Please join us on July 22 at 5:30 p.m. for a timely conversation about citizenship and belonging in the United States, and how these ideas have long been contested; no less so today.

The Shockoe Institute and The Richmonder, for their first partnered event, will convene a panel discussion exploring the relationship between economic mobility and civic participation and what it means to expand economic freedom in Richmond today.

The Shockoe Institute's inaugural Virtual Book Club event, hosted by Founding Artistic Director Leyla McCalla, will feature thoughtful discussion and a Q&A with author Edwidge Danticat, based on her book, Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work. Danticat’s book is a powerful examination of what it means to understand our practices, identities, and work as artists in politically fraught times.

The Shockoe Institute and the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) are proud to host musicians Martha Redbone, Charly Lowry and Mali Obomsawin as a part of the Shockoe Institute Presents series.

Join the Shockoe Institute for a powerful conversation with author Jerome E. Copulsky as we explore his new book American Heretics: Religious Adversaries to Liberal Order, a bold examination of prominent theologians who rejected the idea of a pluralistic, democratic America. Copulsky invites us to consider how these ideas, seemingly at odds with our founding principles, nevertheless shaped, and still shape, American life.