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\"Bison \"Butterfly\"A big bumblebee weighing 60 pounds, a dramatic dragonfly with a three-and-a-half-foot wingspan and a soaring seven-foot-tall red rose: these are just a few of the sculptures on display at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden as part of\u00a0Nature Connects\u00ae: Art with LEGO\u00ae Bricks<\/strong>. Created with half-a-million LEGO bricks, the award-winning exhibit by New York artist\u00a0Sean Kenney<\/a>\u00a0feature 27 sculptures in 14 displays throughout the garden.<\/p>\n

Learn about the joys and challenges of LEGOs and the branding and communications plans at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18. Beth Monroe, director of public relations for Lewis Ginter, will lead VPC members on a 30-minute tour. Following the tour, tables have been reserved for members to enjoy Flowers After 5<\/a> featuring Cook County Bluegrass<\/em>.<\/em> For almost two decades Cook County Bluegrass has been providing good times and bluegrass music to the Richmond area and are guaranteed to provide a foot stomping good time!<\/p>\n

VPC members should arrive by 5:30 p.m. to the Visitor Center and pay their admission ($13 regular admission, $11 senior admission or free for LGBG members). The tour begins promptly at 5:45 p.m.<\/p>\n

Please RSVP to Cynthia Price at cynthiapricecp@gmail.com<\/a> by Monday, Aug. 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Bison \"Butterfly\"A big bumblebee weighing 60 pounds, a dramatic dragonfly with a three-and-a-half-foot wingspan and a soaring seven-foot-tall red rose: these are just a few of the sculptures on display at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden as part of Nature Connects\u00ae: Art with LEGO\u00ae Bricks. Created with half-a-million LEGO bricks, the award-winning exhibit by New York artist Sean Kenney feature 27 sculptures in 14 displays throughout the garden.<\/p>\n

Learn about the joys and challenges of LEGOs and the branding and communications plans at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18. Beth Monroe, director of public relations for Lewis Ginter, will lead VPC members on a 30-minute tour. Following the tour, tables have been reserved for members to enjoy Flowers After 5 featuring Cook County Bluegrass. For almost two decades Cook County Bluegrass has been providing good times and bluegrass music to the Richmond area and are guaranteed to provide a foot stomping good time!<\/p>\n

VPC members should arrive by 5:30 p.m. to the Visitor Center and pay their admission ($13 regular admission, $11 senior admission or free for LGBG members). The tour begins promptly at 5:45 p.m.<\/p>\n

Please RSVP to Cynthia Price at cynthiapricecp@gmail.com by Monday, Aug. 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nLearn About the Joys (and Challenges) of LEGOs - VPC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Virginia Professional Communicators\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/learn-joys-challenges-legos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Learn About the Joys (and Challenges) of LEGOs - VPC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Virginia Professional Communicators\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/learn-joys-challenges-legos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"VPC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/42804826486\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"VaCommunicators\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-08T18:02:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-08-09T01:07:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Bison-and-Calf-300x199.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"VPC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"VPC\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/learn-joys-challenges-legos\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/learn-joys-challenges-legos\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"VPC\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8dd82343fadf1a1f3997437b44e25c62\"},\"headline\":\"Learn About the Joys (and Challenges) of LEGOs\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-08T18:02:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-09T01:07:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/learn-joys-challenges-legos\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":196,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/learn-joys-challenges-legos\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/Bison-and-Calf-300x199.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/learn-joys-challenges-legos\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/learn-joys-challenges-legos\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/learn-joys-challenges-legos\\\/\",\"name\":\"Learn About the Joys (and Challenges) of LEGOs - 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