Applegate Regional Theatre, Inc. (ART, Inc.) is a local, all volunteer, organization focused on building and supporting community theater in Veneta and the Fern Ridge area. We want to provide a comfortable, local venue for performing and visual arts.

There is great news!. The Loyal Order of the Moose, Lodge 2656, has purchased the property at 5th and Broadway in downtown Veneta. They are allowing the front building to continue to be the Broadway Events Center (BEC). They will manage the BEC as a teen drop-in center, with a game room, computer room, and concession area. The Community Room will house Moose Bingo every Thursday at 6:30, and can be used for other events. They are renting the theater part of the building to Applegate Regional Theatre, Inc. to use as we see fit, and they are going to share the Community Room with us! How cool is that !?!

What's going on now?

Groundwaters LIVE!

August 15th from 2 to 4pm in the Community Room of the BEC.

Authors and poets will read their work that has been published in Groundwaters Magazine. You can meet the writers and listen to their work.

Refreshements will be served, and admission is free!

It will be at the Broadway Events Center - 5th & Broadway in Veneta. Doors open at 1:30pm.

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Garage & Craft Sale

August 28th and 29th from 10am to 5pm at the BEC.

Come and see what treasures we have found to raise money for ART, Inc. If you have stuff you want to donate, please let us know at info@art-inc.org. Or if you have items you want to sell, we are renting tables so you can do that! $20 for 1 day, or $35 for the weekend - just tell us! Same email.

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Book Sale!

A woman in Noti had an on-line book selling business. When she sold it, the gentleman who bought it did not want all of her inventory, so she gifted us with over 10,000 books! We are selling them to make money to renovate the Broadway Events Center and to pay our on-going bills.

The BEC Book Sale is closed right now due to the construction. It will re-open as soon as we have 'occupancy' granted by the City when construction is complete. We still have over 8,000 books for your browsing enjoyment. Fiction and non-fiction. Self-help, advice, finance, political, religious, computer, fitness, travel, languages, coffee table. Mystery, sci-fi, memoir, thriller, slice of life, inspirational. We have some of just about everything!! Come and see for yourself. And the price is right - - $2 each or 3 for $5. You can't beat it!

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Veneta Writers Group

A group of local writers get together twice a month to feed their muse. They do a writing exercise, learn about contests and conferences, and (if they want) they read their work to the others in the group. If feedback is requested, it is given in a constructive manner. They meet the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, from 6-8pm at the BEC. If you are interested, you can just show up, or email to vsourdry@hotmail.com. We ask a commitment to your writing and the group by promising to come to all meetings (illness, vacation, emergencies are obviously excused!)

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ART, Inc. Board meetings

The Board of Directors of ART, Inc. meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6pm at the BEC. The public is welcome to come. We discuss ongoing events, future creative events and presentations, fundraising (always fundraising!), and anything else that affects our organization and the Broadway Events Center.

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Moose Lodge Meetings

Moose Lodge 2656 meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7pm in the BEC. You have to be a Moose member to attend. If you would like to join (or just find out more information about the Moose), contact David Shreve at dvd_shreve@yahoo.com. He is the Governor of the local lodge.

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Moose BINGO

Moose Lodge #2656 will have BINGO every Thursday at the BEC, beginning at 6:30. Contact David Shreve at dvd_shreve@yahoo.com if you have questions.

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Imagine

• A musical production that leaves you humming all weekend
• Enjoying a concert by a band you have recently heard good things about
• Local teens or seniors at a dance just for them.
• Seeing a play that really makes you think.

Imagine

• An origami class for all who are interested
• A Chamber of Commerce lunch
• A reading by a local author
• A piano recital
• An after school dance class for kids
• An acting class for adults
• A display of sculptures by a local artist

The benefits of having a Community Theater are many and wide ranging.

All those in the Fern Ridge area, and beyond, can participate. We invite you to share your ideas, your talent, your work, and your money to make this exciting vision a reality.