Culture & Identity • Food & Community • TRHT
Sharing Spiritual Journeys
The next in a series of events from our “Changing the Narrative” project. Meet Roanoke neighbors from different religions/faith backgrounds Listen and Share personal faith stories Enjoy a meal catered by Temple Emanuel Breakdown Stereotypes/false perceptions of others’ religions Find commonalities in what we believe This event is free and open to the public, but […]
Culture & Identity • Fellowships
The Saving Grace of Spring Rolls
A Story of Food, Place, and Family
Join Virginia Humanities Research Fellow Kim O’Connell, an independent scholar from Arlington, for a talk on her research using her own story of mixed-race heritage—half-Caucasian, half-Vietnamese—to explore Vietnamese immigrants and refugees who came to Virginia in the wake of the Vietnam War. Her work is for a forthcoming book that shares a title with this […]
Culture & Identity • Global Virginia • Grants
Lua Project members Dave Berzonsky, Estela Knott, and Matty Metcalfe w. Son Jarocho master musician Zenen Zeferino Mexican Son Meets the Music of Appalachia – Charlottesville
Join us on Sunday, May 12 at the McGuffey Arts Center in Charlottesville for a presentation of New Mexilachian Sones, with Lua Project, a Charlottesville based folk roots ensemble featuring Luray native Estela Knott, performing with son jarocho master Zenen Zeferino. This concert will be a multi-media presentation, highlighting their Virginia Humanities grant supported project, […]
Culture & Identity • Global Virginia • Grants
Lua Project members Dave Berzonsky, Estela Knott, and Matty Metcalfe w. Son Jarocho master musician Zenen Zeferino Mexican Son Meets the Music of Appalachia – Luray
Join us on Saturday, May 11 at the Warehouse Arts Gallery in Luray, VA for a presentation of New Mexilachian Sones, with Lua Project, a Charlottesville based folk roots ensemble featuring Luray native Estela Knott, performing with son jarocho master Zenen Zeferino. This concert will be a multi-media presentation, highlighting their Virginia Humanities grant supported […]
Culture & Identity • Folklife • Global Virginia • Grants • News
Lua Project members Dave Berzonsky, Estela Knott, and Matty Metcalfe w. Son Jarocho master musician Zenen Zeferino Lua Project Announces Mexilachian Son
New Sones from an Emerging Virginia Culture, May 11-12
Announcing a weekend of public performances featuring Veracruz, Mexico based Son Jarocho master musician and poet Zenen Zeferino in collaboration with roots music ensemble the Lua Project. Luray, Va—Mexilachian Son is a multimedia project featuring extensive interviews with Latino immigrants in Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. With support from Virginia Humanities, Lua Project artists […]
Culture & Identity • Folklife • News
Dr. Nader Majd teaches his apprentice, Ali Reza Analouei, to play Persian classical music on the tar in April 2018. Photo by Pat Jarrett A Mighty Tapestry
Preserving Traditions that Amplify the Commonwealth’s Diverse Heritage
The Virginia Folklife Program’s apprenticeship teams are preserving an array of traditions that amplify the Commonwealth’s diverse cultural heritage.
Culture & Identity • Fellowships • Virginia Indians
Greg Smithers - Photo by Pierre Courtois, Library of Virginia The Riverkeepers
The Cherokees, Their Neighbors, and the Rivers that Made America
Join Virginia Humanities Research Fellow Greg Smithers, a professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University, for a talk about the research he conducted for a project entitled “The Riverkeepers: The Cherokees, Their Neighbors, and the Rivers that Made America.” The book is a biography of aquatic places that Cherokee people and their indigenous neighbors believed […]
