Virginia Queer Film Festival
The Virginia Queer Film Festival takes place on October 2-4 at the University Theater at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. The Virginia Queer Film Festival provides access to films …
Reading and Author Talk with Jeffrey Dale Lofton in Staunton, VA
Join author Jeffrey Dale Lofton for a conversation with Nat Slater about his book Red Clay Suzie, the coming-of-age story of Philbet, gay and living with a disability, battling bullying, …
Emma’s Reading Corner – June 2025
Director of Education Emma Ito is always reading! Here are a few recommendations that have come out in the past year to read during Pride Month and beyond. Happy reading! …
Burn The Page with Danica Roem
A former frontwoman of a metal band and a sitting Virginia Senator. Danica Roem is both.
Crowns & Claws: Coming of Age in YA Fantasy Fiction
Debut authors Emily Thiede and Andrew Joseph White discuss their YA fantasy/dystopian novels.
NewsBoth Man and Woman
Encyclopedia Virginia editor Patti Miller in conversation with Julie Richter of William & Mary and Ren Tolson of Colonial Williamsburg to explore the life of Thomas/in Hall.
SHELF LIFE—Living Queer History with Samantha Rosenthal
Samantha Rosenthal discusses Living Queer History: Remembrance and Belonging in a Southern City and the LGBTQ community in Roanoke, Virginia, that the book documents and celebrates. Interweaving historical analysis, theory, …
Reclaiming Two-Spirits
Join historian, author, and Virginia Humanities Fellow Gregory D. Smithers for a discussion of his new book, Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America in person at the …

