7 PM – Stop by The Forum Speakeasy
Back by popular demand! Stop by our Forum “Speakeasy,” streaming live from the Jefferson Hotel, where Tara Schleinkofer, Lemaire’s Bar Director will show you how to make the evening’s two signature cocktails.
Look for the Speakeasy in the “Sessions” area of the event site beginning at 7:00 PM.
7 PM – Exclusive First Look: How the Monuments Came Down Documentary Trailer
How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond. Through stories of descendants and activists, the film reveals how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century—and why they fell. Produced by Field Studio and VPM, the documentary will premiere this summer but, at The Forum, you’ll be the first to see the trailer. (You’ll find it in the “Exploration Booth” area of the event site.)
7 PM – Join the conversation in our new Subscriber Salons
Join a live conversation with other subscribers about our suggested topics. Come on camera to participate or share your thoughts via the chat.
Look for the Salons in the “Sessions” area of the event site beginning at 7:00 PM. The Salons will also be open following the program, until 10:00 PM.
7:30 PM – Blues with Andrew Alli and Josh Small
Andrew Alli is a Richmond native. He took up music relatively late in life at the age of 20. After being inspired by a busker playing harmonica on the street one day, he hit the local music store and bought a harmonica of his own. From that point on, Andrew committed himself to learning the history of the instrument. He soon fell in love with the blues and began studying all of the harmonica greats including Big Walter Horton, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Junior Wells, and more. He has developed his own unique style of playing, while still paying his respects to his biggest influences from the past. Throughout the years he has toured with dozens of musicians both domestically and abroad.
Josh Small is a slide guitarist, banjo player and singer/songwriter. A Virginia native, he found his musical compass as a young boy, in the bombast of his father’s guitar and banjo picking and the sweet soul of his mother’s mountain alto. He grew up singing in church and playing backyard gigs with family and friends but did not perform his own music until he began attending Virginia Commonwealth University and made Richmond his home. After earning a degree in philosophy and a laudatory departmental award, Josh eschewed the logical life and embarked on a musical career.
Andrew and Josh will open our evening at 7:30 PM on the Forum Stage, coming to us from Richmond’s In Your Ear Studios.