Exhibit: House of the Lost Cause
Lost Cause Exhibit courtesy the American Civil War Museum. Sat. Dec. 14, 2019 - Mon. Dec. 14, 2020
Where: American Civil War Museum
1201 E. Clay Street, Richmond, VA 23219“House of the Lost Cause” focuses on how actions of the people who lived and worked in the House contributed to the development of the Lost Cause.
Paradox Of Liberty
Slavery At Jefferson’s Monticello
African American Heritage • Grants • History
Recreation of the Hemings Cabin - Photo by Steve Ruark for Thomas Jefferson Foundation Sat. Jan. 18, 2020 - Sat. Apr. 18, 2020
Where: Black History Museum and Cultural Center
122 West Leigh St, Richmond VA 23220The Paradox of Liberty: Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello, gives voice to the many enslaved families who built and maintained Monticello. It highlights the stories of six families who, along with others, lived in slavery at Jefferson’s home and plantation for generations: Elizabeth Hemings and her children, among whom the most well-known is her daughter Sally; […]
Exhibit: Voices from Richmond’s Hidden Epidemic
Rodney Lofton. August 2018. Photographed by Michael Simon for the Voices from Richmond's Hidden Epidemic project. Thu. Jan. 23, 2020 - Mon. May. 25, 2020
Where: The Valentine
1015 East Clay Street Richmond, VA 23219Featuring oral histories collected by Laura Browder and Patricia Herrera with accompanying photographic portraits by Michael Simon, Voices from Richmond’s Hidden Epidemic offers a nuanced look at the HIV/AIDS crisis through the stories of survivors, caregivers, activists, and health care workers on the front lines.
The 15th Amendment, a Failure? Some New Evidence
African American Heritage • Fellowships • History
This commemorative print celebrates the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution. - Courtesy Library of Congress Tue. Feb. 4, 2020 12:00pm
Where: Virginia Humanities
145 Ednam Drive, Charlottesville VA 22903The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified February 3, 1870, gave African American men in America the right to vote. It was the third and last of the Reconstruction amendments.
Peter Meineck’s Warrior Chorus Project
Staged Reading of Greek Tragedy by and for Veterans
Thu. Feb. 6, 2020 - Fri. Feb. 7, 2020
Where: Joan & Macon Brock Theatre, Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center
Virginia Wesleyan University Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455Former British Royal Marine and Theatre and Classics professor Peter Meineck will direct a performance of the Warrior Chorus Project, a program that teaches veterans to perform works from ancient literature.
Let’s Talk: The Lost Cause
Thu. Feb. 6, 2020 6:00pm
Where: White House of the Confederacy
1201 E. Clay Street, Richmond, VA 23219The Lost Cause shaped how generations of people have both remembered history and understood their present lives, but its vision of the past isn’t accurate.
Exhibit: Visionaries
Culture & Identity • Grants • TRHT
Student at a summer art camp. Photo courtesy Northeast Neighborhood Association of Harrisonburg. Fri. Feb. 7, 2020 - Fri. Feb. 28, 2020
Where: Arts Council of the Valley - Smith House Galleries
311 South Main Street Harrisonburg, VA 22801View original artworks by students ages 14-18 who, led by JMU Art Professor Susan Zurbrigg, participated in a summer 2019 workshop on racial healing and transformation.
Black Futures in Virginia Cultural Preservation
Niya Bates, Director of African American History and Getting Word Oral History Project at Monticello, tries on an augmented reality headset. - Photo by Peter Hedlund, Virginia Humanities Fri. Feb. 7, 2020 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Where: Harrison B. Wilson Archives, Norfolk State University Library
700 Park Avenue Norfolk, VA 23504The Virginia General Assembly African American Cultural Resources (AACR) Task Force invites you to its first Black Futures in Virginia Cultural Preservation event. The free public event will include an opening reception for the two-week pop-up exhibition, Afro-Virginia: People, Place and Power, and a panel discussion with some of the leading young voices in Virginia’s Black cultural […]
Farms, Mills & Shops – Shenandoah Valley 1750-1850
Virginia Mill - Photo courtesy Frontier Culture Museum Tue. Feb. 18, 2020 7:00pm
Where: Dairy Barn Lecture Hall / Frontier Culture Museum
1290 Richmond Ave, Staunton, VA 24401This presentation by Ken Koons, Professor of History at Virginia Military Institute, will explore the history of manufacturing in the Shenandoah Valley, from the frontier era through the early Republic and late antebellum period.
Virginia Festival of the Book
Five days, hundreds of authors. Join us March 18-22, 2020.
