Events at Art 6 – 2nd Annual Holocaust Remembrance Exhibit

The 2nd Annual Holocaust Remembrance Exhibit opened at Art 6 on May 7, 2010.  Though Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day – fell on April 11 this year, the month of May has been designated Holocaust Remembrance Month at Art 6, and the exhibit will run through the end of the month.

Art 6, a gallery at 6 East Broad Street in Downtown Richmond, is “a member-fun, non-profit gallery, dedicated to promoting and showcasing quality contemporary visual and performing arts, offering opportunities for education, community outreach and creative interaction.”  In a word, they are one of the champions in Richmond’s art movement, something we care very much about here at RichmondVAPresents, and something that benefits the whole community.

Two events of note regarding the Holocaust Remembrance Exhibit will take place on May 29 and May 30.  On May 29th, our friend Slash Coleman, local storyteller, blogger, and playwright, will present his piece called  Chaidentity – a combination of song, story, and poetry, along with Eliezer Sobel – author of The 99th Monkey:  A Spiritual Journalist’s Misadventures with Gurus, Messiahs, Sex, Psychedelics, and Other Conciousness-Raising Experiments.  The hour-long production will come from the perspective of two sons of Holocaust survivors, and promises to be a moving experience.  Tickets are $15 and will support the Richmond Holocaust Museum.

May 30th’s program is “Zay Gesundt!”  Beau Marie will present his documentary film which focuses on Holocaust survivor tales.  Admission is free, and the documentary will be opened by storyteller Les Schaffer.  Schaffer, a retired therapist, is a Richmond storyteller who also teaches storytelling classes at the Life-Long Learning Institute.  Beau Marie, creator of the documentary, is a local actor and filmmaker.  This event is free of charge.

In the spirit of the event, don’t forget about the Richmond Holocaust Museum, whose current exhibit is “Portraits of Zinkov” by Alan Shulman.

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Core Values – A Chesterfield County Initiative and a Local Artist’s Mission

Richmond’s celebrity storyteller Slash Coleman is participating in a Core Values Celebration that will take place at Tomahawk Creek Middle School at 7 PM on 2/25/10.

The Core Value Initiative is a program based on the book Educating for Character, written by Thomas Lickona.  The program, adopted by the Chesterfield County School Board in 1999, promotes the ideas brought forth in Lickona’s book.   Lickona says that by promoting safety, respect for property, parent productivity, and a good work ethic while a school provides more teaching time, a more caring school environment, and more positive structure in schoolwork that school will be able to ward off things like violence, vandalism, stealing, cheating, peer cruelty, bigotry, and self-destructive behavior.

Slash is giving the keynote address to kick off his new tour – “Core Values Tour 2010″ which will be bookable by schools, libraries, and other organizations around Virginia this year.  His tour is sponsored by Richmond Young Writers, who are giving something back to the man who has given so much to the Richmond Community.

Slash Coleman is a Richmond storyteller who has done his one man show Off-Broadway (“The Neon Man and Me”) and on PBS, and he does a tremendous amount of philanthropic work in Richmond.  We mentioned him in our post about Tinker’s, his aunt’s store where he lends a hand pretty often.  This new tour, “2010 Core Values Tour,” is comprised of 60 minutes of songs and stories that promote honesty, respect, responsibility, and accountability.  Look on his website for booking information.

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