Our Mission
To inspire creativity and community by providing a place where the
cultural, civic and economic vitality of Amherst County is encouraged.

Save the Date - December 3 is #GivingTuesday! Learn more HERE.

See our full Event Calendar HERE

Baine's Books & Coffee opens @ Second Stage!

It's time to wake up and smell the coffee, Amherst! Baine's Amherst, one of three Baine's Books & Coffee locations, is now open at Second Stage!
Hours are 7:30 - 2:00 Monday - Friday, and 8:30 - 2:00 on Saturday. 
Baine's is offering light breakfast and lunch selections, including real New York bagels that shop owner Bryan Baine gets directly from the Big Apple.
See coverage by the Lynchburg News and Advance Here and Here.

Second Stage's Second Helping Program was a huge success!

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A special THANK YOU to the Centra Foundation, Ruth Maragni, and our local farmers for making the program so successful! The Centra Foundation Grant allowed us to purchase $5,472.00 worth of fresh, local food, to feed some food-insecure neighbors in Amherst County through local organizations: Blue Ledge Meals on Wheels, Neighbors Helping Neighbors and the Pleasant View Food Bank. We hope to continue the Second Helping program next year.

Artisans & Craftsmen
​We're looking for YOU!

Join us for our Holiday Market on November 30. Santa Paws will return this year - be sure to have your 4-legged friends' pictures taken with Santa and Mrs. Claus!
For more info call Crystal at
330-8141476 or send an email to 
Market@secondstageamherst.org for more info.

The Market @ Second Stage closes our 7th Season!

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We had a great market this year - our new Market Manager, Crystal Ungar did a wonderful job engaging the young families in the community. Ruth Maragni, our Assistant Market Manager helped the Community Table become a great service to vendors who couldn't be at the market every week. We're looking forward to our Harvest Market on October 26 and our Holiday Market, featuring Santa Paws, on November 30. If you'd like to be a vendor, there's more info below.
What's on our Wish List?
A baby changing table! We're delighted to be welcoming more families with young children to our events. In order to make life a bit easier for the parents of the diaper brigade, we'd love a changing table! Have one you'd like to donate? Please call Penny at 434.941.0997 or email: 
​contact@secondstageamherst.org.

Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation awards $6,000 Grant to Second Stage

Second Stage has received a $6,000 grant from the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation to complete the buildout of the new coffee shop which will be leased and operated by Baine's Books and Coffee. Additionally, the grant money will enable Second Stage to upgrade the internet connectivity throughout the building.
         Mission Statement
To inspire creativity and community by providing a place where the cultural,civic, and economic vitality
of Amherst County is encouraged.
Values
We believe that continued use of historic structures anchors healthy communities.
We believe that access to arts and culture enriches the fabric of community life.
We believe that citizen participation makes a difference in the lives of both individuals and communities.
We believe that the success of local small business contributes to a thriving community.

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Ramblin' Pictures Film Series continues November 8th with
​A Mighty Wind.

Tickets are $5 at the door or through Lynchburg Tickets. Food and beverages available for purchase. More info on the films HERE.
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AGAR, Second Stage, and Baine's Books & Coffee invite you to our next Java & Jazz performance!

Second Stage Amherst is proud to have earned GuideStar's Silver Seal!
Please consider a donation to Second Stage - the heART of Amherst County!

A new writers' group is meeting at Second Stage.

There will be critiques, writing prompts, speakers, discussions, and maybe an occasional contest! For more information, visit 
https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-pprwgMke/

Second Stage Amherst Receives $10,000 from Centra Foundation for  New Outreach Program

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The Centra Foundation has awarded a $10,000 grant to Second Stage Amherst to fund a new outreach program, Second Helping.

The money will be used to purchase fresh foods from vendors at the Second Street Farmers’ Market at the end of each market on Thursday afternoons. The food will then be distributed to people who would otherwise not be able to access fresh foods through partnerships with Blue Ledge Meals on Wheels, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, and the Pleasant View Food Pantry.

Suny Monk, President of the Second Stage Board of Directors, is delighted with the grant. “Second Stage has always been about building a stronger, better community. The funding we’ve received from the Centra Foundation will add a new dimension to the ways in which we’re able to collaborate with other hardworking groups to help our neighbors.”
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In celebration of this new program, Second Stage has renamed the weekly farmers’ market to Market @ Second Stage. 

Second Stage Amherst named Non-profit of the Year by Amherst County Chamber of Commerce!

We're thrilled to have been voted the Non-profit of the Year. Many thanks to all who are helping make our mission more than just words - it's what we live each and every day. 
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We're on the map!
A new county map
has been produced
and you'll find
​Second Stage included.
Second Stage | Amherst is partially supported by 
the National Endowment for the Arts, the Virginia Commission for the Arts,
the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation,  The Charlottesville Area Community Fund, the Andrew W. Easley and Anne O. Easley Charitable Trust, the Centra Foundation,
and many area businesses and benefactors.
Second Stage | Amherst is at the corner of 2nd & Washington in Downtown Amherst
194 2nd St. | P. O. Box 342 | Amherst, VA 24521 | contact@secondstageamherst.org
Second Stage | Amherst At the corner of 2nd and Washington Streets | PO Box 342 | Amherst, VA 24521