Martinsville Tourism https://www.visitmartinsville.com/events-calendar/category/performing-arts/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:24:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.visitmartinsville.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-MHCOT_Tourism_icon-transparent-background-32x32.png Martinsville Tourism https://www.visitmartinsville.com/events-calendar/category/performing-arts/ 32 32 TheatreWorks Community Players presents: Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner https://www.visitmartinsville.com/event/theatreworks-community-players-presents-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner/2026-01-29/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.visitmartinsville.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=15939 Synopsis: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner follows a liberal, affluent white couple in 1960s San Francisco whose progressive values are tested when their daughter brings her Black physician fiancé home […]

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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner follows a liberal, affluent white couple in 1960s San Francisco whose progressive values are tested when their daughter brings her Black physician fiancé home for dinner. The play explores the parents’ struggle to reconcile their publicly stated ideals with their personal feelings and hidden prejudices, while also confronting the potential disapproval of the fiancé’s own parents and the family’s long-serving, disapproving maid. The core of the story is the family’s confrontation with prejudice and the question of whether their values extend to their own home and family.

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]]> TheatreWorks Community Players presents: Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner https://www.visitmartinsville.com/event/theatreworks-community-players-presents-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner/2026-01-30/ Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.visitmartinsville.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=15939 Synopsis: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner follows a liberal, affluent white couple in 1960s San Francisco whose progressive values are tested when their daughter brings her Black physician fiancé home […]

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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner follows a liberal, affluent white couple in 1960s San Francisco whose progressive values are tested when their daughter brings her Black physician fiancé home for dinner. The play explores the parents’ struggle to reconcile their publicly stated ideals with their personal feelings and hidden prejudices, while also confronting the potential disapproval of the fiancé’s own parents and the family’s long-serving, disapproving maid. The core of the story is the family’s confrontation with prejudice and the question of whether their values extend to their own home and family.

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]]> TheatreWorks Community Players presents: Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner https://www.visitmartinsville.com/event/theatreworks-community-players-presents-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner/2026-01-31/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.visitmartinsville.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=15939 Synopsis: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner follows a liberal, affluent white couple in 1960s San Francisco whose progressive values are tested when their daughter brings her Black physician fiancé home […]

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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner follows a liberal, affluent white couple in 1960s San Francisco whose progressive values are tested when their daughter brings her Black physician fiancé home for dinner. The play explores the parents’ struggle to reconcile their publicly stated ideals with their personal feelings and hidden prejudices, while also confronting the potential disapproval of the fiancé’s own parents and the family’s long-serving, disapproving maid. The core of the story is the family’s confrontation with prejudice and the question of whether their values extend to their own home and family.

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]]> TheatreWorks Community Players presents: Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner https://www.visitmartinsville.com/event/theatreworks-community-players-presents-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner/2026-02-06/ Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.visitmartinsville.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=15939 Synopsis: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner follows a liberal, affluent white couple in 1960s San Francisco whose progressive values are tested when their daughter brings her Black physician fiancé home […]

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]]> Synopsis:

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner follows a liberal, affluent white couple in 1960s San Francisco whose progressive values are tested when their daughter brings her Black physician fiancé home for dinner. The play explores the parents’ struggle to reconcile their publicly stated ideals with their personal feelings and hidden prejudices, while also confronting the potential disapproval of the fiancé’s own parents and the family’s long-serving, disapproving maid. The core of the story is the family’s confrontation with prejudice and the question of whether their values extend to their own home and family.

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]]> African American Read-in + Family Day https://www.visitmartinsville.com/event/african-american-read-in-family-day/ Sat, 07 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.visitmartinsville.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=12892 The annual African American Read-in + Family Day will take place from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 7 at Piedmont Arts. Visitors can view books on loan from the collection […]

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]]> The annual African American Read-in + Family Day will take place from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 7 at Piedmont Arts.

Visitors can view books on loan from the collection of Joyce and Kenneth Staples. A craft for kids and snacks will be available. This event is admission free. All ages are welcome.

This event is held in conjunction with the National African American Read-in, a groundbreaking effort to encourage communities to read together, centering on African American books and authors. The initiative was established in 1990 by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English to make literacy a significant part of Black History Month. It has reached more than six million participants around the world.

Sponsored by Brightspeed and Carter Bank.

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]]> TheatreWorks Community Players presents: Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner https://www.visitmartinsville.com/event/theatreworks-community-players-presents-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner/2026-02-07/ Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.visitmartinsville.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=15939 Synopsis: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner follows a liberal, affluent white couple in 1960s San Francisco whose progressive values are tested when their daughter brings her Black physician fiancé home […]

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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner follows a liberal, affluent white couple in 1960s San Francisco whose progressive values are tested when their daughter brings her Black physician fiancé home for dinner. The play explores the parents’ struggle to reconcile their publicly stated ideals with their personal feelings and hidden prejudices, while also confronting the potential disapproval of the fiancé’s own parents and the family’s long-serving, disapproving maid. The core of the story is the family’s confrontation with prejudice and the question of whether their values extend to their own home and family.

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]]> TheatreWorks Community Players presents: Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner https://www.visitmartinsville.com/event/theatreworks-community-players-presents-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner/2026-02-08/ Sun, 08 Feb 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.visitmartinsville.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=15939 Synopsis: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner follows a liberal, affluent white couple in 1960s San Francisco whose progressive values are tested when their daughter brings her Black physician fiancé home […]

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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner follows a liberal, affluent white couple in 1960s San Francisco whose progressive values are tested when their daughter brings her Black physician fiancé home for dinner. The play explores the parents’ struggle to reconcile their publicly stated ideals with their personal feelings and hidden prejudices, while also confronting the potential disapproval of the fiancé’s own parents and the family’s long-serving, disapproving maid. The core of the story is the family’s confrontation with prejudice and the question of whether their values extend to their own home and family.

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]]> Dancing for the Arts 2026 https://www.visitmartinsville.com/event/dancing-for-the-arts-2026/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.visitmartinsville.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=12896 Piedmont Arts’ fabulous fundraiser returns with a fresh slate of local celebrities dancing in support of the arts from 3-5 p.m., Saturday, March 14 at Martinsville High School Auditorium. The […]

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]]> Piedmont Arts’ fabulous fundraiser returns with a fresh slate of local celebrities dancing in support of the arts from 3-5 p.m., Saturday, March 14 at Martinsville High School Auditorium.

The contest features eight teams competing to win the most votes, the highest score from the judges and a set of gorgeous mirror ball trophies.

Your votes ($1 = 1 vote) benefit your favorite teams and raise money to support Piedmont Arts programming in Martinsville-Henry County. Each team’s final score is made up of a combination of your votes and the judges’ scores. The team with the highest final score wins the grand prize. To double your votes ($1 = 2 votes) and make those dollars really count, you can apply your total donation toward a Piedmont Arts membership. A $40 minimum is required for this option.

Admission tickets are $30 for reserved seating, $20 for general admission and $10 for students in grades K-12.

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]]> Mike Wiley: A Game Apart https://www.visitmartinsville.com/event/mike-wiley-a-game-apart/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:30:00 +0000 https://www.visitmartinsville.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=12900 Mike Wiley will perform his one-person play “A Game Apart,” Thursday, March 26 at Piedmont Arts. A reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. The performance will begin at 7 […]

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]]> Mike Wiley will perform his one-person play “A Game Apart,” Thursday, March 26 at Piedmont Arts. A reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. The performance will begin at 7 p.m. in the galleries.

“A Game Apart” provides a glimpse of Jackie Robinson’s life during a bygone era of separate and unequal locker rooms, of whites-only hotels, and of restaurants with only a back door for colored athletes to enter. Witness the hopeless humiliation of a star player who was showered with adulation on the field and became a second-hand citizen when he walked off the diamond. Meet Jackie’s compatriots fighting the same battles between the end zones, inside the ring and around the track. A Game Apart is a powerful lesson of courage through dedication, perseverance and leadership.

Tickets are $20 for general admission and $10 for students in grades K-12.

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