What’s Booming RVA: A Big Little World
Boomer’s top picks for the week ahead
Travel time and the world with a ukulele player from Hawaii, Native American films, two Civil Rights icons, classical music, and Christmas tunes from Mannheim Steamroller. In Boomer’s top five picks: What’s Booming RVA: A Big Little World.
Jake Shimabukuro
Two decades of worldwide ukulele entertainment in a dynamic, genre-bending style Shimabukuro has a newly released holiday album of seasonal classics and Hawaiian yuletide staples, including collaborations with world-class artists, including Yo-Yo Ma, Michael McDonald, and Jimmy Buffett.
Nov. 20, 8 p.m., at The Tin Pan, Richmond.
“The Meeting”
Malcolm X, whose house in Chicago has just been bombed, waits in Harlem for Martin Luther King Jr., doubting that he will show up. King comes, but not to debate their different philosophies. His mission is humane and benevolent. A play of ideas, compassion, emotional verve, and patches of humor. It is a tribute to two giants of American civil rights history and still relevant today. Accompanying exhibition and preshow activity.
FREE. Nov. 20 to 23, 7:30 to 9 p.m., at Alice Jepson Theatre, University of Richmond.
Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival
A selection of films that share Native American perspectives, supporting appreciation of American Indian, First Nations, and Indigenous cultures, languages, and cinema. Thursday events are free.
Nov. 20 to 23 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond.
Wagner & Kong Duo
German Christoph Wagner on cello and UR faculty member Joanne Kong on piano perform the cello and piano sonatas of Frédéric Chopin and Dmitri Shostakovich in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death.
FREE. Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m., at Camp Concert Hall, University of Richmond.
More FREE events from UR’s Department of Music Free Concert Series and UR Free Theatre and Dance
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
Classic Christmas hits from the holiday albums along with multimedia effects in an intimate setting, as 15 musicians play more than 20 instruments against a backdrop of multimedia effects.
Nov. 26, 7:30 p.m., at Altria Theater, Richmond.
Check websites for more details, including prices and registration requirements.
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