Guide to Local Exhibits & Openings

Exhibits on display thoughout Hampton Roads:

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum 325 W. Francis St., Williamsburg. “Asa Ames: Occupation Sculpturing,” through Jan. 3.

ArtGallery 424 W. 21st St., Norfolk. 627-9808. “Modern Cowboys,” through Jan. 16. Opening Saturday.

Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries Old Dominion University, 4509 Monarch Way, Norfolk. 683-6271. “Wild Things,” through April 11.

Cape Henry Collegiate Phillips Family Gallery 1320 Mill Dam Road, Virginia Beach. Photography by Jill Beninato, through Nov. 27.

Chrysler Museum of Art 245 W. Olney Road, Norfolk. 664-6200. “To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures From the Brooklyn Museum,” through Jan. 3.

Contemporary Art Center of Virginia 2200 Parks Ave., Virginia Beach. 425-0000. “davmo and The Young Guns,” “Camille Utterback” and “Sandra Luckett: A Fluid Wilderness,” through Jan. 3.

Courthouse Galleries 420 High St., Portsmouth. 393-8543. Winter Wonderland: The Coleman Collection, through Dec. 31. Opening Friday.

FrameWorx Art Gallerie 301 25th St., Virginia Beach. 491-0098. “Holidaze: Stunning New Works,” through Dec. 12.

Gallery on the York 7907A George Washington Memorial Hwy., Yorktown. 898-3076. Holiday Art Show, through Dec. 31.

Half Moone Cruise and Celebration Center Waterside Drive, Norfolk. 664-1000. “Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship,” through April 4. Opening Saturday.

Hampton History Museum 120 Old Hampton Lane, Hampton. 727-1610. “The Old Point Comfort Resort: Health, Hospitality and History on the Chesapeake Bay,” through Jan. 31.

Hermitage Museum & Gardens 7637 North Shore Road, Norfolk. 423-2052. “Artistic Differences: Hermitage Studio Artist Exhibition,” through Sunday.

Isle of Wight County Museum 103 Main St., Smithfield. 357-0115. “First Light,” story of English America’s first Christmas, through Dec. 11.

Jones Art Gallery Town Center, 4549 Virginia Beach Blvd., Virginia Beach. 557-6868. “Survivor,” through Dec. 31.

MacArthur Memorial City Hall Avenue and Bank Street, Norfolk. 441-2965. “MacArthur’s Airmen: Far East Air Force,” through Dec. 31.

Meyera Oberndorf Central Library 4100 Virginia Beach Blvd., Virginia Beach. 385-0110. Photographs by G. Michael Brown, through Nov. 30.

Nauticus 1 Waterside Drive, Norfolk. 664-1000. “It’s a Nano World,” through Jan. 3.

Norfolk Botanical Garden 6700 Azalea Garden Road, Norfolk. 441-5830. “Views From the Trail” and “A Season With Eagles,” through Nov. 30.

One Eleven Art Gallery & Studios 111 Pennsylvania Ave., Norfolk. 625-1110. “Peripheral Visions Contemporary Portraits by Kathleen Kridler,” through Nov. 30.

Pembroke 4 Art Gallery 291 Independence Blvd., Suite 120, Virginia Beach. 493-9900. “New Perspectives,” through Jan. 15.

Peninsula Fine Arts Center 101 Museum Drive, Newport News. 596-8175. “An American Original: Margaret Lefranc, Fifty Years of Watercolors,” through Jan. 3.

Portlock Galleries at SoNo 3815 Bainbridge Blvd., Chesapeake. 502-4901. Works by Katie McLaughlin and Richard Nickel, through Nov. 29.

Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts 110 W. Finney Ave., Suffolk. 923-0003. “It is a Wonderful Life,” through Dec. 31.

Suffolk Museum 118 Bosley Ave., Suffolk. 514-7284. “2009 annual Juried Exhibition,” through Dec. 23.

The Artists Gallery 608 Norfolk Ave., Virginia Beach. 425-6765. Annual artists holiday boutique, through Dec. 23.

The Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center 2803 Oak Ave., Newport News. 247-2360. African American Trailblazers in Virginia History, through Dec. 19.

Virginia Air & Space Center 600 Settlers Landing Road, Hampton. 727-0900. “Alien Earths,” through Jan. 3.

Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center 717 General Booth Blvd., Virginia Beach. 385-3474. “Restless Planet,” through Dec. 31. Opening Saturday. Disney’s “A Christmas Carol,” film, through Jan. 3.

Virginia Living Museum 524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News. 595-1900. “Megalodon, Largest Shark That Ever Lived,” through Jan. 10.

Visual Arts Center of Tidewater Community College 340 High St., Portsmouth. 822-1888. 40th annual TCC Art Faculty Exhibition, through Jan. 7. Opening Saturday.

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