Jun 11 Tuesday
How did kids play in the past? Toys like Jacks, Jacob’s Ladders, and YoYos have been found around the world for thousands of years. You will get the chance to play with colonial-era replicas of these games, as well as take part in slinky races down our front steps, giant checkers on the lawn, and even try your luck in getting George Washington back home to Mount Vernon in a 19th C version of chutes and ladders.
This event is fun for all ages, but recommended for elementary – middle school.
Jun 12 Wednesday
Everything in Jon McLaughlin’s life makes its way into his music, whether he’s conscious of it or not. The artist, raised in Indiana and based in Nashville, brings all of his experiences and beliefs into each song he creates, something that is especially true now that he’s the father of two young girls.Jon released his debut album, Indiana, in 2007 on Island Def Jam, attracting fans with his heartfelt, hook-laden songwriting and impassioned delivery. He’s released six full-lengths in the years since and revealed a true evolution in both his piano playing and singing. He’s played shows with Billy Joel, Kelly Clarkson and Adele, collaborated with longtime friend Sara Bareilles, co-written with Demi Lovato and even performed at the Academy Awards in 2008.Jon’s album, Like Us, dropped in October of 2015 via Razor & Tie, and he spent the past few years touring extensively before heading back into his Nashville studio to work on new music. Jon released a Christmas EP in 2017 titled Red & Green with two originals and his take on a few holiday classics. In November of 2018 Jon released his albumAngst & Grace which features “Still My Girl” written for his youngest daughter.Another project started in 2018 is his Dueling Pianos video series. Every episode features a new guest artist and they perform mashups of never-before-heard arrangements.In Fall of 2019 Jon released an instrumental piano album titled MOOD. This record demonstrates Jon's artistry and captivates his talent as a pianist. In May 2020 the second edition of the project was released entitled MOOD II.Jon wrapped up 2020 with the release of his Christmas EP Christmas Time before putting out his most recent full length album All The Things I Say To Myself with immediate fan favorites “A Breakup Song” & “Outta My Head”.In the fall of 2022 Jon hit the road with his band in celebration of the 15 year anniversary of his Indiana album which will be remastered and re released on vinyl spotlighting a new a capella version of the title track “Indiana” featuring Straight No Chaser as well as never-before-released b-sides.Towards the end of 2023, Jon released the third installment in his instrumental piano series: MOOD III.As with everything he does, Jon’s goal is to create connections. He wants to translate his experiences and ideas into music that reaches fans everywhere. His passion for music and playing is evident in each note he plays.Sync Placements:“Human” in Scrubs“Human” in Ghost Whisperer“Beautiful Disaster” in A Little Thing Called Life“Another Layer” on the soundtrack to Bridge to Terabithia“Beautiful Disaster” in Georgia Rule“So Close” in Oscar nominated film Enchanted Leo Sawikin is a NYC-born and bred singer/songwriter, who debuted as a solo recording artist with his 2021 album, Row Me Away. While Leo often records from his home studio in New York’s Little Italy, over the last year he traveled to Seattle to work with the legendary Phil Ek, who produced breakthrough albums by Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, The Shins, and Fleet Foxes.
Jun 13 Thursday
The 1950s saw growth and changes that continue to shape the Roanoke Valley today. Noted local historian Nelson Harris has collected the fascinating stories of this period in his most recent book, The Roanoke Valley in the 1950s. On Thursday, June 13 at 7 pm at the Salem Museum, Harris will give a talk and sign copies of his books. The Roanoke Valley in the 1950s will be available at this event for $50. All proceeds will benefit the Salem Museum.
By searching every edition of the Roanoke Times and the Roanoke Tribune from January 1950 through December 1959, Harris documents the decade in his newest book, The Roanoke Valley in the 1950s. The book features over 700 pages and 300 archival photos, covering events in sports, business, crime, arts, entertainment, religion, civil rights, politics, individual achievements, and healthcare. Mill Mountain Zoo, the Vinton Dogwood Festival, and the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra were all established in the 1950s. Roanoke’s Diamond Jubilee and Salem’s Sesquicentennial were celebrated. College football games were played at Victory Stadium, and high-profile entertainers visited the area. During the same time period, the Korean War claimed the lives of area soldiers; urban renewal left many displaced in northeast Roanoke; and the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its verdict on Brown v. Board of Education. Television was new.
Nelson Harris is a native and former mayor of Roanoke. He has been the pastor of Heights Community Church since 1999 and is an adjunct faculty member at Virginia Western Community College. He holds degrees from Radford University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a past president of the Historical Society of Western Virginia and is the author of thirteen books, including The Roanoke Valley in the 1940s, Roanoke Valley: Then and Now, Aviation in Roanoke, and Hidden History of Roanoke.
M.F.A. Dance @ the Eleanor D. Wilson MuseumCorpus Mirabilis: The Life and Practices of St. Catherine of Siena and the Recentering of Female Agency and Play in Performance as Resistance. Thesis Performance and Installation by M.F.A. Dance Graduate Student Melissa MillerEleanor D. Wilson Museum - Hollins CampusFree Admission
Thursday, June 13, 2024 - Live Performance7:30 pm
Friday, June 14 – June 28, 2024 - ExhibitionTuesday – Sunday, 12- 5 pmThursday - 12-8 pm
Corpus Mirabilis: The Life and Practices of St. Catherine of Siena and the Recentering of Female Agency and Play in Performance as Resistance centers around the life and death of Catherine Benincasa: a 14th-century Italian Tertiary Dominican, mystic, influential writer and leader, and eventual saint, in the European Catholic Church. Saint Catherine of Siena’s faith practice included a dedication to mortification of the flesh, practitioners of which believed they should subdue desires, which are at war with their soul, by means of self-inflicted suffering. She began her practice of self-harm at the age of eight, culminating in her death via self-imposed starvation at 33. Not considered suicide by the church leaders of the time, her death was recorded instead as succumbing to pious fasting and called, posthumously, anorexia “mirabilis,” Latin for “wonderful.” Looking at her life and death will be my point of entry for discussing animosity toward the female body in, but not restricted to, high-control Western religious environments. Exploring how these attitudes toward women have been internalized and propagated has urgency for everybody, female or otherwise.
Jun 15 Saturday
M.F.A. Dance Performance ISaturday, June 15, 2024Hollins Theatre8 pmFree admission
M.F.A. Dance Performance I features a collection of original work in performance and/or choreography by current M.F.A. dance candidates. As part of the thesis capstone research project, performance and dance work featured in this concert highlight a diverse approach to contemporary dance practices, research, and making.
Jun 16 Sunday
Join us on June 16, 2024, as we celebrate the many influences Africans and African Americans have had on American culture with demonstrations including cooking, music, and more!
This event is a general admission event and is included in the Annual Pass!
JOIN US for an obscre Strange Market with crypic local RVA vendors. Let's keep RVA weird. Pick up a local father's day gift for Dad! We bring together amazing local artists and makers selling handmade home décor, art, jewelry, apparel, and more! Indoor Event & Outdoor Event.
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Shop Small at our Artisan Market every Sunday at Brambly Park. We'll have Local Artisans selling handmade Home décor, Art, Jewelry, Apparel, Ceramics, Candles, Woodworking, and More! We are an outdoor, open-air market located at Brambly Park, an urban winery and oasis located in the northwest corner of Richmond's Scott's Addition neighborhood. BYO Dog to run around the 2 acres of property. Kid Friendly! Come out to support our community! Vendors apply on our website www.artisanmakers.org
DRAFTWORKS: A Studio SalonSunday, June 16, 2024BOT Studio IBOT Studio IIInformal Showing #1, 7 pmInformal Showing #2, 8:45 pmFree admission
DRAFTWORKS is a dance department and M.F.A. dance event inaugurated during fall 2005 and spring 2006. The platform was designed to provide a space for intimate, nontraditional, radical, often-times explicit performance work to be shared with the dance department community and guests. DRAFTWORKS: A Studio Salon was designed to challenge makers and witnesses to consider options for making and presenting work that do not have to subscribe to traditional/conventional forms, genre categorizations, and notions of final dances (dance show). M.F.A. Dance Year Residency graduate students, Paris NGai Gray, Sarah Lunceford, and Katy Womack will share their most recent and vibrant work-in-progress in this informal studio setting.
Jun 18 Tuesday