Arts & Culture

'Shelf Expression' recently opened at the Stryker Center, featuring the creations of employees and volunteers with the Williamsburg Regional Library. It will be on view through Feb. 28.

Princess Joy L. Perry's debut novel, 'This Here is Love,' is set in 17th-century Colonial Virginia and follows the overlapping lives of the free, the enslaved and the enslavers.

“Post-COVID, I just wanted to wake everybody up,” said festival founder Bryan Thompson. “I felt like I was being called to do this.”

Virginia Beach on Thursday unveiled a Land Acknowledgement recognizing the Indigenous tribes that lived in the area thousands of years before colonization.

PBS and WETA released a four-part documentary, 'Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History,' this month, with new episodes released each Tuesday. The series is hosted by historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Jamestown Settlement is offering special classes Feb. 7 and 14 to complement the 'Following the Dragon' exhibition, which explores the link between colonists and the Ming Empire.

The national tour of "Shucked" opens Tuesday and runs through Sunday at Chrysler Hall.

Virginia Opera is performing 'Intelligence,' which is based on two Richmond women who worked for the North during the Civil War. The opera will be performed in Norfolk, Richmond and Fairfax.

JoAnn Falletta, former conductor of the Virginia Symphony, has released her latest book of poetry, which she considers a love letter to musicians.

'Stick Fly' was written by award-winning playwright Lydia Diamond and is a study in wealth, privilege and family.