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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Wednesday December 9, 2009
How Philosophy Can Save Your Life: 10 Ideas That Matter Most
Marietta McCarty, an educational consultant and assistant professor of philosophy at Piedmont Virginia Community College, will discuss and sign How Philosophy Can Save Your Life: 10 Ideas That Matter Most. She shows how the heartbeats of philosophy—clear thinking, quiet reflection, and good conversation—are essential ingredients in a well-lived life. McCarty has been introducing philosophy to children and guiding parents and educators to do the same for nearly 20 years. She will explain why children from kindergarten through the 8th grade should be introduced to philosophy in order to help develop critical thinking skills and deepen appreciation for others. |
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Ultimate Coffee Break at the Virginia Shop
Virginia Shop at the Library of Virginia; Special sale on clearance merchandise, discounts on non-sale items, plus food and coffee samples. |
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Greetings from Richmond: Early 20th Century Postcard Collections
Tom Ray (collections management coordinator at the Library of Virginia) and Ray Bonis (archival assistant for reference and Richmond history, Special Collections and Archives, Virginia Commonwealth University's James Branch Cabell Library) will discuss and sign their new book, Greetings from Richmond. The book invites you to step back in time to enjoy nearly 250 color postcard views of Virginia's capital city and its architecture as it looked during the first half of the 20th century. |
Thursday, December 24 — Saturday, December 26, 2009
Holiday Closing
The Library of Virginia will be closed. |
Monday, January 4, 2010 — Saturday, May 1, 2010
Every Child Deserves a Home
The exhibition Every Child Deserves a Home highlights the recent donation of business records from the Children's Home Society of Virginia and marks the 110th anniversary of the agency's founding. The goal of CHSVA is to find permanent homes for all needy children in the state and to provide services to birth families, adoptive families, and adoptees. Since 1900, the nonprofit agency has placed more than 12,500 children into adoptive homes. The agency’s signature program, Partnership for Adoptions, established in 1998, focuses on finding permanent homes for older children in the custody of local departments of social services. |
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
We Were Dancing on a Volcano: Bloodlines and Fault Lines of a Star-Crossed Atlanta Family
Joseph Gatins, former statehouse reporter and editor at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, will discuss and sign his new book, We Were Dancing on a Volcano. This nonfiction family biography and memoir focuses on a brave grandmother’s work with the French Resistance in World War II, the eventual successful rescue of her son from three-plus years in harsh German POW camps, and the post-trauma that ensued. |