To celebrate the opening of our new exhibits and our 15th Anniversary we invite you to a special reception on October 8th from 5-7 pm! This event is open to the public, so tell your friends. Refreshments will be available, including a cash bar with beer and wine. You won't want to miss the amazing celebratory gifts, prizes and fun activities. AND special Bower Center anniversary t-shirts will be available for purchase.

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Live MUSIC Returned

    On September 25 we welcomed live music back into the Bower Center for the first time in over 20 months. The Lenny Marcus Trio brought an energy that felt almost foreign yet familiar back into the Bower when they performed. Guests enjoyed the melodious jazz throughout the night while getting to gather again with in the Bower Center. Missed the show? Don't worry we have more concerts coming up! 

** POSTPONED** NiteKAP in Concert

October 2nd, 6-8:30pm

Now: February 5, 6:30-8:30pm

    NiteKAP is an American folk music trio based in Bedford, Virginia. We do several genres of folk music from blues to pop, from Childe ballads to contemporary.

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New Standard Bluegrass in Concert

November 20th, 6-8pm

     We are excited to welcome back New Standard Bluegrass to the Bower Center for our concert series after last years performance had to be canceled due to the pandemic. New Standard brings together a variety of styles and influences ranging from traditional artists to contemporary bluegrass and gospel artists.

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Blue Ridge Mosaic Artists Invitational

    BRMA, Blue Ridge Mosaic Artists, formed in May 2015, originated out of a desire by a few students of mosaics to form a group to share their interests. Mosaic artist, Dotti Stone, who has taught mosaics at Bower Center for the Arts for over 12 years, initiated the formation of the organization, and Janet Chalker, a charter member, helped with the development of the mission statement: We love creating, sharing, and learning about mosaics. We support each other as we explore this once ancient, and now modern, art form.

    This exhibit includes 2-D and 3-D mosaics using various materials by members of BRMA. There will also be a few micromosaics and information about the history of micromosaics, a display of a few works in progress that will include different materials and tools used in creating mosaics, and a description of different mosaics classes that are offered at Bower Center.

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Portals

    PORTALS is a short 50/50 fundraiser exhibit and an adjunct to the Doors Reimagined Project which ends on November 13, 2021 with an auction. Literally: door or doorway, entrance, gateway, rabbit hole, mouse house entrance, keyhole, entrance in to or out of a tunnel, hatch, cave entrance, doorway to fantasyland, gangplank! Whether whimsical or literal.

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Doors Reimagined

Auction: Nov. 7-13

     During renovations to the Bower Center, several old doors were salvaged. As part of our celebration we are offered local artists the opportunity to select one of these doors or they may use one of their own to be reimagined. Maybe a door becomes a mural, a potting bench, a hall tree, a bookcase or something else that will spark our curiosity or imagination. All reimagined doors will be on display Oct. 5 - Nov. 13, 2021 and will be part of an auction event. All proceeds from the auction will benefit the operations of the Bower Center.

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