Join the Petersburg Symphony Orchestra and One Voice Chorus for the “Christmas portion” of this holiday classic!

One Voice Chorus presents its Fall 2024 concerts on Saturday, November 16, at 4:00 & Sunday, November 17, at 4:00 pm at Grace Baptist Church, 4200 Dover Road. The concerts will present new selections and old favorites in an eclectic blend of musical styles including spirituals, jazz, show tunes, and popular music. with accompaniment by professional instrumentalists. Each concert will feature the same program with different chorus members, so come to whichever is more convenient, or come to both! Join us before each concert, at 3:00 pm, for “Diversity Discussions," a facilitated discussion of diversity-related issues. Suggested donation $15 ($16 if paying by credit card).

One Voice Chorus presents its Fall 2024 concerts on Saturday, November 16, at 4:00 & Sunday, November 17, at 4:00 pm at Grace Baptist Church, 4200 Dover Road. The concerts will present new selections and old favorites in an eclectic blend of musical styles including spirituals, jazz, show tunes, and popular music. with accompaniment by professional instrumentalists. Each concert will feature the same program with different chorus members, so come to whichever is more convenient, or come to both! Join us before each concert, at 3:00 pm, for “Diversity Discussions," a facilitated discussion of diversity-related issues. Suggested donation $15 ($16 if paying by credit card).

The One Voice Chorus Chorale will present a free concert for the community at Christ Lutheran Church. Featuring spirituals, classical, and jazz selections.

Join us for our spring 2023 concert with special guest the VCU Health Orchestra! The concert features jazz, showtunes and spirituals. The orchestra will join us for Haydn’s Te Deum and Mozart’s Ave verum Corpus, and will perform some selections from their last concert. You won’t want to miss this event!

Once again this year the OVC Ensemble will perform at the Cathedral Concert of the VCU Health Orchestra.

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

Join us for a celebration of Black History and Culture.

We aim to empower, uplift, and unite our community for a day of honoring our past, present, and future. Expect to enjoy soul food (*vegan food vendors included*), live music, dancers, live dj sets, art, local vendors, our interactive kidz corner, notable speakers, and plenty more!

Get Dressed, this is going to be one for the books!

The Category Is: BLACK EXCELLENCE

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African American Read-In for Families celebrates children’s literature and art created by African and African American artists. Experience three works of art by African American artists with the help of looking prompts developed by VMFA's early-childhood educators. Pick up the related books in the VMFA Shop before you begin and have fun exploring the connections between art and literature.

All children’s literature featured in the program can be purchased in the VMFA Shop on Level 1 of the museum.

Free Admission

Dwandalyn Reece, the visionary curator behind the “Musical Crossroads” exhibit and musical programs at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, brings the story of Black music to VCU as VCU Libraries’ 2023 Black History Month speaker.

Music is the great equalizer around the world. No matter where it originates or what form it takes, it has played a crucial role shaping the human experience and preserving the history of that experience for centuries.

African American music grew from a heritage shaped by the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The music born out of this shared identity was a means of survival, a treatise on the struggle for freedom and an agent of social change; it generated a vast array of musical styles and performance traditions that have defined American music.

Reece’s remarks are drawn in part from her 2023 book, Musical Crossroads Stories Behind the Objects of African American Music, that explores the meaning underlying the objects on display at the Smithsonian. She will explain how these objects expand our understanding of the culture of African American music making.

Reece’s lecture is free and open to the public, though registration is required.

Literature and fine art come together in the African American Read-In (AARI) at VMFA. Travel through the galleries to experience live prose and poetry read aloud by community leaders in these evocative and poignant pairings of African American literature and art.

VMFA's AARI is part of the national event, which was established in 1990 by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English to make literacy a significant part of Black History Month.

Free Admission

Join the OVC Ensemble in a concert celebrating Black History Month. Refreshments and discussion will follow the concert. Sponsored by Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation’s Active Lifestyles 50+ program. Register here.

On Thursday, February 23 from 12-1p ET, AAPF will provide a re-screening of our February 15th Briefing and Call to Action—"When Racial Reckoning and Anti-Wokeness Collide: What's Left Out of AP Black Studies and Why Everyone Should Care." The briefing explains what has been happening with the College Board’s proposed AP African American Studies course, shares a close reading of what the revisions are and what they mean, and discusses what we can all do about it.

Following the preventable deaths of loved ones due to childbirth complications, two families galvanize activists, birth-workers and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing American crises of our time – the US maternal health crisis, we’re honored to bring AFTERSHOCK to you. More information about the film is included below.

Join us on February 22 to watch an exclusive screening of AFTERSHOCK, followed by a panel discussion with maternal health providers, advocates, and maternal mental health professionals, moderated by maternal and reproductive justice advocate and Birth in Color RVA Executive Director Kenda Sutton-EL.

Doors open at 5:00 PM for light refreshments.

Screeing beings at 5:30 PM.

Get your ticket today and invite a friend for this important screening and rich conversation.

Watch the official trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k63RC0rJEd8

We hope to see you there!

Screening Hosted by Birth in Color RVA and Sponsored by the VCU Office of Health Equity.

Malik Yakini will share some of his experiences and lessons learned in co-founding and leading the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network. He will share his thinking about America's colonial legacy, the country's ongoing racial oppression and how those factors shape land ownership, food, agriculture and economics. He will also share how the programs and initiatives of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network and the National Black Food and Justice Alliance are building food sovereignty.

This event is part of the Environmental Humanities Speaker Series at the Humanities Research Center, and is co-hosted by the ICA. This event is also supported by Virginia Humanities, the School of World Studies, and Sociology at VCU.

Join the Richmond Chapter of Urban Financial Services Coalition (UFSC) for this unique opportunity to privately view The Banker, which is based on a true story and addresses overcoming housing discrimination in the 1950s. The movie stars Anthony Mackie, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long, Jessie T. Usher, and Samuel L. Jackson.

We will begin this Black History Month event at 5:30pm with networking and light refreshments. The movie will start at 6:00pm followed by a brief “talk-back” discussion.

The Piedmont Singers of Central Virginia present “Journey to Now”, a program reflecting on our present moment featuring works by living composers including B.E. Boykin, Melissa Dunphy, Reena Esmail, Adolphus Hailstork, Caroline Shaw, and Eric Whitacre. There is no cost for this concert; however, a free-will offering will be taken.