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Civil Disobedience
Jan. 18-March 1:
An exhibit of children's art based on the theme of Feb. 22, 1960, at Richmond CenterStage's Showcase Gallery
Feb. 18:
A special VUU Chapel Service at 11 a.m. in honor of the Thalhimers 34. The speaker is to be announced.
Feb. 19:
A day of panels with VUU students, members of the 34 and Virginia Tech historian Peter Wallenstein, author of Blue Laws and Black Codes, about race-law reform in 20th-century Virginia. At 4:30 p.m., a memorial stone will be unveiled.
Feb. 19-21:
At VUU, the play Lumpkin's Jail, by alum Gregory Thornewell, will be performed at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights and at 4 p.m. on Sunday. The play centers on the founding of VUU in the former slave holding pens of Shockoe.
Feb. 22:
A daylong event featuring speakers and performances at Richmond CenterStage, near the Thalhimers site. (An announcement is anticipated about a memorial for the sit-in to be installed close to CenterStage.)
The day will begin with an educational forum for school-aged children moderated by Sheila Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television and owner of the WNBA's Washington Mystics.
In the Gottwald Playhouse that evening, the Richmond Shakespeare Company and the African American Repertory Theatre will give a collaborative performance. The Carpenter Theatre's stage will host the original work Sitting In/Moving Through by Amaranth Contemporary Dance and Virginia Commonwealth University Dance.
The CenterStage productions are ticketed events. For prices and other information, call 592-3400 or visit
richmondcenterstage.com
.
For more information about VUU's events, call Raymond P. Hylton, 257-5670.
