Egyptian authorities unveiled Nov. 25 a renovated ancient promenade in the city of Luxor dating back 3,000 years, the latest government project undertaken to highlight the country’s archaeological treasures.

Liberated Flow is hosting its 3rd Annual Charity Art Gala 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, to benefit the Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia.

The Petersburg Symphony Orchestra is presenting “Festive Holiday Favorites,” a holiday concert featuring Handel’s “The Messiah Overture” and other favorites, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, at the Petersburg Public Library Auditorium, 201 Washington St. in Petersburg.

Richmond will turn on the holiday lights this week and welcome Santa to Downtown to officially launch the celebration of the season.

Singer, dancer, actor Desirée Roots has been named co-artistic director for community with the Virginia Repertory.

Jason Mott’s “Hell of a Book,” a surreal meta-narrative about an author’s promotional tour and his haunted past and present, has won the National Book Award for fiction—a plot twist Mr. Mott did not imagine for himself.

NEW YORK A Frida Kahlo self-portrait that shows the artist with the face of her husband, Diego Rivera, in the middle of her forehead, sold at Sotheby’s in New York on Nov. 16 for $34.9 million, an auction record for …

Richmond is set to celebrate the legendary Armstrong-Walker Classic with a parade on Saturday, Nov. 27, and ending with a tailgate and youth football game at Hovey Stadium at Virginia Union University.

Hampton University Pirates fans and supporters everywhere will be tuning in this Thanksgiving to see and hear the Hampton University Marching Force and its thunderous sound in the 95th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.

Once upon a time, in the low-income neighborhood of Compton in Los Angeles, a doting father and smart mother have a keen vision for two of their offspring: “Venus and Serena gonna shake up this world.”

Fiddler Rhiannon Giddens, a founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, bluesman Taj Mahal and more than 200 musical artists will perform next month as part of an online fundraiser for the environment that will be shown on YouTube.

Richmond media entrepreneur B.K. Fulton is banking on the successful return of Broadway, which has been dark for the last 19 months because of the pandemic.

The yearly Inlight outdoor exhibition of artwork that embraces light and sound returns to light up a portion of the city’s riverfront along Dock Street with artistic displays from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, and Saturday, Nov. 13.

The Peabody Square Golf Tournament, planned by the Peabody Academic Learning and Development Center for Nov. 20 to benefit the preservation and restoration of Petersburg’s former Peabody High School, has been postponed.

Jay-Z has added another title to a résumé that includes rapper, songwriter, Grammy winner, billionaire business mogul and global icon — Hall of Famer.