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SUMMARY:African American Read-in + Family Day
DESCRIPTION:The annual African American Read-in + Family Day will take place from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.\, Saturday\, Feb. 7 at Piedmont Arts. \nVisitors can view books on loan from the collection of Joyce and Kenneth Staples. A craft for kids and snacks will be available. This event is admission free. All ages are welcome. \nThis event is held in conjunction with the National African American Read-in\, a groundbreaking effort to encourage communities to read together\, centering on African American books and authors. The initiative was established in 1990 by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English to make literacy a significant part of Black History Month. It has reached more than six million participants around the world. \nSponsored by Brightspeed and Carter Bank.
URL:https://www.visitmartinsville.com/event/african-american-read-in-family-day/
LOCATION:Piedmont Arts\, 215 Starling Avenue\, Martinsville\, VA\, 24112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts,Arts & Cultural,Free Event,History,Children's Events,Crafts,Multicultural
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SUMMARY:Bug Day at Virginia Museum of Natural History
DESCRIPTION:Calling all entomologists\, future entomologists\, and lovers of all things bugs! Join Curator of Recent Invertebrates Dr. Kal Ivanov and his team of researchers as they present a spectacular array of specimens from the museum’s scientific collections during Science Saturday: Bug Day!\n \nInteract with the VMNH bug experts as you view incredible displays of some of the museum’s most impressive invertebrate specimens! Be among the first to view specimens recently collected by museum scientists during fieldwork in South America and Asia\, while learning how they were collected and what makes them special directly from the people who collected them!\n \nLIVE specimens will also take center stage during Bug Day\, with scheduled special appearances by the Asian Forest Scorpion\, Spanish Pill Bug\, Titan Isopod\, the Blue Death Feigning Beetle and more!\n \nBug Day will also offer our younger visitors a variety of special hands-on\, bug-themed activities led by the museum’s expert educators!\n \nBetter yet\, all Bug Day offerings are included in the price of general admission!\n \nWe look forward to seeing you here!!\n \nADMISSION IS ONLY…\n$12/Ages 18-59\n$6/Ages 3-17\n$6/Seniors 60+\nFREE for children under 3\nFREE for VMNH Members\nFREE for members of ASTC Passport participating institutions\nFREE for EBT card holders who present their EBT card and official photo ID\n \nBUG DAY TAKES PLACE AT…\nVirginia Museum of Natural History\n21 Starling Avenue\nMartinsville\, VA 24112
URL:https://www.visitmartinsville.com/event/bug-day-at-virginia-museum-of-natural-history/
LOCATION:Virginia Museum of Natural History\, 21 Starling Avenue\, Martinsville\, VA\, 24112\, United States
CATEGORIES:History
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SUMMARY:Sunday Afternoon Lecture: "Connected Community"
DESCRIPTION:Before the internet\, local residents had a myriad of ways to keep connected. Join MHC Historical Society Executive Director and former Martinsville Bulletin editor Holly Kozelsky for “Connected Community\,” a look at the history of the area’s media. The program covers newspapers\, radio\, television stations\, company newsletters and more. The program will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday\, Feb. 15\, at the MHC Heritage Museum\, as part of the Sunday Afternoon Lecture series.\n—\n \nBefore the Internet\, people had various other ways to keep in touch with fellow residents and to know what was happening in the community – somewhat\, at least.\nJoin the Martinsville-Henry County Historical Society for “Connected Community\,” a look at the different types of local media through the years.\nIt includes the predictable newspapers – but did you know there were so many? They included the Martinsville Bulletin\, which also has been the Martinsville Daily Bulletin and the Henry Bulletin; Martinsville Tribune; Henry County Enterprise; Martinsville Standard; Henry County Journal; Martinsville Morning Post; Bassett Broadcaster; and Martinsville Herald.\nAnother important form of local print media is the company newsletter\, which various large firms around here published. Of course the newsletters had information the company wanted workers to know\, but it also lives on today as a marvelous record of births\, graduations\, marriage\, deaths and other milestones\, as well as fun and entertaining looks at local culture and lifestyles and people through the years.\nRadio was so exciting when it first came along that the Henry Bulletin carried front-page articles on the first radio programs which were listened to by people here in Martinsville and Bassett. Then the area got its first radio stations\, WMVA in 1941 and WHEE in 1954.\nFull-scale commercial television broadcasting began in the U.S. in 1947\, and in Martinsville\, Star News was founded in 1990 and BTW21 in 2002.\nThis talk\, presented by MHC Historical Society Director Holly Kozelsky\, a former editor of the Martinsville Bulletin\, also features other developments in media\, such as typewriters\, including one that wrote vertically down the page instead of horizontally across it\, and also the dueling types of early music records – the cylindrical record used for Thomas Edison’s Amberola and the flat one (which won out in the market) used by Victrola.
URL:https://www.visitmartinsville.com/event/sunday-afternoon-lecture-connected-community/
LOCATION:Martinsville-Henry County Heritage Museum\, 1 East Main Street\, Martinsville\, VA\, 24112\, United States
CATEGORIES:History
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SUMMARY:3rd Annual Culture and Soul Expo
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS ON SALE NOW!\n\n\nJoin us for the 3rd Annual Culture and Soul Expo on February 19\, 2026\, at 6:00 p.m. at the TAD Space.\n\n\nThe Culture and Soul Expo is the City of Martinsville’s annual Black History Month celebration. This year’s theme\, Honoring Black Businesses\, will spotlight the impact and legacy of Black-owned businesses in our community. The evening will feature a keynote address from Derrick Ziglar. Sue Sue’s Soul Food will be providing the food!\n\n\nDuring the event\, the Minority Business Consortium will recognize three Black-owned businesses with awards honoring their contributions and impact in Martinsville.\n\n\n Tickets: $10 per person or $60 per table\n Get your tickets today: https://MartinsvilleSoulExpo.eventbrite.com
URL:https://www.visitmartinsville.com/event/3rd-annual-culture-and-soul-expo/
LOCATION:TAD Space\, 20 East Church St\, Martinsville\, VA\, 24112\, United States
CATEGORIES:History
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