The Easter Bunny and the Great Egg Hunt

April 3, 2010, 10:00 am - 11:00 am

This special event is for children up to age 12 yrs. old. Bring the kids to Lee Hall for their fifth annual Easter Egg hunt. The Easter Bunny will be on hand for games and photo ops. Experience the Antebellum south and tour Lee Hall Mansion. Learn about the history of Richard D. Lee and his family as well as the Peninsula Campaign of 1862. A great family event! Admission is just $5.00 per child.

Built between 1851 and 1859, Lee Hall Mansion was home to affluent planter Richard Decauter Lee. One of the last remaining antebellum homes on the Virginia Peninsula, Lee Hall offers visitors a step back to the mid-Victorian period.

A Fancy Good Time for Mothers and Daughters at the Yankee Candle Company in Williamsburg

Contributed by Tanya Tringali

The Yankee Candle store on Richmond Road had announced the upcoming dates for their "Fancy Nancy Luncheons". They will be held on March 20th, April 17th and May 8th. They will each have two seating times, 11:00am and 1:00pm.

Featured Exhibit:

Space Quest: Exploring the Moon, Mars & Beyond

Make the Universe Your Playground

After more than three years of planning, the Virginia Air & Space Center has opened the first phase of its new hands-on space gallery. For thousands of years the planets have been a source of intrigue and mystery for mankind. Even today man’s need to explore is inspired by these heavenly bodies.

NOW PLAYING in IMAX 3D: Alice in Wonderland

From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3-D fantasy adventure, Alice in Wonderland, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time.

Johnny Depp stars as the Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska as 19-year old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat and, of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign of terror. The all-star cast also includes Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter and Crispin Glover. Click here to purchase tickets online. Click here for Showtimes. Click here for the official website.

FIRST STATEWIDE ARTS CELEBRATION, MARCH 1 - JUNE 30, 2010

The MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts initiative launches March 1, as the first statewide celebration of its kind. Hundreds of Virginia arts and cultural organizations and artists have collaborated to present the inaugural theme which honors the contributions by women to arts andculture. A public calendar at www.ArtsVA.com includes thousands of special events and programs offered between March and June, including plays, choreography, compositions, and exhibitions of paintings, photography or films that have been created by women or feature women as the primary focus. MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts is the first of what the cultural community hopes will be an ongoing series of statewide collaborations shedding light on the arts in Virginia.