Saturday, March 25

Creative Art- Butterflies

Richmond Public Library

Celebrate National Butterfly Week and come make some beautiful butterflies with your creativity. Directions provided.

RVA Downtown , Free

Children's Storytime Area - Main Library

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

All Locations

Library of Virginia Exhibition | 200 Years, 200...

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

Library of Virginia, Gallery

Open Auditions & Tryouts

9am

The Concert Ballet of Virginia joins ballet companies this spring, Washington Ballet, New York City Ballet and Philadelphia Ballet - presenting "Sleeping...

Ballet Headquarters, Suite 16

Church Tours

St. John's Church

9:30am

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

Alice in Wonderland: Falling Down the Cirque...

10am, 7pm

SOUL Aerial & Performing Arts Center presents a mystifying, family-friendly, full-scale aerial cirque production of Alice In Wonderland at Dominion Energy...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Prices Vary

Dominion Energy Center

Andras Bality, View From Middlebrook Mountain, 2022, Oil on canvas, 28 x 36 inches

Andras Bality: Terroir

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

Reynolds Gallery

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

Carlton Newton and Esther Ruiz: Shapes in Space

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

Reynolds Gallery

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

Kid's Still Life Painting

10am

Our Art Studios are focusing on Watercolor Paint in March. Join us from 10:00-11:30am to participate in drawing then painting a still life of fun...

Children's Museum of Richmond - Downtown

March – April Exhibits @ Art Works!

Art Works Gallery

11am

We are putting winter behind us and preparing for spring with the annual Recycle Show. This year we plan on contributing and donating a project of recycle...

RVA Downtown, RVA Southside , Free

Art Works Gallery

READY READERS at Hull Street Library

Richmond Public Library

11am

Ready Readers are elementary-age children learning the joy of books through reading. Every Saturday from 11 am to 12 pm children in grades kindergarten to...

RVA Southside , Free

Hull Street

DysFUNctional Beauty by Danielle Escadero

Exploring Dissonance and Harmony in Artspace’s...

Artspace

12pm

Three solo exhibitions that examine contrasting themes of beauty and disruption will be on view at the nonprofit gallery in Richmond, VA Artspace...

Free

Artspace Gallery

Making History with LVA - In Person

12pm

Volunteer with us! The Library of Virginia acquires, preserves, and promotes access to unique collections of Virginia’s history and culture. With more...

Library of Virginia, Computer Classroom

Making History with LVA - In Person

Library of Virginia

12pm

Volunteer with us! The Library of Virginia acquires, preserves, and promotes access to unique collections of Virginia’s history and culture. With more...

RVA Downtown , Free

Library of Virginia, Computer Classroom

Gellman Room Concert: Capitol Opera Richmond

Richmond Public Library

2pm

"Heroes from the Operas of Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini" - presented by Commonwealth Concert Opera. Arias from Laforza del Destino, Simon Boccanegra,...

RVA Downtown , Free

Gellman Room - Main Library

Lego Club

Richmond Public Library

2pm

Come by Hull Street to unleash your creativity. We will provide the LEGO's you provide the imagination!

RVA Southside , Free

Hull Street Children's Dept.

Les Misérables

2pm, 8pm

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 , $$

Altria Theater

Share Your RPL Stories and Memories @ West End...

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

West End Study Room

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.

Richmond Ballet Present Studio Three: New Works...

5pm, 8pm

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

Studio Theater at Richmond Ballet

ComedySportz

CSz Richmond

6pm

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

Grimalkin Community Meet & Greet at Basic...

Barcode

6pm

Learn about the work Grimalkin is doing for the community through their nonprofit. Learn about their services and enjoy music from several Grimalkin...

RVA Southside , Free

Basic City Beer Co., 212 W 6th St, Richmond, VA 23224, USA

Alice in Wonderland: Falling Down the Cirque...

7pm

SOUL Aerial & Performing Arts Center presents a mystifying, family-friendly, full-scale aerial cirque production of Alice In Wonderland at Dominion Energy...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Prices Vary

Dominion Energy Center

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

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

War in Pieces

Virginia War Memorial

7pm

WAR IN PIECES A festival of one-act plays written by veterans DIRECTED BY DAVID L. ROBBINS MARCH 17 - 26, 2023 AT VIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL'S ALUMNI HALL, 621...

Virginia War Memorial, VIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL'S ALUMNI HALL

Beethoven's First

Richmond Symphony

7:30pm

Chia-Hsuan Lin, conductor Adrian Pintea, Violin Ellen Cockerham Riccio, Violin Program: Concerto for Two Violins: Johann Sebastian Bach Emotive...

RVA West End , $

St. Christopher's School - Louis F. Ryan Recital Hall

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 , $

Firehouse Theatre

AFTER DECEMBER

Virginia Repertory Theatre

8pm

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...

$$

Virginia Rep's November Theatre

Legends on Grace: Anthony Cosby, Jr.

Richmond Performing Arts Alliance

8pm

I Would Die 4 U: A Musical Tribute to Prince brings the electric joy and eclectic funk of Prince’s music to the stage with vibrant, energetic, and dynamic...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , $$

Rhythm Hall at Dominion Energy Center

Les Misérables

8pm

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 , $$

Altria Theater

Manchester Manifest: Basically FEMME

Manchester Manifest

8pm

Manchester Manifest continues to grow and connect dots in the Southside of Richmond. First Fridays exists as our community staple and we are bulidng out...

RVA Southside , $, Prices Vary

Basic City Beer Co.

Mrs. Kasha Davis: There's Always Time for a...

Richmond Triangle Players

8pm

Drag Queen! International Celebrity Housewife! Storyteller! Author! Parent! Mrs. Kasha Davis is the ultimate WORKHORSE QUEEN! With a BA in Theatre from...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA Northside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan , $$

Richmond Triangle Players' Robert B. Moss Theatre

Richmond Ballet Present Studio Three: New Works...

8pm

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

Studio Theater at Richmond Ballet

SILENT SKY by Lauren Gunderson

CAT Theatre

8pm

SILENT SKY is based on the true story of 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt exploring a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific...

$

Atlee High School, The Stage Door Space

Basically Hip Hop

Manchester Manifest

9pm

Manchester Manifest continues to grow and connect dots in the Southside of Richmond. First Fridays exists as our community staple and we are bulidng out...

RVA Southside , $, $$, Prices Vary

Basic City Beer Co.

Late Night Laughs

CSz Richmond

9:30pm

Late night improv comedy for adults. The host and improvisers use suggestions from the audience and walk the fine line for your enjoyment. Leave the kids and...

Henrico, RVA West End , $

CSz Richmond Theater