Mary Llewellyn McNeil
Little Washington Theatre 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, United StatesRAAC Talk
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RAAC Talks
Derek Leebaert – Unlikely Heroes
Rappahannock County Library 4 Library Road, Washington, VA, United StatesDerek Leebaert will speak at the Rappahannock County Library Friday April 14 at 7:30PM. He will discuss his new book on FDR, and his team of innovators. He'll also tell of his continuing adventure of looking deeply into the past and finding fresh insights. Leebaert sees history as a mix of tectonic economic and political […]
Reading Series – Angela M. Carter
Quievremont Winery 162 Gidbrown Hollow Rd, Washington, VA, United StatesRAAC is pleased to announce the next event in its Reading Series: “Freeing the Caged Bird,” a poetry reading by Angela M. Carter—confessional poet, novelist, Pushcart Prize nominee, spoken word performer, and author of Memory Chose a Woman’s Body (2014) and the forthcoming Love is the Dying Dog (2023). Ms. Carter will also be offering […]
RAAC Talk – Ben Raines
Little Washington Theatre 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, United StatesAuthor/Filmmaker Ben Raines will talk about his acclaimed book, The Last Slave Ship. Raines will discuss this true story of the criminal transport of slaves to the U.S. in 1860, and his own discovery of the evidence on April 9, 2018. That day, Raines— the son of Rappahannock resident Susan Raines— dove into a swampy river […]