Fire Hall Studio at the Opera House

Make a poster or a game board with quotes, drawings, matching, and fill in the blank questions & answers. Sketch a portrait, or make a collage, with facts and figures about fabulous women changemakers. Your poster can be unique.. At the end of class we'll play the games and learn from each other's creations!

Learn the meaning of this beautiful Celtic symbol, and paint your own tree of life with easy designs.

Play along with simple chords and notes, or really show off your stuff. We'll listen and share, both improv and some songs we already know! . . . . Come hear something new. Everyone has a place in this fun event.

Join us to paint a furry friend on canvas, and celebrate the changing season!  Free!

Enjoy play readings presented by local actors. No sets, no costumes, no props but lots of talent! Join in the fun on April 7th with: MAKING BOOK By Janet Reed This hilarious, biting satire centers around a feisty, idealistic teacher whose frustration with textbooks unexpectedly lands her a job as editor of a fifth grade American history book. Ellen wants "to bring history to the people … like Barbara Tuchman." She finds that creating this text is about selling to…

Bring 3 or 4 hard boiled eggs (cooled) and we'll have the dye and other materials. Also make an "egg shaker" and learn a song!

Make art and even musical instruments from items usually thrown away or recycled. Reuse materials like containers, pie pans, paper towel rolls and aluminum cans. They can be beautiful and functional!

We'll start by watching a magically inspiring video of trees and bugs and birds! Then draw and paint while listening to bird and rainforest sound effects. Join us for this special way to honor the Earth.

Follow along as we paint an easy street scene. Add colorful cacti, houses, and mountains to make your exciting landscape! (example by Jenny Willigrod)

We'll draw, paint, and color different maps of the World. Many examples to look at and learn from. There will also be a display of homemade globes. If you have one, bring it to show us! We'll share & praise them all at the end!

With fabric and paper we'll make our own flags, based on those from many countries. We'll cut and glue layers to make small wall hangings to keep.

Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm's-eye view of two minor characters in Shakespeare's play. Author Tom Stoppard continues his association with Hamlet by taking the most famous and best loved lines from Shakespeare's play and condensing them into a hilarious thirteen-minute version. FREE wine & beer flight tastings included with $5 admission! (Must be 21 older) Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on…

Make beautiful leafy vines and streamers for your home, for outdoor parties, and to wear. Make tiny palm trees to sit on your desk or shelf!

Enjoy lite refreshments and meet the young artists whose beautiful work has been on display in the Opera House lobby this spring! (Arts show runs through June 12th) A few pieces are for sale!

Learn about famous artist Jackson Pollack as we make our own exciting color explosions on different colored backgrounds!

Emma’s been seeing her coworker Darren. She thinks she’s in love. Her boss thinks she’s in breach of contract. In a series of cordial but increasingly tense conversations, the two dissect the differences between “sexual” and “romantic,” negotiate the length of Emma’s interoffice relationship, and face the consequences of shrinking privacy and binding contracts. FREE Wine and Beer Flight Tastings with $5 admission (Must be 21+) CONTRACTIONS was performed on stage at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on May 29,…

Step by step we'll paint water and sand and spend a relaxing morning listening to sounds of the ocean. You can even write your name in the sand!

Bring your youngster ages 4 – 6 to a free beginners rhythms and music class. This is a series that will run for 6 Mondays beginning July 11th, at 5:30pm led by music teacher Sylke Bargsten. Try to make them all – your child will get more out of it. Have an older child interested? A few limited spots are available for ''helpers''. Let us know!

Youth & Families are invited to play a solo, duet, or join in with the group to share a musical morning! Bring your instrument and a song you like, or just show up. We'll have shakers and hand clapping games to keep us going! For more musical family fun, head back to the Fire Hall Studio at 2pm for a workshop with local musician, Rich Simpson at 1pm.

Did you know that Havre de Grace use to be the home of horse racing? We are learning easy ways to draw & paint horses, both freehand and using stencils. You may draw a portrait or full body with scenery. It's easy – Beginners welcome! All materials provided.

Make your own ANIMAL STORYBOOK with drawings, collage, and nifty lettering! We'll show you how. We'll tear, cut and glue paper shapes to make your story come alive. Add details with markers for a one of kind treasure. Keep your storybook adventures going all afternoon by coming back at 2pm for the family story time event, “Stories, Folktales, and Fables for the Young and the Young at Heart.”

Enjoy this FREE fun-filled afternoon for children, families, and adults! You'll hear delightful stories, folktales, and fables, read and shared by members of the community guaranteed to make you laugh and smile. This event is free. Registration is required.

Modern Tarot High Priestess Madame Mims will present a brief lecture on modern tarot and provide individual readings. Don't miss this fascinating, first-time-ever event at the Cultural Center at the Opera House! Modern Tarot High Priestess Madame Mims will present a brief lecture on modern tarot and provide individual readings for those in attendance who wish to have a reading. Learn about the positive benefits of Tarot readings! Attendance for this special event is limited to 40 participants on a…

Paint & Flow Yoga Class! Combined the artistic movement of yoga with painting. Materials provided. Space is limited Sunday, August 21 – 2:00pm Class Size- Up to 10 people Pairing yoga with self-expression and color by using your body movement as brushstrokes. This playful yoga encourages you to clear your mind and open it to creativity and uniqueness while you flow through the yoga poses. Provided: washable acrylic paint cotton canvas or papers towels plastic bags/plastic or tarp floor mat…

Doors open at 7pm Performance at 7:30pm Enjoy a sip or two of the featured wine or brew (tasting flights for ages 21+ included with admission), along with a hilarious play reading presented by local actors. No sets, no costumes, no props, but lots of talent! Join in the fun on September 1st with: Mary, always late and always married, meets a lady Cowboy outside the city limits of Pittsburgh who teaches her how to ride a horse. Mary’s husband,…

Fish, turtles, and seaweed! Imagine your beautiful underwater scene. We'll paint with blues and greens, adding starfish, sea horses, coral, whatever you want! Watch a video of sea creatures while we paint. All materials provided.

(Also known as Kindness Rocks) -Our friend Marie will join us to paint rocks with happy messages and cool shapes and stencils. Decorate rocks to keep and make some to give! You can make someone's day by leaving them around town for people to find!

Door open at 7pm Performance at 7:30pm Enjoy a sip or two of the featured wine or brew (tasting flights for ages 21+ included with admission), along with a hilarious play reading presented by local actors. No sets, no costumes, no props, but lots of talent! Join in the fun on October 6th with: Paris, 1643. Durante is a charming young man newly arrived in the capital and he has but a single flaw: he cannot tell the truth. In…

Make an easy spider web, a friendly stick mummy, and craft crowns to wear! We'll have lots of ideas and materials. Come join us for this creative workshop.

Join us for a Dia de los Muertos celebration! We'll draw the basic shapes step by step - then you can add your very own designs. Use tons of markers or watercolor paints to make it colorful! We'll take inspiration from the popular movies Book of Life and Coco. Watch them in advance or look at pictures from the movies with us!

Special Guest: Dr. Craig Wright “The goal of Spiritual Practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self…you have forgotten who you are.” -Marianne Williamson, “A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles.” Join us for this very special, first-time-at-the-Opera-House event featuring renown Master Numerologist Dr. Craig E. Wright. Whether you are new to numerology or a seasoned pro, this workshop will show you how…

Wednesdays, November 2 – December 21 at 9:30am Each week will take us on a different quest as your toddler explores themed sensory bins, process art, small world play, building, and more. Ages: 1- young 3 with adult Wed 9:30-10:15am. Price: $105/child for 7 week session Dates: Nov 2, 9, 16, 30, Dec 7, 14, 21

A preschool class that will explore a new book, nursery rhyme, or fairytale, enjoy a themed art project and conquer a STEM challenge. Ages: 3.5-5 years Wed 10:30am-11:30am Price: $105/child for 7 week session Dates: Nov 2, 9, 16, 30, Dec 7, 14, 21

Thirsty Thursdays with Theatre: The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel Thursday, November 3 – 7:30pm Doors open at 7pm Performance at 7:30pm Enjoy a sip or two of the featured wine or brew (tasting flights for ages 21+ included with admission), along with a hilarious play reading presented by local actors. No sets, no costumes, no props, but lots of talent! Join in the fun on November 3rd with: When Anna, an unmarried school teacher, is diagnosed with ATD, acquired…

Expert weaver/ fabric artist Gay Lynn Price will guide us through this creative process. Create an elegant weaving using a picture frame as a loom, as a keepsake treasure or to give as a gift. We'll use yarn, string, ribbon, cord and beautiful strips of fabric. All materials are provided, but feel free to bring something of your own if you wish to weave it in! All ages are invited.

Get in the harvest mood with a starry sky and Fall tree branches. Follow along and then add your own touches. All materials provided.

Local artist, Barbara Sponn, will join us to make holiday pictures with jewelry and other found objects. All materials are provided. (But feel free to bring some trinkets or bits of jewelry to add!)