Mar 28 Thursday
Mary Dana Hinton is the 13th president of Hollins University and president emerita of the College of Saint Benedict. A highly respected and sought-after advocate for the liberal arts and inclusion, President Hinton’s leadership reflects a deep commitment to educational equity and the education of women. Hinton’s latest book, Leading from the Margins: College Leadership from Unexpected Places, was inspired by her lived experiences as an emerging leader. She also has a TED Talk of the same name. Whether you’re an emerging or established leader, lessons from Leading from the Margins can empower you to find your own leadership style and discover strength in unexpected places.
Thursday, March 28, 7 pm
duPont Chapel; Book signing to follow in the Botetourt Reading Room
For more information call (540) 362-6287 or email bakersl@hollins.edu.
Mar 29 Friday
J.S. Bach's The Passion According to St. John is a towering masterpiece of the Baroque era of choral and orchestral works of all time!
This masterpiece will be presented with musical ensembles of the Roanoque Baroque Chamber Orchestra and Choir, The Roanoke Valley Choral Society, and choirs of St. John Lutheran and First Evangelical Presbyterian Churches.
FIREFLIES by Donja R. Love plays March 29 through April 20 at Live Arts Theater in downtown Charlottesville. A Virginia Premiere, FIREFLIES is Part Two of Donja R. Love’s "The Love* Plays" trilogy, which explores Queer love through Black history. A story of endurance and empowerment centered on the Civil Rights Movement, FIREFLIES is directed by Ti Ames and features Arianna Jones and Simeon Brown. Visit livearts.org for tickets and information.
Mar 30 Saturday
Mar 31 Sunday
Apr 02 Tuesday
Join the Frontier Culture Museum for our 2024 Lecture Series. The final installment of the 2024 Lecture Series is titled “A Common Place: Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley,” will take place on April 2, 2024 at 7:00 PM. The Lecture Series will take place in the Dairy Barn Lecture Hall and is free and open to the public.
Since the early frontier days of the eighteenth century, Harrisonburg, Virginia has been a vital agricultural, commercial, and political center in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley. It was not until the 1950s, however, that it adopted the motto “The City with the Planned Future.” David Ehrenpreis, author of Picturing Harrisonburg: Visions of a Shenandoah Valley City Since 1828 will examine how visions of a place shift over time, revealing a community’s values, how they evolve, and what they mean today.
Meet the Speaker:
David Ehrenpreis is Professor of Art History at James Madison University and has published widely in journals including the Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, Woman’s Art Journal, and Art Book. He is author of the book Picturing Harrisonburg: Visions of a Shenandoah Valley City since 1828, which examines the shifting visions of place and community in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The curator of numerous exhibitions including a survey of Chinese artist Xu Bing, his current book project is entitled “Dying for the Nation: Monuments and the Experience of National Memory.”
Apr 03 Wednesday
Apr 04 Thursday
Apr 05 Friday
Wetherill Visual Arts Center, Niederer AuditoriumReception in the lobby following each lecture2-3 pmSea Empires and Coastal Connectivity in the Third Century BCE MediterraneanPresented by Melanie Godsey, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures3:15-4:15 pmThe Toxic Ties that Bind: Empire as the Art of Bullying and North Africa in the Second and First Centuries BCEPresented by Stephen A. Collins-Elliott, Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of ClassicsFor more information, please contact gfranko@hollins.edu or mcculloughkd@hollins.edu.Support for the Classics Symposium generously provided by the Office of the Provost.