The BEAR · November 2026
Comedy, centerpieces and a holiday market
The holidays are close, and November at The BEAR gets you ready for them. Learn how a joke lands, build a centerpiece for your table and shop local at the Appalachian Holiday Market – save your spot below. Illumination is on the walls all month.
Presented by Bath County Arts
Community class
Comedy workshop
Wednesday, November 4 · 6 PM
Noelle Corley, who led October’s poetry slam workshop, is back for an evening on how a joke is built: the setup, the turn and the timing that makes it land. It’s a community class, so come as you are. No stage experience needed; just bring a notebook and a sense of humor you’re willing to work on.
Free
Registration required · Bring a notebook
Series continues
Beginner knitting: holiday scarves
Saturdays, November 7 & 14 · 11 AM
Irina Nemirovsky’s scarf series heads into its second half. Classes 3 and 4 finish what October started: the last rows, binding off, and a scarf of your own in time for the holidays. Needles are provided; keep bringing the yarn you chose. Anyone under 16 comes with a guardian.
Classes 3 & 4 of 4
For knitters in the series · Needles provided · Ages 12+
Workshop
Seasonal centerpieces
Saturday, November 7 · 2 PM
Make a centerpiece for your holiday table. Gloria Lindsay, owner and operator of Mountain Laurel Creations, guides you through building an arrangement from start to finish. Everything you need is on the table when you arrive, and the finished piece goes home with you.
$50 per person
All materials included
Community event
Appalachian Holiday Market
Friday, November 20th | 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Saturday, November 21st | 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Shop local for the holidays. More than ten vendors fill The BEAR with handcrafted goods and homemade baked goods, two days running. Bring your gift list, or just come for the seasonal cheer; either way, you’ll leave with something made close to home.
Free entry
No registration needed · Handmade goods & baked goods
Every week at The BEAR
Saturdays · 11:30 AM
Family Hour: story & craft
A new story and a hands-on craft every week, for families to enjoy together.
Free
Sundays · 4–5 PM
Yoga at The BEAR
An all-levels, breath-based flow to strengthen and stretch. Beginners welcome.
$15 per class · $60 for 5
Book a class
Creative movement for adults
Cornelia Hodges of Living Arts and Sage Tanguay lead a weekly class in moving your body in new ways, sometimes meditative, sometimes performative. No dance experience needed; wear comfortable layers.
Pay what you wish
See class timesNow on view
Illumination
Through January 31, 2027 at The BEAR
Clinton Helms
Hot Springs Northern Lights Show
Terry Flaherty
Penumbral-lumination
Candice Agnello
Intuition
Lyndi Angermeier-Carr
Moonlit Marsh
Mackenzie Brooks
Empire
Ginny Neil
Deer at First Light
Juliet Rainville
Belle’s Bloom
Seven of the works on view. Come find the rest.
The exhibit
What light reveals
Illumination is a juried, open-medium exhibition of 47 works. The artists took on not just light itself, but what its presence reveals — and what stays hidden without it. All work on display is for sale.
On view
Now – Jan 31
Free to visit · Thursday–Sunday, 11 AM – 4 PM
Stars blinking in a black sky. Gilded letters on a parchment page. A candle in the dark. The crackle of a fire that warms against the cold.
As the days shorten and the nights grow longer, light becomes something rarer — a visitor we rush to greet as fall folds into winter. November is a good month to come see what these artists found in it.
Visit
The BEAR
2833 Main Street
Hot Springs, Virginia 24445
Open Thursday–Sunday, 11 AM – 4 PM
Questions
Not sure which class fits, or bringing a group? Write to us and we’ll help. info@bathcountyarts.org
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