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Thursday, May 11

Visitors in the exhibition “Athena LaTocha: The Past Never Sleeps.” Photo by Sandra Sellars, © 2023 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. “Bulbancha (Green Silence)”, 2019, Athena LaTocha (American, born 1969), ink, Mississippi River mud, and Spanish moss on paper, 132 x 204 in.

In this installation of monumental works on paper, Athena LaTocha invites viewers to meditate on the landscape as a geographic space, a repository of...

RVA The Fan , Free
DETERMINED - The 400-year Struggle for Black Equality
Richmond Public Library

You are invited to come into the library and experience the traveling exhibition DETERMINED from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture. This exhibition...

RVA West End , Free
MURRMUR: MISREAD UNREAD READ RE-READ MISREAD UNREAD RE-READ

Feb 24, 2023 – Jul 16, 2023 Misread Unread Read Re-read Misread Unread Re-read (MURRMUR) is a ten-month exhibition series expanding how we think about...

Free
VMFA Distance Learning for Grades 3–12 and College Classrooms

Bring VMFA into your classroom with the Evans Distance Learning Program. Video-conference with a museum educator for a facilitated experience in the...

Free
Virtual Event
Introductions - a group show by the Boxcar Art Group
6am

An inaugural group show organized by Boxcar Art Group. The opening reception is on Friday (April 28) from 6 to 8 pm Artists Include: Andromeda Calkins,...

RVA Southside
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
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
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
Playhouse Bilingual Storytime
10:30am

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

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
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
Island of Dreams by:  Elizabeth Caffery
Art Works Gallery
11am

Visit these new exhibits and 80 working artist studios Tuesday – Sunday, 11 am – 5pm. The student exhibit continues through May 13th, the other exhibits...

RVA Downtown, RVA Southside , Free
Dave Henderson Curves Lines Color
11am

Sunday, April 16, 2023 through Friday, June 16, 2023 Gallery Hours: Tuesdays-Fridays 11AM-3PM Dave Henderson Artist Statement I love 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.

RVA Northside , Free
Church Tours
St. John's Church
11:30am

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 , $
Our Mother's Day Art
Richmond Public Library
11:30am

Head over to Hull Street Library and create your own personal Mother's Day art picture.

RVA Southside , Free
Let's Talk About this Elephant in the Room, Shall We?" by Helene Ruiz 16x20 acrylic on canvas 2022
Anne’s Visual Art Studio
12pm

Join us for Breaking Ground: Mixed Media Group Exhibition Curated by Helene Ruiz. Opening Reception is First Friday April 7, 2023 from 6-9PM with Live Music...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free
Ceramic by Jenny Reed
Artspace
12pm

Artspace presents four solo exhibitions by artists whose past experiences have formed their present aesthetics from April 28 - May 20, 2023. The opening...

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- Pan Flutes
Richmond Public Library
3:30pm

Join us to learn how to make this old world musical instrument and learn the history behind it.

RVA Downtown , Free
Gratitude Through Art
4pm

Reflect on what you’re grateful for through art. Make a gratitude spiral and cards to gift to members of your community. Registration begins two weeks before...

Chesterfield , Free
STEAM Team: Balloon Towers
Richmond Public Library
4pm

Find out how your skills stack up at the East End Branch and see if you can construct the tallest balloon tower!

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
Ernest Thompson at Sam Miller's!
6pm

Academy-Award winning author and local friend Ernest Thompson will be talking about his new book, The Book of Maps! We will be at Sam Miller's...

Probing A Tradition: Virginia's Colonial Revival Architecture
6pm

Join us at The Branch Museum on Thursday, May 11th, at 6 PM for a lecture with Architectural Historian, Calder Loth. This lecture will offer an...

RVA Arts District, RVA East End, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan , $
Weinstein Author Series – Kathryn Miles | Trailed
6pm

Please join us for a talk by award-winning journalist and science writer Kathryn Miles on her new book, Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah...

Richmond Ballet Presents Studio Four
6:30pm

STUDIO FOUR Ershter Vals Choreography by Ma Cong Music by Klezroym A World Premiere by Nicolo Fonte Ma Cong’s moving piece Ershter Vals had its beginnings...

Nefesh Mountain Concer
7:30pm

A concert by Nefesh Mountain will close out the 2022-2023 Arts + Ideas Season at Weinstein JCC. This group has been called one of today’s formative...

Nefesh Mountain Concert
7:30pm

A concert by Nefesh Mountain will close out the 2022-2023 Arts + Ideas Season at Weinstein JCC. This group has been called one of today’s formative...

OAKWOOD ARTS PRESENTS EAST END FILM SOCIETY!
7:30pm

Join us this Thursday, May 11th from 7:30pm - 9:30pm, for the sixth installment of the East End Film Society . Hosted and curated by Jasmine Elmore, EEFS is...

RVA East End , Free
Log Cabin
Richmond Triangle Players
8pm

Log Cabin by Jordan Harrison Directed by Julie Fulcher-Davis Featuring Madison Hatfield, Jacob LeBlanc, Theresa Mantiply, Kellan Oelkers, Nora Ogunleye and...

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

Thursday, May 11