Community Calendar for week of February 24th
Community CalendarCommunity Calendar for week of February 24th
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Event 1)
On Friday, March 1st, Art 180’s art center in Jackson ward receives a collection of portraits created when 6th grades students were asked the question "WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?" The exhibition, in the Atlas center documents the entire project which features eight-foot tall self-portraits that travelled all over the city of Richmond celebrating identity and purpose. The portraits were created by 25 sixth-grade students in the summer of 2011.
Come celebrate the end to an exciting journey for these portraits and check out our new home!
Friday, March 1st, 6-9pm
at Atlas, Art 180's new art center for teens
114 W. Marshall St., Jackson Ward
Event 2)
Science Pub RVA has a new speaker on March 5 to educate the public . William and Mary Professor J. Emmett Duffy will speak on the topic of Biodiversity
Mainly, What has marine biodiversity done for you?
Dr Duffy explains why bugs and slugs are important.
At the Camel March 5th. The science talks are free and open to the public but registration is required online.
Event 3)
The Lupus Foundation of America is coming to share the latest information about one of the most mysterious diseases on earth. If you, a family member, or friend has lupus you won’t want to miss the opportunity to hear about the advances in lupus research and strategies for coping and living with the disease from world-renowned lupus experts.
Ben Malakoff
What: Lupus: Learning and Living™
Where: Virginia Commonwealth University
Jackson Ward Room & Court End Ballroom
900 Turpin St, Richmond, VA 23219
When: Saturday, March 16
1pm-4pm
Who: Speakers include leading Lupus researchers and Rheumatologists:
-Dr. Richard Furie, Chief, Division of Rheumatology and Allergy-Clinical Immunology; Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine
-Dr. Betsy Blazek-O'Neil, Medical Director Integrated Medicine Program; Allegheny General Hospital
-Dr. Joan T. Merrill, Medical Director of the Lupus Foundation of
America; Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Event 4)
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes to speak at the University of Richmond Feb. 27
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and noted nuclear historian Richard Rhodes will speak about his new book, “Hedy’s Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamar, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World,” Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m., in Camp Concert Hall at the University of Richmond. A dessert reception and book signing will follow.
Rhodes is author or editor of 24 books including “The Making of the Atomic Bomb,” which won a Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction and “Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb,” which was shortlisted for a Pulitzer in history. Rhodes has been a visiting scholar at Harvard and MIT and a host and correspondent for different television series, including “Frontline” and “American Experience.”
The event is part of the 2012-13 Jepson Leadership Forum and is cosponsored by the University of Richmond’s history and journalism departments.
Tickets are free and can be reserved by calling the Modlin Center Box Office at 804-289-8980. For more information visit http://jepson.richmond.edu.
Event 5)
Art on Wheels –Healing in the Arts program with Bon Secours starts up for 2013. This program is for cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and Bon Secours cancer care staff. Classes are held in the evenings at two different locations: Bon Secours Cancer Institute at Reynolds Crossing, and St. Francis Cancer Center. They are 100% free! If you know anyone that would benefit from this program you can share this with them. That’s Art on Wheels- Healing in the Arts from Bon Secour.
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