Community Voices: A Video Testimonial Series for The Smith Mountain Lake Center
Over the past several weeks, The Smith Mountain Lake Center has been recording a new series of short video testimonials featuring community members, business owners, and long-time supporters. These videos are designed to share, in their own words, why a dedicated, year-round community space matters to Smith Mountain Lake. The…
Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical Takes the Stage This Spring
The Smith Mountain Lake community is invited to experience Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical, live on stage at Westlake Cinema this spring. Fast-paced, fiery, and full of attitude, Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical brings one of America’s most infamous love stories to the stage with a bold contemporary score and…
Acting Foundations & Performance Lab Comes to Westlake
The Smith Mountain Lake community is invited to take part in The Lake Players’ Acting Foundations & Performance Lab, a seven-week acting class held Monday nights at Westlake Cinema and sponsored by the Smith Mountain Lake Center. Open to ages 16 and up, this course is designed for anyone interested…
And that’s a wrap on our inaugural production!
Thank you, Smith Mountain Lake, for selling out every performance of The Addams Family Musical, the inaugural production presented by The Smith Mountain Lake Center in association with The Willard Companies, and performed by The Lake Players at Westlake Cinema. Over five shows, audiences were transported into the kooky world…
Thank You, Smith Mountain Eagle, for Celebrating Our “Addams Family Musical”
The team behind The Addams Family Musical at Westlake Cinema is feeling a lot of gratitude this week after reading the thoughtful coverage in the Smith Mountain Eagle. Their story, “Curtain rises on a new chapter for Smith Mountain Lake theater,” captures what made this production special: the mix of…
Tickets On Sale Now for The Addams Family Musical!
They’re creepy, kooky… and they’re coming LIVE to Smith Mountain Lake! The Lake Players, a division of the Smith Mountain Arts Council, are bringing the Broadway hit The Addams Family Musical to the stage at Westlake Cinema this September, and tickets are on sale now. This hilarious, spooky, and surprisingly…
Auditions July 14-15 for The Addams Family – The Musical at Westlake Cinema
Are you ready to be part of a spooky, kooky, and altogether ooky production? The Addams Family – The Musical is coming to Westlake Cinema this September — and auditions are right around the corner! Whether you're a seasoned performer or brand-new to the stage, this is a fun,…
BIG NEWS! SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE CENTER FINDS A HOME
The Smith Mountain Lake Center has taken a major step forward in its mission to create a vibrant hub for education, performing arts, and cultural engagement. The organization has signed a letter of intent to purchase Westlake Cinema, ensuring that the beloved movie theater will not only continue to serve…
SML Center halts plan to locate in Grand Home Furnishings building
The Smith Mountain Lake Center, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing a multi-purpose venue to the region for education, events and entertainment, announced today it will not be located in the former Grand Home Furnishings Building at Westlake Corner. “Just a week after releasing interior renderings of how we…
SML Center Forms Committee for Educational Program Development
In keeping with its pledge to keep educational programming at the forefront of community enrichment offerings for the proposed Smith Mountain Lake Center, Board Member and Education Committee Chair Dr. Greg Beecher has recruited several distinguished area educators to assist in the development and administration of the facility’s educational offerings.…
SML Center Enlists Virginia Tech Students to Create Business Development Plan
The Smith Mountain Lake Center, Inc. (SMLC) has taken the first step toward creating educational programming by entering into a project with the Management Department at Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business. The student project was proposed by Dr. Greg Beecher, Tech's Director of Talent Development and a member of…
Lake residents embrace community center concept
The results of an extensive needs assessment survey conducted earlier this year revealed strong support by residents of Franklin and Bedford counties for a multi-purpose center at Smith Mountain Lake, as well as huge potential economic impact for the region. The results were presented in April by Vince Magnini, Ph.D.,…