Kori Withers, daughter of soul legend Bill Withers, will bring her father’s beloved songs and stories to life in a special performance at the Cultural Arts Center in Glen Allen. The concert, set for Saturday, June 28, will feature both …

Library of Virginia editors John G. Deal and Marianne E. Julienne and historian Brent Tarter have received this year’s Richard Slatten Award for Excellence in Virginia Biography from the Virginia Museum of History & Culture for their book “Justice for …

Three community preservationists have been selected for the 2025 African American Fellows Program at Preservation Virginia, an initiative designed to support the study and protection of African American historic sites across the state.

In 1979, a group of inmates at Powhatan Correctional Center recorded an album with the help of a mobile studio from Richmond’s Alpha Audio. Over five hours, the band Edge of Daybreak laid down eight soul and disco tracks within …

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Two artists will transform 1708 Gallery into an evolving space for projects about love this summer as part of the gallery’s new community series, “2x3: Love.”

RippleCon, the Richmond Public Library’s annual mini fandom convention, is set to return for its third year on Saturday, June 28, at the Main Library downtown. The free event will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will include …

The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Virginia Free and Accepted Masons, Inc. recently marked its 150th anniversary with a private celebration held June 7 at the Hilton Short Pump ballroom.

Five years after Richmond’s streets filled with protesters seeking justice following George Floyd’s murder, photos of that historic moment are returning to public view.

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A new exhibition at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture explores the lives and legacies of free Black Virginians from 1619 to the end of slavery in 1865.

The roar of the past echoes through the halls of the Science Museum of Virginia this summer, as visitors encounter the strange and spectacular creatures of a lost world. “Ultimate Dinosaurs,” a touring exhibition, reveals discoveries about prehistoric predators that …

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Rows of names, dates and notations in dusty county records may seem like dry data points. But to researcher Tev’n Powers, they reveal stories of resistance and freedom once left out of Virginia’s historical narrative.

The new executive director of the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University has big plans.