| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | | Discovery Lab - Fish of the York River | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | 07/17/12 | Gloucester |
Discovery Lab - Streams to Sea: WatershedsPresented by Virginia Institute of Marine Science August 21, 2012 Join May Sligh of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation to learn what a watershed is, how pollutants and nutrients end up in the Bay, and what you can do to help. | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | 08/21/12 | Gloucester |
Vision in Clay: CDA ArtistsPresented by City of Portsmouth March 25-May 28, 2012 The exhibit promotes the exploration of the ceramic arts from functional ware to large sale sculptures. | City of Portsmouth | 03/25/12-
05/28/12 | Portsmouth |
Concert In the Courtyard - Free Music SeriesPresented by City of Portsmouth March 2, 2012-March 2, 2013 Enjoy music in the Art Annex from The Herbie D Band with Amy Ferebee. | City of Portsmouth | 03/02/12-
03/02/13 | Portsmouth |
Swingtime Salute: An On-Deck RevuePresented by Nauticus May 31-July 8, 2012 Starting Memorial Day weekend, enjoy an extra special evening of star-lit entertainment. Produced in partnership with the Virginia Stage Company (VSC), Swingtime Salute, An On-Deck Revue re-creates a 40s-era touring variety show sure to “entertain the troops” with dashing sailors and dishy dames, accompanied by a live, on-stage band. | Nauticus | 05/31/12-
07/08/12 | Norfolk |
Swingtime Salute, An On-Deck RevuePresented by Virginia Stage Company and Nauticus May 31-July 8, 2012 For six weeks this summer, Swingtime Salute, An On-Deck Revue will re-create a touring variety show on deck of the Battleship Wisconsin in an evening of star-lit entertainment. Produced by Nauticus and Virginia Stage Company (VSC), the show will “entertain the troops” with singers, dancers and a side helping of all the excitement and adventure you’d expect aboard a warship at sea. Dashing sailors and dishy dames, accompanied by a live, on-stage band, expertly belt out the era’s popular... | Virginia Stage Company | 05/31/12-
07/08/12 | Norfolk |
Library Exhibition: Churning the WatersPresented by The Mariners' Museum May 4-June 1, 2012 This exhibition serves as an ancillary piece to Abandon Ship, opening May 26th, and will focus on archival items from The Mariners’ Collection. Images from some of the greatest sunken vessels will be exhibited, including the Titanic, USS Monitor- now located in The Mariners’ Museum, and Andrea Doria- an Italian beauty lost frivolousness. Other disasters will comprise of the effects of the Atomic bomb, New York fire, and more!
This exhibition is free and is minutes... | The Mariners' Museum | 05/04/12-
06/01/12 | Newport News |
Civil War 150th Lecture Series: The Monitor and the Appomattox Raid Presented by The Mariners' Museum June 23, 2012 This will continue the exciting lecture series occurring periodically throughout the year of 2012. These lectures will highlight the most important dates surrounding the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. Mariners’ Museum staff and volunteers will provide an informative, illustrated lecture on Ironclad Steam Warships.
The Monitor is best known for her battle with the CSS Virginia in Hampton Roads, March 9, 1862. Yet she spent most of her working life on the James River,... | The Mariners' Museum | 06/23/12 | Newport News |
| Discovery Lab - Ocean Chemistry and Acidification | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | 06/19/12 | Gloucester |
| Discovery Lab: Mad Lab! | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | 10/23/12 | Gloucester |
Out of the BoxPresented by Blue Skies Art Gallery at Blue Skies Art Gallery June 27-August 5, 2012 Member artists show us their hidden talents by creating art in a completely different medium.
A reception and “reveal” will be held on June 30th from 5:30-7:30. | Blue Skies Art Gallery | 06/27/12-
08/05/12 | Hampton |
Mathews Art Gallery Trunk ShowPresented by Blue Skies Art Gallery at Blue Skies Art Gallery June 27-August 5, 2012 Blue Skies Gallery will feature the works of Mathews Art Gallery. Mathews Art Gallery, founded in the 1960s, boasts more
than 50 local artists and craftspeople who specialize in oil, watercolor, and acrylic painting, wood carving, pottery, glass, jewelry, fabric, and scrimshaw.
www.mathewsartgallery.org
| Blue Skies Art Gallery | 06/27/12-
08/05/12 | Hampton |
Jen Callahan "Watercolor"Presented by Blue Skies Art Gallery at Blue Skies Art Gallery August 7-September 18, 2012 Award winning Fine Artist Jen Callahan will show her vibrant eye-catching watercolor and mixed media paintings. Callahan’s bright paintings have an abstract quality to them while reflecting her love and fascination with animals and their movements in nature.
www.jenartwork.com | Blue Skies Art Gallery | 08/07/12-
09/18/12 | Hampton |
Russ MorisonPresented by Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum May 30, 2009 - Ongoing The USS Monitor was engaged in battles continuously from May 6 until September 1, 1862 in both the campaign to retake Hampton Roads and General McClellan's Peninsula Campaign. Life was hard for the 58 crew members, but through their courage and resourcefulness, they learned how to employ the Monitor's unique capabilities. The lessons learned influenced 34 Monitor class war ships during the Civil War and beyond. | Mariners' Museum | 05/30/09-
Ongoing | Newport News |
Who We Are, Past and Present Presented by Peninsula Fine Arts Center at Peninsula Fine Arts Center April 7-July 8, 2012 In recognition of Pfac’s 50th anniversary, this exhibition celebrates the regional artists who have been a part of Pfac’s history by their participation in the exhibitions program through a solo/one-person exhibition or who have a significant history of teaching in the Studio Art School.
Searching through our archives and historic records, members of the Anniversary Committee have developed a list of people that is both remarkable and inspiring. The list goes back... | Peninsula Fine Arts Center | 04/07/12-
07/08/12 | Newport News |
Abandon ShipPresented by The Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum May 26, 2012-March 31, 2013 In the past five years, there have been more than 140 shipwrecks, with more than 1,000 people losing their lives. Many of those who survived the wrecks faced the even greater challenge of survival at sea.
This exhibition tells the stories of those who have been cast adrift. Through dramatic videos, personal stories, and interactive displays, visitors will experience the chaos of a shipwreck, the desperation, courage of surviving, and joy of rescue.
The... | The Mariners' Museum | 05/26/12-
03/31/13 | Newport News |
Dinosaurs!Presented by Virginia Living Museum at Virginia Living Museum May 26-September 3, 2012 Stomping, roaring, robotic dinosaurs come alive at the Virginia Living Museum with an all-new exciting exhibit from Kokoro, the inventor of robotic dinosaurs. Tremble at a growling T-Rex. Watch a Corythosaurus mother tend her brood. There’s even a nestful of eggs ready to hatch. See old favorites: Triceratops and Stegosaurus, and two marine reptiles: Mosasaurus and the long-necked Elasmosaurus. Soaring above is the bird-like Pteranodon. Kokoro’s dinosaur exhibits entertain and... | Virginia Living Museum | 05/26/12-
09/03/12 | Newport News |
Teachers' In-Service WorkshopPresented by The Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum June 25-June 29, 2012 Take one day out of your summer to enrich your students’ learning this fall. The Mariners’ Museum’s 2012 Summer Teacher Workshops are designed to provide Virginia’s elementary, middle, and high school instructors with new insights into how to create more engaging and stimulating lesson plans for their students. With the goal of enhancing student learning and comprehension of a variety of SOL-correlated topics, each day-long interactive session will focus on essential... | The Mariners' Museum | 06/25/12-
06/29/12 | Newport News |
The Really BIG Dinosaur Puppet ShowPresented by Virginia Living Museum at Virginia Living Museum May 26-June 24, 2012 Imagine if the fossils of ancient dinosaurs could come back to life, what stories they might tell! No need to imagine, as Rainbow Puppet Productions will show you at the Virginia Living Museum. Through original songs and more than 20 puppets, the time of the dinosaurs reappears on stage. There's an 8-foot-tall Tyrannosaurus Rex, a mama and baby dinosaurs, and another dino that's more than 16 feet long. Includes audience participation. Saturdays and Sundays at noon, 1 and 2 p.m. Included in... | Virginia Living Museum | 05/26/12-
06/24/12 | Newport News |
Kayak Camp: Ages 9-12Presented by The Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum August 6-August 10, 2012 Students ages 9-12 are invited to enjoy a week of paddling on Lake Maury, the James River, and other local waterways while learning about the Chesapeake Bay. Program provided by The Mariners’ Museum Education Department and Chesapeake Experience.
For more information contact Wisteria Perry at wperry@MarinersMuseum.org or (757) 591-7744 or to register contact Chesapeake Experience at www.ChesapeakeExperience.org. | The Mariners' Museum | 08/06/12-
08/10/12 | Newport News |
The Bronze Door Society Wine ClassicPresented by The Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum June 16, 2012 Please join The Bronze Door Society at The Mariners’ Museum in tasting over thirty wines from all over the world! This event is $35 per person and open to the public.
The Mariners’ Museum is conveniently located minutes from Williamsburg and a short drive from Virginia Beach. | The Mariners' Museum | 06/16/12 | Newport News |
Lecture Series: Bill Hellswarth's "Sealab"Presented by The Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum June 13, 2012 Join The Mariners’ Museum in welcoming award-winning journalist Ben Hellwarth on Wednesday, June 13, as he speak on Sealab’s exciting story and his new book, Sealab: America’s Forgotten Quest to Live and Work on the Ocean Floor, called a “must read” by maritime adventurer Dr. Robert Ballard.
October 1957, the Soviet Union shatters the perception of the United States as the technological superpower with the launch of Sputnik 1. The small satellite... | The Mariners' Museum | 06/13/12 | Newport News |
Civil war's 150th- Tour: Land, Sea, and Air- The Civil War in Hampton RoadsPresented by The Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum June 2, 2012 Starting at Lee Hall Mansion in Newport News, VA.
The Mariners’ Museum, in partnership with Endview Plantation, Lee Hall Mansion and the Isle of Wight County Museums, is offering an exclusive van tour of key sites associated with the Civil War in Hampton Roads. Participants will view land fortifications at Fort Boykin and Fort Huger, receive an exclusive behind the scenes tour of the USS Monitor Center and thrill to the exploits of 19th century aeronauts at Endview and Lee... | The Mariners' Museum | 06/02/12 | Newport News |
Concerts By the LakePresented by The Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum June 7-August 31, 2012 Bring a blanket and the children as you enjoy live music, activities, and food and beverages on the front lawn of The Mariners' Museum.
Concerts are:
June 7th Deloreans
June 14th Slapwater
June 21st Rare Mix
June28th Butter
July 5th Slapwater
July 12th Spider Love
July 19th Tidewater Drive
July 26th Slapwater
August 2nd Deloreans
August 9th English Channel
August 23rd Crazy X
August 30th Rhondels
| The Mariners' Museum | 06/07/12-
08/31/12 | Newport News |
Kayak CampPresented by The Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum June 11-June 15, 2012 Students ages 9-12 are invited to enjoy a week of paddling on Lake Maury, the James River, and other local waterways while learning about the Chesapeake Bay. Program provided by The Mariners’ Museum Education Department and Chesapeake Experience.
For more information contact Wisteria Perry at wperry@MarinersMuseum.org or (757) 591-7744 or to register contact Chesapeake Experience at www.ChesapeakeExperience.org. | The Mariners' Museum | 06/11/12-
06/15/12 | Newport News |
Dinosaurs! The Camp-In!Presented by Virginia Living Museum at Virginia Living Museum June 1-June 2, 2012 Dinosaurs are back and better than ever! Spend the night in the Virginia Living Museum learning about all things dinosaur, including the museum's animatronic Dinosaurs! exhibit. Games, crafts, fun activities, a planetarium show and more. Includes an evening snack, light breakfast, a gift bag for the kids, and admission to the museum all day Saturday so you can continue your tour on your own. 6:30 p.m. June 1 to 9 a.m. June 2. Cost: $35 per child aged 4–17, $25 per adult ages 18 and up.... | Virginia Living Museum | 06/01/12-
06/02/12 | Newport News |
Dinner with Venus: A Twice in a Lifetime EventPresented by Virginia Living Museum at Virginia Living Museum June 5, 2012 Join the Virginia Living Museum at the Abbitt Observatory and Planetarium for an amazing observing opportunity. On rare occasions, the Earth, Venus and the Sun align such that the planet Venus can be seen directly in front of the brilliant solar surface. On June 5, this rare event will be briefly visible for the final time in our lifetime; the next transit of Venus will occur in 105 years. Come see it live as our staff astronomers interpret this incredible event for you. Cost includes... | Virginia Living Museum | 06/05/12 | Newport News |
Star Party / Planetarium ShowsPresented by Virginia Living Museum at Virginia Living Museum June 9, 2012 Free sky observing begins at sunset at the Virginia Living Museum. The choose among five planetarium shows, $6 each or two for $10: Laser Beatles at 6:30 p.m., "Saturn: The Ringworld" at 7:30, Laseropolis at 8:30, Laser Doors at 10 and "Pink Floyd's The Wall" at 11:30 The Wild Side Cafe is open 6 to 9 p.m. | Virginia Living Museum | 06/09/12 | Newport News |
Mini-Kayak Camp: Ages 6-8Presented by The Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum July 2-July 6, 2012 Students are invited to enjoy a couple of summer days paddling on Lake Maury and James River while learning about the Chesapeake Bay. Students ages 6-8 will have the opportunity to take part in one or two, two-day mini-camps on July 2&3 and July 5&6, while students ages 12 to 15 have the opportunity to enjoy a week out on the water from July 16-20!
This program is provided by The Mariners’ Museum Education Department and Chesapeake Experience.
For... | The Mariners' Museum | 07/02/12-
07/06/12 | Newport News |
Kayak Camp: Ages 12-15Presented by The Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum July 16-July 20, 2012 Students are invited to enjoy a couple of summer days paddling on Lake Maury and James River while learning about the Chesapeake Bay. Students ages 6-8 will have the opportunity to take part in one or two, two-day mini-camps on July 2&3 and July 5&6, while students ages 12 to 15 have the opportunity to enjoy a week out on the water from July 16-20!
This program is provided by The Mariners’ Museum Education Department and Chesapeake Experience.
For... | The Mariners' Museum | 07/16/12-
07/20/12 | Newport News |
Lecture Series: Bolinao 52- Film Screening with Director Duc NguyenPresented by The Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum July 11, 2012 Following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, millions of refugees took the perilous escape across the South China Sea to find freedom. Many died of drowning or starvation and thirst. Others were lost at sea while some were pillaged by pirates.
In conjunction with The Mariner’s Museum’s Abandon Ship exhibition, Director Duc Nguyen, a Vietnamese Boat survivor himself, will screen and discuss his film Bolinao 52. The film follows Tung Trinh, who boarded a crowded... | The Mariners' Museum | 07/11/12 | Newport News |
Summer Lecture Series: Callum Roberts' The Ocean of LifePresented by The Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum June 4, 2012 In The Ocean of Life, Callum Roberts – one of the world’s leading conservation biologists – recounts the tremendous impact that humankind has had on the earth’s great bodies of water. From fishing techniques of the first homo-sapiens to today’s computer-enhanced, bottom-scraping fishing techniques, to the impact of pollution, Roberts tells the story of humankind’s long relationship with the sea and its creatures. The result is that the fate of our oceans... | The Mariners' Museum | 06/04/12 | Newport News |
Summer Lecture Series: The Finest Hours- with Michael TougiasPresented by The Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum August 1, 2012 Join us in conjunction with The Mariners' Museum's Abandon Ship exhibition, award-winning author Micahael Tougias as he recounts the gripping attempt to rescue the souls huddling inside the broken halves, vividly described in his book, The Finest Hours. Battling high waves, blinding snow, and one of the most dangerous shoals in the world, Coast Guardsmen were able to save 70 of the 84 crewmen.
In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor'easter in... | The Mariners' Museum | 08/01/12 | Newport News |
Teachers' In-Service WorkshopPresented by The Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum August 1-August 3, 2012 Take one day out of your summer to enrich your students’ learning this fall. The Mariners’ Museum’s 2012 Summer Teacher Workshops are designed to provide Virginia’s elementary, middle, and high school instructors with new insights into how to create more engaging and stimulating lesson plans for their students. With the goal of enhancing student learning and comprehension of a variety of SOL-correlated topics, each day-long interactive session will focus on essential... | The Mariners' Museum | 08/01/12-
08/03/12 | Newport News |
Civil War 150th Lecture Series - The Ironclad Life on the JamesPresented by The Mariners' Museum at The Mariners' Museum August 11, 2012 She had a cranky engine, a gouty captain, and a small barnyard on deck. Temperatures inside the USS Monitor vessel soared to 160 degrees at times and only one man on board thought to bring mosquito netting with him, and he wasn’t sharing. Find out the untold stories of the Monitor’s time on the James River.
For more information, please contact Anna Holloway at aholloway@MarinersMuseum.org or (757) 591-7740. | The Mariners' Museum | 08/11/12 | Newport News |
Give Dad the One that Got AwayPresented by Virginia Living Museum at Virginia Living Museum June 16-June 17, 2012 Name a trout in the Virginia Living Museum's Mountain Cove in Dad's honor for Father's Day for just $5. Your gift supports the care and feeding of his fish, and Dad will receive a certificate commemorating the honor. Or bring Dad to the museum on Father's Day weekend for special fish feeding opportunities. You can name and feed your fish for $15 (museum admission also required). Feeding times are 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Limited availability; register in advance at 757-595-9135. 524 J. Clyde... | Virginia Living Museum | 06/16/12-
06/17/12 | Newport News |
Dinosaur DiscoveriesPresented by Virginia Living Museum at Virginia Living Museum June 30, 2012 Everyone loves dinosaurs! Meet live critters that just might be descendants of the dinosaurs. Try your hand at reassembling a set of dino “bones.” Walk like a dinosaur and make dino-themed crafts. See and touch real dinosaur bones, coprolites, gizzard stones and footprints. You can even take your picture next to a model of a full-size T-Rex skull. A day filled with dinosaur fun for the whole family. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Also view the museum's animatronic Dinosaurs! exhibit, which runs... | Virginia Living Museum | 06/30/12 | Newport News |
The Living SeaPresented by Nauticus at Nauticus October 1, 2009 - Ongoing This film celebrates the world ocean - its beauty, diversity and importance to all life on Earth. Swim with thousands of golden jellyfish and witness the bizarre spawning behavior of giant clams. Surf in Hawaii, deep-sea dive in Palau and test your courage with the Coast Guard in some of the world's roughest seas! | Nauticus | 10/01/09-
Ongoing | Norfolk |
Historic Houses ProgramsPresented by Chrysler Museum of Art at The Moses Myers House September 19, 2009 - Ongoing Weekend Programs at the Historic Houses explore specific themes of the Moses Myers House in greater detail. Weekend programs are scheduled weekly at 1pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
| Chrysler Museum of Art | 09/19/09-
Ongoing | Norfolk |
| Moses Myers Maritime Merchant | Chrysler Museum of Art | 09/01/09-
Ongoing | Norfolk |
| Barton Myers: Norfolk Visionary | Chrysler Museum of Art | 09/30/09-
Ongoing | Norfolk |
Norfolk History Museum Series - Moses Myers & Sons: Merchant Princes of the AtlanticPresented by Chrysler Museum of Art at Chrysler Museum of Art March 11, 2009 - Ongoing Join John Christiansen, manager of the Chrysler's Historic Houses, in the Museum's Kaufman Theatre to explore the business activities of Moses Myers and his family. | Chrysler Museum of Art | 03/11/09-
Ongoing | Norfolk |
Fifty Years Later: The Lessons of Massive ResistancePresented by Norfolk History Museum at the Willoughby-Baylor House at Norfolk History Museum at the Willoughby-Baylor House February 18, 2009 - Ongoing As part of a city-wide commemoration marking the 50th anniversary of the end of "massive resistance," the exhibition highlights this period in national history by chronologically displaying photographs, documents, and clippings of the people and places that forever changed Norfolk's Public Schools. 50 Years Later: The Lessons of Massive Resistance tells the story of the reopening of schools in Norfolk after Governor Lindsay Almond closed them rather than agree to court... | Norfolk History Museum at the Willoughby-Baylor House | 02/18/09-
Ongoing | Norfolk |
Horseshoe Crab Cove Preview EventPresented by Nauticus at Nauticus November 8, 2008 - Ongoing Come witness the unveiling of the new Horseshoe Crab Cove and meet the new crab family - Henry, Henrietta, Harvey, Hannah, Holly, and Harry - who just moved in! Enjoy a continental breakfast, face painting, balloon animals and lively music by Bob Zentz - plus play some horsehoes! | Nauticus | 11/08/08-
Ongoing | Norfolk |
Shark TouchPresented by Nauticus at Nauticus June 22, 2008 - Ongoing What does a shark's skin feel like? Find out at Nauticus' Shark Petting Lagoon, where you can touch the back of a warm-water Nurse Shark. Sharks in the Lagoon vary in length from two to three feet. Important Information: Height restrictions apply. | Nauticus | 06/22/08-
Ongoing | Norfolk |
Cameo Performances: Masterpieces of Cameo Glass from the Chrysler's Collection
Avg. Event Rating(5.0 Stars): Presented by Chrysler Museum of Art at Chrysler Museum of Art June 29, 2008 - Ongoing Avg. Event Rating (5.0 Stars): Highlighting the skills of master carvers and their sources of inspiration, Cameo Performances explores the history of cameo glass carving beginning with ancient Roman examples, focusing on the popular technique's resurgence in England during the late 19th century. | Chrysler Museum of Art | 06/29/08-
Ongoing | Norfolk |
Largest: Science On a Sphere MoviePresented by Nauticus at Nauticus April 23, 2010 - Ongoing This film examines the planet Jupiter like a work of art, a destination of celestial wonder. The movie presents a journey to this immense sphere via dramatic fly-bys with some of the most astounding robotic probes ever designed. Then, with NASA instruments trained on the striped behemoth, the drama really begins. But Largest takes the story one step further, suggesting vital relevance for everyone here on Earth. The implications may not only surprise you, but also provoke... | Nauticus | 04/23/10-
Ongoing | Norfolk |
Black Pride at Sea: Men of the USS MasonPresented by Nauticus at Nauticus January 31, 2011 - Ongoing Black Pride at Sea: Men of the USS Mason, developed by local weekly The New Journal and Guide has opened on Nauticus' first floor. Black Pride at Sea chronicles the career of the USS Mason, the first U.S. Navy ship to employ black sailors in every enlisted rating including radiomen, quartermasters and signalmen. This exhibit features pages in history from 1944 written by Journal and Guide war correspondent Thomas W. Young chronicling the ship's maiden voyage. The pioneering... | Nauticus | 01/31/11-
Ongoing | Norfolk |
Guns, Sweat, and Gears: Anatomy of a BattleshipPresented by USS Wisconsin (BB-64) at USS Wisconsin (BB-64) February 1, 2011 - Ongoing Relive the past as you explore enormous gun devices, tools and personal mementos from Norfolk's own Battleship Wisconsin. This exhibit includes a 2,400 pound military analog computer, a 12-foot long optical range finder, WWII racks (bunks), galley equipment, shell sleds and cradles for moving the Wisconsin's 16 inch gun ammunition, a 48-star U.S. flag, and dozens of never-before-seen archival images. | USS Wisconsin (BB-64) | 02/01/11-
Ongoing | Norfolk |
Forward for FreedomPresented by Nauticus at Nauticus February 1, 2011 - Ongoing This six minute dramatic film shown inside Nauticus' new introductory theater brings the Battleship Wisconsin to life through stories and commentary from those who served aboard her. | Nauticus | 02/01/11-
Ongoing | Norfolk |
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