The Arc of Wilson County Activities and Event Calendars
Itsy Bitsy Artist is held at The Wilson Arts Center located at 204 Nash St S, Wilson . This workshop invites parents to bring their children aged 0-4 years to experience the joy of creating art together. The Itsy Bitsy Artist Playgroup offers a fun and engaging opportunity for young children and their caregivers to explore their creativity through a variety of artistic activities. Participants can look forward to a nurturing environment that encourages self-expression and the development of fine motor skills. Classes are free, but limited to 12 participants and pre-registration is required at https://wilsonarts.com/creativehearts/.
Library Group is held at The Wilson County Library, located at 249 Nash St N, Wilson. This is an all inclusive reading time for ages 0-2. Each week we will explore a new theme with favorite stories, old and new!
Playgroup will be held at First Christian Church* located at 207 Tarboro St NE, Wilson. This is an all inclusive playgroup for ages 0-4. Each week, we provide unstructured, structured learning (think like Marbles).
Life & Art Group is held at The SPOT located at 910 Tarboro St W, Wilson. This is an opportunity for our adult special needs participants, ages 18 and up, to learn life and social skills and have arts and crafts.
Hope Singers: Pending signups, practice will be held at The SPOT at 910 Tarboro St W, Wilson.
*Times and locations are subject to change.
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Please note, The Arc of Wilson County will no longer be mailing or emailing out the monthly calendar. You can find out all of our upcoming events in real time!
Seasonal Dances 2024
Seasonal dances are held on Tuesdays from 7:00-8:30 pm at Moose Lodge 2705 Forest Hills RD Wilson, NC 27893. Dances are free and open to anyone in/around Wilson County with I/DD. Dancers should not arrive before 7:00pm and should be picked up no later than 8:30pm.
Fall Dance: October 17th (Moose Lodge) This dance will be for school aged (K-12) participants and their families only! Halloween costumes are welcome. Please no masks or accessories (costumes must be school appropriate)!
Winter Dance: December 12th (Moose Lodge)
Hope Singers
Hope Singers is back and better than ever!!! We couldn’t be more excited. Please check our calendar for practice and concert dates. Sign ups are open now through September 27th. Click here to sign up.
This is a group made up of adults (16 and up) with I/DD that practice several times each starting in October and will perform an annual Christmas concert.
Rehearsals
Rehearsals are held at The SPOT in the auditorium. Rehearsals times are 10:00am - 11am unless otherwise noted.
Concerts
Winter Concert: December 3, 2024 @ 1pm Location: TBD
We will bring back our spring talent concert in 2025!
Free entry to everyone! Please be sure to stay after for our meet and greet with our amazing singers!