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SUMMARY:Quintana All-Stars Jazz Band
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Ernest Deane\, Trumpet\, Flugelhorn; Glenn Buck\, keyboards; Ed Mikenas\, bass; Worth Proffitt\, drums; and Austin Seybert\, trombone. \nErnest Deane has been playing playing jazz on trumpet and flugelhorn since he was a student at Dunbar High School in the 1950s. He played with the House Band in Lynchburg\, and for the last 20 years with Quintana\, and then the Quintana All-Stars. \nAfter the passing of Albert Mallet in 2025 and the retirement of Gary Meisner\, Ernest has kept the band together with Glenn Buck moving to piano\, Ed Mikenas on bass\, Worth Proffitt on drums. For this concert the group is joined by Dr. Austin Seybert\, a exciting young trombone player who has recently moved to Amherst and who teaches at Bridgewater College. \nTicket price includes one free cup of coffee\, water\, or soda. Food is available for purchase from Baine’s Books & Coffee.
URL:https://www.arts-index.net/event/quintana-all-stars-jazz-band/
LOCATION:Second Stage Amherst\, 194 2nd Street\, Amherst\, 24521\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="AGAR - Amherst Glebe Arts Response%2C Inc":MAILTO:AmherstGlebeArts@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T190000
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SUMMARY:The Paddy D Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Paddy D (Paddy Dougherty) and the Quartet will bring you new songs and old favorites. Baine’s Books and Coffee will be open from 6:15 pm to 7 pm and again at intermission for you to buy non-alcoholic drinks\, sandwiches and desserts. \nVirginia based singer-songwriter\, Paddy Dougherty\, returns to Second Stage with her bandmates of thirty years. They will perform their own mix of soulful blues\, jazzy ballads\, and commanding originals. \nPaddy\, well known regionally as the voice of the award winning band\, Mainstreet Rhythm & Blues\, spent time on the road as a backup singer for national bluesman\, David Bromberg. She had several of her songs fully orchestrated by legendary arranger\, Charles Callelo and performed in concert with the Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra and Rita Coolidge. For five years\, she toured as a songwriter with Kid Pan Alley writing hundreds of songs for thousands of children. After nearly thirty years of teaching music\, Paddy retired from the classroom to return to the stage with consummate musicians Larry Scott/drums\, Glenn Buck/keyboards and saxophone\, and RobinTolley/bass. \nAmherst Glebe Arts Response (AGAR) is pleased to be able to welcome the quartet back to celebrate Spring!
URL:https://www.arts-index.net/event/the-paddy-d-quartet/
LOCATION:Second Stage Amherst\, 194 2nd Street\, Amherst\, 24521\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="AGAR - Amherst Glebe Arts Response%2C Inc":MAILTO:AmherstGlebeArts@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T190000
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SUMMARY:Storytelling "Still Blossoming"
DESCRIPTION:Second Stage\, 194 Second Street\, Amherst\, VA\, is hosting Storytelling “Still Blossoming” featuring Southern Gothicc Futurist\, Dirtgod Raven Mack. Event starts at 7 p.m. Saturday\, May 9 in the Main Hall. Participants will tell eight-minute stories of their choice\, NO reading from a book and NO notes. Musical interludes will be played by Kevin Packard and Jim Robertson. General admission is $7\, Students and Storytellers are $5. Snacks will be made available. Email secondstageamherst@gmail.com for inquiries.
URL:https://www.arts-index.net/event/storytelling-still-blossoming-2/
LOCATION:Second Stage Amherst\, 194 2nd Street\, Amherst\, 24521\, United States
CATEGORIES:Story Telling
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ORGANIZER;CN="Second Stage Amherst":MAILTO:secondstageamherst@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T200000
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SUMMARY:Quantum Mechanics Jazz: "Back In Time"
DESCRIPTION:Come on out\, tap your toes\, and listen and remember as Ed Mikenas (console steel guitar)\, Andy Aeschbacher (bass)\, and Worth Proffitt (drums) play Western Swing and Early Jazz. Ticket price includes one free cup of coffee\, water\, or soda. Food is available for purchase from Baine’s Books & Coffee. \nIn addition to Western Swing and early jazz\, Ed will showcase a couple of autobiographical tunes from circa 1972 that have relative meaning for today. \nIn their unique musical style\, The Quantum Mechanics will explore the origins of Coffee and bring you some history\, stories\, trivia\, and tales of the Coffeehouse. They will play the Blues\, some Western Swing\, a little Be-bop\, and plenty of original tunes with a nod to Bach’s Coffee Cantata. You will also hear a swinging arrangement they call “A Round of Turkish Coffee” with apologies to Mozart. \nEd Mikenas (console steel guitar\, etc.) came to Virginia from New York City where he had played for television shows such as “Saturday Night Live\,” and at venues including Carnegie Hall\, Madison Square Garden\, and the Apollo. He played in the pit for Grease\, Pippin\, Godspell\, and The Magic Show on Broadway and was a musician and actor off Broadway with the La Mama Experimental Theatre. Ed is a multi-instrumentalist who has been the organist and choir director for Amherst Presbyterian Church since 2007. He taught bass at Radford University for 19 years. He is the jazz ensemble coach for Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg and is adjunct bass professor at the University of Lynchburg. Ed graduated from SUNY Potsdam with a BS in music education\, and has a Master’s degree in Music Performance from the Manhattan School of Music\, NYC. \nWorth Proffitt (drums) is another multi-instrumentalist well known in the Amherst area playing blues with Dennis Johnson in Jump Street and previously as half of Proffitt & Sandige\, both powerful acoustic blues duos. Worth studied blues with Mississippi blues heavyweight Lonnie Pitchford and North Carolina jazz legend\, Brother Jusef Salim. Worth’s blues projects have received numerous awards\, including: 1997 International Blues Challenge\, Charlotte\, NC (Jump Street) and 2004 International Blues Challenge\, Sedalia\, VA. Worth branches out into electric guitar territory as well\, playing rock ‘n’ roll and electric blues with Bill Hudson\, Jack Sutherland\, Malcolm Dentler\, Roy Slaughter. Larry Scott and others. He has been playing gospel guitar for two Lynchburg area churches since 1996: Saint Mark in Amherst and Saint Mary in Lowesville. \nAndy Aeschbacher (bass) is a native of Buffalo\, NY and a founding member of the Quantum Mechanics Jazz Trio who has played in Greater Lynchburg music groups including Quintana\, Feng Sway\, The MP3 Trio\, Code Blue\, Hill City Jazz\, Laurabella Trio\, The Introverts\, Deanie Blues Band\, The Dog Boys and Jimmy Rushing & the Prematures.
URL:https://www.arts-index.net/event/quantum-mechanics-jazz-back-in-time/
LOCATION:Second Stage Amherst\, 194 2nd Street\, Amherst\, 24521\, United States
CATEGORIES:Jazz,Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="AGAR - Amherst Glebe Arts Response%2C Inc":MAILTO:AmherstGlebeArts@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:The Dr. Dudley A. Raine Jr. Memorial Stage Dedication
DESCRIPTION:Second Stage and the Raine Family of Amherst County are inviting the Community to come and celebrate the completion of the new Raine Stage. The stage has been built in memory of Dr. Dudley A. Raine Jr. The Stage Dedication Ceremony will take place Saturday\, April 25th\, beginning at 2 p.m. The event will include a Welcoming by Second Stage President\, John Vandervelde\, a brief dedication speech by Amherst Town Manager\, Sara McGuffin\, the Raine Family will have a ribbon cutting\, and music by Second Stage friend and Member John Deane and the John Deane Band! The event is free and all are invited to attend. Outside at the Raine Stage at 194 Second St.\, Amherst\, VA. 24521.
URL:https://www.arts-index.net/event/the-dr-dudley-a-raine-jr-memorial-stage-dedication/
LOCATION:Second Stage Amherst\, 194 2nd Street\, Amherst\, 24521\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="Second Stage Amherst":MAILTO:secondstageamherst@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T090000
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SUMMARY:Mother's Day Makers Market
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.arts-index.net/event/mothers-day-makers-market/
LOCATION:Second Stage Amherst\, 194 2nd Street\, Amherst\, 24521\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crafts,Making
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ORGANIZER;CN="Second Stage Amherst":MAILTO:secondstageamherst@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T180000
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SUMMARY:Joseph Henson Jazz Quartet
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URL:https://www.arts-index.net/event/joseph-henson-jazz-quartet/
LOCATION:Second Stage Amherst\, 194 2nd Street\, Amherst\, 24521\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="AGAR - Amherst Glebe Arts Response%2C Inc":MAILTO:AmherstGlebeArts@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T180000
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SUMMARY:Morgan Fletcher's "Songs to Love By"
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URL:https://www.arts-index.net/event/morgan-fletchers-songs-to-love-by/
LOCATION:Second Stage Amherst\, 194 2nd Street\, Amherst\, 24521\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="AGAR - Amherst Glebe Arts Response%2C Inc":MAILTO:AmherstGlebeArts@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251228T160000
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SUMMARY:Holiday Sing-Along
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URL:https://www.arts-index.net/event/holiday-sing-along/
LOCATION:Second Stage Amherst\, 194 2nd Street\, Amherst\, 24521\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="Second Stage Amherst":MAILTO:secondstageamherst@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Happiest of Holidays Makers Market
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.arts-index.net/event/happiest-of-holidays-makers-market/
LOCATION:Second Stage Amherst\, 194 2nd Street\, Amherst\, 24521\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crafts
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ORGANIZER;CN="Second Stage Amherst":MAILTO:secondstageamherst@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T200000
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SUMMARY:Ken's Rhythm Changers
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.arts-index.net/event/kens-rhythm-changers-2/
LOCATION:Second Stage Amherst\, 194 2nd Street\, Amherst\, 24521\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="AGAR - Amherst Glebe Arts Response%2C Inc":MAILTO:AmherstGlebeArts@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T210000
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CREATED:20251107T161030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251107T161030Z
UID:10004186-1763146800-1763154000@www.arts-index.net
SUMMARY:Paddy D Quartet "Ready to Sail"
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URL:https://www.arts-index.net/event/paddy-d-quartet-ready-to-sail/
LOCATION:Second Stage Amherst\, 194 2nd Street\, Amherst\, 24521\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="AGAR - Amherst Glebe Arts Response%2C Inc":MAILTO:AmherstGlebeArts@gmail.com
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