Culture & Identity • Fellowships • History
Mary Booth Pardon File, 21 August 1882, Records of the Secretary of the Commonwealth - Library of VA From Mary Booth to Virginia Christian
Child Incarceration and the Making of the New South While many Virginians may be familiar with the story of Virginia Christian, the 17-year-old juvenile executed by the state of Virginia in 1912, few have heard of Mary Booth, a 14-year-old African American girl convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1882. This talk by […]
Culture & Identity • Fellowships
Photo by Earl Swift Tangier Island
The Long Life and Prospective Demise of a Storied Island Community Settled since 1778 and populated by that first family’s descendants, Tangier is one of two inhabited offshore islands in the Chesapeake Bay and a leading center for the pursuit of the bay’s famed blue crab. But throughout its recorded history it has been disappearing. […]
Culture & Identity • Global Virginia • News
Photo by Pat Jarrett/VA Folklife Program Filipino Traditions in Virginia
Understanding Global Virginia
Approximately one million Filipinos have immigrated to the United States since the 1950s. In 2010, more than 90,000 Filipinos were living in Virginia. David Bearinger explores Filipino traditions in this installment in VFH’s Global Virginia series.
Culture & Identity • News • Pulitzer 100
Carolyn Shaw Caroline Shaw and the Future of Music
Until recently, Caroline Shaw was uncomfortable calling herself a composer–violin, singer, musician, sure. But not a composer.Then in 2013, her composition Partita for 8 Voices made her the youngest recipient ever of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Now she’s one of the most respected composers on the New Music scene and has been heralded as […]
Culture & Identity • Virginia Indians
Karenne Wood speaks at the LVA Virginia Women in History honor ceremony. Photo Credit to Pierre Courtois from Library of Virginia Death and Dinner: Thoughts and Discussion about the Repatriation of Indigenous Remains and Objects
Karenne Wood, poet and director of VFH’s Virginia Indian Program, and Damien Shen, an Australian Aboriginal artist, will discuss their experiences with the repatriation of indigenous remains and objects to their places of origin. A discussion with Q and A will follow.
Culture & Identity • Virginia Indians
Karenne Wood History, Dance and Blessings with the Monacan Nation
As part of the festivities for American Indian and Indigenous heritage Month, tribal members and leaders of the Monacan Nation will present their culture in the form of traditional song and dance at the Blacksburg Farmer’s Market.
