With Merritt

Friday

Tinker Bell (Anna Brule)
strikes a pose in
the Waynesboro Players’
production of “Peter Pan.”

WAYNESBORO: Enjoy a feast for the eyes and ears with “Peter Pan,” the Waynesboro Players’ production running this weekend only. Based on the story by Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie, “Peter Pan” takes the audience on the journey of the Darling children as they travel to Neverland with Peter Pan, where they experience adventure with Peter and the Lost Boys, encountering pirates, fairies and other magical creatures. The play features five amazing sets, 33 amazing actors (most of them kids!) and great music. The show will start at 8 p.m. on Friday in Waynesboro High School’s Spilman Auditorium. Tickets for the show are $15 for adults and $8 for students (high school age or under). Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.WaynesboroPlayers.com, at the door or at the following locations: Waynesboro Public Library, Waynesboro Florist, Waynesboro Garden Center and Quality Cleaners in Waynesboro; Augusta Insurance Agency in Fishersville; Village Green Florist in Stuarts Draft; Granny’s Attic in Verona; and the Bookstack and Shenandoah Travel Agency in Staunton. Read “Learning to Fly” to learn more.

STAUNTON: Brewgrass Friday at Queen City Brewing, 834 Springhill Road (near Gypsy Hill Park), has quickly become a Staunton tradition. This Friday’s event will feature live music with David Eakin and Steve Hoke plus beer tasting starting at 7 p.m. Complimentary samples of beer, wine and soda produced on-site at the brewery. Admission is free. Call 213-8014 for more information.

AUGUSTA COUNTY:Get a dose of traditional mountain music when Clark’s Ole Time Music Center in Raphine hosts the Saw Mill Band from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission will be a $5 donation. Call 540-997-5366 for more information or directions.

Saturday

WAYNESBORO: Get a peek at Waynesboro history with the Wayne Theatre Alliance’s “Walk Down Memory Lane” historical home tour. The tour will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Advance tickets are $25 per person and available at Waynesboro Heritage Museum or the Wayne Theatre Alliance office, 533 W. Main St., (540) 943-9999. For more information on the Walk Down Memory Lane historical home tour or the Parade of Events, please call (540) 943-9999 or visit http://www.waynetheatre.org. Read TwoFifty, briefly to learn more.

STAUNTON: Mary Baldwin College Theatre will present “Honour,” at 7:30 p.m. at the Fletcher Collins Theatre in Deming Hall. This acclaimed drama is by Joanna Murray-Smith. Admission is $5 for children and senior citizens and $10 for adults. Tickets are available at the door and by credit card in advance. MBC box office hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Call 887-7189 for more questions. The play will contain some adult language. The talented cast includes MBC theater veteran Betsy Shortt appearing in the role of Honor in her final performance at the college. Local actor and director Darren Ralston performs as George alongside students Shae Armstrong, who takes on the role of Claudia, and Elisabeth Rutledge, who portrays Sophie.

AUGUSTA COUNTY: Catch area favorites The Goodsons playing from 9 p.m. to midnight at Mossy Creek Cafe on Route 250 in Fishersville.

Sunday

Artworks by Dabney Mahanes are
currently on display at SVAC.

WAYNESBORO: Catch the newest art exhibits at Shenandoah Valley Art Center, 126 S. Wayne Avenue in downtown Waynesboro, open from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday. The main gallery exhibit, “Expressions” by Dabney Mahanes, are a collection of works focused primarily on the human figure, with bright colors and distinctive texture. Mahanes, now living in South Carolina, was originally from Waynesboro. While you’re at SVAC, also check out the exhibition of photographs by members of the Art Center Camera Club in the hall galleries, and original prints and drawings in the members gallery.

STAUNTON: It’s spring at the Frontier Culture Museum (off Route 250), time for the 1750s “settlers” to plant their staple crops, corn and squash, and build and mend fences to keep the wild animals out of their fields. Lend a hand (or just watch) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

AUGUSTA COUNTY: Enjoy home-cooked Sunday dinner, be entertained by the dramatic stylings of an area theater group and help out a local boy in need. The Crimora Players will serve dinner and perform the play “Anchors Aweigh” as a fundraiser for Jameson Lam, an 8-month-old with spina bifida and other medical problems, at Crimora Community Center on New Hope Crimora Road in Crimora. Sunday, the play will begin at 1:30 p.m., with doors open all morning. Tickets, $10 each, are available by calling Irene Cash at 943-9967 or 209-2387.