Youth from Teens With a Purpose perform poetry blending past and present, inspiring future change!

ImmortALL Hear This! – Grand Finale
Saturday, April 27
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Virginia Wesleyan University Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center

FREE tickets: eventbrite.com/e/the-immortal…

Be sure to join us from 6-8 p.m. at the Sandler Center this coming Monday, April 15, for a FREE opening reception for the latest Sandler Center Art Gallery exhibit, 'Threshold Grace: A Sumi-e Journey,' by local artist Mike Lane. No RSVP is required.

#NationalSiblingsDay Willie Mae and William Creekmore at Princess Anne County Training School in the late 1950s/early 1960s

Visit the PACTS/UKHS Museum, located in Renaissance Academy, 5100 Cleveland Street, for FREE from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.

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Only a few tickets are left for our 6 p.m. Mothers Day CrafTea on May 9! Join us then, or at our 3 p.m. tea time, for a perfume making workshop complete with a full cream tea service. Teas take place in the Lynnhaven Colonial Education Center.

🎟️culture.virginiabeach.gov/events

Check out the latest Virginia Beach blog post, highlighting some of the latest Cultural Affairs projects in both visual and performing community arts!

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#vbarts #vbpublicart #VBGIGs #ArtsAllOver

Learn more about the Victorian art and history of 'Tussie-Mussies,' and make one for yourself at this week's Spring CrafTea events! Full cream tea service is included.

Thursday, March 28 (tea times at 3:30 and 6 p.m.)
Get tickets at culture.virginiabeach.gov/events.

#vbhistorymuseums

Spring has sprung, and it's a great time to tour the Thoroughgood House with our garden in bloom! 🌼

Standard house tours are FREE, and run every 45 minutes during the following hours:

Thursday - Saturday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday: 1-5 p.m.

🎟️culture.virginiabeach.gov/events

Happy first day of spring! 🌷

Celebrate the season with flowers, perfume, tea and more at our Spring CrafTea: Tussie Mussie and Mother's Day Craftea: Perfume Workshop events at Lynnhaven Colonial Education Center.

Get tickets at culture.virginiabeach.gov/events.

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Happy #NationalGirlScoutDay !

The Virginia Beach History Museums are proud to have hosted numerous Scout Programs across our historic home sites over several decades. Learn more about our Scout Programs at vbmuseums.org/education/scou….

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Get your tickets now for some tea-riffic spring events! Visit culture.virginiabeach.gov/events for tickets and more information.

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Join us at the Thoroughgood House or Princess Anne Library later this month for a FREE event, 'Conversation with a Curator: The Enslaved Woman's Perspective,' with guest speaker Dr. Stephanie Richmond from Norfolk State University.

Learn more and register at culture.virginiabeach.gov/events.

Leaping across the finish line on Leap Day! 🥇

Photo: Union Kempsville High School track runner, 1965 yearbook.

Learn more at the Princess Anne County Training School/Union Kempsville High School Museum: vbmuseums.org/museums/pacts-….

#vbhistorymuseums #LeapDay #BlackHistoryMonth

As we continue to celebrate Black History Month, News 3 is recognizing one of Virginia Beach's trailblazers in music education passed away a few weeks ago.
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Alexander 'Alex' Woodhouse, a former student at Princess Anne County Training School, ended up returning to the school to give back as a teacher.

Can anyone name the type of machine in front of Mr. Woodhouse? Photo from 1958 PACTS yearbook.

#vbhistorymuseums #BlackHistoryMonth

The Virginia Beach seeks a professional artist or artist team to design, fabricate, and install a freestanding and interactive sculpture(s) for City View Park.

Application deadline: Monday, Feb. 26, 2024 at 5 p.m.

Learn more at virginiabeach.gov/publicart.

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#FBF we thought you stalagmite like this photo from Mrs. Louise Carter's Union Kempsville High School class trip to Luray Caverns in the mid-1960s.

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Band director Roy Reid and students in front of Union Kempsville High School in 1968.

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This clarinet, located in the Princess Anne County Training School/Union Kempsville High School Museum, was donated by Willie Mae Creekmore, Princess Anne County Training School Class of 1961, and still has the original reed Willie used in school.

#BlackHistoryMonth

An early spring, you say? 🌷

#GroundhogDay

February is Black History Month. Celebrate and recognize African American history, heritage and culture with events and activities taking place throughout the month: bit.ly/480vhJf.