The wildly popular Nature Connects®: Art with LEGO® Bricks is coming to Norfolk Botanical Garden for the first time beginning January 17, 2020 and will run through June 7th. Created with half-a-million LEGO bricks, the award-winning exhibit by New York artist Sean Kenney will feature 13 displays throughout the Garden. Many of the sculptures are larger than life...

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Artist Keris Salmon photographed Southern plantations and slave dwellings, pairing the images with archival text from slave owners and enslaved people. Her work brings the stories of those who lived and worked in the architecture to life in new ways.

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Timed to coincide with the 200th anniversary of English artist Joshua Shaw’s visit to Norfolk, the Chrysler Museum will exhibit the artist’s prints depicting waterscapes of Hampton Roads. The prints will be paired with contemporary photographs of the same waterfront by Scott Jost. Timed to coincide with the 200th anniversary of English artist Joshua Shaw’s visit to...

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The Chrysler Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art and Peninsula Fine Arts Center have partnered with local jails to present the original artwork of inmates in Beyond the Block. The artwork is created using only materials permitted in high-security environments, such as jail-safe pens, food and deodorant.

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Explore the American Dream with the Little Theatre of Virginia Beach’s stirring production of Tracy Letts’ poignant comedy-drama: SUPERIOR DONUTS. Arthur Przubeyszewski is down on his luck: His Uptown Chicago donut shop has been vandalized and a Starbucks opened up across the street. Enter Franco Wicks, a clever, ambitious, African American young man with troubles of his own. As...

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Glasgow-born conductor Douglas Boyd enjoyed a stellar career as a world-renowned oboist, before stepping away after 21 years to begin an international career as conductor. Currently, Boyd is Music Director of the L’Orchestre de Chambre de Paris as well as Artistic Director of the summer opera festival, Garsington Opera, in Buckinghamshire, England. Boyd has conducted all the BBC...

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Witness winter wildlife all around Virginia Beach; whether it’s following fascinating bird activity, exploring the natural areas of our community or the musings of harbor seals. Learn what it takes to properly observe and identify wildlife in their natural settings.   Free Exhibit Hall: Available Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. for all ages Free Children's Activities: Available Saturday...

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Bring your little ones to learn about how dinosaurs raised their little ones! "Tiny Titans: Dinosaur Eggs and Babies," a remarkable hands-on exhibit in the Virginia Living Museum's Changing Exhibits Gallery, offers an astounding array of authentic dinosaur eggs and nests collected from all over the globe – including those of each of the major plant and meat-eating...

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This 2-2.5 hour trip in search of whales, dolphins, seals, and seabirds brings you as close as possible to commonly observed species like acrobatic humpback whales, bottlenose dolphins, as well as an immense variety of seabirds and waterfowl. Other species that migrate into our coastal waters include fin whales, minke whales, critically endangered right whales, harbor porpoises, and harbor seals

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Peter and the Starcatcher By Rick Elice | Music by Wayne Barker Directed by Meg Murray Performances 1/10/20 - 2/2/20 8pm Fridays and Saturdays. 2:30pm Sundays. This play with music tells a prequel story of Peter Pan, with a script in the style of Shrek, fun for audiences of all ages. Synopsis: A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island...

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