Family Friendly

Garden Artists: Valentine's Day Mugs

February 14 2026

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Norfolk Botanical Garden 6700 Azalea Garden Rd, Norfolk, VA 23518 Price: Price may vary

Paint the perfect decorative mug set for someone special in your life! Each set includes two 8-ounce ceramic mugs. Recommended for children ages 3+ with some chaperone assistance. All attending adults and children are required to have a registered ticket.

Price for Not-yet Members: $22/Child and $20/Adult (tickets for class must be purchased for both children and adults and includes daytime admission to NBG).

All participants ages 3+ must have a registered ticket to participate. Any child under 3 who will participate in the program must have a registered child ticket. Adults who wish to participate in the program must register child tickets for the class.

Family Friendly

February Member Exclusive: Winter Wanderers at NBG

February 5 - February 26 2026

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Norfolk Botanical Garden 6700 Azalea Garden Rd, Norfolk, VA 23518

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Meet in the WOW Children’s Garden to complete winter-inspired exploration and activities. Recommended for ages 3+ with adult chaperone assistance. This program is an NBG Member exclusive program and requires pre-registration. NBG Members must register their child ticket(s) to attend. Walk-up availability may not be available. Members are advised to pre-register. Upon arriving at the Garden, guests are required to show their NBG membership for entry.

Arts and Entertainment

Got Wax?: A Juried National Exhibition of Artworks Created with Cold & Hot Wax Processes

February 14 - March 14 2026

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

d'Art Center 740 Boush Street Norfolk, VA 23510

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Saturday, February 14th – Saturday, March 14th, 2026

Got Wax? is an exhibition of artworks created with cold and hot wax processes. Artists working with wax fuse, blend, layer, build and dig to add luminosity, texture, and depth to their works. The use of wax in art dates back to ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt and contemporary artists of today continue to explore wax’s versatility in art.

Arts and Entertainment

To Mother, with Red: Eloise Shelton-Mayo Solo Exhibit in The Vault

February 14 - March 14 2026

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

d'Art Center 740 Boush St, Norfolk, VA 23510

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Eloise lives in Virginia Beach with her family. Her background includes a creative career as an advertising designer at the News & Observer in Raleigh, NC for over a decade. She also taught as an art Adjunct at TCC’s Visual Arts Center in Portsmouth, Virginia for ten years. Now, she teaches both live and online art workshops. Eloise’s work is in both public and private collections.

Her academic background includes a BA in English from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, a studio arts degree from Tidewater Community College at the Visual Arts Center, as well as study with many well-regarded contemporary artists.

Eloise’s abstract works are influenced by themes of home, transition, and memory. Eloise’s fascination with the transient nature of time and how we relate to place and each other, are the psychological underpinnings of her art. She has chronicled the decay of urban and country landscapes in her personal photography which influences her paintings.

Oil paintings with cold wax, encaustic, acrylic and mixed media, collage, as well as print making, are all mediums Eloise enjoys. However, she is best known for encaustic and oil & cold wax paintings. She likes experimenting with mixing mediums creating mystery through layering and both adding, scraping and covering up.

Being On The Water

An Underground River: African American History on the ERT

February 22 2026

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Meet by the Mermaid sculpture by the entrance to Waterside Marina 333 Waterside Dr, Norfolk, VA 23510

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Join Norfolk Tour Company on the Elizabeth River Trail as we explore African American history along the Elizabeth River. This free walking tour will in part cover Norfolk’s role in the slave trade, what is was like be enslaved in Norfolk, and some of the historic sites and heroes of the African American Experience in South Hampton Roads.

This tour is free, open to the public, with no registration required — just show up!

Meet by the Mermaid sculpture by the entrance to Waterside Marina, 333 Waterside Dr.

Sports

Norfolk Admirals vs. Greensboro Gargoyles

February 14 - February 15 2026

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Scope Arena 201 E Brambleton Ave, Norfolk, VA 23510

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Come watch the Norfolk Admirals vs. Greensboro Gargoyles on Saturday, Feb 14, 2026, at 7:05 p.m. and Sunday, Feb 15, 2026, at 3:05 p.m.

Arts and Entertainment

Abandon Ship - Winter Edition

February 7 2026

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Nauticus- Third Floor - Atrium 1 Waterside Dr, Norfolk, VA 23510 757-664-1000 Price: Included in General Admission

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Saturday, February 7, 2026 | 11AM

Do you have what it takes to survive in cold waters? Participants will learn about the different tools necessary for survival and rescue on the open ocean and will be able to try on real-life immersion suits!

This daily program is included in Nauticus’ general admission.

Arts and Entertainment

Rope Making at Nauticus

February 7 2026

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Nauticus- Third Floor - Design, Build, Sail! 1 Waterside Dr, Norfolk, VA 23510 757-664-1000 Price: Included in General Admission

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Saturday, February 7, 2026 | 2PM

Rope making is a chance to learn and create with your hands in an interactive way.

Discover how rope and rope making has been implemented on board ships for hundreds of years and how it impacted economic trade throughout the world’s oceans.

Rope making doesn’t just have to involve producing rope for sailing. Help craft your own colorful rope bracelet using technology our ancestors did as we dive into all these topics while spinning your way through history.

Arts and Entertainment

Exploring Colors at Nauticus

February 8 2026

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Nauticus-Third Floor - Norfolk In Time 1 Waterside Dr, Norfolk, VA 23510 757-664-1000 Price: Included in General Admission

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Exploring Colors

Sunday, February 8, 2026 | 11AM

When you wear color-filtering lenses, all other colors are blocked, changing how you perceive color. Come test this phenomenon and see how well you can sort different colored items while wearing different color lenses.

Arts and Entertainment

Winter Survival at Nauticus

February 8 2026

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Nauticus-Third Floor - Atrium 1 Waterside Dr, Norfolk, VA 23510 757-664-1000 Price: Included in General Admission

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Sunday, February 8, 2026 | 2PM

Visitors will dive into the Elizabeth River and the Chesapeake Bay and learn about the different winter behaviors of some of our aquatic neighbors and residents here at Nauticus!

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February 14 2026

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