EventEverybody’s Got a Story
This festival is designed to introduce the art of storytelling at Hampton’s grassroots levels in order to make storytelling a viable part of the city’s culture.
News‘A Life-Sized Portrait of America’
Supported in part by Virginia Humanities, The People’s Recorder is a podcast on the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) and its lasting impact on American history, arts, and culture.
NewsAnnouncing $25,000 in Rapid Grants
Five nonprofits in Floyd, Charlottesville, Hampton, and Fairfax each received $5,000 in June of 2023.
EventRed Hill Rediscovered: “Pretty Young Rebel” Book Talk with Flora Fraser
Join Red Hill-Patrick Henry National Memorial and Dr. Jim Ambuske for a live virtual discussion with author Flora Fraser on her latest biography, “Pretty Young Rebel: The Life of Flora MacDonald.”
Event“Tribal Truths” Exhibition
This new exhibition features artwork from the Tribal Truths Podcast’s logo competition, submitted by Indigenous artists with winning entries selected by Virginia tribal leaders.
EventA World in a Zip Code: Columbia Pike Documentary Project
The Columbia Pike Documentary Project is a team of photographers and storytellers whose work captures the evolving life of Arlington County’s historic Columbia Pike corridor.
EventSaving Stories A Webinar on Oral History Best Practices & Realistic Applications
Virginia Humanities Grants staff invite you to join us for a free virtual worksho with Rich Borenstein and Sherri Staples of Cinebar Productions.
EventImmortALL Youth Poetry Season Finale
Hampton Roads youth poets will gather on Saturday, April 29 for the finale of “ImmortALL,” a performance poetry program where oral history shared by elders is translated into original youth spoken word art.
EventFrom the Field to the Big House at Stratford Hall
Join Stratford Hall for a pay-as-you-wish program highlighting the history of some of the enslaved communities at Stratford Hall. Historical interpreters Willie and Hope Wright, Harold Caldwell of Colonial Williamsburg, …
EventJuneteenth Celebration
This celebration will feature the exhibit “Ancestry 100: Churches,” which tells the stories of the African American churches in Powhatan from the 1800s to today.
Event“Roots Run Deep” Tours: Launch Event
The Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project presents its “Roots Run Deep” tour launch event, taking place at several locations across the Valley.
EventSentence: Flying in Place III
This cross-disciplinary project uses creative writings by students in the PVCC Higher Education in Prison program as a basis for theatrical performance.
