Tai Chi Gung with Maribeth
2025-10-06 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-13 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-27 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
What is Tai Chi Gung?

Gentle, slow, easy exercises for all ages and health conditions
Increased vitality and flow of chi in the body
Reduces stress, clears and focuses the mind
Feelings of inner peace and better sleep

Mondays 11-12pm at SHAC
First class is free! Unlimited classes per week $50/month or $15 for walk-ins
Contact Maribeth Smith at 618-697-0495 or mis103@hotmail.com

Monthly Board Meeting
2025-10-06 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-11-03 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-12-01 17:30 - 19:00
The SHAC Board of Directors will be meeting in either the Center Building or the Theater Building. Meetings are open to the public!

Haunted House - Creatures of the Night
2025-10-10 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-10-11 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-10-17 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-10-18 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-10-24 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-10-25 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-10-29 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-10-30 19:00 - 22:00 and 1 more date
Enter if you dare! The SHAC presents its annual Haunted House on October 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th, and 29th-31st.
Fridays from 7-9:30 pm, all other days from 7-10 pm, and 7-11pm on Halloween night!
The initial hour will be less intimidating for children. The admission fee is $7 per person or $30 for a group of 5. $10 per person allows unlimited entry for the night.

Open Mic Night
2025-10-10 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-11-14 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-12 19:00 - 22:00
Open MIc Night offers an opportunity for performing artists to get up and share their talents. Artists can play covers of popular music or their own original songs, sing karaoke, tell stand-up comedy, read poetry, or reminisce through storytelling. Many previous attendees and first timers on the stage say it has helped build their confidence. The event is on the second Friday of the month and starts at 7pm. Performers and attendees are asked to pay a $5 cover, concessions are available, and people can bring their favorite beverages.

Color Fest - Color My Town
2025-10-11 11:00 - 15:00
Paint a square on the sidewalk and create a masterpiece for everyone in town to see. Every year the SHAC provides materials and space for festival goers to create their own unique piece of art in the center of the celebration. Don’t worry, it doesn’t count as graffiti!
The event will be running 11 am – 3 pm and the square, paint, and brushes are provided for a modest fee of $10.

Third Thursday Art Social
2025-10-16 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-11-20 18:00 - 19:30
Come on out for our monthly Art Social. Meet with other artists and work simultaneously as individuals or collaborate on a piece. The idea here is to build friendships, share new ideas and techniques, and explore new media or hone old favorites.
The event is free and offered every Third Thursday of the month in our Center Building. Bring your own materials or we will have some available.

Picking with Old Goat
2025-10-19 14:00 - 15:30
Visit with a unique local artist who focuses on the production of cigar box guitars. Alan Dillard will be with us on October 19th at 2pm to discuss his craft and demonstrate on a number of guitars which he has built. Alan is a widely displayed artist on permanent display in Alabama as well as part of a traveling cigar box guitar exhibit which started at the Blues Hall of Fame and is currently traveling the United States. He builds some custom, full-size guitars as well.
The event is free to attend and open to the public.
Enter a raffle for a chance to win an original cigar box guitar! Tickets will be sold at the SHAC for most of the fall leading up to the event and after with 1 for $10 of 3 for $20. The drawing will take place after the bulk of SHAC’s fall events in mid-December. You do not have to be present to win.

Short Story Night - 'Silent Snow, Secret Snow'
2025-10-20 18:00 - 19:30
Join us for our monthly Short Story Night. The discussion revolves around different thematic elements, story-telling device, and how to story simply makes us feel. Discussions are facilitated by retired philosophy teacher and literary enthusiast, Tom Caldwell.
This month’s story is ‘Silent Snow, Secret Snow’ by Conrad Aiken.
Bring $3 to share in pizza and your favorite beverage.

Linda Sitton - Pottery & Leatherwork Exhibit
2025-11-02 08:00 - 2025-11-23 17:00
Linda began with pottery in 1974 and later expanded her craft to include leatherwork in 2015. She shared “My work often reflects my personal interests in horses and sports, which I enjoy blending into my designs. The most rewarding part of my process is creating and designing original art. I’m especially motivated by custom projects, whether it’s a unique purse, a special pottery piece, or custom-made chaps”.
Exhibit is open November 2-23. Thursdays and Fridays 11 am – 2 pm and Saturdays and Sundays 1 pm – 2 pm.
An opening reception is planned 11/02/25 from 1-4 at 117 W Davie Street, Anna, IL.

Salute to Veterans
2025-11-10 18:00 - 20:00
Dinner and show for Veterans and Active-Duty Service Members.

Dinner catered by The Kitchen on Lafayette. Ed Plott performing music, a Marine veteran.

RSVP by November 6th by calling Lee at 904-625-1109 or email vabchlee@gmail.com. Everyone needs tickets. Veterans and Active Duty are free, suggested donation of $15 for all others.

The Annual Reindeer 5k Run/Walk
2025-11-29 07:15 - 17:00
Saturday, November 29th 2025
Registration: 7:15 am and 5k Run/Walk: 8:00 am and 1-Mile: 8:45 am
The race will start at the Shawnee Hills Arts Council at 125 West Davie St., Anna, IL 62906
Early registration: $20.00
Day of event: $25.00

"The Secret Garden"
2025-12-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-06 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-07 14:00 - 16:00
This enchanting classic of children’s literature is reimagined in brilliant musical style by composers Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman. Orphaned in India, 11-year-old Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle, Archibald, and his disabled son, Colin. The estate’s many wonders include a magic garden which beckons the children with haunting melodies and the “Dreamers”, spirits from Mary’s past who guide her through her new life, dramatizing the story’s compelling tale of forgiveness and renewal.
Directed by Jaylyn Althoff.
Tickets can be purchased online before we sell out at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/secret-garden-spring-version-the-musical.
