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Member Swap with Norfolk Botanical Garden

Portsmouth, VA

Children's Museum of Virginia members receive FREE admission to Norfolk Botanical Garden throughout the month of July! Reserve your tickets using the button below and enter promo code JULYSWAP at checkout.

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Admirals Steak & Seafood at Rivers Casino 3630 Victory Blvd, Portsmouth, VA

Sunset Thursdays – Hotcakes

Festival Park 16 Crawford Circle, Portsmouth, Virginia

Festival Park (16 Crawford Circle) June 4th – August 27th (Thursdays ONLY) 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Enjoy Portsmouth’s FREE after-work summer concerts series sponsored by the Department of Parks and Recreation. Local entertainment and food vendors. Available parking after 5:00pm at Water Street Parking Lot, City Hall Parking Garage, County Street Parking Garage, and Water Street […]

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Spiderman: Brand New Day at the Commodore Theatre

Commodore Theatre 421 High Street, Portsmouth, VA

Peter Parker devotes his life to protecting New York City as a full-time Spider-Man. But as the demands on him intensify, the pressure sparks a surprising physical evolution that threatens his existence, even as a strange new pattern of crimes gives rise to one of the most powerful threats he's ever faced.

$12.00
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Leonardo’s Lab

Children's Museum of Virginia 221 High Street, Portsmouth, VA

Step into the inventive world of Leonardo da Vinci in Leonardo’s Lab! This immersive hands-on exhibition invites children and families to explore art, science, engineering and creativity through interactive activities inspired by one of history’s greatest thinkers. Build structures, experiment with gears and simple machines, design flying creations, solve puzzles and create artwork while discovering […]

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A Seat of Justice: The Courthouse that Changed Portsmouth Exhibit

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Step inside the courthouse that once shaped the course of justice in Portsmouth and beyond. From witch trials to slavery-era rulings to civil rights sit-ins and debates over Confederate monuments, A Seat of Justice explores how law, power and memory have intersected inside the Norfolk County Courthouse – right here in this very building. Through […]

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Art on the Square

Portsmouth, VA

We're bringing the art outside this summer with large-format prints of original artwork hung along the square. Meet this year's artist lineup below and click any name to see more of their work.

LEGO Day at Churchland Library

Portsmouth Public Library Churchland Branch 4934 High Street, Portsmouth, VA

Drop in and play with LEGOs! Ages 5-12. Call 757-686-2538 for more information.   You may also like the following events from Portsmouth Public Library: Happening on, 21st May, 10:30 am, Learning Littles in Portsmouth Happening on, 21st May, 04:00 pm, Teen Afternoon Art Lab in Portsmouth Happening on, 26th May, 11:00 am, Everywoman Book Club in Portsmouth

First Weekends: Discover Olde Towne Portsmouth

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Make your first weekend a tradition in Olde Towne. Join us in Olde Towne as we bring the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center (PACC) courtyard and surrounding streets to life with live music, local art, markets and hands-on activities – all along the High Street corridor. FRIDAY | 5–8 PM Ease into the weekend with: […]