EventTeen Professional Conference 2026
Join Podium RVA for the Teen Professional Conference, a free event empowering the next generation of leaders! Taking place on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM …
EventSoul of Cville
Soul of Cville exists to amplify, honor, and invest in Black culture, community, and excellence in Charlottesville. They are creating real impact by intentionally pouring into 80+ Black-owned businesses and …
NewsRemembering Bristol’s Black Bottom: Q&A with Tina McDaniel
Once a hub of Black entrepreneurship and community in Bristol, Black Bottom was erased during urban renewal in the 1960s. With support from a Virginia Humanities at UVA Wise grant, Tina McDaniel is helping bring its story back to the public landscape.
NewsMake Us
During WWII, the government created the National War Labor Board to regulate labor and control inflation
NewsIna Dixon
Public Humanities Fellow Ina Dixon is working on a project focused on Danville, Virginia, and its neighborhood and former textile town of Schoolfield.
NewsThe Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Little is known about William M. Rittase. His work photographing the C&O Railway is now considered among some of the best and most artistic depictions of American industry. But he passed away in 1968 in near obscurity with a published obituary of only a few lines. His work is the subject of a new book published by the C&O Historical Society with the help of a Virginia Humanities grant.
EventLaw and Authors: Jacqueline Lipton in Conversation with Jane Friedman
Jacqueline Lipton, law professor, consultant, and literary agent, discusses her accessible, reader-friendly handbook for authors, agents, and editors in navigating the legal landscape of the contemporary publishing industry, in conversation …
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EventThe Human Cost of One-Click Orders
Award-winning journalists Alec MacGillis (Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America) and Amelia Pang (Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America’s Cheap Goods) …
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EventAgents Roundtable
Literary agents discuss authors and genres they represent, work they seek, and take questions from attendees about any part of the process. April Eberhardt (April Eberhardt Literary), Cherise Fisher (Wendy …
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