Most events are free, take place at noon in the conference rooms
at the Library of Virginia, and are open to the public. For details on the events listed below please visit our calendar of events.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
People of the Book
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Geraldine Brooks will discuss and sign her intricate, ambitious novel, People of the Book, which traces the journey of a rare illuminated Hebrew manuscript. |
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Law Touched Our Hearts: A Generation Remembers Brown v. Board of Education
Editors Mildred W. Robinson and Richard J. Bonnie will offer an overview of the moving stories of those who attended public school soon after the Brown decision and saw the course of their lives and their society change... |
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Closed, in order to be open George Washington Day. |
Monday, February 16, 2009
LOBBY, READING ROOMS & STACKS WILL BE OPEN
(staff offices closed) |
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Piedmont Blues with Wiggins and Friends: A Tribute to John Cephas
The River City Blues Society and the Library of Virginia will sponsor a special tribute concert, "Piedmont Blues with Wiggins and Friends: A Tribute to John Cephas," at the Capital Ale House. Phil Wiggins, a long-time recording and performing partner of Cephas, will be joined by other notable blues players Rick Franklin, Mike Baytop, and Gregg Kimball, to honor Cephas and the Piedmont Blues tradition. |
Thursday, February 26, 2009
2009 African American Trailblazers: Program and Reception
Eight honorees—five historical (deceased) figures from the 17th through the 20th centuries as well as three contemporary African Americans—who have had a significant impact on the history of Virginia will be honored at this celebration hosted by Daphne Maxwell Reid. A reception follows the program. |
Saturday, February 28, 2009
The 2009 session of the Virginia General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn sine die. |
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Gallery Walk: From Williamsburg to Wills’s Creek
Space is limited. Please RSVP to 804-692-3592 by March 6.
Join exhibition curator and map specialist Cassandra Farrell for an in-depth tour of the Library of Virginia’s exhibition focusing on the various states and derivatives of the Fry-Jefferson Map of 1755. |