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Wednesday, March 22

Celebrate Women's History Month at VMFA

March is Women’s History Month, and VMFA’s growing collection includes the voices and stories of women artists across time and cultures. Throughout March,...

RVA Arts District , Free
Studio Time

Join our CMoR Play Guides every Wednesday from 2:30 – 3:30pm in the Art Studio for structured craft time. We’ll explore new materials and creative skills...

Take & Make: Create on Canvas
Richmond Public Library

Check out our take and make kits for tweens/teens ages 10-18! This month's kits include supplies and suggestions to make a unique piece of art on...

RVA West End , Free
The Art of Housing

Tickets to The Art of Housing, our eighth annual signature event, are available now. Join us for a casual and fun atmosphere, great food, a fabulous venue,...

Henrico , $$
Westover Teens: Mystery Kit
Richmond Public Library

Visit Westover Hill’s young adult section to check out our take and make kits! This month’s kit is a mystery grab bag, visit Westover Hills to find out what...

RVA Southside , Free
Youth Art Month
Richmond Public Library

Stop by any of our Richmond Public Libraries during the month of March to see some amazing art by Richmond Public School Students.

RVA Downtown , Free
Library of Virginia Exhibition | 200 Years, 200 Stories
Library of Virginia
9am

The Library of Virginia, one of the oldest state libraries and archives in the nation, will mark its bicentennial in 2023 with a free exhibition — 200 Years,...

RVA Downtown , Free
Andras Bality, View From Middlebrook Mountain, 2022, Oil on canvas, 28 x 36 inches
Reynolds Gallery
10am

Reynolds Gallery is pleased to announce Andras Bality: Terroir, a solo exhibition of new paintings at our Main Street location. The exhibition will open...

RVA The Fan , Free
Carlton Newton, Drawing 2, 2020, Brush and opaque ink on paper, 30 x 22 inches/Esther Ruiz, Well XXXIII (left), 2022, Neon, acrylic, MDF, hardware, paint, 27.25 x 23.5 x 3.5 inches, edition of 5
Reynolds Gallery
10am

Reynolds Gallery is pleased to announce Carlton Newton and Esther Ruiz: Shapes in Space, a two-person exhibition of drawings and sculpture at our Main Street...

RVA The Fan , Free
English Language Acquisition ELA class (pre-registration is required)
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
FORGING FREEDOM, JUSTICE, and EQUALITY 40th Anniversary Exhibition
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 , $
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
Family Storytime
Richmond Public Library
10:30am

Join us at the Broad Rock Library for Storytime, perfect for children aged 0 - 5!

RVA Southside , Free
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
Chester Artists Association: Impressions of Spring
Perkinson Center for the Arts & Education
11am

Saturday, February 18, 2023 through Saturday April 1, 2023 Please join us to see this collection of art from the Chester Artists Association. The...

Chesterfield , Free
Interview with Rex Teese
12pm

Rex Teese has worked in the editing department for major films and TV series from Black Hawk Down to The Walking Dead: World Beyond. The interview also...

Chesterfield Needlework Friends
1pm

Knit, crochet and share your techniques! Please email CentralLibrary@chesterfield.gov for more information.

Chesterfield , Free
JOB SEARCH & TRAINING, RESUME HELP: Office of Community Wealth Building Barrier Navigator Office Hours
Richmond Public Library
2pm

Visit the Career Station in YOUR Community! Come talk to a Barrier Navigator about the Office of Community Wealth Building's workforce development programs,...

RVA Southside , Free
Movie Matinees @ West End Branch Library:  Marry Me (2022)
Richmond Public Library
2pm

Enjoy a movie with us that you may have missed at the theater! Synopsis: Music superstars Kat Valdez and Bastian are getting married before a global...

RVA West End , Free
Office of Community Wealth Building Barrier Navigator Office Hours
Richmond Public Library
2pm

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

RVA Southside , Free
Share Your RPL Stories and Memories @ West End Branch
Richmond Public Library
2pm

Richmond Public Library is celebrating one hundred years in RVA! Has the library been a part of you and/or your family's life? Has the library or its...

RVA West End , Free
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
Gaming Teen Alliance (GTA)
Richmond Public Library
4:30pm

Get ready for East End's very first video game book club, the Gaming Teen Alliance (GTA)! Join us as we discuss our favorite video games, watch YouTube &...

RVA East End , Free
Illumination Series
6pm

In celebration of Women's History Month, the Poe Museum is honored to welcome Dr. Les Harrison, chair of the Virginia Commonwealth University English...

RVA Downtown , $
Landscape Painting
6:30pm

Use watercolors to create a beautiful landscape painting. Registration begins March 8.

Chesterfield , Free
Richmond Ballet dancers in Lifeline by Sarah Ferguson performed at the New Works Festival in March 2022. Richmond Ballet. All Rights Reserved. Photo by Sarah Ferguson.
6:30pm

STUDIO THREE New Works Festival Choreography by Norbert De La Cruz III, Nancy Paradis, Claudia Schreier, and Yury Yanowsky Four choreographers, all new to...

AFTER DECEMBER
Virginia Repertory Theatre
7pm

When a particle collider deep beneath the earth’s surface malfunctions, a mysterious woman appears. She cannot say where she’s from or how she got here; she...

$$
FIRST RESPONSES Festival
Firehouse Theatre
7:30pm

FIRST RESPONSES Festival world premiere plays by Anthony Jackson, Kathryn Kahlson, Betty Migliaccio, and Ben Toderico March 22-April 16, 2023 A one-act...

RVA The Fan , $
Les Misérables
7:30pm

STILL THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR MUSICAL. Cameron Mackintosh presents the acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony...

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 , $$
Nu Rodeo Caldonia presents The Wild Caldonia Rodeo
Richmond Triangle Players
8pm

Nu Rodeo Caldonia has combined the magic of burlesque and theater to bring you a uniquely enticing experience you won't want to miss. This devised burlesque...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA Northside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan , $$
The Wild Caldonia Rodeo
8pm

The kinda real but made up story of the Boston Saloon and the Caldonia Crew. When Nat Love is rumored to make his return to the Boston Saloon the good, the...

$$

Wednesday, March 22