EventPreserving Family and Community History through Oral Tradition with Dr. Natalie Robertson
Learn the guidelines for planning, conducting and recording oral history projects to preserve your family and community history.
NewsVoice-Overs
A call went out from the Virginia Center for the Book in April of 2020, during the early horrors of COVID-19 and before a new tide of protest against racial …
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EventNative Voices Professional Development Series
Please join us as we enhance content knowledge with lived experiences shared by three Virginia Tribal Leaders (Chief Stephen R. Adkins, Chickahominy Indian Tribe; Chief Kenneth Branham, Monacan Indian Nation; …
EventThis Is Us: Preserving Our Church Histories
On April 17 and April 24, join Virginia Humanities grantee Literacy InterActives, Inc. for two webinars on the historic preservation of churches and church culture in Virginia.
EventQuarter Place Cemetery Dedication & Remembrance Ceremony
Join Patrick Henry’s Red Hill and members of the local African American community in a dedication of the Quarter Place Cemetery in remembrance of the enslaved population of Red Hill and their descendants.
EventThis Is Us: Preserving Our Church Histories
On April 17 and April 24, join Virginia Humanities grantee Literacy InterActives, Inc. for two webinars on the historic preservation of churches and church culture in Virginia.
NewsSeeking More than Salvation: Religious Communities
Watch the 2021 Virginia Festival of the Book event with scholars Tony Tian-Ren Lin and Todne Thomas…
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NewsIndigenous Lit: Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, Kelli Jo Ford & Diane Wilson
Enjoy this recap from the 2021 Virginia Festival of the Book event with novelists Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, Kelli Jo Ford, and Diane Wilson…
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News25th Annual Voices of Adult Learners
Learn more about Voices of Adult Learners, a celebration bringing together adults from literacy, GED, and ESL education programs to share their compelling stories…
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NewsREPLAY: Music Matters
We all know that teenagers would rather die than hang out with their parents, right? Not so, says Jon Lohman. The Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax, Virginia, brings young and old together to share traditions and songs. But how are musicians faring during the pandemic?
NewsMaking the Invisible Visible
A conversation with book artist Veronica Jackson about how family, race, and gender have informed her work.
