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Friday, September 5, 2014
Seeing Flowers: An Illustrated Lecture
Time: Noon–1:00 PM
Place: Conference Rooms
Robert Llewellyn discusses his book Seeing Flowers, a visual feast that highlights more than 300 garden flowers through the use of large macrophotographs. Presented in conjunction with the Library's exhibition Flora of Virginia. |
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Personal Histories: Civil Rights in Black and White
Time: Noon–1:00 PM
Place: Lecture Hall
Dr. Edward H. Peeples Jr. (author, civil rights activist, and associate professor emeritus of preventive medicine and community health at Virginia Commonwealth University) and Dr. Carmen Foster (organizational leadership consultant and educational historian) will take part in a lively panel discussion about their involvement in the Massive Resistance movement in Richmond during the civil rights era. Retired Judge James W. Benton Jr. will moderate the discussion. |
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
"BOOKS ON BROAD" FEATURING KAT SPEARS | Sway
Time: 5:30–7:30 PM
Place: Lecture Hall
In this debut novel from the Library of Virginia Foundation's own Kat Spears, a high school senior who specializes in getting things people want—good grades on term papers, a date with the prom queen, fake IDs—but who also claims to have no feelings, is forced to let his guard down when he falls in love for the first time, causing him to confront his quiet devastation over a life-changing event a year earlier. Reception (wine and cheese) 5:30–6:30 pm, book talk 6:00–7:00 pm, and book signing 7:00–7:30 pm. |
Monday, October 13, 2014
Closed
The Library of Virginia will be closed for Columbus Day. |
Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19, 2014
Virginia Literary Festival
Times vary
Venues throughout Richmond
Anchored by the popular James River Writers Conference and the elegant Library of Virginia Literary Awards Celebration, the Virginia Literary Festival celebrates Virginia's rich literary resources with a week-long series of events. For information about tickets and events, visit the Virginia Literary Festival website at www.literaryva.com. |
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Closed
The Library of Virginia will be closed to prepare for the annual Literary Awards Celebration. |
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Library of Virginia Literary Awards Celebration
Time: 6:30–10:30 PM
Place: Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia's annual Literary Awards Celebration will once again feature host Adriana Trigiani for 2014, plus Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Barbara Kingsolver. Tickets include a cocktail reception with the authors, seated dinner, presentation, and open bar for $175 per person. For more information, call 804-692-3813 or visit www.literaryva.com. |
Monday, October 27, 2014–Saturday, May 30, 2015
To Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave Trade
Time: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Place: Lobby and Exhibition Gallery
This groundbreaking exhibition will explore the pivotal role that Richmond played in the domestic slave trade. Curated by University of Virginia professor Maurie McInnis, To Be Sold will draw from her recent book, Waiting to Be Sold: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade, and be anchored by a series of paintings and engravings by Eyre Crowe, a British artist who witnessed the slave trade as he traveled across the United States in 1853. This internal trade accounted for the largest forced migration of people in the United States, moving as many as two million people from the Upper South to the Cotton South. Virginia was the largest mass exporter of enslaved people through the Richmond market, making the trade the most important economic activity in antebellum Virginia. This exhibition will not be merely a story of numbers and economic impact, but also one that focuses on individuals and the impact that the trade had on enslaved people. |