NewsA River of Folk Art at Old Dominion University
Since the 1870s, a torrent of coal has flowed from the coalfields of Virginia, across the Piedmont, and to the ports of the Tidewater to the rest of the world. …
NewsRiverlore at the Richmond Folk Festival
For the 2025 Richmond Folk Festival, Virginia Folklife presented Riverlore in partnership with the James River Association. We brought about 15 boats to our site on the hill above Tredegar …
NewsWhat Can Rivers Teach Us?
Riverlore, the theme for the Virginia Folklife Area at this year’s Richmond Folk Festival, is a word mash-up that invites us to imagine all the complex ways rivers and people …
NewsFiddlin’ with the Flow: Old Time Music from the Rivers and Streams of SW Virginia
American rivers often serve as major repositories for local music. There may be no better example than America’s oldest river, the New, that from its tiniest gurgle in the mountains of North Carolina to the loud, raging gorge it has dug in West Virginia, has transported home grown, Appalachian music throughout the South.
NewsStories from the Shore
By Katy Clune This story was first published in the 2025 edition of Views. The Eastern Shore, the peninsula that buffers the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, is predicted …
NewsThe Virginia Folklore Society
EV EntryPoint – Join EV managing editor Patti Miller, Virginia State Folklorist Katy Clune, and contributors Daniel Bachman and Aldona Dye to learn about the Virginia Folklore Society, the pioneering folklore-collecting organization that made some of the first folk song recordings in Virginia, and its ties to the current Folklife Program.
NewsNow Streaming: Eastern Shore Foodways Audio Doc
Virginia Folklife and With Good Reason radio have released a two-part audio documentary on the past, present, and possibilities of food traditions on Virginia’s Eastern Shore
EventOpening Reception: Food, Community & Climate on the Eastern Shore
Join exhibit researchers and several of the people interviewed for this ongoing oral history project for a listening party, lunch, and discussion.
EventFood, Community & Climate on the Eastern Shore
In 2023, Eastern Shore residents old and new began telling their stories about food with the Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities.
Event“Riverlore” on Film: RFF Launch Party
All fans of rivers, films, local beverages and the Richmond Folk Festival are invited to this “launch party” before festival weekend!
Event“Riverlore” at the 2025 Richmond Folk Festival
Join us at this year’s Richmond Folk Festival to explore life on, under, and along the James River and Virginia’s other mighty waterways!
EventVirginia Folklore Society Reunion / Interest Meet Up (In Person)
Calling all former members of the Virginia Folklore Society — and all people interested in folklore work in Virginia today!
