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This Week's Events...
Calendar Events for 11/21/2008
Events / Festivals    Music    Museums / Tours    Comedy    Galleries    Performing Arts    Education / Lectures   
Events / Festivals

Jefferson Davis's Richmond Walking Tour - 11/21/08 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (more dates)
Ever wonder what Richmond was like during the Civil War?

Friday's Over the Patio - 11/21/08 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Our banquet room will host this monthly event featuring local musicians, appetizers, wine tasting and good cheer.

Music

The Power of Song - 4/26/09 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Power of Song is a community event geared toward the family and music.

Museums / Tours

Summer Science Explorers - 7/29/09 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (more dates)
Discover scientific principles connected with toys. Learn what it was like to be a kid in Egypt 5,000 years ago. Explore the links between art and science.

From Williamsburg to Will's Creek - 11/21/08 9:00 PM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
From Williamsburg to Will's Creek: The Fry-Jefferson Map.

A Creative Dynasty: Four Generations of Virginia - 11/21/08 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
Virginia Historical Society Opens Art and Women's History Exhibition.

Science Unplugged - 11/21/08 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
Lift a 100-pound anvil with your finger. Build and walk across a Roman arch. Discover basic construction as you build a dog house.

The Furniture of Eero Saarinen - 11/21/08 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
Be among the first to explore The Furniture of Eero Saarinen: Designs for Everyday Living. Light refreshments will be served.

GEORGE CALEB BINGHAM: The Making of The County Ele - 11/21/08 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
American artist George Caleb Bingham not only painted The County Election, he also developed a complex marketing plan to promote the work.

Pictures of the World: The Art of the Mapmaker - 11/21/08 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
No one knows who made the first map, but for thousands of years people have been devising different methods of picturing the world around them.

Annunciationand Adoration: Paolo de’ Matteis - 11/21/08 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
This loan reunites two great masterpieces by the Italian late-Baroque painter Paolo de' Matteis.

Richmond by Rice - 11/21/08 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
Help us identify the people and places in the photographs of Richmond in the 1950s.

Maymont House Museum Holiday Tours - 11/21/08 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
Walk through the beautifully decorated mansion!

Comedy

Camp Pain Trail: An Election Comedy - 11/21/08 10:00 PM - 11:45 PM
Random Acts Improv Comedy invites you back to summer camp in an election themed improv comedy show, CAMP PAIN TRAIL. Sing songs! Perform skits! Make crafts! Elect your leader!

Dov Davidoff - 11/21/08 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM (more dates)
Renowned comedian comes to the Funny Bone Comedy Club.

Galleries

The Divas and Iron Chefs of Encaustic - 11/21/08 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
Eight artists from around the US and Canada explore the formal, technical, and conceptual aspects of encaustic, infusing this ancient medium with new vitality.

9th Ashland Trunk Show - 11/21/08 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
A unique collection of hand-crafted art and gifts

Media X - 11/21/08 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
Exhibition about the media curated by Vaughn Whitney Garland.

Hester Bateman, The Queen of Silversmiths - 11/21/08 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
Selections from Hester Bateman's successful 18th-century metal smithy.

This is War! The Pain, Power and Paradox of Images - 11/21/08 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
This is War! The Pain, Power and Paradox of Images. Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art and Print Study Center.

Autumn Exhibit by Tony Karp - 11/21/08 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (more dates)
The Ginter Park Library will be hosting the Autumn Exhibit by Virginia artist Tony Karp.

"Reality and Dreams" - 11/21/08 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
Brazier Fine Art presents recent paintings from artist P.A. Jones. Her paintings are characterized by a sense of "dreamy tranquility."

Performing Arts

Richmond Triangle Players presents BITE ME! - 11/21/08 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM (more dates)
Richmond Triangle Players is proud to present the East Coast premiere of BITE ME!, an original campy, sexy, vampire musical.

Shadow Play - 11/21/08 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM (more dates)
Completely original, innovative and exciting - this is a theatre event you won't want to miss.

VCU Dance Show - 11/21/08 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM (more dates)
Featuring seven original choreographic works by Senior Dance and Choreography majors.

Sanders Family Christmas - 11/21/08 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM (more dates)
The Sanders Family is back! In this sequel to Barksdale’s 2007 smash hit, Smoke on the Mountain, the Sanders make their annual visit to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church on Christmas Eve, 1941.

Education / Lectures

Gone Fishin’ Exhibition - 11/21/08 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
Great writers, great images! A joy to read and see!

Richmond by Rice - 11/21/08 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (more dates)
This series of photographs documents 1950s Richmond

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