Featured Events
Events for July, 2008
New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music
Tuesday June 3, 2008 - Sunday July 13, 2008
12:00 AM
Crab Orchard Museum
3663 Crab Orchard Road map it
Tazwell, VA 24651The main beat of the exhibition is the on-going cultural process that has made America the birthplace of more music than any place on earth. The exhibition provides a fascinating, inspiring, and toe-tapping listen to the American story of multi-cultural exchange. The story is full of surprises about familiar songs, histories of instruments, the roles of religion and technology, and the continuity of musical roots from "Yankee Doodle Dandy" to the lates hip hop CD.
More Information: 276-988-6755 or www.craborchardmuseum.com
New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music
Sunday July 20, 2008 - Sunday August 24, 2008
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
975 Main Street map it
Danville, VA 24541Listen to America's music and hear the story of freedom. It's the story of people in a New World places they have left behind, and ideas they have brought with them. It is the story of people who were already here, but whose world is remade. The distinct cultural identities of all of these people are carried in song -- both sacred and secular. Their music tracks the unique history of many peoples reshaping each other into one incredibly diverse and complex people -- Americans. Their music is the roots of American music. More...
Crossing of the Dan Exhibit Opening
Friday July 25, 2008
2:00 PM
The Prizery
700 Bruce St map it
South Boston, VA 24592The Crossing of the Dan was the culmination of ". . . one of the masterful military achievements of all time" . . .Dennis M. Conrad.
This interpretive exhibit then becomes quite unique in that it not only describes a local event, but brings together all the little-known significance of the Southern Campaign.
This permanent, interpretive exhibit is intended to keep the story alive and bring visitors to Halifax County.
Funded in part by a grant from VFH.
