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With Good Reason | Cultures & Communities

REPLAY: How To Go Clubbing

Remember going out dancing in the pre-pandemic world? This week, With Good Reason takes you to a few fabulous spots for togetherness.

Stories | LGBTQ
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VA Festival of the Book | Books & Literature

Family Secrets in Fiction

In this webinar, recorded October 8, 2020, beloved novelist Jill McCorkle discusses her latest book, Hieroglyphics, with author Brendan Mathews. This deeply layered and masterful novel explores what it means …

Stories | Fiction
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With Good Reason | Civics

#WhyIVoteVA Campaign

With Good Reason and Virginia Humanities is kicking off #WhyIVoteVA. Call us at (434) 253-0396 and let us know…

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Cultures & Communities

Black Girls’ Journeys of Resilience and Community

This webinar, recorded October 6, 2020, features an inter-generational conversation of resilience and hope between Dr. Shennette Garrett-Scott and Ka’myia Gunn. In a dialogue moderated by Ravynn K. Stringfield, they …

Stories | Black/African American, Women
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VA Festival of the Book | Books & Literature

Q&A with Shelf Life author Jill McCorkle

Get to know SHELF LIFE author Jill McCorkle…

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VA Festival of the Book | Books & Literature

Get to know #OwnVoices literature

Unfamiliar with #OwnVoices? Find more information about the term and its significance here…

The post Get to know #OwnVoices literature appeared first on Virginia Festival of the Book.

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Fellowships | Books & Literature

The Age of Astonishment

In this webinar, recorded October 6, 2020, Bill Morris discusses The Age of Astonishment, his forthcoming nonfiction book about his grandfather, John Morris. In the century in which he lived, …

Stories | 20th Century, Civil War
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Virginia Folklife | Arts

The Richmond Folk Festival 2020 – A Virtual Celebration

There will be no big top tents or jam-packed stages, but the 2020 Richmond Folk Festival is still happening, and you can attend it along with people all across Virginia …

Stories | Folkways
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With Good Reason | Science

Predicting Hotspots

What if we could predict civil conflict 5 years in advance with machine learning? What might we do differently?

Stories | Climate Change, STEM, Technology
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Civics

Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote

In this webinar, recorded October 2, 2020, Johns Hopkins University professor Martha S. Jones, discusses her critically acclaimed, recently published book, Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, …

Stories | Black/African American, Politics, Women
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Encyclopedia VA | History

EV Election Edition

The air is crisp, and the first hints of color are showing in the Blue Ridge, which means that pumpkin spice lattes and the fifty-ninth U.S. presidential election must be… Read More»

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VA Festival of the Book | Books & Literature

#OwnVoices Fiction

In this webinar, recorded October 1, 2020, Yamile Saied Méndez discusses her latest young adult novel, Furia, a powerful, #ownvoices contemporary YA for fans of The Poet X and I …

Stories | Fiction, Young Readers
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Civics

Virginia Women in Politics

This webinar, recorded September 25, 2020, is a conversation between two Virginia public servants: Senator Jennifer McClellan, a Democrat who is running for Governor in 2021, and Senator Jen A. Kiggans, a first-term Republican …

Stories | Politics, Women
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With Good Reason | History, Science

The Voyage of the USS Albatross

Many of us spent the summer fishing. But could overfishing be changing fish genetics?

Stories | 20th Century, STEM
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