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Arts Array Fall 2017 Visiting Author Opening Reception Reading with Mandy Catron In the Trenches Sunday, August 27 September 7 3 p.m. 6-8 p.m. Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church William King Museum Free for everyone As a companion exhibit to The Great War: Printmakers of World War I the William King Museum of Art has collected memorabilia from the Great War— Abingdon native, Mandy Catron, will read from her best-selling new book, How uniforms, weapons, mess kits—to give visitors a chance to imagine the lives of To Fall in Love with Anyone and lecture on the book’s development. Part memoir, soldiers and civilians who lived during this violent and uncertain period of world part philosophical musing, and part scientific findings, Catron’s book explores history. The full exhibit is available September 1 to November 5. what it means to love someone, to be loved and how we present our love to the world. What makes love last? Can love ever work the way it seems to in Spencer-Miller Concert Series movies and books and on social media? Is there a right way to fall in love? Or even a right person to fall in love with? Copies of the book will be for sale at The Checkers of Sound the event. Sponsored by Washington County Public Library’s “Friends of the Library.” Sunday, September 10 3 p.m. Film Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church Hidden Figures $10 Monday and Tuesday, August 28 and 29 The annual Spencer-Miller concert series 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. kicks off with an afternoon of classical music Abingdon Cinemall $7.75 Community Admission from a group of talented performers. Dr. Priscilla Porterfield, Dr. Andrea Cheeseman, Dr. Joseph Trivette, Dr. Karen L. Robertson, and Dr. Rodney Reynersen will each perform during this special event. As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Based on the unbelievably true life stories of three of these women, known as “human computers”, we follow these women as they quickly rose the ranks Day of Service of NASA alongside many of history’s greatest minds specifically tasked with calculating the momentous launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, and guaranteeing his safe return. Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance VHCC will provide volunteer opportunities for students on September and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes. 11 as part of the annual National Day of Service. Please contact Ben Directed by Theodore Melfi. (Rated PG – 127 minutes) King at [email protected] for a list of planned activities. Film Film Lion Monday and Tuesday, September 4 and 5 The Lost City of Z 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, September 11 and 12 Abingdon Cinemall 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. $7.75 Community Admission Abingdon Cinemall $7.75 Community Admission

In this adaptation of the memoir A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley, a five-year- old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after he gets lost in Calcutta. During an expedition in the Amazon in 1906, British explorer Years later, he struggles with his memories of his birth family, and decides to begin (Charlie Hunnam) grows obsessed with finding a lost city that could be the key a search for them. Dev Patel stars as the adult Brierley in this drama directed by to understanding the origins of human civilization. Over the next two decades, Garth Davis. Nicole Kidman, David Wenham, and Rooney Mara co-star. (Rated he returns to the Amazon multiple times in the hope of unearthing its location. PG-13 – 121 minutes) , Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, and co-star in this adaptation of David Grann’s 2009 nonfiction novel. Directed by Opening Reception (The Immigrant, We Own the Night). (Rated PG-13 – 140 minutes) The Great War: Printmakers of World War I Film September 7 Certain Women 6-8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, September 18 and 19 William King Museum 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Abingdon Cinemall $7.75 Community Admission World War I, when it began in 1914, was called the war to end all wars, the Great War. It was, at that time, the bloodiest conflict in history, involving more than thirty nations and costing more than seventeen million lives. It was a war fought A lawyer () deals with a hostage crisis in this ensemble drama about in the trenches with machine guns and chemical weapons. For the first time in a women living in Montana. Elsewhere, a wife and mother (Michelle Williams) conflict, war planes took to the skies and armed submarines lurked in the seas. tries to build a cottage home, and a female ranch worker (Lily Gladstone) falls for The stories and emotional impact of the war are documented in 27 prints by a young woman () who teaches adult-education classes. Written British and American artists from the Frank Raysor Collection, on loan from and directed by , Certain Women made its world premiere at the the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The full exhibit is available September 1 to 2016 Sundance Film Festival. (Rated R – 108 minutes) November 5. Film Opening Reception Wakefield From These Hills Monday and Tuesday, September 25 and 26 October 5 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. 6-8 p.m. Abingdon Cinemall William King Museum $7.75 Community Admission William King Museum of Art continues to celebrate the diversity of regional Television legend, Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) stars in this character study artistic talent with its biennial exhibition, From These Hills: Contemporary Art about the triumphs and tragedies of personal isolation. A lawyer and family in the Southern Appalachian Highlands, a major exhibition of new works by man (Cranston), unable to deal with life’s frustrations any longer, starts living artists working in all media in Southwest Virginia, Northeast Tennessee, Western in the attic of his suburban home. He then spies on his wife (Jennifer Garner) North Carolina, Southern West Virginia, and Eastern Kentucky. The full exhibit and children, who believe he has vanished without a trace. Written and directed is available October 5 to February 11. by Robin Swicord. (Rated R – 109 minutes) Spencer-Miller Concert Series

Washington County Library “Big Read” Film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Monday, October 2 7:30 p.m. Abingdon Cinemall Free for Everyone

This is the tale of Harry Potter, an ordinary 11-year-old boy who learns that he is actually a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is snatched away from his mundane existence Paramount Chamber Players by Hagrid, the grounds keeper for Hogwarts, and quickly thrown into a world Sunday, October 8 • 3 p.m. at Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church, $10 completely foreign to both him and the viewer. Famous for an incident that We refer to the 65 Mustang, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, the I Love Lucy happened at his birth, Harry makes friends easily at his new school. He soon Show, and Elvis’ Can’t Help Falling in Love with You as classics because each in finds, however, that the wizarding world is far more dangerous for him than he their own way clearly defined a cultural moment. Similarly, the music of Haydn would have imagined. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for Mozart, and Beethoven defines The Classical Period, music composed between the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. 1750-1820. The Paramount Chamber Players along with guest pianist, Wayne Johnson of Kingsport, TN, presents a program illustrating the pure classicism of these great composers.

Film A Monster Calls Washington County Library “Big Read” Event Monday and Tuesday, October 2 and 3 Fantasy Icon Charles Vess 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 8 Abingdon Cinemall 3 p.m. $7.75 Community Admission Washington County Public Library Free for Everyone

A young boy (Lewis MacDougall) befriends a wise tree monster (voiced by ) while coping with bullying and the terminal illness of his mother Internationally-acclaimed fantasy artist Charles Vess is the keynote speaker for (). He moves in with his grandmother (Sigourney Weaver) as his The Big Read and is illustrating the 50th-anniversary re-issue of Ursula K. Le mom’s condition deteriorates, and uses his imagination and friendship with Guin’s Earthsea series. He discusses the books, Le Guin and how he brought the monster to escape reality. J.A. Bayona (The Impossible) directed this fantasy her vision of a world to life. He has exhibited in New York, San Francisco, drama. (Rated PG-13 – 108 minutes) Atlanta, Spain and Italy, among others. He drew 175 illustrations for Neil Gaiman’s Stardust, which became a major motion picture. He has received many awards including a Locus Award, World Fantasy Awards for Best Artist and Best Short Story, Eisner Awards and more. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Barter Theatre Production Sherlock Holmes Non-Credit Music Classes at VHCC Tuesday, October 3 Class Voice 1 is offered Mondays & Wednesdays, 12:30 to 1:45 pm, $80 7:30 p.m. Women’s Choir is offered Tuesdays, 5:30 to 7:30 pm, $80 Barter Theatre Main Stage Guitar & Ukulele Theory/Practice is offered Tuesdays, 12:30 to 1:45, $96 Limited student tickets distributed via VHCC email Community members are invited to join these non-credit courses offered through the Division of Workforce Development & Continuing Education. For Inspired by the Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by R. Hamilton Wright. details or registration assistance, please call (276) 739-2430. Sherlock Holmes is back on the Barter Theatre stage with a new adventure. It’s Queen Victoria’s 50th year on the British Throne and Annie Oakley is the toast of London with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Extravaganza. Join the chase full of mystery, suspense, deceit and brilliant deductions as Victorian is smashed together with the Wild West in a case that only Sherlock Holmes can unravel. Directed by Katy Brown. Washington County Library “Big Read” Film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey The National Monday, October 9 Society of Leadership 7:30 p.m. Abingdon Cinemall and Success Free for Everyone

Bilbo Baggins is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard VHCC is proud to be a member of The National Society of Leadership and Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led Success, a national organization that each year helps students across by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the nation discover and attain their goals. The VHCC Chapter accepts the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly new members each semester and invites community members to attend Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. First they must escape the special broadcasts featuring nationally known speakers. Speakers were goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever ... Gollum. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in still being finalized at the time of publication, but please go to www. partnership with Arts Midwest. societyleadership.org for details about upcoming events or contact Paige Kelly at [email protected] or Mark Wildman at [email protected] for membership information. Film The Founder Monday and Tuesday, October 9 and 10 Washington County Library “Big Read” Film 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Abingdon Cinemall Stardust $7.75 Community Admission Monday, October 16 7:30 p.m. Abingdon Cinemall This biopic of businessman Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) chronicles his work Free for Everyone transforming McDonald’s from a small burger chain in 1950s California to a global franchise. Along the way, he wrests control of the company from its actual The passage from this world to the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold is through a founders, the McDonald brothers (Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch), who breach in a wall beside an English village. In the 1800s, a boy becomes a man believe that Kroc’s business decisions are stripping the restaurant of its heart and when he ventures through the breach in pursuit of a fallen star, to prove his soul. Directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks). (Rated love for the village beauty. The star is no lump of rock; it’s a maiden, Yvaine. PG-13 – 115 minutes) Tristan, the youth, is not the only one looking for her: three witches, led by Lamia, want her heart to make them young; and, the sons of the dead king of Washington County Library “Big Read” Event Stormhold want her because she holds a ruby that will give one of them title to Reading with Jennifer Estep the throne. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in Saturday, October 14 partnership with Arts Midwest. 2 p.m. Washington County Public Library Film Free for Everyone My Cousin Rachel Monday and Tuesday, October 16 and 17 New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Estep speaks about building a 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. world for your characters to inhabit at the Washington County Public Library Abingdon Cinemall in Abingdon. She is the author of the Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series, $7.75 Community Admission the Black Blade young adult urban fantasy, the Mythos Academy young adult urban fantasy series and the Bigtime paranormal romance series. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. A dark romance, My Cousin Rachel tells the story of a young Englishman who plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin (Rachel Weisz), believing that she murdered his guardian. However, his feelings become complicated as he Washington County Library “Big Read” Event finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms. Based on the 1951 novel by British author, Daphne du Maurier. Written for film and directed by Reading with Sharyn McCrumb Roger Mitchell (Notting Hill, Hyde Park on Hudson). (Rated PG-13 – 106 minutes) Sunday, October 15 3 p.m. Washington County Library “Big Read” Event Washington County Public Library Free for Everyone Fiction Workshop with Dr. Mark Baumgartner Saturday, October 21 1 p.m. Washington County Public Library Regional-favorite Sharyn McCrumb will lecture about and read from the 12th Free for Everyone novel in her Ballad series, The Unquiet Grave. It is based on one of the most Mark D. Baumgartner is an associate professor at ETSU and director of the famous ghost stories in the Appalachian region--the Greenbrier Ghost in West minor in creative writing. His work has been featured in journals such as The Virginia. Zona Heaster Shue’s death in 1897 was presumed to be natural until Southern Review, Bellingham Review, Yemassee, Phoebe, Tampa Review and Wisconsin her spirit appeared to her mother to describe how her husband killed her. An Review, and he has worked as a fiction editor atMid-American Review, River Styx autopsy on her exhumed body verified the ghost’s account. Her husband was and Witness. He earned an MFA degree from Bowling Green State University in convicted of the murder--the only known case in which the testimony from 2005, and a PhD from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in 2010, where he a ghost helped to convict a murderer. Sponsored by Washington County Public was a Schaeffer/Black Mountain Fellow in creative writing. NEA Big Read is a Library’s “Friends of the Library.” program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Washington County Library “Big Read” Film Washington County Library “Big Read” Event Maleficent Fantasia Concert Monday, October 23 Sunday, October 29 7:30 p.m. 3 p.m. Abingdon Cinemall Emory & Henry College Free for Everyone McGlothlin Center for the Arts $20 A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens Many adults remember the sense of wonder when they first experienced Fantasia the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but as children. The Symphony of the Mountains re-creates that magical feeling for she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal - an act that begins to turn her pure a new generation, as it brings a live symphony together with movie clips from heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king’s the Disney classic films Fantasia and Fantasia 2000. As part of NEA’s “The Big successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. NEA Read” project, the symphony partners with Emory & Henry College faculty and Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with students, Washington County Public Library, and children from local public- Arts Midwest school music programs to present this concert at the McGlothlin Center for the Arts in Emory, VA. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Spencer-Miller Concert Series Washington County Library “Big Read” Film David Burgess, Latin Guitarist Cinderella Tuesday, October 24 Monday, October 30 7p.m. 7:30 p.m. Keyser-Aday Theatre at VHCC Abingdon Cinemall Free for Everyone Praised by musicians and critics worldwide for his polished technique and flamboyant style, David Burgess is recognized as one of today’s outstanding A girl named Ella (Cinderella) has the purest heart living in a cruel world filled guitarists. His international appearances as soloist and chamber musician have taken him to concert halls throughout North and South America, with evil stepsisters and an evil stepmother out to ruin Ella’s life. Ella comes one Europe and the Far East. Highlights of recent seasons include several concert with her pure heart when she meets the prince and dances her way to a better tours of Europe, repeated recitals in New York, Philadelphia, Washington life with glass shoes, and a little help from her fairy godmother, of course. A live- DC and more. Formerly a student of Andres Segovia, he has won prizes in action retelling of the classic fairytale about a servant stepdaughter who is abused international guitar competitions in New York, City, Toronto and by her jealous stepmother and stepsisters after her father died. NEA Big Read is Munich. The program will include music by some of Latin America’s finest a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. guitarists and composers of all time, including Brazilian bossa nova and sambas, Argentine tangos, and classic Cuban works. Film Personal Shopper Film Monday and Tuesday, October 30 and 31 The Big Sick 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, October 23 and 24 Abingdon Cinemall 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. $7.75 Community Admission Abingdon Cinemall $7.75 Community Admission Halloween Horror Flick: A Hitchcock-esque thriller, Director Olivier Assayas reunites with Kristen Stewart in this drama about a young woman who works as a personal shopper to an egotistical celebrity in Paris. While spending much of A Pakistani-American standup comedian (Kumail Nanjiani) falls for a white grad her time buying expensive clothes and jewelry for Kyra (Nora von Waldstätten), student (Zoe Kazan), and decides to keep their uncertain romance a secret from Maureen (Stewart) is also a spiritual medium trying to make contact with her his traditionalist, Muslim family. However, their relationship gets more serious twin brother, who recently died of a congenital heart condition that affects her when she develops a mysterious illness, which in turn forces him to bond with as well. (Rated R – 105 minutes) her parents (Holly Hunter and Ray Romano). Emily V. Gordon and Nanjiani wrote this romantic comedy, which is based on their real-life courtship. Directed by Michael Showalter, The Big Sick made its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Since its inception in 1967, Virginia Highlands Film Festival. (Rated R – 119 minutes) Community College has been committed to making our region a better place to live, to Spirit Tour work, and to learn. We’re proud of the role Donnamarie Emmert’s Ghost Tours we’ve played in strengthening the community Monday, October 23, through Friday, October 27 and enriching the lives of those who have 7:30 p.m. passed through our doors. We continue our Martha Washington Inn Gazebo commitment to excellence this fall by looking Student tickets distributed via email back at five incredible decades with those who have shared in our success. We invite you to be part of our very special celebrations. The reigning “Haint Mistress” of Abingdon, Donnamarie Emmert, will be taking to the streets this Halloween season, sharing ghost stories, folklore, and Please go to www.vhcc.edu/50 for details history of the town. A select number of free student tickets will be distributed about events planned events. for October 23 through 27. Tours will begin at the gazebo next to the Martha Washington Hotel at 7:30 p.m. and will last approximately two hours. NOTE: Not recommended for children under 10 or any sort of wheeled conveyances. The tours are available for community members October 13-15, 19-30 at the cost of $15.00 each. Reservations are not required, but larger groups can call, Celebrating 50 Years Looking Back. Moving Forward. 276-706-6093, for private tour dates. Washington County Library “Big Read” Film Spencer-Miller Concert Series Fantastic Beasts and Jazz: America’s Music Where to Find Them Sunday, November 12 Monday, November 6 3 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church Abingdon Cinemall $10 Free for Everyone Holding a mysterious leather suitcase in his hand, Newt Scamander, a young A recital chronologically demonstrating all styles of Jazz and seeking to educate activist wizard from England, visits New York while he is on his way to Arizona. listeners to the origins and development of Jazz music. You’ll hear styles including Inside his expanding suitcase hides a wide array of diverse, magical creatures that Dixieland, African-inspired works, Big Band Swing, Bebop, Cool Jazz, Latin, exist among us, ranging from tiny, twig-like ones, to majestic and humongous and Fusion, performed by an amazing collection of professional musicians. ones. It is the middle of the 20s and times are troubled since the already fragile Composers include Gershwin, Hancock, Gillespie, and Strayhorn. This popular equilibrium of secrecy between the unseen world of wizards and the ordinary exciting concert is back by demand & will be led by Dr. Joseph Trivette the or “No-Maj” people that the MACUSA Congress struggles to maintain, is at risk Artistic Director and Pianist. Trivette is the holder of the Albert Endowed Chair of being unsettled. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the of Music at Southwest Virginia Community College. His various ensembles have Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. achieved outstanding local and national acclaim.

Film Film Silence Monday and Tuesday, November 6 and 7 T2:Trainspotting 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, November 13 and 14 Abingdon Cinemall 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. $7.75 Community Admission Abingdon Cinemall $7.75 Community Admission In this passion project from director (who spent nearly three decades trying to get it made), a 17th century Portuguese Jesuit priest (Andrew Directed by film icon Danny Boyle, this sequel to the seminal ‘90s indie smash Garfield) receives word that his mentor (Liam Neeson) has renounced his faith Trainspotting catches up with its quartet of Scottish junkies twenty years later. while on a mission in Japan. Concerned, he travels to the island nation with Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) finally returns to after a long exile in another clergyman (Adam Driver) to investigate, only to find that the country’s Amsterdam, and he soon reunites with his old pals Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller) Christian population are being systematically exterminated. Witnessing the and Spud (Ewen Bremner). As he tries to help Spud kick his heroin addiction inglorious reality of torture and martyrdom committed against Japanese and gets caught up in a scheme to open a brothel with Sick Boy, Renton is Christians rocks his faith to the core. Based on Shusaku Endo’s acclaimed 1966 targeted by the sociopathic Begbie (Robert Carlyle), who wants revenge for his novel. (Rated R – 161 minutes) past misdeeds. WARNING: Contains extremely mature content. Viewer discretion advised. (Rated R – 118 minutes) Barter Theatre Production The Music Man Tuesday, November 7 VHCC Theatre Production 7:30 p.m. Barter Theatre Main Stage Student tickets distributed via VHCC email

Never seen before on Barter Theatre’s stage. The fast-talking “Professor” Harold Hill convinces the parents of River City, Iowa, to buy band instruments and uniforms for their youngsters to save them from the corrupting influence of the local pool hall. In the process, he falls for the local librarian, Marian Paroo. Chaos ensues as Hill’s credentials are questioned, and the town is divided in their belief in this charismatic man. This story features some of musical theatre’s great characters including Mrs. Paroo, Winthrop, Hill’s sidekick Marcellus, Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, and a host of others performed by Barter’s Resident Acting Company, who you know and love. Featuring songs from Willson’s timeless score including “Goodnight, My Someone,” “Seventy-Six Trombones,” “Shipoopi,” “(Ya Got) Trouble,” and “Till There Was You.”

Emory & Henry Literary Festival The Great War Revisited Author Reading by Crystal Wilkinson Thursday- Saturday, November 16-18 at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 9 Sunday, November 19 at 2:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Keyser-Aday Theatre at VHCC McGlothlin Center for the Arts at Emory & Henry $5 Community Admission Free for everyone Students from VHCC’s Theatre Arts program will present this medley of songs, poems, scenes and monologues from World War I, including works by A.E. The two-day festival celebrates Appalachian literature with sessions that are open Houseman, Thomas Hardy, Bertolt Brecht, George Bernard Shaw; and featuring to the public on Thursday, November 9, and Friday, November 10, at 10:30 a.m., Sir James Barrie’s classic one-act play, “The Old Lady Shows Her Medals.” The 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. each day. The festival culminates on Friday at 7:30 play will be directed and designed by VHCC Professor Emeritus Gary Aday. p.m. with a reading by featured author Crystal Wilkinson, author of Blackberries, Blackberries; Water Street; and The Birds of Opulence, which won the Ernest J. For information about theater classes or opportunities to join the theater program Gaines Award. Wilkinson was raised by her grandparents in eastern Kentucky. at VHCC, please contact the VHCC Division of Arts & Sciences at (276) 739-2433. Film Opening Reception Beatriz at Dinner Dressed by Design Monday and Tuesday, November 20 and 21 December 7 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. 6-8 p.m. Abingdon Cinemall William King Museum $7.75 Community Admission

Giorgio Armani, Alexander McQueen, Ralph Lauren, and Fran Keuling-Stout – A medical caregiver (Salma Hayek) is invited to have dinner at the home of a three “haute couture” fashion designers and one woman who was their customer wealthy client, and she soon interrogates a fellow guest over the morality of bring the world of fashion to William King Museum of Art. The couturier takes how he’s earned his money. John Lithgow, Chloë Sevigny, Connie Britton, and the occupation of designing clothes to an art form. Only a few of their customers Jay Duplass co-star. Directed by Miguel Arteta, Beatriz at Dinner made its world possess the personal flair that takes the art of dressing to the same level. These premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. (Rated R – 83 minutes) designers and others featured in Dressed by Design are well-known names, but their stylish customer from Big Stone Gap, Virginia, is known only to a few. This VHCC Musical Event exhibition will joins them together, the designers and the dressed, for a glimpse into the realm of clothes where art, style, and fashion are fused into one. The full VHCC Women’s Chorus exhibit is available November 17-March 18. Saturday, December 2 1 p.m. Musical Event Abingdon Arts Depot Free for Everyone Heart of Appalachia Community Orchestra Come enjoy the wonderful festive sounds of this fine ensemble as they perform a Friday, December 8 variety of Christmas music. For many years, this has exclusively been a women’s 7 p.m. choral group. They have enjoyed having men’s voices with them from time to Keyser-Aday Theatre time but are back to featuring the beauty of female voices uniting in song this $5 Donation Appreciated season. This group is comprised of students, faculty, staff, high school and community members. It is open to all women that like to sing. Enjoy the Art displays and refreshments while you are listening to the lovely sounds of these The orchestra is directed by Kevin Townsend and made up primarily of music ladies. This group is directed by Mary Munsey and accompanied by Chris Yoder. hobbyists, people who just enjoy listening to and playing music. The group also has a few music educators or former music educators, but most members have a non-music related career. They range in age from high school through retirees. Most members come from the Lebanon and Abingdon areas, but they also have Concert members who drive from Kentucky and North Carolina. Symphony of the Mountains A Season to Believe Spencer-Miller Concert Series Sunday, December 3 3 p.m. Southwest Virginia Higher Ed Center $30 General Admission

Join this full professional orchestra directed by Cornelia L. Orth, the Voices of the Mountains, Mountain Mission School Choir from Grundy VA, the Mountain Empire Choral Academy and the Academy of Strings as they perform well-known tunes filled with the beauty of the holiday spirit. A Season to Believe will renew your sense of wonder. There will be a cookie and punch reception after with a special visit from Santa Claus. Tickets are free for all area students but seating is limited. VHCC students may request tickets in the campus library.

Scottish Fiddler Jamie Laval and Friends Sunday, December 10 VHCC Musical Event 3 p.m. Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church VHCC Choirs $10 General Admission Christmas Concert Jamie Laval’s Celtic Christmas captures the beauty and atmosphere of Scotland, Tuesday, December 5 Ireland, Brittany, and Iceland during the holidays. An entertaining and thought- 7:30 p.m. provoking family holiday experience, the show weaves a tapestry of music, Keyser-Aday Theatre dance, poetry, and stories which hearken back to the ancient Celtic celebrations $5 Donation Appreciated associated with the Winter Solstice and Christmas. Headlining the show is Asheville-based violinist and storyteller Jamie Laval who in 2002 won the U.S. The annual concert by the VHCC Day Choir and Women’s Chorus has become National Scottish Fiddle Championship. He has performed for Her Majesty a tradition in past years. Both of these choirs are open to community members. The Queen, appeared on the NBC Today show, and presented a TEDx Talk. The concert will blend sacred and secular favorites and will feature soloists and Laval’s recent album Murmurs and Drones won the popular vote for “Best World instrumentalists. The program will provide something for everyone and will put Traditional Album” in the 2012 Independent Music Awards. you in the Holiday spirit. Come and enjoy the wonderful music these students and community members will present. The groups are directed by Mary Munsey Joining Laval is a cast of nationally-acclaimed Celtic performers including and accompanied by Chris Yoder. bagpiper, bombardist, Celtic harpist, and an exceptional soprano. • All Arts Array activities are free for the faculty, staff and students of Virginia Highlands Community College. • Staff members and students of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, including participants in the College for Older Adults who purchase an Arts Array pass, may attend all films and concerts in the Spencer-Miller Memorial Concert series for free. • All films are free for students and staff members of Emory & Henry College and King University.

For additional information about the Arts Array, please contact Phil Ferguson • [email protected] • (276) 739-2459 regarding film and drama events and Mary Munsey • [email protected] • (276) 739-2454 regarding concerts.

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