EventThe Earth Remembers
This Public Works Virginia production uses a pageantry style of puppets, movement, and music to present The Earth Remembers. Learn the story of the Tidewater area from a diverse perspective …
EventUNAPOLOGETIC Residency Wrap-up Presentation – Sunday, September 12 (5:00 PM)
The artists will present and discuss their weeklong work at the Center as well as some of their previous collaborations. There is no fee for this presentation, but registration is …
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EventVirginia Center for the Book: Annual Wayzgoose Celebration – Sunday, August 8, 2021
A Gathering for Members & Friends of the VCB Book Arts Program What’s a wayzgoose?A print shop holiday! Back in the day (17thc. England), master printers gave a feast or other “entertainment” for their …
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EventBook Arts Workshop: Sewn Board Binding with Jane Freeman
Sewn Board Binding is an elegant and contemporary method of binding a book that features a flexible cover, unattached spine, and completely flat book opening. Constructed with little adhesive and …
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EventBook Arts Workshop: Squash Blossom Box with Ginna Cullen
During this one-day class, participants will learn how to make a Squash Blossom Box. The box has 5 sides plus a lid and is a great way to use smaller …
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EventLetterpress Core Skills: Fall Session 2021
Four Classes on Two Consecutive Weekends November 13 & 14 and 20 & 21 (10 AM – 4 PM) UVa Education Benefit Eligible** Participants of all skill levels welcome* This …
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NewsCatching up with Virginia Folklife Artists the Wildmans
Hear from a Southwest Virginia string band putting their own spin on Appalachian old-time music
EventBig Indian Music Camp
Fiddlin Earl White might be known best for his time with the Green Grass Cloggers, a dance group formed at Eastern Carolina University after Dudley Culp learned some moves from …
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NewsEddie Bond and Andrew Small
Eddie Bond is a fixture at fiddlers’ conventions and jam sessions around southwest Virginia. If he’s not leading the weekly jam at the Fries theater or on the tailgate of …
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EventBookbinding Core Skills: Fall Session 2021
This four-part Bookbinding Core Series prepares participants to undertake a wide range of projects and additional classes in intermediate and advanced bookbinding techniques and book structures.
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EventRed Wing Roots Music Festival
After a festival season where nearly all of them were canceled we are very pleased to be announcing some music festivals for the 2021 season. This July Red Wing Roots …
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EventSherman Holmes on Uncovered: From the Vault
Sherman Holmes will be our guest on our last installment of Uncovered: From the Vault of the Virginia Folklife Program at noon on Tuesday, May 25. Sherman is a founding …
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