December 6, 2022 - January 4, 2023

MacArthur's Park: detail. Junk Mail Collage on Canvas 40"x60W"

Solo Exhibition - Sandhi Schimmel Gold

Sandhi Schimmel Gold, Sandhi Schimmel Gold

12am

Over 20 original works of art on display by local artist Sandhi Schimmel Gold. Sandhi's work is in private, corporate and museum collections around the world...

RVA Northside , Free

Westminster Canterbury, H Scott November Gallery

James River Art League Exhibit at Cedarfield...

James River Art League

9am

Artists from the James River Art League will exhibit their work in the Cedarfield Art Gallery from October 3 through January 3, 2023

Ashland, Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, New Kent, Petersburg, Powhatan, RVA Downtown, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Fluvanna County , Free

Cedarfield Art Gallery

Santa’s Wonderland returns to Bass Pro Shops...

9am

Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s is proud to invite families to the beloved tradition of visiting Santa Claus this holiday season during the annual Santa’s...

Cabela’s 5000 Cabela Drive Henrico, VA 23233

Santa’s Wonderland returns to Bass Pro Shops...

9am

Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s is proud to invite families to the beloved tradition of visiting Santa Claus this holiday season during the annual Santa’s...

Bass Pro Shops 11550 Lakeridge Parkway Ashland, VA 23005

There's Just Us represented the struggle communities fight with hate & bigotry and the collective voices that were strong enough to stand up and strong against all odds.

There's Just Us: A Photo Exhibit by Alec R....

Virginia Holocaust Museum

9am

August 11-12, 2022 marks the five-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally that shook the quiet, central Virginia city of Charlottesville. To recognize...

RVA Downtown , Free

Virginia Holocaust Museum

Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity

Science Museum of Virginia

9:30am

Skin has a number of impressive features: it’s shape shifting, color changing and highly adaptive. But it’s also thought provoking, interaction changing and...

RVA Downtown, RVA The Fan , Prices Vary

Science Museum of Virginia

Katia Santibañez, YD9RL, 2022, Casein and Oil on Canvas, 20 x 16 Inches.

Group Exhibition: Spiraling

Reynolds Gallery

10am

Reynolds Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Spiraling, a multi-artist exhibition of bold and fresh paintings. The exhibition opens Friday,...

RVA The Fan , Free

Reynolds Gallery

Five of the featured artists in the JRAL Art Gallery at Crossroads Art Center

James River Art League November/December 2022...

James River Art League

10am

The artwork of JRAL artists Sarah Marshall Elliott, Janine Orr, Che', Porter Smith-Thayer and Tami Topalu is featured in the JRAL Gallery in Crossroads Art...

Ashland, Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, New Kent, Petersburg, Powhatan, RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA East End, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Fluvanna County , Free

Crossroads Art Center, JRAL Gallery

Naima Green: I Keep Missing My Water

Institute for Contemporary Art

10am

I Keep Missing My Water is a newly commissioned exhibition by photographer Naima Green that continues the artist’s ongoing investment in documenting intimacy...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free

Institute for Contemporary Art

Rafael Domenech: The Medium is the Massage

Institute for Contemporary Art

10am

The Medium is the Massage is a new commission by the Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech for a year-long pavilion for self-publishing, collective reading,...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free

Institute for Contemporary Art

Raoul Dufy: Drawn to Royal Ascot

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

10am

Featuring more than two dozen works on paper by the important Fauvist painter and quintessential artist of vibrant outdoor social events, this delightful...

RVA Arts District , Free

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

10am

Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art is the first exhibition to explore the instrument’s symbolism in American art from the early 19th century to the...

RVA Arts District , $

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Words Matter

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

10am

Words Matter features 10 works by contemporary Native American artists who have worked in the medium of printmaking, including Shan Goshorn (Cherokee), Rick...

RVA Arts District , Free

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

dana washington-queen: Resume at the Point of...

Institute for Contemporary Art

10am

Lens-based artist dana washington-queen (b. 1985) uses writing and video-making as an inquiry into freedom and escape. What are freedom’s possibilities?...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free

Institute for Contemporary Art

Adult Education Classes

Richmond Public Library

10:30am

Free GED Classes! Students must register at the Adult Education Center before the class begins. Adult & Continuing Education Programs - Richmond Public...

RVA Southside , Free

Hull Street

Adult English Class

Richmond Public Library

10:30am

Richmond Public Schools' Adult and Continuing Education Adult English class. Registration required. For more information call 804-780-8311.

RVA Southside , Free

Broad Rock Meeting Room

Book Babies

Richmond Public Library

10:30am

Join us for a fun and interactive story, music and play for babies from birth to 17 months with their caregiver.

RVA Downtown , Free

Children's Storytime Area - Main Library

Book Babies

Richmond Public Library

10:30am

Join us each week for a story time specially designed to engage and delight our youngest patrons! We’ll read and sing our way through fun stories and early...

RVA Southside , Free

Westover Hills Meeting Room

Preschool Storytime

Richmond Public Library

10:30am

Join us for our fun, interactive and educational storytime featuring books, songs, rhymes and activities! For ages 3-5 with an adult.

RVA West End , Free

Belmont Meeting Room

Toddler Time Storytime

Richmond Public Library

10:30am

Join us for a fun and interactive storytime for ages 18-36 months with a caregiver. Stories, songs, movement, and more! When registering, please select...

RVA West End , Free

West End Meeting Room A

Anne Savedge MOVIN' Art Gallery Show

Perkinson Center for the Arts & Education

11am

Movin' Work by Anne Savedge Artists’ Statement I have been photographing people involved in dance, and other movement through space, for a number of...

Chesterfield , Free

Perkinson Center for the Arts, Baxter and Elaine Perkinson, Jr Art Gallery

The Made in RVA Holiday Shop @ Art Works!

Art Works Gallery

11am

You’ll love shopping our Made in RVA Holiday Shop. It’s filled with holiday gifts—Richmond style. Everything is handmade, from ceramics, jewelry, candles and...

RVA Downtown, RVA Southside , Free

Art Works Gallery

Winter Exhibits @ Art Works!

Art Works Gallery

11am

See new exhibits and tour 80 artist studios. Our Made in RVA Holiday shop is open daily thru December 30th. Admission is free and open to the public Tuesdays...

RVA Downtown, RVA Southside , Free

Art Works Gallery

Toddler Time

Richmond Public Library

11:15am

Join us for fun and interactive stories, music and play for ages 18-36 months with their caregiver.

RVA Downtown , Free

Children's Storytime Area - Main Library

Toddler Time (Storytime)

Richmond Public Library

11:30am

All families are welcome to join April Freeman during storytime at the Hull Street Library starting at 11:30am. Apil will be reading the books... *Forever...

RVA Southside , Free

Hull Street Children's Dept.

Broad Rock Library Advisory Group Meeting

Richmond Public Library

3pm

Get involved with your library! Join the Advisory Group! See Heather for more information.

RVA Southside , Free

Broad Rock Meeting Room

Homework Help & Reading Together

Richmond Public Library

3:30pm

Help with reading and homework! ¡Ayuda con la tarea escolar y la lectura!

RVA Southside , Free

Broad Rock YA Table

Mosaic Ornament Making

Richmond Public Library

4:30pm

Make your own mosaic ornament to hang on your tree--or in your room as a mini disco ball--using old CDs and DVDs. The finished product will be a reflective...

RVA West End , Free

Belmont Meeting Room

StageCraft

SPARC - Youth Performing Arts

4:30pm

Kick off of SPARC's pilot program for students interested in technical theatre and want to be a part of our year-long crew; Registration required;...

RVA West End , Prices Vary

SPARC

Controversy/History: The Crisis at our...

5:30pm

Join us in person for a discussion on policy, access, and housing affordability in the region. The 2022-2023 series of Controversy/History celebrates 10...

The Valentine

S23 Stitchers Sewing Group

Studio Two Three

6pm

RVA Northside

“Voices of the Village” Book Club

Richmond Public Library

6pm

Join Gary Flowers as he leads a monthly discussion of books related to African American history as well as current events.

RVA Downtown , Free

Gellman Room - Main Library

Shockoe Sessions Live!

7:30pm

Shockoe Sessions Live is a weekly, live stream concert series featuring Richmond musicians who play original music. It’s broadcast from Studio A at In Your...

RVA The Fan

Virtual Event

January 2023 Call for Entries

Crossroads Art Center

Crossroads Art Center is excited to announce an online call for entries for the January 2023 All Media Exhibition, which will run from December 1, 2022 – ...

RVA West End , $

Virtual Event

Solo Exhibition - Sandhi Schimmel Gold

Sandhi Schimmel Gold, Sandhi Schimmel Gold

12am

Over 20 original works of art on display by local artist Sandhi Schimmel Gold. Sandhi's work is in private, corporate and museum collections around the world...

RVA Northside , Free

Westminster Canterbury, H Scott November Gallery

James River Art League Exhibit at Cedarfield...

James River Art League

9am

Artists from the James River Art League will exhibit their work in the Cedarfield Art Gallery from October 3 through January 3, 2023

Ashland, Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, New Kent, Petersburg, Powhatan, RVA Downtown, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Fluvanna County , Free

Cedarfield Art Gallery

Santa’s Wonderland returns to Bass Pro Shops...

9am

Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s is proud to invite families to the beloved tradition of visiting Santa Claus this holiday season during the annual Santa’s...

Cabela’s 5000 Cabela Drive Henrico, VA 23233

Santa’s Wonderland returns to Bass Pro Shops...

9am

Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s is proud to invite families to the beloved tradition of visiting Santa Claus this holiday season during the annual Santa’s...

Bass Pro Shops 11550 Lakeridge Parkway Ashland, VA 23005

There's Just Us: A Photo Exhibit by Alec R....

Virginia Holocaust Museum

9am

August 11-12, 2022 marks the five-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally that shook the quiet, central Virginia city of Charlottesville. To recognize...

RVA Downtown , Free

Virginia Holocaust Museum

Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity

Science Museum of Virginia

9:30am

Skin has a number of impressive features: it’s shape shifting, color changing and highly adaptive. But it’s also thought provoking, interaction changing and...

RVA Downtown, RVA The Fan , Prices Vary

Science Museum of Virginia

English Language Acquisition ELA class...

Richmond Public Library

10am

English Language Acquisition (ELA) Richmond Public Schools Adult Services program offers ELA classes (also known as ESL) for two semesters each year. ...

RVA Southside , Free

Westover Hills Meeting Room

FORGING FREEDOM, JUSTICE, and EQUALITY 40th...

Black History Museum and Cultural Center

10am

Forging Freedom, Justice, and Equality is a riveting interactive, multi-themed immersion into the Black experience in the history of the Commonwealth of...

Ashland, Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, New Kent, Petersburg, Powhatan, RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA East End, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Fluvanna County , $

Black History Museum and Cultural Center

Group Exhibition: Spiraling

Reynolds Gallery

10am

Reynolds Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Spiraling, a multi-artist exhibition of bold and fresh paintings. The exhibition opens Friday,...

RVA The Fan , Free

Reynolds Gallery

James River Art League November/December 2022...

James River Art League

10am

The artwork of JRAL artists Sarah Marshall Elliott, Janine Orr, Che', Porter Smith-Thayer and Tami Topalu is featured in the JRAL Gallery in Crossroads Art...

Ashland, Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, New Kent, Petersburg, Powhatan, RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA East End, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Fluvanna County , Free

Crossroads Art Center, JRAL Gallery

Naima Green: I Keep Missing My Water

Institute for Contemporary Art

10am

I Keep Missing My Water is a newly commissioned exhibition by photographer Naima Green that continues the artist’s ongoing investment in documenting intimacy...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free

Institute for Contemporary Art

Rafael Domenech: The Medium is the Massage

Institute for Contemporary Art

10am

The Medium is the Massage is a new commission by the Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech for a year-long pavilion for self-publishing, collective reading,...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free

Institute for Contemporary Art

Raoul Dufy: Drawn to Royal Ascot

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

10am

Featuring more than two dozen works on paper by the important Fauvist painter and quintessential artist of vibrant outdoor social events, this delightful...

RVA Arts District , Free

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

10am

Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art is the first exhibition to explore the instrument’s symbolism in American art from the early 19th century to the...

RVA Arts District , $

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Words Matter

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

10am

Words Matter features 10 works by contemporary Native American artists who have worked in the medium of printmaking, including Shan Goshorn (Cherokee), Rick...

RVA Arts District , Free

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

dana washington-queen: Resume at the Point of...

Institute for Contemporary Art

10am

Lens-based artist dana washington-queen (b. 1985) uses writing and video-making as an inquiry into freedom and escape. What are freedom’s possibilities?...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free

Institute for Contemporary Art

Bilingual Family Storytime / Hora de cuentos...

Richmond Public Library

10:30am, 11:30am

Join us at the Broad Rock library for Storytime in English and Spanish! Perfect for babies and children 0 - 5. ¡Únete a nosotros en la biblioteca Broad Rock...

RVA Southside , Free

Broad Rock Meeting Room

Book Babies Storytime

Richmond Public Library

10:30am

Join us at the West End Branch for a storytime full of songs, stories, movement, and play - perfect for babies and younger toddlers up to 17 months with a...

RVA West End , Free

West End Meeting Room A

Toddler Time

Richmond Public Library

10:30am

Join us for fun and interactive stories, music and play for ages 18-36 months with their caregiver.

RVA West End , Free

Belmont Meeting Room

Anne Savedge MOVIN' Art Gallery Show

Perkinson Center for the Arts & Education

11am

Movin' Work by Anne Savedge Artists’ Statement I have been photographing people involved in dance, and other movement through space, for a number of...

Chesterfield , Free

Perkinson Center for the Arts, Baxter and Elaine Perkinson, Jr Art Gallery

The Made in RVA Holiday Shop @ Art Works!

Art Works Gallery

11am

You’ll love shopping our Made in RVA Holiday Shop. It’s filled with holiday gifts—Richmond style. Everything is handmade, from ceramics, jewelry, candles and...

RVA Downtown, RVA Southside , Free

Art Works Gallery

Winter Exhibits @ Art Works!

Art Works Gallery

11am

See new exhibits and tour 80 artist studios. Our Made in RVA Holiday shop is open daily thru December 30th. Admission is free and open to the public Tuesdays...

RVA Downtown, RVA Southside , Free

Art Works Gallery

Bilingual Family Storytime / Hora de cuentos...

Richmond Public Library

11:30am

Join us at the Broad Rock library for Storytime in English and Spanish! Perfect for babies and children 0 - 5. ¡Únete a nosotros en la biblioteca Broad Rock...

RVA Southside , Free

Broad Rock Meeting Room

Lunch Break Science: “Electrifying...

12pm

Come listen to Feng Lin, Ph.D, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and affiliated with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and...

Free

Science Museum of Virginia

Richmond Short Stories

The Valentine

1:30pm

Join us for a 30-minute gallery tour uncovering fascinating objects in the Valentine’s collection. Each Wednesday* at 1:30 p.m., a Valentine staff member...

RVA Downtown , Free

The Valentine

A BROADWAY CHRISTMAS

Virginia Rep at Hanover Tavern, Virginia Rep at Hanover Tavern

2pm

Just in time for the holidays, our ensemble of musical theatre all-stars has put together lively entertainment that celebrates the timeless Christmas,...

Hanover , $$

Virginia Rep at Hanover Tavern

Office of Community Wealth Building Barrier...

Richmond Public Library

2pm

Come talk to a Barrier Navigator about the Office of Workforce Development's programs.

RVA Southside , Free

Broad Rock Meeting Room

Office of Community Wealth Building Barrier...

Richmond Public Library

2pm

Come talk to a Barrier Navigator about the Office of Community Wealth Building's workforce development programs.

RVA Southside , Free

Hull Street

Homework Help & Reading Together

Richmond Public Library

3:30pm

Help with reading and homework! ¡Ayuda con la tarea escolar y la lectura!

RVA Southside , Free

Broad Rock YA Table

Westover Hills Crafts: Paper Gingerbread House

Richmond Public Library

4pm

Bring out your inner artist at Westover Hill’s crafting program. Supplies are provided, just bring your creativity! Use a variety of fun materials to make...

RVA Southside , Free

Westover Hills Meeting Room

Get Crafty Together: Swirl Paint Ornaments!

Richmond Public Library

4:30pm

Create these beautiful swirl paint ornaments to hang in your room or on a Christmas tree! **Please Note: This program is intended for teens between the...

RVA East End , Free

East End Meeting Room

ESOL CLASS

Richmond Public Library

5pm

English as a Second Language(ESL) Classes! This program is perfect for gaining more knowledge of the English language for ALL Learning levels! Open to...

RVA West End , Free

Belmont Meeting Room

MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY

Virginia Repertory Theatre

7pm

Two years after the end of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the Bennet sisters and their spouses are celebrating the holidays with family at the Darcy...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , $$

Virginia Rep's November Theatre

Christmas on the Rocks

Richmond Triangle Players

8pm

RTP's twisted holiday hit returns! It’s Christmas Eve in a rundown local bar. Expecting a silent night, the bartender finds himself mixing drinks for a...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA Northside , $$

Richmond Triangle Players' Robert B. Moss Theatre

January 2023 Call for Entries

Crossroads Art Center

Crossroads Art Center is excited to announce an online call for entries for the January 2023 All Media Exhibition, which will run from December 1, 2022 – ...

RVA West End , $

Virtual Event

Solo Exhibition - Sandhi Schimmel Gold

Sandhi Schimmel Gold, Sandhi Schimmel Gold

12am

Over 20 original works of art on display by local artist Sandhi Schimmel Gold. Sandhi's work is in private, corporate and museum collections around the world...

RVA Northside , Free

Westminster Canterbury, H Scott November Gallery

Westover Teens: Snowflake Ornament

Richmond Public Library

Visit Westover Hill’s young adult section to check out our take and make kits! This month’s craft is a snowflake ornament. Get in the holiday mood with...

RVA Southside , Free

James River Art League Exhibit at Cedarfield...

James River Art League

9am

Artists from the James River Art League will exhibit their work in the Cedarfield Art Gallery from October 3 through January 3, 2023

Ashland, Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, New Kent, Petersburg, Powhatan, RVA Downtown, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Fluvanna County , Free

Cedarfield Art Gallery

Santa’s Wonderland returns to Bass Pro Shops...

9am

Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s is proud to invite families to the beloved tradition of visiting Santa Claus this holiday season during the annual Santa’s...

Cabela’s 5000 Cabela Drive Henrico, VA 23233

Santa’s Wonderland returns to Bass Pro Shops...

9am

Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s is proud to invite families to the beloved tradition of visiting Santa Claus this holiday season during the annual Santa’s...

Bass Pro Shops 11550 Lakeridge Parkway Ashland, VA 23005

There's Just Us: A Photo Exhibit by Alec R....

Virginia Holocaust Museum

9am

August 11-12, 2022 marks the five-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally that shook the quiet, central Virginia city of Charlottesville. To recognize...

RVA Downtown , Free

Virginia Holocaust Museum

Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity

Science Museum of Virginia

9:30am

Skin has a number of impressive features: it’s shape shifting, color changing and highly adaptive. But it’s also thought provoking, interaction changing and...

RVA Downtown, RVA The Fan , Prices Vary

Science Museum of Virginia

FORGING FREEDOM, JUSTICE, and EQUALITY 40th...

Black History Museum and Cultural Center

10am

Forging Freedom, Justice, and Equality is a riveting interactive, multi-themed immersion into the Black experience in the history of the Commonwealth of...

Ashland, Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, New Kent, Petersburg, Powhatan, RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA East End, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Fluvanna County , $

Black History Museum and Cultural Center

Family Storytime

Richmond Public Library

10am

Join us for a fun-filled, interactive family storytime! Enjoy songs, rhymes, books and activities for ages 0-5 with an adult.

RVA Northside , Free

North Avenue Meeting Room

Group Exhibition: Spiraling

Reynolds Gallery

10am

Reynolds Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Spiraling, a multi-artist exhibition of bold and fresh paintings. The exhibition opens Friday,...

RVA The Fan , Free

Reynolds Gallery

James River Art League November/December 2022...

James River Art League

10am

The artwork of JRAL artists Sarah Marshall Elliott, Janine Orr, Che', Porter Smith-Thayer and Tami Topalu is featured in the JRAL Gallery in Crossroads Art...

Ashland, Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, New Kent, Petersburg, Powhatan, RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA East End, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Fluvanna County , Free

Crossroads Art Center, JRAL Gallery

Naima Green: I Keep Missing My Water

Institute for Contemporary Art

10am

I Keep Missing My Water is a newly commissioned exhibition by photographer Naima Green that continues the artist’s ongoing investment in documenting intimacy...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free

Institute for Contemporary Art

Rafael Domenech: The Medium is the Massage

Institute for Contemporary Art

10am

The Medium is the Massage is a new commission by the Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech for a year-long pavilion for self-publishing, collective reading,...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free

Institute for Contemporary Art

Raoul Dufy: Drawn to Royal Ascot

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

10am

Featuring more than two dozen works on paper by the important Fauvist painter and quintessential artist of vibrant outdoor social events, this delightful...

RVA Arts District , Free

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

10am

Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art is the first exhibition to explore the instrument’s symbolism in American art from the early 19th century to the...

RVA Arts District , $

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Tabletop Thursday @ West End Branch Library

Richmond Public Library

10am

Need a break from screens and videos? Have some time to spend with family and friends? Stop by the West End Branch on Thursdays for boardgame fun! Trivial...

RVA West End , Free

West End

Words Matter

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

10am

Words Matter features 10 works by contemporary Native American artists who have worked in the medium of printmaking, including Shan Goshorn (Cherokee), Rick...

RVA Arts District , Free

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

dana washington-queen: Resume at the Point of...

Institute for Contemporary Art

10am

Lens-based artist dana washington-queen (b. 1985) uses writing and video-making as an inquiry into freedom and escape. What are freedom’s possibilities?...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free

Institute for Contemporary Art

Book Babies

Richmond Public Library

10:15am, 10:30am

Join us for a fun and interactive story, music and play for babies from birth to 17 months with their caregiver.

RVA West End , Free

Belmont Meeting Room

Adult Education Classes

Richmond Public Library

10:30am

Free GED Classes! Students must register at the Adult Education Center before the class begins. Adult & Continuing Education Programs - Richmond Public...

RVA Southside , Free

Hull Street

Adult English Class

Richmond Public Library

10:30am

Richmond Public Schools' Adult and Continuing Education Adult English class. Registration required. For more information call 804-780-8311.

RVA Southside , Free

Broad Rock Meeting Room

Book Babies

Richmond Public Library

10:30am

Join us for a fun and interactive story, music and play for babies from birth to 17 months with their caregiver.

RVA West End , Free

Belmont Meeting Room

Preschool Storytime

Richmond Public Library

10:30am

Join us for our fun, interactive and educational storytime featuring books, songs, rhymes and activities! For ages 3-5 with an adult.

RVA Downtown , Free

Children's Storytime Area - Main Library

Preschool storytime

Richmond Public Library

10:30am

Join us each week for a story time specially designed to engage and delight our youngest patrons! We’ll read, sing, and play our way through fun stories and...

RVA Southside , Free

Westover Hills Meeting Room

Anne Savedge MOVIN' Art Gallery Show

Perkinson Center for the Arts & Education

11am

Movin' Work by Anne Savedge Artists’ Statement I have been photographing people involved in dance, and other movement through space, for a number of...

Chesterfield , Free

Perkinson Center for the Arts, Baxter and Elaine Perkinson, Jr Art Gallery

Family Storytime

Richmond Public Library

11am

Join us for a fun-filled, interactive storytime! Enjoy songs, rhymes, books and activities for ages 0-5 with an adult. *Due to the increase in Covid...

RVA Northside , Free

Ginter Park

The Made in RVA Holiday Shop @ Art Works!

Art Works Gallery

11am

You’ll love shopping our Made in RVA Holiday Shop. It’s filled with holiday gifts—Richmond style. Everything is handmade, from ceramics, jewelry, candles and...

RVA Downtown, RVA Southside , Free

Art Works Gallery

Winter Exhibits @ Art Works!

Art Works Gallery

11am

See new exhibits and tour 80 artist studios. Our Made in RVA Holiday shop is open daily thru December 30th. Admission is free and open to the public Tuesdays...

RVA Downtown, RVA Southside , Free

Art Works Gallery

Make and Take Art (Making Christmas Ornaments)

Richmond Public Library

11:30am

All families are welcome to come and design their own personal Christmas ornament.

RVA Southside , Free

Hull Street Children's Dept.

Online Research Skills for Family and Local...

Library of Virginia

12pm

Join us for a virtual workshop led by reference librarians Annie Hatton and Becky Schneider on finding and evaluating historical information online. Learn...

RVA Downtown , Free

Virtual Event

“Decaying Circles” by Marina Williams, 16.5 x 21 Marker on Paper Framed

“Color in Darkness” by Marine Williams

Anne’s Visual Art Studio

12pm

Richmond artist Marina Williams created her marker & mixed media works on paper through the pandemic. “Color in Darkness” is a vibrant, illustrative stream...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA Northside , $

Anne’s Visual Art Studio, First Fridays Gallery

Homework Help & Reading Together

Richmond Public Library

3:30pm

Help with reading and homework! ¡Ayuda con la tarea escolar y la lectura!

RVA Southside , Free

Broad Rock YA Table

LEGO Club

Richmond Public Library

3:30pm

Build different LEGO creations to fit various prompts! Engineer from your imagination.

RVA Southside , Free

Broad Rock Meeting Room

Master Gardener Help Desk

Richmond Public Library

3:30pm, 3:45pm

Master Gardeners will be out in the library, eager to answer any of your gardening questions. They will have soil sample kits and other helpful resources for...

RVA West End , Free

Belmont

Master Gardener Help Desk

Richmond Public Library

3:45pm

Master Gardeners will be out in the library, eager to answer any of your gardening questions. They will have soil sample kits and other helpful resources for...

RVA West End , Free

Belmont

Holiday Magnetic Tile Puzzles

Richmond Public Library

4pm

Feeling puzzled about what to do with your afternoon? Visit the East End Library with your little one and challenge yourselves to some holiday magnet fun!

RVA East End , Free

East End Meeting Room

Spanish Language Lessons for Kids from Legata...

Richmond Public Library

6pm

Legato Lingua is offering a free, 8-week introductory Spanish course for elementary school children. This class will expose students to the fundamentals of...

RVA Downtown , Free

Children's Activities Room - Main Library

Author Talk: Margaret Edds & "What the...

Richmond Public Library

6:30pm

Margaret Edds will discuss her new book and sign copies available for purchase from Book People. Meldon Jenkins-Jones, Library/Community Services Manager of...

RVA Downtown , Free

Gellman Room - Main Library

MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY

Virginia Repertory Theatre

7pm

Two years after the end of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the Bennet sisters and their spouses are celebrating the holidays with family at the Darcy...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , $$

Virginia Rep's November Theatre

Anything Goes

Weinstein JCC

7:30pm

Weinstein JCC’s Jewish Family Theatre is proud to present the 50th anniversary production of Anything Goes! This hilarious shipboard romp features the...

RVA West End , $$, Prices Vary

Weinstein Jewish Community Center

Festivus 2022

CSz Richmond

7:30pm

Celebrating the Art of Improv! Eight shows over three nights, featuring over 100 improvisers and 30 troupes from across the country! It's the 13th year of...

Henrico, RVA West End , $

CSz Richmond Theater

A BROADWAY CHRISTMAS

Virginia Repertory Theatre

8pm

Just in time for the holidays, our ensemble of musical theatre all-stars has put together lively entertainment that celebrates the timeless Christmas,...

Hanover , $$

Virginia Rep at Hanover Tavern

Christmas on the Rocks

Richmond Triangle Players

8pm

RTP's twisted holiday hit returns! It’s Christmas Eve in a rundown local bar. Expecting a silent night, the bartender finds himself mixing drinks for a...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA Northside , $$

Richmond Triangle Players' Robert B. Moss Theatre

January 2023 Call for Entries

Crossroads Art Center

Crossroads Art Center is excited to announce an online call for entries for the January 2023 All Media Exhibition, which will run from December 1, 2022 – ...

RVA West End , $

Virtual Event

Solo Exhibition - Sandhi Schimmel Gold

Sandhi Schimmel Gold, Sandhi Schimmel Gold

12am

Over 20 original works of art on display by local artist Sandhi Schimmel Gold. Sandhi's work is in private, corporate and museum collections around the world...

RVA Northside , Free

Westminster Canterbury, H Scott November Gallery

James River Art League Exhibit at Cedarfield...

James River Art League

9am

Artists from the James River Art League will exhibit their work in the Cedarfield Art Gallery from October 3 through January 3, 2023

Ashland, Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, New Kent, Petersburg, Powhatan, RVA Downtown, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Fluvanna County , Free

Cedarfield Art Gallery

Santa’s Wonderland returns to Bass Pro Shops...

9am

Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s is proud to invite families to the beloved tradition of visiting Santa Claus this holiday season during the annual Santa’s...

Cabela’s 5000 Cabela Drive Henrico, VA 23233

Santa’s Wonderland returns to Bass Pro Shops...

9am

Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s is proud to invite families to the beloved tradition of visiting Santa Claus this holiday season during the annual Santa’s...

Bass Pro Shops 11550 Lakeridge Parkway Ashland, VA 23005

There's Just Us: A Photo Exhibit by Alec R....

Virginia Holocaust Museum

9am

August 11-12, 2022 marks the five-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally that shook the quiet, central Virginia city of Charlottesville. To recognize...

RVA Downtown , Free

Virginia Holocaust Museum

Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity

Science Museum of Virginia

9:30am

Skin has a number of impressive features: it’s shape shifting, color changing and highly adaptive. But it’s also thought provoking, interaction changing and...

RVA Downtown, RVA The Fan , Prices Vary

Science Museum of Virginia

Church Tours

St. John's Church

10am

Visit St. John's Church, the location of the Second Virginia Convention, and hear the fascinating story of Patrick Henry and his 'Liberty or Death" speech in...

RVA Downtown, RVA East End , $

St. John's Church

FORGING FREEDOM, JUSTICE, and EQUALITY 40th...

Black History Museum and Cultural Center

10am

Forging Freedom, Justice, and Equality is a riveting interactive, multi-themed immersion into the Black experience in the history of the Commonwealth of...

Ashland, Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, New Kent, Petersburg, Powhatan, RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA East End, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Fluvanna County , $

Black History Museum and Cultural Center

Group Exhibition: Spiraling

Reynolds Gallery

10am

Reynolds Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Spiraling, a multi-artist exhibition of bold and fresh paintings. The exhibition opens Friday,...

RVA The Fan , Free

Reynolds Gallery

James River Art League November/December 2022...

James River Art League

10am

The artwork of JRAL artists Sarah Marshall Elliott, Janine Orr, Che', Porter Smith-Thayer and Tami Topalu is featured in the JRAL Gallery in Crossroads Art...

Ashland, Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, New Kent, Petersburg, Powhatan, RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA East End, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Fluvanna County , Free

Crossroads Art Center, JRAL Gallery

Library Yarns

Richmond Public Library

10am

If you like to knit or crochet, join this fun time of creativity at the Belmont Library. Bring you portable handwork project for an informal group...

RVA West End , Free

Belmont Meeting Room

Naima Green: I Keep Missing My Water

Institute for Contemporary Art

10am

I Keep Missing My Water is a newly commissioned exhibition by photographer Naima Green that continues the artist’s ongoing investment in documenting intimacy...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free

Institute for Contemporary Art

Rafael Domenech: The Medium is the Massage

Institute for Contemporary Art

10am

The Medium is the Massage is a new commission by the Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech for a year-long pavilion for self-publishing, collective reading,...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free

Institute for Contemporary Art

Raoul Dufy: Drawn to Royal Ascot

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

10am

Featuring more than two dozen works on paper by the important Fauvist painter and quintessential artist of vibrant outdoor social events, this delightful...

RVA Arts District , Free

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

10am

Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art is the first exhibition to explore the instrument’s symbolism in American art from the early 19th century to the...

RVA Arts District , $

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Words Matter

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

10am

Words Matter features 10 works by contemporary Native American artists who have worked in the medium of printmaking, including Shan Goshorn (Cherokee), Rick...

RVA Arts District , Free

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

dana washington-queen: Resume at the Point of...

Institute for Contemporary Art

10am

Lens-based artist dana washington-queen (b. 1985) uses writing and video-making as an inquiry into freedom and escape. What are freedom’s possibilities?...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free

Institute for Contemporary Art

Anne Savedge MOVIN' Art Gallery Show

Perkinson Center for the Arts & Education

11am

Movin' Work by Anne Savedge Artists’ Statement I have been photographing people involved in dance, and other movement through space, for a number of...

Chesterfield , Free

Perkinson Center for the Arts, Baxter and Elaine Perkinson, Jr Art Gallery

The Made in RVA Holiday Shop @ Art Works!

Art Works Gallery

11am

You’ll love shopping our Made in RVA Holiday Shop. It’s filled with holiday gifts—Richmond style. Everything is handmade, from ceramics, jewelry, candles and...

RVA Downtown, RVA Southside , Free

Art Works Gallery

Winter Exhibits @ Art Works!

Art Works Gallery

11am

See new exhibits and tour 80 artist studios. Our Made in RVA Holiday shop is open daily thru December 30th. Admission is free and open to the public Tuesdays...

RVA Downtown, RVA Southside , Free

Art Works Gallery

“Color in Darkness” by Marine Williams

Anne’s Visual Art Studio

12pm

Richmond artist Marina Williams created her marker & mixed media works on paper through the pandemic. “Color in Darkness” is a vibrant, illustrative stream...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA Northside , $

Anne’s Visual Art Studio, First Fridays Gallery

Opening for "Where Art and The River...

Artspace

4pm

Artspace is pleased to announce as part of our partnership with the James River Association, an Opening Reception for "Where Art and The River Converge."...

Free

Artspace Gallery

Festivus 2022

CSz Richmond

7pm

Celebrating the Art of Improv! Eight shows over three nights, featuring over 100 improvisers and 30 troupes from across the country! It's the 13th year of...

Henrico, RVA West End , $

CSz Richmond Theater

Richmond Ballet's The Nutcracker

Richmond Ballet

7pm

Brand new scenery designed by Alain Vaës, a new Chinese dance choreographed by Ma Cong, and refreshed costumes make their much-anticipated debut this...

RVA Downtown , Prices Vary

Carpenter Theatre at Dominion Energy Center

Test Pattern 06: Dorian Wood

Institute for Contemporary Art

7pm

As part of Test Pattern, multi-disciplinary artist Dorian Wood presents Mares Ocultos, a new composition that centers on themes of erasure, anxiety, and...

RVA Arts District , Free

Institute for Contemporary Art

“Making Spirits Bright” - American Youth Harp...

GreenSpring International Academy of Music

7pm

The GreenSpring American Youth Harp Ensemble presents “Making Spirits Bright!” Friday, December 9th at 7:00 pm at Lakeside United Methodist Church, 2333...

RVA Northside , Prices Vary

LAKESIDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

A BROADWAY CHRISTMAS

Virginia Repertory Theatre

8pm

Just in time for the holidays, our ensemble of musical theatre all-stars has put together lively entertainment that celebrates the timeless Christmas,...

Hanover , $$

Virginia Rep at Hanover Tavern

Christmas on the Rocks

Richmond Triangle Players

8pm

RTP's twisted holiday hit returns! It’s Christmas Eve in a rundown local bar. Expecting a silent night, the bartender finds himself mixing drinks for a...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA Northside , $$

Richmond Triangle Players' Robert B. Moss Theatre

MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY

Virginia Repertory Theatre

8pm

Two years after the end of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the Bennet sisters and their spouses are celebrating the holidays with family at the Darcy...

Ashland, Chesterfield, Henrico, RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , $$

Virginia Rep's November Theatre

January 2023 Call for Entries

Crossroads Art Center

Crossroads Art Center is excited to announce an online call for entries for the January 2023 All Media Exhibition, which will run from December 1, 2022 – ...

RVA West End , $

Virtual Event

Solo Exhibition - Sandhi Schimmel Gold

Sandhi Schimmel Gold, Sandhi Schimmel Gold

12am

Over 20 original works of art on display by local artist Sandhi Schimmel Gold. Sandhi's work is in private, corporate and museum collections around the world...

RVA Northside , Free

Westminster Canterbury, H Scott November Gallery

James River Art League Exhibit at Cedarfield...

James River Art League

9am

Artists from the James River Art League will exhibit their work in the Cedarfield Art Gallery from October 3 through January 3, 2023

Ashland, Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, New Kent, Petersburg, Powhatan, RVA Downtown, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Fluvanna County , Free

Cedarfield Art Gallery

Santa’s Wonderland returns to Bass Pro Shops...

9am

Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s is proud to invite families to the beloved tradition of visiting Santa Claus this holiday season during the annual Santa’s...

Cabela’s 5000 Cabela Drive Henrico, VA 23233

Santa’s Wonderland returns to Bass Pro Shops...

9am

Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s is proud to invite families to the beloved tradition of visiting Santa Claus this holiday season during the annual Santa’s...

Bass Pro Shops 11550 Lakeridge Parkway Ashland, VA 23005

There's Just Us: A Photo Exhibit by Alec R....

Virginia Holocaust Museum

9am

August 11-12, 2022 marks the five-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally that shook the quiet, central Virginia city of Charlottesville. To recognize...

RVA Downtown , Free

Virginia Holocaust Museum