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October 2008   Long's Chapel Featured Grant Long’s Chapel - a church which also served as a one-room schoolhouse, and its cemetery - was the heart of the Zenda community of former slaves and free blacks, founded in Rockingham County just after the Civil War. Funding from VFH has helped with the printing and distribution of the book, Zenda: 1869-1930: An African American Community of Hope as well as a workshop for teachers in October 2008, focusing on Zenda and other African American sites in Rockingham County and Harrisonburg.   » More about the Grant   » Long's Chapel in the VA African American Heritage Database   » Long's Chapel Preservation Society   New Harmonies Exhibit Opening New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music exhibit opens in Charlottesville at the Discovery Museum with special performances by the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Faster Than Walking, Mike Seeger, and Wayne Henderson and Friends. Part of Museum on Main Street, this exhibit is brought to VA through a unique collaboration involving the Smithsonian Institution, VFH and the Virginia Association of Museums. The exhibit has been traveling around Virginia since April and in December will move to the Ralph Stanley Museum in Clintwood. More Information...   15th Anniversary Book Bags Festival of the Book Buy a beautiful book/shopping bag and support the Virginia Festival of the Book. These sturdy tan bags are made from recycled materials and are perfect for carrying your favorite books, groceries or anything else! The bags are on sale for $10 and include over $200 in free coupons for stores at Barracks Road Shopping Center in Charlottesville. Get Your Book Bag Now! Tickets are still available for these Book Festival ticketed events: » Crime Wave Mystery Luncheon - ($50) Saturday, March 21 Brad Meltzer, best-selling author of The Book of Lies. Buy Now! » Business Breakfast - ($30) Wednesday, March 18 Dan Ariely, author of New-York Times best-seller, Predictably Irrational Buy Now! » Authors Reception - ($35) Saturday, March 21 - Buy Now!   Looking for Something to Do? Don't miss these events! When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans Friday September 12 - Thursday November 6 Richmond, VA More... Blue Ridge Folk Festival Saturday October 25, 2008 Ferrum, VA More... Walter Mosley Author Talk and Book Signing Tuesday October 28, 2008 Newport News, VA More... Philip Levy - VFH Fellow Tuesday October 28, 2008 Charlottesville, VA More... Phantasmagoria: An Evening of Truly Fantastic Tales for Teens & Adults Thursday October 30, 2008 Culpeper, VA More... Concert: Flory Jagoda and Susan Gaeta Saturday November 1, 2008 Charlottesville, VA More... People of Pocahontas: Skills and Life Ways Saturday November 1, 2008 Chester, VA More... Alice Schroeder Presents The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life Thursday November 6, 2008 Charlottesville, VA More... Quentin Beresford- VFH Fellow Tuesday November 18, 2008 Charlottesville, VA More... Many More Events Can be Found on the VFH Calendar   VFH News & Announcements The Big Read in Virginia - Their Eyes Were Watching God Young Readers Invited To Enter "Letters About Literature" Writing Contest - VFH Historians With U.Va. Connections Explain The Roots of Current Events - Richmond Times Richmond Folk Festival - Slideshow Honoring History - Indian Country Today State Folklorist Puts Out Album - Richmond Times Slate of Visiting Authors Announced For ’09 Book Festival - Daily Progress   Virginia Foundation for the Humanities 145 Ednam Drive Charlottesville, VA 22903 Phone 434.924.3296 | Fax: 434.296.4714