Black History Museum to host chess classes
The Bright Minds RVA Chess Classes and Tournament for Richmond-area teens will take place Aug. 8 through 18 at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia.
Vote now for the Library of Virginia’s 19th Annual People’s Choice Awards
The Library of Virginia has announced 14 finalists for the 19th Annual People’s Choice Awards.
Several events will mark Maggie L. Walker’s birthday
Richmond will mark Maggie L. Walker’s 158th birthday this week with several events.
2nd Street headliners announced
Grandmaster Flash, the creative and celebrated hip-hop artist who nearly 50 years ago originated the turntable moves that are now standard, will headline this year’s 2nd Street Festival in Jackson Ward.
Casting call for ‘Swagger’
Kendall Cooper Casting is seeking extras for the second season of “Swagger” starring O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Isaiah Hill.
Rebuilding the Village festival
A free, open-to-all community festival that organizers said will feature food, music and fun is scheduled to take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 16, at Armstrong High School, 2300 Cool Lane in the East End.
Personality: Dr. Hollee Freeman
Dr. Hollee Freeman is helping to keep a vital community of workers buzzing — all 90,000 of them.
They, too, are Americans
Raising their right hand, 46 people from 29 countries stand before U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory as he administers the Oath of Allegiance on July 4 during a naturalization ceremony at the Virginia Museum …
Rita Dove to speak at Library of Virginia
Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove will discuss her 2021 volume of poems, “Playlist for the Apocalyse,” at 6 p.m. on July 28 at the Library of Virginia’s Lecture Hall.
Dawnie Walton wins VCU Cabell First Novelist Award
Dawnie Walton, a Jacksonville, Fla. native and former man- aging editor of Essence Magazine and Entertainment Weekly, is the 2022 Virginia Commonwealth University Cabell First Novelist Award recipient for her debut novel “The Final Revival of Opal & Nev.”
VHEF lends helping hand to students heading to college
More than 300 guests stepped up for “Jazz Inside Out” at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on July 2 for the Virginia Higher Education Fund’s annual gala to raise funds to help underserved college students.
Personality: Taylor Thornley Keeney
In December 2018, inspiration led Taylor Thornley Keeney to reshape community child care in the Richmond region.
If it’s June, it must be Black Music Month
While Juneteenth has been a primary focus for many Black Americans throughout June, another observance — Black Music Month — has also captured their attention.
City’s Legendary Ingramettes earn NEA award
The Legendary Ingramettes, a gospel group that has performed more than 60 years, has received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. They are the first group from Richmond to earn the distinction, and one of …
Meadow Farm hosts lights celebration on July 4
Henrico County will present its annual Red, White and Lights community celebration of Independence Day on Monday, July 4 at Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park, 3400 Mountain Road.
