Join us on Saturday, June 9 at 7:00 p.m. as the Bower Center cohosts with the Spectrum Arts Society “Echoes of Appalachia, Bluegrass and Folk Songs.” This concert will be presented with a special combination of solos and small ensemble singing. Going back to our roots! Echoes of Appalachia will have you stomping your feet...

Beat the winter blues and warm up to the warm, Caribbean sound of skiffle steel drums!  Skiffle USA, founded in 2013 to foster ongoing cultural exchange and featuring Sweet Briar College faculty and students, will be performing at Bower Center for the Arts on Friday, March 16.  So put on your bermuda shorts and flip...

Tickets: $12 advance | $15 at the door More Details to come!  

This all media judged theme exhibit seeks to go deeper and explore the concept of “space, the final frontier.” One of the seven elements of art: space can be negative or positive, open or closed, shallow or deep, and two or three dimensional. Other possibilities include: outer space, deep space, office space, a space of time,...

This exhibit seeks to showcase not only trains and all they encompass for the train enthusiast, but also the many reasons to get off the train and visit Bedford, VA! The beautiful mountain and farmland scenery, Peaks of Otter, Smith Mountain Lake, and Historic Centertown with its many shops, restaurants, art, antiques, old buildings and...

Tom Bachtell Reception June 4th 2 – 4 PM Meet Tom, illustrator for the New Yorker magazine, and view his amazing illustrations in the Terrace Gallery!  Gallery talk starts @ 2:30. This event is catered and a cash bar will be available!