Make a Lucky Charms Bracelet at Queen City Bistro

Avoid the pinches and embrace the Kitsch with our Saint Patrick’s Day Lucky Charm Bracelets! We’ll have beads, charms, & cord in abundance, so bring your friends & your inner child and come play with us during Late Nite at QCB.

Bring Your Own Craft to Staunton Makerspace

Have a craft you’re working on?  Bring it down to Staunton Makerspace and work on your craft while you chat, snack, and help build a community.

Science Talk: Appreciating and Promoting Native Bees in Local Landscaping at the Wayne Theatre

This talk will feature the University of Virginia’s T’ai Roulston highlighting research and natural history on Virginia’s native bee species. Wild bee species pollinate the bulk of native plants in Virginia’s wild areas, are the most frequent pollinators of home gardens and often dominate pollination on small farms. They work alongside European honey bees pollinating major crops on large farms but only if the broader landscape supports their populations. This talk will describe some of the different life histories of native bee species, the challenges they face in our landscape, and some things that can help keep them around. This is a Pay What You Will Event

Paint and Sip at Ciders from Mars

Join Ciders from Mars to learn how to paint Picking Daisies in a step-by-step format, no experience necessary! Your ticket includes an 11×14 canvas and acrylic paint. Each class is taught by a professional artist that will guide you through various techniques at a comfortable pace.

Red Beard Brewing is Hosting an Oscar Watch Party

Come watch the Oscars with Red Beard Brewing!! Hosted by Kevin! They will have ballots to fill out, prizes to give away, and free snacks!!

Staunton High School Storm Theater Presents Mean Girls

Mean Girls follows Cady Heron navigating the social hierarchy of a suburban Illinois high school, taking on the popular clique “The Plastics,” led by Regina George. More information and showtimes can be found at the Staunton High School website

QCMS Presents: Joe Newberry Songwriting Workshop & Listening Room Concert

QCMS Presents: Joe Newberry Songwriting Workshop & Listening Room Concert Join us in person for an awesome afternoon and evening with Joe Newberry! Dive into songwriting techniques and gain inspiration during the interactive workshop, go grab some dinner, then join us in The Shop for an intimate listening room concert with a solo performance from the legend himself. About the Songwriting Workshop 1-5pm: Award-winning songwriter Joe Newberry will help you focus on making your good songs even better, or get you started if you only have a trunk full of ideas. The workshop will use examples of different types of songs—narrative, chorus/verse, free-form—with an eye and ear toward simplifying the words to uncover the heart of the song. Through word play and writing, writing, and more writing, the song in your head can become the song on your lips! Joe will share stories from the road, his successes and challenges, examples of writings in progress, and he’ll talk about his songwriting and performing process. Then it is time to get down to the business of writing and working on songs. Students will be encouraged to share works in progress, wherever they are in the process, even if their journey is just beginning. Dinner Break 5-6:30pm There are many fabulous restaurants within walking distance to our downtown Studios, and we’d be happy to make some recommendations. About The Concert 7-9pm: 6:30pm: Doors Open 7-9pm: Listening Room Concert in the 1st Floor Storefront at Queen City Music Studios There may or may not be an intermission, so feel free to move around, get up and stretch, or use the restroom as needed. 100% of merch goes to the performer, so be sure to visit their merch table before or after the concert. Workshop & Concert Tickets get you BOTH experiences, or you can purchase tickets for one or the other. About Joe’s Music Known around the world for his clawhammer banjo playing, Joe Newberry is also a powerful guitarist, singer and songwriter. A longtime and frequent guest on A Prairie Home Companion, he sang on the Transatlantic Sessions tour of the U.K., and at the Transatlantic Session’s U.S. debut at Merlefest. The Gibson Brothers’ version of his song “Singing As We Rise” won an IBMA “Gospel Recorded Performance” Award, and with Eric Gibson, he shared the IBMA “Song of the Year” Award for “They Called It Music.” “His lyrics read like a cross between Longfellow and Johnny Cash. The muse is sometimes gentle and other times rough. But she never strays too far from Joe Newberry’s side.” — Independent Weekly “Most contemporary old-time artists get their inspiration from recordings either commercial or field made. Most of the time the artists spend their energy trying to copy the sound of their source. Joe Newberry goes one step further… He takes the music and makes it his own, and always respectfully.” — SingOut! Transatlantic Sessions review… “Appalachian veteran Joe Newberry allied his trenchant, raw-boned holler with lickety-split banjo picking.” — The Scotsman Newspaper About Queen City Music Studios: School, Shop, Special Events Music Store, Community Music Gatherings, Workshops, Rehearsal Space, House Concerts & Music School offering lessons and group classes for all ages, styles, and levels of music. Queen City Music Studios was founded by Molly Rose Murphy in 2015 and began as an alternative school of music for learning by ear. Over a decade later, they provide booking, event management & production services, employing over twenty professional musicians & instructors. The shop staff operate a full-service music store providing quality new & used instruments, accessories & repairs. Molly’s Musikgarten is a licensed & certified Musikgarten program offering early development Family Music classes. Visit their website for more info: www.queencitymusicstudios.com We are stoked to learn from, connect with, and soak up some of Joe Newberry’s fantastic music and energy! Don’t miss out on this unique experience with Queen City Music Studios: School, Shop, Special Events!!

QCMS Presents: Bill Evans & Alan Munde House Concert

Chill vibes at the Bill Evans & Alan Munde house concert—amazing tunes, cozy spot, don’t miss out! QCMS Presents: A House Concert with Bill Evans & Alan Munde NEW DATE JUST ANNOUNCED! Get ready for an awesome & intimate evening with Bill Evans and Alan Munde: two legends of bluegrass banjo join forces to perform bluegrass, old-time, jazz and much more in a special Spring House Concert at The Queen City Music Studios Storefront Listening Room! Tickets: $30 presale | $35 at the door as space allows Doors: 7pm | Music 7:30-9pm

International Women’s Weekend

Valley Women’s Weekend is a multi-day experience created for women in business to step away from the day-to-day, reconnect with themselves, and build meaningful relationships with other women entrepreneurs. This weekend will also highlight and showcase women-owned businesses across our community, encouraging attendees to intentionally support, celebrate, and invest in the work of women entrepreneurs.  

Tree Planting – Youth & Adult Volunteers

Join the Youth Volunteers Corps, the Lewis Creek Water Shed Committee, and the Tree Stewards at the new Staunton-Augusta YMCA property on New Hope Road in Staunton to plant 45 trees and 100 wetland bushes across 6 different planting days along both sides of Lewis Creek. Youth aged 11-18 encouraged to attend and will help lead this endeavor by planting trees and bushes, making decisions, and learning about the impact this particular project will make on our local ecosystem. Adult volunteers are welcome to attend and help plant as well, though the focus is to give youth volunteers leadership roles. Come to one or come to all, bring some water, dress warm and wear pants, and we’ll have gloves to share! Cancellation due to weather will be given within 24hrs. For more information or to RSVP for a day, email us at saymcayvc@gmail.com