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Events

Tuesday, May 30

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
Dave Henderson Curves Lines Color

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

Chesterfield , 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
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
Moon to Mars
9:30am

Blast off with Moon to Mars, in this new interactive STEAM exhibit that transports children to the out-of-this-world experiences in space travel, coming to...

RVA Downtown
Space: An Out-of-Gravity Experience
9:30am

Using hands-on and large-scale interactive exhibits and multimedia components, Space: An Out-of-Gravity Experience gives guests a glimpse at the...

Book Babies
Richmond Public Library
10am, 10:30am

Join us for a fun and interactive story, music and play for babies from birth to 17 months with their caregiver.

RVA Downtown , 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 Downtown , 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 Downtown , Free
Book Babies
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 and sing our way through fun stories and early...

RVA Southside , 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 West End , Free
Toddler Time Storytime
Richmond Public Library
10:30am

Join us for a fun and interactive storytime for ages 18-36 months with a caregiver. Stories, songs, movement, and more! When registering, please select...

RVA West End , Free
John Wagoner
Art Works Gallery
11am

See 5 new exhibits and 80 artist studios. Solo shows by John Waggoner, Glenda Creamer, Michael Greiner, Lisa Kidd Flinn, and a juried show of local artists....

RVA Downtown, RVA Southside , Free
Toddler Time
Richmond Public Library
11:15am

Join us for fun and interactive stories, music and play for ages 18-36 months with their caregiver.

RVA Downtown , Free
Toddler Time
Richmond Public Library
11:15am

Join us for fun and interactive stories, music and play for ages 18-36 months with their caregiver.

RVA Downtown , Free
Little Movers and Groovers Storytime (Birth - 18 months)
Richmond Public Library
11:30am

It's never too early to introduce your little one to reading! Stop by the East End Branch on Tuesdays at 11:30 for a fun and interactive storytime filled...

RVA East End , Free
Next Chapter Book Club
Richmond Public Library
11:30am

The Next Chapter Book Club is a group for adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities read, learn, make friends, and enjoy a fun community...

RVA Downtown , Free
Storytime (Preschool)
Richmond Public Library
11:30am

Join us each week for story time specially designed to engage and delight our youngest patrons! Afterward enjoy songs, dancing, rhyming and art activities...

RVA Southside , Free
Artwork by Mary Swezey
Artspace
12pm

Artspace presents new exhibitions by artists whose work is inspired by topography from May 26 - June 17, 2023. The opening reception, scheduled for Friday,...

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
Sydnee Schorr, “White,” Photographic Archival Pigment Print, 24x36 inches, 2023
Artspace
12pm

Sydnee Schorr In Between May 26 - June 17, 2023 Elisabeth Flynn-Chapman Gallery Photography Curated by Ed Holten Statement Making art has always been...

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
Happy Hour + Learn: The Art of the Hustle
Richmond Performing Arts Alliance
4:30pm

Join RPAA for the final installment of a quarterly professional development series for artists working and creating in the Richmond region. This session will...

RVA Downtown , Free
Lego Club
5:30pm

Whether you are a LEGO Master Builder or a first-timer, this is the place for you! The library will provide the LEGO, while you provide the imagination!...

Hopewell, Dinwiddie, Prince George , Free
Credit Inequality and Housing Access by HOME of VA
Richmond Public Library
6pm

Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, a fair housing civil rights organization presents a talk on their “Credit Inequality and Housing Access”...

RVA Downtown , Free
Advanced Screening of "I'm a Virgo"
6:30pm

Partners in the Arts presents a free, advanced screening of the upcoming Amazon Prime series from Boots Riley, "I'm a Virgo." Doors open at 6:30pm and the...

Free
The Prom, a musical
7pm

The Prom, a musical by Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin, and Matthew Sklar, tells the story of Broadway’s brassiest stars joining forces with a courageous girl and...

We STILL Need Diverse Books: An Advocacy Panel Discussion
James River Writers
7pm

James River Writers presents a panel discussion with three representatives from We Need Diverse Books to learn more about what we as writers and book lovers...

Virtual Event
MACKENZIE ROARK on Shockoe Sessions Live! the alt-country songstress
7:30pm

A weekly concert showcasing Richmond’s GOLDMINE of music talent! In person and livestreamed, presented by Shockoe Records and In Your Ear Studios. Mackenzie...

MACKENZIE ROARK on Shockoe Sessions Live! the alt-country songstress
7:30pm

A weekly concert showcasing Richmond’s GOLDMINE of music talent! In person and livestreamed, presented by Shockoe Records and In Your Ear Studios. Mackenzie...

Tuesday, May 30