Calendar

5	2009 Holiday Shoppers Fair Member's Preview Time: 5–9 pm at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
6	2009 Holiday Shoppers Fair (November 6–7) Time: 9 am–5 pm at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
11	See You on the Bus (members-only) Nelson County (Pharsalia, Oak Ridge, and the Saunders Brothers Orchard) Departure time: 8 am
12	Lecture "So Ends This Day": An Illustrated Update on the Life and Times of the USS Monitor, From 1861 to Yesterday By Anna Gibson Holloway Time: noon
14	Young Virginia House Naturalists Program Birds Times: 9 and 11 am
18	Alexander W. Weddell Trustees Lecture (members-only) George Marshall, His Men, and the Recovery of Europe By Josiah Bunting III Time: 5:30 pm
21	Girl Scout Patch Days Time: 10 am
26	Thanksgiving Day VHS closed

2	Gallery walk The Portent: John Brown's Raid in American Memory By William M. S. Rasmussen Time: noon
3	Lecture "The Struggle with Drugs and Thugs in U.S.-Mexican Relations" By George W. Grayson Time: noon
5	Tour at Virginia House Gingerbread Tea and Tour Time: 10 am (Please note: this event is SOLD OUT) Young Virginia House Naturalists Program Habitats and Food Times: 1 and 3 pm
10	Tour at Virginia House Christmas Tea and Tour Time: 3 pm
11	Tour at Virginia House Christmas Tea and Tour Time: 3 pm
12	Tour at Virginia House Gingerbread Tea and Tour Time: 10 am (Please note: this event is SOLD OUT)
24	Christmas Eve VHS closed
25	Christmas Day VHS closed
31	New Year's Eve VHS closed

1	New Year's Day VHS closed
9	Young Virginia House Naturalists Program Plants and their uses Times: 1 and 3 pm at Virginia House
14	See You in Class Virginia Politics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow By Bob Holsworth January 14, 21, 28, and February 4, 2010 Time: 5:30–7:00 pm Register online
16	Exhibition opens Cold War Crisis: The U-2 Incident
23	Girl Scout Patch Days Time: 10 am
28	Lecture Robert E. Lee: Lessons in Leadership By Noah Andre Trudeau Time: noon