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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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Moana at the Commodore Theatre

Commodore Theatre 421 High Street, Portsmouth, VA

The live-action adaptation of Moana was released in theaters on July 10, 2026. Directed by Thomas Kail, the film stars Catherine Laga’aia as Moana and Dwayne Johnson, who reprises his role as the demigod Maui. It is a live-action reimagining of the beloved 2016 animated Disney classic Movie Release Date: July 10, 2026 Runtime: 1 […]

$12.00
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Marsh Cleanup at Paradise Creek Nature Park

Paradise Creek Nature Park 1141 Victory Blvd, Portsmouth, VA

Help Protect Wildlife—Volunteer for a Marsh Cleanup! Seasonal north winds blow trash into the marsh at Paradise Creek Nature Park—and our local wildlife needs your help. Litter along riverbanks doesn’t just look bad—it poses serious risks to birds, fish, and other creatures that call the marsh home. Plastics can entangle animals, pollute their habitat, and […]

Free
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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.

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

Buju Banton & Stephen Marley at the Portsmouth Pavilion

Portsmouth Pavilion 16 Crawford Cir, Portsmouth, VA

Buju Banton is unequivocally one of the world’s greatest dancehall/reggae artists. The man born in Salt Lane, Kingston as Mark Anthony Myrie, is also known to the world as living legend, Grammy winner, abolitionist and voice for oppressed people around the world. For over three decades, he dominated the reggae/dancehall sub-genre with iconic collaborations (Beres […]

$48