NewsSHELF LIFE: Any Murders in the Building?
Step into cozy-reading for the winter with Maggie Blackburn (Once Upon a Seaside Murder), Amita Murray (Arya Winters and the Tiramisu of Death), and RV Raman (A Will to Kill). …
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NewsREPLAY: Friendsgiving
For many, the Thanksgiving holidays are a time to gather with your biological relatives. But what if you don’t have the traditional, Norman-Rockwell family?
NewsMack’s Corner with Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa A. Igloria
Join Mack and friends as they explore the power and possibility of poetry for young readers with Luisa A. Igloria, 20th Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia and author …
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NewsSHELF LIFE—Beloved Beasts: Michelle Nijhuis in Conversation with Oliver Milman
Michelle Nijhuis discussed Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction, her vibrant history of the modern conservation movement seen through the lives and ideas of the people …
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NewsQ&A with Shelf Life author Michelle Nijhuis
Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction, is a journalist and project editor at The Atlantic, where she edits for the Planet section. …
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NewsVirginia Tribal Communities Tell Their Own Stories
In Encyclopedia Virginia
The question of how Indigenous stories are told—and by whom—is part of a long-overdue reckoning with the mainstream historical narrative in VA…
NewsThe Missed Opportunity of the Emancipation Monument
Our new entry on Archer Alexander, the formerly enslaved man who served as the model for the Emancipation Monument dedicated on the eleventh anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, touches on the controversy the monument generated, both when it was dedicated in 1876 and more recently when a replica of the monument was removed from […]
NewsFilm Festival Showcases Native Perspectives
Q&A with Pocahontas Reframed’s festival director Bradby Brown
In the five years since the inception of The Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival, it has grown to become the largest Native American film festival on the East Coast. Scroll through the program roster, and the secret to the festival’s success becomes obvious.
NewsSave the dates for the first hybrid Virginia Festival of the Book in March 2022!
We are thrilled to announce that the 28th annual Virginia Festival of the Book will take place as a hybrid event, March 16-20, 2022! Building on the success of almost two …
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NewsSammy Shelor and Friends Live in Richmond
Sammy Shelor performed a set of unique selection of country, bluegrass and fusion tunes at Hardywood Brewery in Richmond with our friends from JAMinc. on December 2, 2021. In addition …
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