Hampton Arts
Artist Book Workshop
The Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center 4205 Victoria Boulevard, Hampton, VA, United StatesThursday, February 22 6 pm to 8 pm Class Size: 10 Age: 14+ Price: $65 (HAL Members $60) The workshop will walk through the process of creating a hand-bound Coptic notebook. Attendees will create custom front and back covers, and an interior text block, and then learn how to bind them together using the Coptic...
Silk Painting Workshop
The Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center 4205 Victoria Boulevard, Hampton, VA, United StatesSaturday, March 23 10 am to 4 pm Class Size: 15 Age: 18+ Price: Free, materials fee of $20 to be paid to the arts center Textile artist Mary Swezey will help you discover the French technique of serti, drawing with a liquid resist to create designs and patterns on silk scarves. Once the resist has dried and...
Intro to Metal Clay Workshop
The Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center 4205 Victoria Boulevard, Hampton, VA, United StatesSaturday, March 23 10 am to 4 pm Class Size: 12 Age: 18+ Price: $80 (HAL Members $75) What is metal clay and what can I make with it? Join us for this workshop and discover the exciting world of metal clay! In this introductory workshop, you will learn the basic techniques and skills needed to successfully...
Ann Hampton Callaway Sings the 70s
The American Theatre 125 East Mellen St, Hampton, VA, United StatesDon’t miss the Tony nominated Broadway star and Platinum selling singer/songwriter in “Ann Hampton Callaway Sings the 70’s” for a night of rousing and beautiful classics. Callaway covers hits from the great songwriters of the time-Carole King, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel, John Lennon and more. And she puts her own stamp on the...
Riddick Dance Company: The Mixed Bag Series
The American Theatre 125 East Mellen St, Hampton, VA, United StatesRiddick Dance creates and presents a broad dance repertory to enrich the range of cultural offerings of the Hampton Roads region. Performances intricately combine storytelling and movement to produce thought-provoking works on stage. This evening of dance consists of three dynamic choreographic works known as The Mixed Bag Series. TWO FACES is a mixed media...
Creating Beads with Metal Clay
The Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center 4205 Victoria Boulevard, Hampton, VA, United StatesSaturday, March 30 10 am to 4 pm Class Size: 12 Age: 18+ Price: $80 (HAL Members $75) Beads have always been an essential part of jewelry making. In this workshop, students will explore some of the ways to create beads using fine silver metal clay. You will learn to make tube beads, various shaped beads formed...
The Reduced Shakespeare Company in The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged)
The American Theatre 125 East Mellen St, Hampton, VA, United StatesHistory, comedy, and Shakespeare, what more do you want! Called the “trio of Modern Marx brothers” and “intellectual vaudeville,” The Reduced Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a touring American comedy troupe that performs fast-paced, seemingly improvisational condensations of huge topics. Known as the “Bad Boys of Abridgment”, the RSC holds the record for the longest running...
ARTini
The Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center 4205 Victoria Boulevard, Hampton, VA, United StatesARTini is an event that invites mixologists from the Peninsula’s most prominent restaurants and bars to compete to see who can create the most artistic martini. This inspiring occasion will feature an amazing lineup of the area’s finest food and beverage establishments. Each restaurant will provide an appetizer for the guests to enjoy as well...
Coastal Virginia Bluegrass & Brew Festival: Damn Tall Buildings
The American Theatre 125 East Mellen St, Hampton, VA, United StatesIf you like your bluegrass served with a little punch, attitude, grit and gravy, with that busking spirit that was so present and palpable in the early incarnations of Old Crow Medicine Show and made your realize that string band music could be so much more than fuddy-duddy reenactments by crusty ol’ relics, then the...
Coastal Virginia Bluegrass & Brew Festival: Chicken Wire Empire
The American Theatre 125 East Mellen St, Hampton, VA, United StatesChicken Wire Empire rides the line between traditional bluegrass and the contemporary. Its members have spent a lifetime honing their craft, with deep roots in tradition and music throughout the midwest scene. Their 2022 release “Fresh Pickles” features all original music by Minnesota songsmith Chris Castino (Big Wu), reimagined in Chicken Wire Empire’s style. With...