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Richmond Performing Arts Alliance

What is #ArtsHuntRVA? Richmond Performing Arts Alliance (RPAA) and CultureWorks have partnered to bring a unique and interactive arts experience to the...

Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, Petersburg, Powhatan , Free
Greater Richmond & Tri-Cities area
Arts in Education Summer Camp ENCANTO

Arts in Education Summer Camp ENCANTO

Latin Ballet of Virginia

Welcome to our Casita! Our very own encanto and Colombian, Ana Ines is proud to honor the culture of her country through Disney’s Encanto. LBV will celebrate...

RVA Downtown , $
Dominion Energy Center
On-set vocabulary lesson

On-set vocabulary lesson

Do you know the difference between a gaffer & a grip? Can you identify a household item they call a C47? What does a 2ndAD do? These are just a few of the...

RVA Downtown , Free
Virtual Event
Love Letters by Robert Winne

Metro Richmond Artists presents Kind of Blue...

Metropolitan Richmond Artists Association
9am

Blue is the color of trust, responsibility, and relaxation. Depending on the tone, blue symbolizes loyalty or authority. Within blue’s emotional range is the...

Free
Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
Dave Rogers' Big Bugs as part of Pollinator Power

Dave Rogers' Big Bugs as part of Pollinator Power

9am

Artist David Rogers’ Big Bugs: The Pollinators showcases larger-than-life sculptures highlighting the importance of pollinators and preserving their...

Henrico , Prices Vary
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
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
Planet Shark: Predator or Prey

Planet Shark: Predator or Prey

Science Museum of Virginia
9:30am

Dive Into the Incredible Underwater World of Sharks. Trace millions of years of evolution, come face-to-face with the great white shark, learn the true...

RVA Downtown, RVA The Fan , Prices Vary
Science Museum of Virginia
Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity

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
Agents of Change: Female Activism in Virginia from Women's Suffrage to Today

Agents of Change: Female Activism in Virginia...

Richmond Public Library
10am

Come into the library and walk through history! This free standing exhibit from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture commemorates the centennial of...

RVA West End , Free
Belmont
James River Art League Exhibit at Crossroads Art Center - July and August

James River Art League Exhibit at Crossroads...

James River Art League
10am

Five talented artists from the James River Art League (JRAL) will exhibit their art in the JRAL Gallery within Crossroads Art Center. An artist reception...

Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA East End, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan, Prince George , Free
Crossroads Art Center, JRAL Gallery
James River Art League Exhibit at Crossroads Art Center - January/February 2022

James River Art League Exhibit at Crossroads...

James River Art League
10am

Five talented artist-members of James River Art League (JRAL) are featured at the JRAL Gallery at Crossroads Art Center during the months of January and...

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

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
M&T Bank Butterflies LIVE! as part of Pollinator Power

M&T Bank Butterflies LIVE! as part of...

10am

Butterflies LIVE! allows you to get up-close and personal with hundreds of fluttering beauties. This is an indoor exhibit filled with fun family activities...

Henrico , Prices Vary
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Kat reading in the Garden.

Storytime at the Garden

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
10am

Join in the fun each Friday and Saturday at 10 a.m. as Library and Archives Manager Katarina Spears reads a few of her favorite stories outside in the Garden...

Henrico , Free
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
City of Richmond's Page to Stage Teen Theater Summer Intensive

City of Richmond's Page to Stage Teen Theater...

Pine Camp Art and Community Center
10:30am

Richmond’s Page to Stage Summer Theater Intensive Where: Hickory Hill Community Center 3000 E. Belt Blvd, Richmond Va 23234 When: July 5 – August...

Chesterfield, RVA Southside , $
Hickory Hill Recreation Center
Carol Anna Meese Journey Art Show

Carol Anna Meese Journey Art Show

11am

Journey With this series of paintings, I challenged myself to go on a journey without a known destination. Along the way I discovered how form, shape,...

Chesterfield , Free
Perkinson Center for the Arts, Baxter and Elaine Perkinson, Jr Art Gallery
Emily Baker

July - August Exhibits @ Art Works!

Art Works Gallery
11am

Exhibits July 22 – August 20, 2022 ...

RVA Downtown, RVA Southside , Free
Art Works Gallery
STEAM Junior: Frozen Animal Ice Rescue

STEAM Junior: Frozen Animal Ice Rescue

Richmond Public Library
11:30am

Help free the ocean animals trapped in the ice! Bring your little ones (2-5 years) to the West End branch meeting room between 11:30am-12:30pm for ocean...

RVA West End , Free
West End Meeting Room A
Rosa Vera. Lotus fields III

Artspace Gallery’s new exhibitions explore mood...

Artspace
12pm

Artspace presents three exhibitions which focus on landscape, mood and atmosphere. The opening, scheduled for Friday, July 22, 2022, 6-9pm, will showcase a...

Free
Artspace Gallery
Book Break with Bill Glose | All the Ruined Men

Book Break with Bill Glose | All the Ruined Men

12pm

Take a weekday break at the Library of Virginia and join us for a talk, casual conversation, and book signing with award-winning writer Bill Glose. Presented...

Library of Virginia, Orientation Room
Donna Frostick, Beneath the Pine

We’re Having a Heat Wave — and Some Like it...

Artspace
12pm

This June, the non-profit gallery Artspace continues its collaboration with CVA / U-Turn, Inc. by providing the second in a series of exhibitions for the...

Free
CVA U Turn, Inc
Petersburg Watermelon Festival

Petersburg Watermelon Festival

Petersburg Area Regional Tourism
4pm

Live music, food trucks, beer, wine, mead, watermelon eating contest, seed spitting contest, kid's area, and more.

Petersburg , Free
Appomattox Iron Works
Jazz in the Stacks

Jazz in the Stacks

Petersburg Public Library
5pm

Live jazz from 'Sudden Change'. Antique cars, food trucks, and more.

Petersburg , Free
Petersburg Public Library
The Afro Vegan Social at The ICA

The Afro-Vegan Social

Institute for Contemporary Art
5pm

The Afro-Vegan Social is connecting communities to healthier food options with a VEGAN tasting catered by Chef Orie of @eatitrva, A Live DJ Set from Lowe...

Chesterfield, Henrico, RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA East End, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA The Fan , $
Institute for Contemporary Art
Michael. Hoggard Milestones Express Band

Music in the Art Park

Petersburg Area Art League
6:30pm

Michael Hoggard & Milestones Band outdoor R&B / live Jazz Concert

Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg, Dinwiddie , Free
Petersburg Area Art League, Art Park
ComedySportz

ComedySportz

CSz Richmond
7pm

ComedySportz is improvisational comedy played as a sport, with two teams and a referee taking suggestions from the loyal fans and creating scenes, games and...

Henrico, RVA West End , $
CSz Richmond Theater
All Skate - Harold Debut

All Skate - Harold Debut

CSz Richmond
8pm

CSz RIchmond theater's own Harold team debuts this night! Local favorites MiLiBoom open! What is the HAROLD? It is a long running improv format that is...

Henrico, RVA West End , $
CSz Richmond Theater
Starry Night Cinema: A Raisin in the Sun

Starry Night Cinema: A Raisin in the Sun

Institute for Contemporary Art
8pm

Join us under the stars (and a full moon) in the ICA’s Thinking Field for the big-screen presentation of the 1961 film A Raisin in the Sun. Presented by our...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free
Institute for Contemporary Art, Thinking Field
The Inheritance

The Inheritance (Parts One & Two)

Richmond Triangle Players
8pm

n contemporary Manhattan, Eric and Toby are 30-somethings who seem to be very much in love and thriving. But on the cusp of their engagement, they meet an...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA West End, RVA The Fan , $$
Richmond Triangle Players' Robert B. Moss Theatre
Pours and Pasties Burlesque and Variety Show

Pours and Pasties Burlesque and Variety Show

8:30pm

Burlesque Right Meow is back at Strangeways Brewing and ready to heat things up for this summer time show! This cast full of fabulous entertainers will...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA East End, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan , $
Strangeways Brewing
Improv All Skate

Improv All Skate

CSz Richmond
10pm

Improv teams from CSz Richmond theater and the local scene mix it up all month long to bring you back to back Friday's of comedy! Tickets: ...

Henrico, RVA West End , $
CSz Richmond Theater
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