Most events are free and are open to the public. For specific locations, times, and details on the events listed below please visit our calendar of events.
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July 6, 2009 – December 26, 2009
Votes for Women! commemorates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia on November 27, 1909. Among the small group of civic-minded women were writers Ellen Glasgow, Mary Johnston, and Kate Langley Bosher; artists Adèle Clark and Nora Houston; physician Kate Waller Barrett; and reformer Lila Meade Valentine. |
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
The Big Steal
Popular Virginia author and antiques appraiser Emyl Jenkins will launch The Big Steal, the second in her Sterling Glass Mystery series featuring intrepid appraiser and amateur sleuth Sterling Glass. |
July 20, 2009 – December 5, 2009
Poe: Man, Myth, or Monster
What do you know about Edgar Allan Poe? Organized in partnership with the Poe Museum, this exhibition commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Poe, America’s first internationally renowned author. |
Docent-led Tour of Poe: Man, Myth, or Monster
Join our library docents for a tour of the Library of Virginia’s exhibition focusing on Edgar Allan Poe. Tours occur every Tuesday & Thursday, July 21–December 3, except Tuesday, September 8, and Thursday, November 27. |
Curator-led Tour of Poe: Man, Myth, or Monster
Join exhibition curator Chris Semtner for an in-depth tour of the Library of Virginia’s exhibition focusing on Edgar Allan Poe. Tours occur Thursday, July 23, Thursday, August 6, Wednesday, September 23, Wednesday, October 7, Thursday, November 19, and Tuesday, December 1 |
Friday, July 24, 2009
In the Graveyard of Empires
Seth G. Jones, RAND Corporation political scientist and Georgetown University professor, discusses and signs his definitive account of the American experience in Afghanistan... |
Thursday, July 30, 2009
The General Assembly of 1619: Myths and Realities
Dr. Warren M. Billings, Distinguished Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of New Orleans, will speak on "The General Assembly of 1619: Myths and Realities." The Honorable William J. Howell, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates will introduce Dr. Billings. |