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With Good Reason | History

REPLAY: Celebrating American Freedom

How do you celebrate?

Stories | Black/African American
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New More Accessible Grant Opportunities Announced

Our grants program is changing! Get the latest and learn what to expect when the applications open on June 1.

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Virginia Folklife | Arts

Partnering to Invest in Appalachian Folk Arts Communities

In 2021, the Virginia Folklife Program began a three-year partnership with the Mid Atlantic Arts project Central Appalachia Living Traditions, or CALT. CALT promotes the understanding and recognition of folk arts …

Press Releases | Folkways
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Virginia Folklife | Arts

Announcing the 2022-2023 Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Class

The Virginia Folklife Program at Virginia Humanities is proud to announce the 2022-2023 class of mentor artists and apprentices.

Press Releases, Stories | Folkways
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Lemlem Gebray and Datta and Akeza Seyoum

Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee, and Ethiopian beans are arguably some of the best in the world. As legend has it, coffee was first discovered by …

Stories | Folkways, Foodways
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With Good Reason | Science

Sidelines of the Mainstream

Climate change, pollution, and development projects are threatening surf breaks all over the world. H. Gelfand (James Madison University) says many surfers have taken up the mantle of environmental activism, becoming outspoken protectors of our oceans.

Stories | Nature
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With Good Reason | Books & Literature

AAPI Recommended Reading

Last summer, With Good Reason staff gathered a list of summer reading recommendations by Asian American and Pacific Islander writers from guests. We’re sharing it now in recognition of May as #AAPIHeritageMonth.

Stories | AAPI, Fiction, Non-Fiction
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With Good Reason | Science

Put the Phone Down

Whether you’re on foot crossing the street, or behind the wheel — there are a lot of new technologies to be distracted by. Bryan Porter says that we do not recover from looking at our phones as quickly as we think. Is your brain on the road when you are?

Stories | Health, STEM
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With Good Reason | History

Legacies of World War II

When you think of archeology what comes to mind? Maybe paper maps and pickaxes in dusty places? Instead, imagine precise instruments delicately probing what’s below the surface to prevent destruction to sacred spaces. Richard Freund uses this less invasive archeology to help tell the stories of Jewish resistance in WWII.

Stories | AAPI, Folkways
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Virginia Folklife

Yara Corderiro and Ruthie Lezama

Capoeira Starting in the 1500s, Brazilian plantation owners trafficked in enslaved Africans for free labor. In this brutal system, enslaved people worked to death on plantations that benefited of the …

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Virginia Folklife

Yara Corderiro – Folklife Fieldnotes Episode 4

For the latest episode of the Folklife Fieldnotes series, Pat Jarret went to a batizado, where Abada-Capoeira DC were honoring their students’ achievements and ranking in capoeira.

Press Releases | Folkways
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With Good Reason | Science

Medicine’s Messiness

The patient-doctor relationship is complicated and fraught.

Stories | Health, STEM
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VA Festival of the Book | Books & Literature

SHELF LIFE—EcoPoetics: Poetry and the Natural World

Poets Kathy Davis (Passiflora), Danielle Beazer Dubrasky (Drift Migration), and Cathryn Hankla (Not Xanadu) read from and discuss their recent collections. All three hold ties with Virginia and depict its …

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VA Festival of the Book | Books & Literature

Q&A with Shelf Life author Cathryn Hankla

Cathryn Hankla, author of Not Xanadu, is a writer, artist, and professor emerita at Hollins University. Author of fifteen books, her work spans genre to include stories, essays, poetry, and …

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