January 22, 2009
All events are free and take place from noon until 1 pm in the conference rooms at the Library of Virginia unless otherwise noted. The Library is located at 800 East Broad Street and there is limited, free underground parking, which is accessible from either Eighth or Ninth streets.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
People of the Book
Pulitzer Prize winning author Geraldine Brooks will discuss and sign People of the Book. Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is at once a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotional intensity.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Law Touched Our Hearts: A Generation Remembers Brown v. Board of Education
Editors Mildred W. Robinson and Richard J. Bonnie will offer an overview of the moving stories of those who attended public school soon after the Brown v. The Board of Education decision and saw the course of their lives and their society change. These personal accounts of how Brown affected them say much about race relations then and now. Robinson is Henry L. & Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. Bonnie is Harrison Foundation Professor of Medicine and Law, Hunton & Williams Research Professor, and director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry & Public Policy at the University of Virginia. A book signing will follow the talk.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
2009 African American Trailblazers: Program and Reception
Time: 6:00 PM–7:30 PM
Place: Lecture Hall
Eight honorees, five historical (deceased) figures from the 17th through the 20th centuries as well as three contemporary African Americans,who have had a significant impact on the history of Virginia will be honored at this celebration hosted by Daphne Maxwell Reid. A reception follows the program. FREE but reservations required. Seating is limited. Call (804) 692-3900 by February 20 to RSVP.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Gallery Walk: From Williamsburg to Wills’s Creek: The Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia
Time: Noon–12:45 PM
Place: Exhibition Gallery
RSVP by calling (804)692-3592 by Friday, March 6, 2009
Join exhibition curator and map specialist Cassandra Farrell for an in-depth tour of the Library of Virginia’s exhibition focusing on the various states and derivatives of the Fry-Jefferson Map of 1755. Space is limited.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Very Valentine
Place: Lecture Hall
Adriana Trigiani will discuss and sign her latest book, a contemporary family saga about the Angelini Shoe Company, makers of custom wedding shoes since 1903 and one of the last family businesses in Greenwich Village. On the brink of financial ruin, the company turns to 33 year old Valentine Roncalli, the talented but unsuspecting apprentice, to bring her family's old world craftsmanship into the 21st century.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Annual Alan M. and Nathalie P. Voorhees Lecture Series
Time: 1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Place: Lecture Hall
Reservations required. Please call (804) 692-3900. Optional box lunches $15.
Marianne McKee and Luke Vavra will discuss the creation and correction of the first official state map of Virginia (1827/1859) and its use during the Civil War. Several maps will be on display for the day including the Library's 1827 state map of Virginia and copperplates.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
The Weapon
David Poyer will discuss and sign his latest Dan Lenson novel, The Weapon. A deadly new weapon hits the international arms market and the only way to preserve the balance of power in the Middle East is to hijack the Iranian sub that carries it. Authentic action and daring espionage combine in this timely thriller from the most popular living author of American sea fiction.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
2009 Virginia Women in History: Program and Reception
Time: 6:00 PM–8:00 PM
Place: Lecture Hall
Join the Library of Virginia as it recognizes eight outstanding Virginia women past and present who have made important contributions to Virginia, the nation, and the world. A reception follows the program. FREE but reservations required. Seating is limited. Call (804)692-3900 by March 20 to RSVP.
