Hollywood’s primetime stars are on the red carpet for the 2024 Emmys.
Here’s what celebrities wore for the illustrious event:
Saturday’s route will include sites symbolizing 400 years of the city’s Black history, including areas active in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the Civil War and the modern civil rights movement. It was in 1619 that enslaved Africans first arrived in a British North American colony, aboard ship at present-day Fort Monroe in Hampton.
The Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia, in Richmond, is among several community organizations collaborating with the race, which includes a 10.6-mile run and a 6.19K (3.85 miles) walk/run. Registration fees, which vary depending on the run or walk, include access to an audio app narrated by Hounsou; educational videos; and entry to a post-race festival and the Valentine Museum.
This is the event’s third year, and Hounsou has participated in each. He started his California-based nonprofit in 2019 to connect people of the African diaspora to Africa, to contribute to healing and reconciliation, and to raise money to combat modern slavery and human trafficking.
“I feel this compelling need to give back to my continent, to my people, and to champion the idea of reconciliation and reconnection,” he said in a news release.
Shakia Warren, executive director of the Black history museum, said Richmond is the perfect setting.
“Throughout America’s history, there is no other city that defines the progression of African Americans’ freedom story like Richmond, Virginia,” she said in a news release. “From the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade along the banks of the James River, to the removal of the Confederate monuments, Richmond has become the center of African American culture and history in the United States.”
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If you go
A Time to Heal
When: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20
Where: Main Street Station, 1500 E. Main St., Richmond
Cost: Free
Details: runrichmond1619.org
Run Richmond 16.19
When: 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21
Where: Kanawha Plaza, East Canal Street
Registration: Required. Information pickup Friday and Saturday.
Details: runrichmond1619.org
]]>With polls showing a tight race, the stakes are sky high because the first debate between candidates typically draws a huge audience and has the rare potential to shift opinions of millions of voters all at once.
This presidential debate is crucial for another reason: Harris and Trump have never met or interacted with one another. Americans will get to judge for themselves how they match up and which one they want to lead the country for the next four years.
The debate airs on ABC at 9 p.m. EST/6 p.m. PST. It will run for 90 minutes and be moderated by John Muir and Linsey Davis.
This is the only confirmed matchup that the candidates have agreed to after several weeks of uncertainty and wrangling. Trump had originally said he would skip the debate but later said he would do it. Since then, there have been arguments over its terms, including whether to mute their microphones.
Watch live as the debate gets underway:
New York Daily News’ Dave Goldiner and Bay Area News Groups’ Gieson Cacho contributed to this report.
]]>Monday, the Hampton History Museum will have a talk and tour of the exhibit “Chris Kraft: Hampton’s Unlikely Space Hero.” Allen Hoilman, the museum’s deputy director and curator, will discuss Kraft’s accomplishments and Hampton’s integral role in the Space Race of the 1950s and ’60s.
Kraft was born in Phoebus and attended Hampton High School and Virginia Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech) before working at Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory (now NASA Langley Research Center) in 1945. In 1958, he was assigned to a group to develop manned space flight – putting a man in space and bringing him home safely. Kraft was a central figure in projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo.
He led the development of the operations control system, Mission Control. He became the flight director, responsible for the flight components of the missions near Earth and in space. He was named director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1972 and retired in 1982. After Kraft died in 2019, his family donated to the museum a collection of personal memorabilia that he’d saved from growing up in Hampton and his career at NASA.
The exhibit will be open through March 2.
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If you go
When: 7 to 8 p.m. Monday
Where: Hampton History Museum, 120 Old Hampton Lane
Tickets: Free for museum members; others, $5
Details: hamptonhistorymuseum.org
Chesapeake, Hampton, James City County, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, York County: Closed Monday
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Schools
Chesapeake: Closed Monday
Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg-James City County, York County: Closed Friday and Monday
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Garbage
James City County, Newport News: No collections Monday. Collections for the week will be delayed one day.
Hampton: Monday’s collections will be picked up Wednesday.
Chesapeake, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach: No collection changes Monday.
Williamsburg: Garbage will be collected on its regular schedule Monday and Tuesday. Recycling collection will be delayed one day.
York County: No garbage collection changes Monday. Recycling collection will be delayed one day.
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Travel
Hampton Roads Transit: On Monday, buses, light rail, paratransit and base express will operate on a Saturday schedule. The ferry will change to its winter schedule, and will operate on a regular weekday schedule. Labor Day will also be the final day for the full VB Wave schedule. Transit center information booths and public access to all administrative facilities will be closed. The customer service call center will be available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Post offices will be closed Monday with no regular mail delivery.
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Libraries
Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, York County: Closed Monday
Chesapeake, James City County: Closed Sunday and Monday
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Recreation
Chesapeake, Hampton, James City County, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg: Closed Monday
Newport News: Closed Sunday and Monday
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State
DMV: Customer service centers will be closed Monday.
]]>After participating in a Zoom session, attendees can apply for the 2025 Master Gardener training class to be held from February to April 2025. The deadline to apply for that class is Oct. 14.
Norfolk’s more than 160 Master Gardeners are volunteer horticulture educators working on projects throughout the city. Norfolk’s Extension Master Gardeners are affiliated with Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University.
For more info, visit nmgv.org.
]]>The exhibition honors the legacy of the Rosenwald program, which built schools for hundreds of Black children in the segregated South. The program was developed after a 1911 meeting between Rosenwald, the president of Sears, Roebuck and Co., and Black educator Booker T. Washington. The two believed in improving educational opportunities for African Americans at a time when there were deep racial inequalities in public schools. Many counties did not have schools for Black children.
Rosenwald started a grant program that allowed schools and governments to apply for seed money. Black communities, despite the significant financial hardship, raised more money and donated land, building materials and labor to construct and furnish the schools.
Between 1912 and 1937, the Rosenwald initiative created 5,357 structures across 15 states, including 4,978 schools, shop buildings and teacher housing. The schools were often named after local people and places but were collectively called “Rosenwald schools.” These schools served more than 663,000 students — one-third of Black children in the region — and employed thousands of teachers. Though some Rosenwald buildings have been repurposed and a handful remain schools, many are unrestored and at risk of collapse. Only about 500 remain.
Virginia had 382 Rosenwald buildings in 86 counties and four cities; the museum has partnered with Bray School Lab at William & Mary and Virginia Rosenwald school groups to curate a section dedicated to Virginia schools.
The exhibition includes 26 photographs by Atlanta-based photographer Andrew Feiler, who was inspired by the Rosenwald program history and embarked on a three-year journey to document the remaining buildings and their alumni. He will give a talk and sign books Sept. 5 at the museum.
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If you go
Andrew Feiler, author, photographer and exhibition curator, will give a talk at 6 p.m Sept. 5. Tickets, in person: $10 for members, $20 otherwise; free to watch online.
The exhibit
When: Through April 20
Where: Virginia Museum of History & Culture, 428 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd., Richmond
Tickets: Timed admission. $12 and under; free for members
Details: info@virginiahistory.org or 804-340-1800
BADMINTON
1:30 a.m.
- USA — Group Play: Singles, Doubles
4:30 a.m.
- E! — Group Play: Singles, Doubles
6 a.m.
- USA — Group Play: Singles, Doubles
9:05 a.m.
- USA — Group Play: Singles, Doubles
BASKETBALL
2:30 a.m.
- CNBC — Men’s Group A: Australia vs. Spain
8:15 a.m.
- CNBC — Men’s Group B: France vs. Brazil
12:15 p.m.
- CNBC — Men’s Group A: Greece vs. Canada
5 p.m.
- USA — Men’s Group B: Germany vs. Japan
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
5 a.m.
- NBC — Pool Play
1 p.m.
- NBC — Pool Play
8 p.m.
- USA — Pool Play
BOXING
2 p.m.
- CNBC — Women’s Bantam Eliminations & more
CANOEING
9 a.m.
- E! — Slalom: Women’s Kayak Heats
6:30 p.m.
- USA — Slalom: Men’s Canoe Heats
CYCLING
6 a.m.
- NBC — Women’s Time Trial
7:45 a.m.
- USA — Men’s Time Trial
2 p.m.
- NBC — Men’s Time Trial
DIVING
3 a.m.
- TELEMUNDO — Diving and volleyball
8 p.m.
- NBC — Primetime in Paris (July 27)
EQUESTRIAN
12:30 a.m.
- USA — Eventing: Dressage
1:30 p.m.
- E! — Eventing: Dressage
FENCING
2 p.m.
- USA — Women’s Epee & Men’s Sabre Bronze/Gold Finals
FIELD HOCKEY
10:30 a.m.
- CNBC — Women’s Group: USA vs. Argentina
GYMNASTICS
2 a.m.
- E! — Men’s Qualifying Subdivision 1
6:30 a.m.
- E! — Men’s Qualifying Subdivision 2
8 a.m.
- NBC — Men’s Qualifying Subdivision 2
11 a.m.
- E! — Men’s Qualifying Subdivision 3
8 p.m.
- NBC — Primetime in Paris (July 27)
HANDBALL
7 a.m.
- CNBC — Men’s Group Play
ROWING
Midnight
- USA — Heats: Double, Quadruple & more
4:15 a.m.
- USA — Heats: Double, Quadruple & more
7:15 p.m.
- USA — Heats: Double, Quadruple & more
RUGBY
6:35 a.m.
- CNBC — Men’s Semifinals
7 a.m.
- NBC — Men’s Semifinal
10 a.m.
- CNBC — Men’s Bronze Final
10:45 a.m.
- NBC — Men’s Bronze, Gold Finals
4 p.m.
- USA — Men’s Bronze, Gold Finals
SHOOTING
2 a.m.
- CNBC — Mixed Team Air Rifle Final
2:30 p.m.
- CNBC — Mixed Team Air Rifle Final
SKATEBOARDING
3:45 a.m.
- CNBC — Men’s Street: Preliminary Round
8:30 a.m.
- NBC — Men’s Street: Final
SOCCER
6 a.m.
- TELEMUNDO — Dominican Republic vs. Spain
- UNIVERSO — Argentina vs. Iraq
8 a.m.
- TELEMUNDO — Ukraine vs. Morocco
- UNIVERSO — Uzbekistan vs. Egypt
10 a.m.
- TELEMUNDO — New Zealand vs. USA
- UNIVERSO — Israel vs. Paraguay
- USA — Men’s Group A: New Zealand vs. USA
Noon
- TELEMUNDO — Franci vs. Guinea
- UNIVERSO — Japan vs. Malí
SWIMMING
2 a.m.
- USA — Heats: Men’s & Women’s 4x100m Free & more
7:30 a.m.
- NBC — Heats: Men’s & Women’s 4x100m Free & more
11:30 a.m.
- NBC — Finals: Men’s & Women’s 400m Free & more
8 p.m.
- NBC — Primetime in Paris (July 27)
TABLE TENNIS
10:10 a.m.
- E! — M&W Singles: Prelims & more
VOLLEYBALL
3 a.m.
- TELEMUNDO — Diving and volleyball
4:45 a.m.
- USA — Men’s Pool Play
Noon
- USA — Men’s Pool Play
WATER POLO
5 a.m.
- E! — Women’s Group: Netherlands vs. Hungary
6:30 a.m.
- USA — Women’s Group: USA vs. Greece
9:45 a.m.
- NBC — Women’s Group: Greece vs. USA
3 p.m.
- USA — Women’s Group: USA vs. Greece
The city uses the National Community Survey, which was developed by National Research Center at Polco. The survey captures opinions on the economy, mobility, community design, utilities, safety, natural environment, inclusivity, engagement and other elements of Williamsburg’s overall livability, according to a news release.
The results are intended to show Williamsburg’s strengths, areas of improvement and what matters most to residents. The city will also be able to see how its performance compares to other communities across the country.
Randomly selected households recently started receiving postcards indicating they have been invited to participate in the survey. They can fill out the survey online or wait for a paper survey to arrive in the mail. On Aug. 7, the online survey opens to all residents and will be available until Aug. 28.
The NCS survey is the first of several public input opportunities as city leaders gather feedback and data in the process to develop the 2025/2026 Goals, Initiatives, and Outcomes, a plan that lays out city priorities for the next two years.
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