April 23rd thru the 26th is Central Sands Community High School’s 2nd annual service learning week! Students from Central Sands Community High School will be volunteering at The Amherst Opera House on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 starting at 9:00AM. Tasks will be moving furniture, removing trash, general cleaning, and window washing. Come and join us anytime throughout the day. Most activity will be from 9:00AM until 12Noon but we will be there all day. Come for an hour or all day. It is great to see area youth involved in service work and volunteering. Here is your chance to set an example ..read more

The Amherst Opera House Co. Guild, Inc. is interested in increasing the number of volunteer Directors on our Board of Directors. If you are interested in volunteering please email us at info@amherstoperahouse.com . We hold Board Meetings quarterly. The next scheduled Board Meeting is on 2/8/24 at The Amherst Opera House starting at 6:30 PM. All are welcome to attend, especially those who may be interested in volunteering as a Director. Here is a little additional information ..read more

The Amherst Opera House Co. Guild, Inc. will hold it’s Quarterly Board Meeting on Thursday, November 9th, 2023. All are welcome to attend and learn about the Amherst Opera House as well as share ideas. The meeting will start at 6:30PM. Topics will include progress reports on restoration projects underway and planned future projects, building usage ideas, and other pertinent business items ..read more

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Ever since the Amherst Opera House Co. Inc. Board of Directors made the decision to allow area residents to use our building with no set rental fee our calendar has been quite full. The mission of the AOHCG is to provide a space for all to gather to enjoy many activities. Some examples have been private Birthday parties, weddings, church services, and community gatherings of various types. For the period of October through December we have 30+ events and gatherings. We are doing our best to accommodate all requests that we receive. Sometimes it feels like a plate spinner working hard to make s ..read more

Maggie Stern was a special part of what makes Amherst unique. A group of friends will gather at the Amherst Opera House this Friday, September 22nd to remember. You are all invited. Here is our calendar event as well as a link to the facebook event: We will be meeting to remember Maggie, share stories and beautiful memories. Bring your love and light If anyone has any pictures they would like to add to a picture board or written stories (I will create a digital album later)please send them to me by Wednesday evening. If anyone would like to do sound, meditation or other healing, we would ..read more

Another photographer who will be present at our Photography Show/Sale on Sep 9th during Celebrate Amherst. Katie Berdan Wolden is a graphic designer and photographer from Central Wisconsin. She has a passion for travel, nature, and baseball, and can usually be found hiking with a camera in tow. She loves photographing landscapes, animals, and birds, and has a selection of pieces from a variety of gorgeous locations around the state including canvas prints, acrylic blocks, photo prints, and notecards, in a variety of sizes from 30×20 to 8×10. Social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.co ..read more

Eric Nelson is one of the photographers who will be at the Amherst Opera House Photography Show/Sale on Saturday, September 9th during Celebrate Amherst. Eric creates unique inages using photographic processes dating to before the Civil War. Bring your family and have a truly unique portrait “struck” by Eric on the north lawn of the Amherst Opera House. Eric Nelson Eric Nelson’s interest in handmade historic photography began when he was a boy growing up in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Nelson remembers how he and his father, a high-school shop teacher, would prepare and ‘rock’ trays of chemistry in ..read more

Sold Out Performance – Christmas in the Village 2022 Mark your calendars! Coming this December! If you want to join the community choir, please email varietyproductionsJG@gmail.com to sign up! Or text Janet Glodowski: 715-347-5847 Like Comment Share ..read more

Trey Foerster is one of the photographers who will be at the Amherst Opera House Photography Show/Sale on Saturday, September 9th during Celebrate Amherst. Plan to stop in to see and enjoy the images he creates. A December setting sun illuminates the Trout Creek Road Schoolhouse in Portage County, Wisconsin. The heavy snowfalls still carried on tree linbs and braches offers a beautiful contrast to the red building. The red brick chimney is a wonderful touch on the schoolhouse.This woodland White Oyster fungi is common in Wisconsin and grows on decaying trees. This particular cluster was found ..read more