Save the Date! Big Idea Challenge Kicks Off at the VMFA March 15

Big Idea Challenge

How about a classy night out on the town - on us?

We're kicking off the Big Idea Challenge with a happy hour and mini-hunt - all on the grounds of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. If you have signed up for the Big Idea Challenge OR if you want to know more about this new fundraiser, come to the VMFA on March 15th from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

What to expect:

This Week in Music

by Lanny Fields
Wed, February 22, 2012
Steve Martin

This week on WCVE PBS and WCVW PBS
Actor-Musician Steve Martin appears on Tavis Smiley to talk about his new bluegrass CD “Rare Bird Alert” and his new book, The Ten, Make That Nine, Habits of Very Organized People. Make That Ten.  Wednesday, 2/22 at Midnight on WCVW PBS.

Businesses Needed to Mentor Technology Interns

Interns learn about careers in information technology

A Richmond area summer internship program wants to open more doors for bright high school students and help more Richmond employers find the qualified workers they need. The Virginia Technology Interns Program (VTIP) provides students with hands-on technology experience in the business environment.

Capitol Events: February 10, 2012

by WCVE PBS/WHTJ PBS
Wed, February 15, 2012
General Assembly

Host Bill Miller is joined by Sen. Jeff McWaters (R) Virginia Beach and Del. Jennifer McClellan (D) Richmond City.

Capitol Events is a weekly 30-minute news and interview program, hosted by Bill Miller. Bill interviews politicians and political analysts at the Richmond State Capitol each week during the General Assembly Session to examine the issues of the week, track important legislation, and shed light on the political process.

Enter the MASTERPIECE Classic Sweepstakes

The Sieminski's with the Earl of Carnarvon (middle) at his home, Highclere

Last year, local viewers Greg and Ginny Sieminski won a trip to Britain, and now it is your chance! Follow in the footsteps of great British drama in the MASTERPIECE Classic Sweepstakes. Enter daily between February 7, 2012, and April 27, 2012 for the chance to win a 5-day, 4-night trip for two adults from the US to Britain, including VIP tours of Highclere Castle (as featured in Downton Abbey), Leeds Castle and more!

Making a Difference with 100 Trees

Geordon and David Faulkner discuss the plan

Ask Geordon Worley, a junior at Cosby High School, what he’s been thinking about lately and he will quickly tell you – trees – lots of trees! As part of his Eagle Scout project, Geordon led members of Boy Scout Troop #2860 in the planting of 100 trees around Swift Creek Reservoir. 

Help Us - and Have a Blast - in the Big Idea Challenge

Enter the Big Idea Challenge - get a cool shirt

The Community Idea Stations is thinking BIG and we're challenging Central Virginians to do likewise.  We are launching the Big Idea Challenge, a first-ever fundraising event of its type. that pits teams from around the region against each other in an Olympics of the Mind - a series of puzzles, riddles and mysteries that will test the brain power of the community’s most curious minds.

Share Your Story When StoryCorps Comes to Lewis Ginter

StoryCorps is coming to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden March 15, 16 and 17, and you can be a part of it! The national oral history project, one of the largest of its kind, records and preserves community stories and has millions of listeners through broadcasts on WCVE Public Radio’s Morning Edition and its website: www.storycorps.org.

Colonial Williamsburg Presents: When Freedom Came

by Debbie Staughton
Thu, February 9, 2012
When Freedom Came

Bring your students to Colonial Williamsburg without ever leaving the classroom! The Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trips allow students to travel through time to experience life in colonial America. 

Everyone knows Abraham Lincoln freed all the slaves . . . or did he? Freedom came to enslaved people over the course of many months and years — and it arrived in different ways in different places.