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The used book sale, organized by Friends of the Library, will be Saturday, May 16, 10am until 7pm, at 306 North Sycamore Street, the former Sol Cooper Gallery, next to Longstreet Deli.
Please donate your unwanted books; books may be dropped off at any of the three Petersburg Public Library locations. A receipt of gift […]
The Ladies Memorial Association of Petersburg and the City of Petersburg Museums will be sponsoring a benefit concert at Blandford Church, Saturday, April 18 at 3:00pm. Soloist Jama Jandrokovic, a versatile interpreter of song will be presenting a vocal recital of classical favorites. A Wyoming native, Jandrokovic has appeared in major concert halls in […]
On Saturday, April 18th, Petersburg resident Dr. Jim Ryan will lead a bus tour of important Revolutionary War sites throughout the City of Petersburg. There is no charge for the bus tour, but seats are limited to the first 24 registrants. The one-hour program will begin at 11:30 a.m. at Battersea Mansion and is sponsored […]
A visitor to the Eastern Front of Petersburg National Battlefield notified the Chief Ranger that she had found a probable Civil War shell in the park on Tuesday afternoon, March 24. The Chief Ranger implemented the park’s unexploded ordnance policy and the Virginia State Police Bomb Squad was notified. The bomb squad took […]
1) March 28: The Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods will be hosting a Tax Credit Workshop in which experts from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources and A.C.O.R.N.’s own specialists will teach you how to take advantage of rehabilitation tax credits on the renovation of your historic home.
2) April 29: Petersburg’s Dept. of […]
The above-titled seminar, organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, will be held Saturday April 11 and are devoted to the needs of the individual artist. Topics include photographing artwork, funding opportunities, marketing yourself on the internet, and developing relationships with art galleries and publications.
The workshop schedule, available here, includes:
* How to photograph […]
Cool Guitars and the Southside Virginia Council of the Arts presents a special performance by Grammy Nominated Artist Ronny Jordan on April 3rd & April 4th from 7:30 pm until 10:30 pm at the Petersburg Regional Arts Center, 132 N. Sycamore St, Petersburg.
Tickets are $40.00 per person and can be purchased at The Globe, 201 […]
At 4:40 a.m. April 2, 1865, some 14,000 Union soldiers moved forward in the chilly gloom toward the Confederate fortifications six miles southwest of Petersburg. Less than an hour later, the American flag flew over the Confederate line following one of the most important battles of the entire Civil War: the engagement that led directly […]
One hundred and forty-four years ago this April 1st, Union and Confederate infantry, artillery, and cavalry clashed in the woods and fields of Five Forks in Dinwiddie County in a battle that would come to be known as the “Waterloo of the Confederacy.” On Saturday and Sunday, March 28 and 29, 2009, Petersburg National […]
Linas Kojelis, Chairman of the Petersburg Republican Committee, announced today that the Cockade City will send thirty delegates to the Virginia Republican Convention in Richmond this May. As per the official call, as fewer than 55 persons filed to serve as delegates, the mass meeting tentatively scheduled for March 12 is canceled.
“We are thrilled with […]
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