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Thursday, March 9

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
Creative  Art Time- Shamrock Rings
Richmond Public Library

Learn to make cool Shamrock Rings just in time for St. Patrick's day. This is an ongoing project so just stop by the children's dept. and make your own...

RVA Downtown , Free
PechaKucha RVA Design: The Creative Process

The theme for the night will be “Design: The Creative Process.” Presenters within Richmond’s art and design community will have the opportunity to speak on...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA East End, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan , 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
Women's History Day Crafts
9:30am

Join us all day in the Art Studio downtown or in Chesterfield, to make crafts in the style of significant women artists throughout history! This event is...

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 , $
Family Storytime
Richmond Public Library
10am

Join us for a fun, interactive and educational storytime featuring books, songs, and rhymes, perfect for children up to 5!

RVA East End , Free
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 , $
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
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
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
Little Farm Bilingual Storytime
10:30am

Join us every other Thursday from 10:30-11:00am in the Little Farm for bilingual storytime! We’ll sing, dance, read and learn Spanish. This event is ideal...

Preschool Storytime- READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY
Richmond Public Library
10:30am

Join us for a special storytime as we join people all across America celebrating reading! Great stories and fun crafts.

RVA Downtown , Free
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
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
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
Cary Loving
Art Works Gallery
11am

Three artists, three mediums, three different styles. In February Cary Loving shows us how to view nature in a different way. Lizzie Brown in her exhibit,...

RVA Downtown, RVA Southside , Free
Make & Take Art (Let's Make Rainbows)
Richmond Public Library
11:15am

Come over to Hull Street and let's make rainbows, using Q-tips, paint. and construction paper.

RVA Southside , Free
Hanging Artwork for the Silent Auction
Anne’s Visual Art Studio
12pm, 6pm

Throughout the pandemic Local Artists Generously Donated their pieces to help the gallery. Please join us for a Gala evening of Art, Live Music &...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , 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
LEGO Club
Richmond Public Library
3:30pm

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

RVA Southside , Free
STEAM TEAM- All Things Popcorn
Richmond Public Library
3:30pm

Ever wonder how popcorn gets its different flavors? Ever see Popcorn Art? Well wait no more. Join us as we learn to make flavored popcorn and then recreate...

RVA Downtown , Free
Shower Curtain Painting
Richmond Public Library
4pm

Let your toddler's creative side go wild as they paint, swirl, and swish on our giant shower curtain canvas! * Aprons will be provided, although we...

RVA East End , Free
FREE Blood Pressure Screening
Richmond Public Library
5pm

Join us at the Hull Street Branch on the first Thursday of each month from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM for a FREE blood pressure screening. Screenings will take place...

RVA Southside , Free
Hanging Artwork for the Silent Auction
Anne’s Visual Art Studio
6pm

Throughout the pandemic Local Artists Generously Donated their pieces to help the gallery. Please join us for a Gala evening of Art, Live Music &...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free
Raghavan Iyer Cookbook Tasting Party at the Junior League Of Richmond
6pm

PROOF OF VACCINATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT!!! TICKETS HERE In Partnership with the Junior League of Richmond. Fountain Bookstore welcomes back one...

Rock Painting Pop-Up Party!
6pm

You're Invited to come and paint rocks with us. Springtime is right around the corner, and we thought it would be fun to have a get-together pop-up and paint...

Henrico, RVA Arts District , Free
OAKWOOD ARTS PRESENTS EAST END FILM SOCIETY
6:30pm

East End Film Society Thur. Mar. 9th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm Join us next Thursday for the fifth installment of East End Film Society, March 9th from...

RVA East End , Free
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...

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Painting of Queen Elizabeth I of England in a gown with white sleeves, dark bodice, and jeweled details. A complex lace ruff surrounds her neck and pearls adorn her hair.
Agecroft Hall
7pm

Scholar Carol Ann Lloyd looks at the men who tried to marry Queen Elizabeth I and explores Elizabeth’s possible motives for claiming and keeping her title of...

RVA West End , $
Cross Stitch Bandits
Cadence Theatre Company
7pm

March 9–19, 2023 Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse In partnership with Virginia Rep This show runs for 80 minutes with no intermission. Family Friendly. Ages 12+....

Ashland, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, Petersburg, Powhatan, RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA East End, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA The Fan , $, $$, Prices Vary

Thursday, March 9