotic December, from aggressive parents and drunken Santas, to flirtatious actors, poor hygiene, and the racially charged hazards of being a “Pointer Elf.” Will Crumpet find a moment of pure Christmas spirit? Will he end up in Santa’s cottage with Snowball the elf? Will he escape with his life on Christmas Eve before being torn apart by enraged customers?

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This show contains mature content and is for adults only.

Mountain Friends Trio comes to BMCA

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Thursday, December 19

7:30pm

Tickets $12

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The Mountain Friends Trio is an ensemble made up of multi-instrumentalists Mike Gosey, Cheryl and Doug Frey who will share their wide musical tastes ranging from traditional Appalachian folk and gospel to jazz and the Beatles (with some holiday music thrown in) on Thursday, December 19 at 7:30pm. Enjoy rich vocal harmonies and the satisfaction of dulcimer, autoharp, guitar and bass played by veteran musicians.

Mountain Folk Harpers

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Sunday, December 22 • 7:00pm

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Join us for an evening with the regional musicians group: Mountain Folk Harpers as they present their Christmas Ensemble. The program will include music by the entire ensemble along with solos and duets. It promises to be a delightful concert that guarantees an escape from the usual holiday hustle and bustle!