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Past Events
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Transcribe-a-thon (Words)
- Last Saturday of every month, 12-2 p.m., Sat., Oct. 24, 12-2 p.m. and Sat., Nov. 21, 12-2 p.m. Continues through Sept. 26 2020
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Weinstein Author Series | Sweet Bitter Blues: A Conversation with Authors Phil Wiggins and Frank Matheis (Words)
- Thu., March 19, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 2020
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Genealogy Workshop | Irish Ancestry Research (Happenings)
- Fri., March 13, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 2020
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Book Launch & Celebration | The Campaign for Woman Suffrage in Virginia (Words)
- Thu., March 12, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 2020
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Civic Conversation Series: A Conversation About Feminism (Words)
- Wed., March 11, 6-8 p.m. 2020
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Map Genealogy Workshop | Maps & Research at the Library of Virginia (Happenings)
- Sat., March 7, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 2020
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Literary Virginia Book Group (Words)
- Wed., Feb. 12, 6-7:30 p.m. 2020
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Civic Discussions: a Conversation about "Freedom Riders" (Film)
- Wed., Feb. 12, 6-8 p.m. 2020
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A Culture to Care: The History of Filipino Nurses in Virginia (Galleries)
- Mondays-Saturdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Continues through Dec. 14 2019
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Literary Virginia Book Group (Words)
- Wed., Dec. 11, 6-7:30 p.m. 2019
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Becoming American: a Documentary Film and Discussion Series on Our Immigration Experience (Words)
- Wed., Dec. 11, 6-8 p.m. 2019
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Truth & Conciliation in the 400th Year: a Shockoe Bottom Public History Symposium (Happenings)
- Sat., Dec. 7, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 2019
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New Virginians: 1619-2019 and Beyond (Galleries)
- Dec. 10-7, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 2019
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Virginia Humanities Research Fellow Talk – Eliza House Trist & Thomas Jefferson: a Friendship and a Woman’s Journal of Westward Exploration (Words)
- Wed., Dec. 4, 12-1 p.m. 2019
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Virginia Humanities Research Fellow Talk – Eliza House Trist & Thomas Jefferson: A Friendship and a Woman’s Journal of Westward Exploration (Words)
- Wed., Dec. 4, 12-1 p.m. 2019
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Book Talk With Susan Schulten: a History of America in 100 Maps (Words)
- Tue., Nov. 19, 5:30-6:30 p.m. 2019
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Intermediate Genealogy Workshop: How to Trace Your Virginia Roots (Words)
- Fri., Nov. 15, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 2019
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Weinstein Author Series: Michael W. Twitty – "The Cooking Gene: a Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South" (Words)
- Thu., Nov. 14, 5:30-7 p.m. 2019
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Literary Virginia Book Group (Words)
- Wed., Nov. 13, 6-7:30 p.m. 2019
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Becoming American: A Documentary Film and Discussion Series on Our Immigration Experience (Happenings)
- Wed., Nov. 13, 6-8 p.m. 2019
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Writing & Creative Arts Workshop – Sparks for Creative Expression in the Library’s Collections (Words)
- Wed., Nov. 13, 5:30-8 p.m. 2019
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New Virginians: A Conversation with Deepak Singh & Seyoum Berhe (Words)
- Thu., Nov. 7, 5:30-7 p.m. 2019
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Book Talk With Jeffrey L. Hantman – Monacan Millennium: a Collaborative Archaeology and History of a Virginia Indian People (Words)
- Wed., Nov. 6, 12-1 p.m. 2019
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Fry-Jefferson Map Society Fall Lecture Richmond City Planning: Evolution Through Maps (Words)
- Sat., Nov. 2, 10-10:30 a.m. 2019
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Help Us Celebrate Our Transcribe-aversary (Happenings)
- Sat., Aug. 24, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 2019
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Genealogy Workshop: Historic Census Records at the Library of Virginia (Words)
- Fri., Aug. 9, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 2019
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Literary Virginia Book Group (Words)
- Wed., Aug. 7, 6-7:30 p.m. 2019
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Casa Lápiz Youth Art Exhibition (Galleries)
- Mondays-Saturdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Continues through Aug. 3 2019
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African American Research at the Library of Virginia: Genealogy to 1870 (Words)
- Fri., July 12, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 2019
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Literary Virginia Book Group (Words)
- Wed., July 10, 6-7:30 p.m. 2019
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Literary Virginia Book Group (Words)
- Wed., June 12, 6-7:30 p.m. 2019
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Intermediate Genealogy Workshop – Out of the Shadows: Little-Known Records for Virginia Genealogy (Words)
- Fri., June 7, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 2019
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Weinstein Author Series: Brad Parks, "The Last Act" (Words)
- Tue., June 4, 12-1 p.m. 2019
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Millions of Messages: Processing Gubernatorial E-mail at the Library of Virginia (Words)
- Tue., May 21, 12-1 p.m. 2019
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Transcribe-A-Thon (Words)
- Wed., May 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m. and Sat., May 18, 12-2 p.m. 2019
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Intermediate Genealogy Workshop: How to Trace Your Virginia Roots (Happenings)
- Fri., May 10, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 2019
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Literary Virginia Book Group (Words)
- Wed., May 8, 6-7:30 p.m. 2019
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Sparks for Creative Expression in the Library’s Collections (Words)
- Wed., May 8, 5:30-8 p.m. 2019
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The Saving Grace of Spring Rolls: A Story of Food, Place, and Family (Words)
- Tue., May 7, 12-1 p.m. 2019
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The Riverkeepers: The Cherokees, Their Neighbors and the Rivers that Made America (Words)
- Tue., April 30, 12-1 p.m. 2019
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Pictorial Maps: The Art, History, and Culture of this Popular Map Genre (Words)
- Sat., April 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 2019
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Weinstein Author Series with Thomas P. Kapsidelis – After Virginia Tech: Guns, Safety, and Healing in the Era of Mass Shootings (Words)
- Wed., April 24, 5:30-7 p.m. 2019
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Becoming American: A Documentary Film and Discussion Series on Our Immigration Experience (Film)
- Tuesdays, 5:30-7 p.m. Continues through April 16 2019
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Workshop with Writer-in-Residence Kristen Green The Heart of the Story (Words)
- Fri., April 12, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. 2019
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Weinstein Author Series with Khizr Khan – An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice (Words)
- Thu., April 4, 5:30-7 p.m. 2019
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Book Talk with Megan Taylor Shockley on “Creating a Progressive Commonwealth: Women Activists, Feminism, and the Politics of Social Change in Virginia, 1970s–2000s (Words)
- Wed., March 20, 12-1 p.m. 2019
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Writer-in-Residence Talk: The Germ of a Book (Words)
- Tue., March 19, 12-1 p.m. 2019
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Weinstein Author Series: Zachary Wood Uncensored: My Life and Uncomfortable Conversations at the Intersection of Black and White America (Words)
- Tue., March 5, 12-1 p.m. 2019
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Transcribe-a-thon (Words)
- Wed., Feb. 13, 5:30-7:30 p.m. and Sat., Feb. 23, 12-2 p.m. 2019
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Literary Virginia Book Group (Words)
- Wed., Feb. 13, 6-7:30 p.m. 2019
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