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Kwanzaa Celebration
Senior Station 3500 Clifford St, Portsmouth, VALearn about the seven guiding principles of the Kwanzaa celebration – unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, co-operative economics, purpose, creativity and earth. Light refreshments served.
New Year’s Eve Bash: Countdown to Noon
Children's Museum of Virginia 221 High Street, Portsmouth, VARing in the new year before bedtime by celebrating Countdown to Noon with a glittery ball drop and fun activities.
Olde Towne Scottish Walk
Olde Towne Portsmouth Olde Towne, Portsmouth, VAThis annual event is modeled after Scotland's Hogmanay Festival, the walk is a day when townspeople honor their community and merchants, wishing them good luck and prosperity in the coming year. The Scottish Walk leads off from London and Washington streets in Olde Towne Portsmouth.
Free
Celebrate Martin Luther King Day
Portsmouth Public Library - Main Branch 601 Court Street, Portsmouth, VADrop by Portsmouth's Main Library to make a peace dove in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. All ages are welcome. Free.
Meet Negro League’s Legend Sam Allen
Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center Annex 420 High Street, Portsmouth, VAJourney back in time to the era of segregated baseball with Sam Allen, who played left field with the Negro League teams of Kansas City Monarchs, Raleigh Tigers, and Memphis Red Sox before serving in the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division. Allen, a Norfolk resident, is a national treasure and he joins us to reminisce […]
Ms. Martha Reads
Children's Museum of Virginia 221 High Street, Portsmouth, VAMs. Martha Razor presents "The Donkey Who Lost his Memory," a children's story and puppet show written by a Portsmouth student. Guests will have the opportunity to hear and particiapte in the story and then create their own stick puppet to take home. First session is at 10:30 a.m. with a second session to follow […]
$11
Caribbean Dreaming
Portsmouth Public Library - Main Branch 601 Court Street, Portsmouth, VAPortsmouth Public Library and Black History Now presents Caribbean Dreaming, an opportunity to explore Caribbean Steel Drums through a historical and musical demonstration. Learn how drums were outlawed on many Caribbean islands and how they came to be made from steel. A unique sound and art form was created by politics. Learn how the people […]
An Architecture of Democracy in a Landscape of Slavery
Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center Annex 420 High Street, Portsmouth, VAThe Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center along with Black History Now is proud to present University of Virginia Professor Dr. Louis P. Nelson to discuss The Architecture of Democracy in a Landscape of Slavery: An Illustrated Presentation. The University of Virginia is closely associated with Thomas Jefferson and is an architectural testament to the enlightened visions […]
Tuskegee Airmen: The First Top Guns
Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center Annex 420 High Street, Portsmouth, VAThe Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center and Black History Now present the Tuskegee Airmen: The First Top Guns. In May of 1949, the U.S. Military was still segregated. The U.S. Air Force held the first Gunnery Meet in Las Vegas, NV, where five "fighter groups" sent their best pilots and crews to compete, including the all […]
Urban Slavery and the Construction of Drydock #1 at the Gosport Shipyard
Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center Annex 420 High Street, Portsmouth, VAThe Portsmouth History Museums and Black History Now present Dr. Linda Upham-Bornstein's presentation Engineer Loammi Baldwin, Urban Slavery, and the Construction of Dry Dock #1 at Gosport Shipyard. When Dry Dock 1 at today's Norfolk Naval Shipyard was built in the 1830s, the labor necessary to complete it included enslaved stonecutters who were paid for their […]
African American History Expo
Portsmouth Public Library - Main Branch 601 Court Street, Portsmouth, VAThe Portsmouth Public Library, Main Branch and Black History Now present an African American History Expo. Celebrate African American history and music featuring handcrafted items, music from Porte Towne Magic, and speaker Jack Gary, Director of Archaeology for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Mr. Gary will discuss the excavations at the First Baptist Church in Williamsburg. The church […]