The Chincoteague Island Arts Organization

FRIDAY, MARCH 22ND FROM 5:30-7:00PM AT THE ANNEX

Stop in for a pre-movie happy hour of real old school ballpark hot dogs and cold beer and soft drinks at the Annex this Friday! Afterward, CIAO's Friday night film, "A League of Their Own" starts at the Island Theatre at 7:00pm for just 5 bucks... Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, and Madonna star in this major-league comedy from the team that brought you Big. Hanks stars as Jimmy Dugan, a washed-up ballplayer whose big league days are over. Hired to coach in the All-American Girls Baseball League of 1943, while the male pros are at war, Dugan finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his all-girl team. Based on the true story of the pioneering women who blazed the trail, on the fields and off, for generations of athletes! 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2019 AT 7:00PM

Breathe, stretch, root and grow! As spring approaches, we all begin look ahead to flower planting, gardening and yard maintenance, but for many it also brings the anticipation of tired muscles, backaches and sore knees. However, there is a way to pull weeds without pulling muscles...
Linda Nordstrom will conduct a session on Yoga for Gardeners at the Theatre Annex on Wednesday, March 20th at 7:00pm. Nordstrom, a certified yoga instructor and avid gardener, will lead a training session on yoga principles and postures applicable to gardening and yard chores that can help to prevent or minimize the aches and pains. She will demonstrate basic yoga principles and postures to show how they can apply to basic gardening tasks. This free session, sponsored by the Chincoteague Garden Club, is open to the public!

FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2019 FROM 5:00-9:00PM

Join the NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center and the Virginia Space Flight Academy for an Apollo-themed movie night! The event will begin at the Annex with Apollo and Moon-themed activities for children and adults followed by a showing of the film “Apollo 13” at the Theatre. From 5:00 – 6:45 p.m., explore Earth’s Moon and learn about NASA’s past Apollo missions and future plans to return to the Moon at the Annex through free activities that include a moon-phase Oreo activity, building moon-phase calculators, and watching footage from the Apollo landings. Participants can also learn how to participate in an Apollo and Moon-themed Youth Art Contest and summer space camp. The movie, sponsored by the Virginia Space Flight Academy and will include a reading of “In Case of a Disaster” by the The Chincoteague Island Theatre Company and remarks about Apollo’s 50th Anniversary by a NASA representative!

Check out our free Monday Game Day 

gatherings at the Annex from 1:00-4:00pm

What's your game? Canasta? Bridge? Checkers? Chess? Scrabble? Yahtze? Rummicube? We have them -- or bring your favorite game to play. Play with old friends or make new ones. If you'd like to learn how to play, we'll show you! 

Want to just sit and socialize for a bit after the Manna Cafe's delicious Monday lunches? Come on by and visit for a while in our warm and comfortable surroundings right next to the Island Theatre downtown. We'd love to see you!