• Sri Lankan Dance Workshop

    MAC Dance Studio at Randolph College 2500 Rivermont avenue, Lynchburg, VA, United States

    Sri Lankan Dance Workshop MAC Dance Studio Featuring Sudesh Mantillake and Chinthaka Bandara This workshop is open free to the public. Movement Rhizome: Quillian International Symposium on Sri Lanka Inspired by the rhizome concept, the symposium will explore the intersection of dance, performance, film, geography, philosophy, anthropology, architecture, religion, music, literature, rhetoric, decoloniality, and migration. […]

  • Contextualizing My Devil Dance

    Houston Memorial Chapel at Randolph College 2500 Rivermont Ave., Lynchburg, Virginia

    “Contextualizing My Devil Dance” Houston Memorial Chapel Sri Lankan Dance Performance & Dialogue by Sudesh Mantillake Featuring Sudesh Mantillake, Chinthaka Bandara, & Vajira Mantillake This performance and dialogue is open to the public. Join us for a special Sri Lankan dance performance by Quillian Visiting International Scholar Sudesh Mantillake, joined by Chinthaka Bandara and Vajira […]

  • Movement Rhizome: Quillian International Symposium on Sri Lanka

    Houston Memorial Chapel at Randolph College 2500 Rivermont Ave., Lynchburg, Virginia

    The symposium is open to all who register.  Register Here 8:30 a.m –  Contemplative Practice Session Houston Houston Memorial Chapel 9 a.m – “Identity & Politics” Roundtable Houston Memorial Chapel In-person roundtable presentations and discussion featuring the following scholars: Katie Powell, Director of the Center for Refugee, Migrant, and Displacement Studies and Professor, Virginia Tech […]

  • The Dance Ritual of Eighteen Vannamas

    Nichols Theatre at Randolph College 2500 Rivermont avenue, Lynchburg, VA, United States

    4:15 p.m – Film Screening & Talkback: “The Dance Ritual of Eighteen Vannamas” (Public) Nichols Theatre Director & Speaker: Athula Samarakoon This screening and talkback is open free to the public. Movement Rhizome: Quillian International Symposium on Sri Lanka Inspired by the rhizome concept, the symposium will explore the intersection of dance, performance, film, geography, philosophy, […]

  • Winfree Observatory Star Party

    Winfree Observatory at Randolph College 84 N. Princeton Circle, Lynchburg, United States

    Join Randolph faculty and students as they open the Winfree Observatory to members of the campus community and the general public to view celestial objects.Audience: All parties are open to the public.Cost: Free!

  • Why We Dance: Ritual, Performance, and Healing in Post-War Sri Lanka

    Nichols Theatre at Randolph College 2500 Rivermont avenue, Lynchburg, VA, United States

    6 p.m –  Work-in-Progress Film Excerpt Screening & Talkback “Why We Dance: Ritual, Performance, and Healing in Post-War Sri Lanka” Nichols Theatre Filmmakers & Speakers: Susan A. Reed, Producer and Researcher Wilton Martinez, Director and Co-producer Sudesh Mantillake, Field Producer and Cultural Consultant This screening and talkback is open free to the public. Movement Rhizome: […]

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    Thoresen Theatre at Randolph College 2500 Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg, United States

    One of Shakespeare's most popular romantic comedies, featuring four rebellious young lovers, a band of ambitious artisan players, and a feuding Fairy King and Queen.

  • Black Country: An Erased History . . .

    Wimberly Recital Hall, Presser Hall, Randolph College 2500 Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg, Virginia

    Made Visible and Audible with Alice Randall New York Times best-selling novelist and award-winning songwriter Alice Randall will give Randolph College's annual Philip Thayer Memorial Lecture at 6 p.m., followed by a book signing at 7:15 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public in Wimberly Recital Hall.

  • SciFest Keynote: Moogega Cooper

    Smith Hall Theatre, Randolph College 2500 RIVERMONT AVE, Lynchburg, VA, United States

    Moogega Cooper is a trailblazing engineer of the famed Mars Rover Perseverance Mission for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

  • Women in Science Panel

    Nichols Theatre at Randolph College 2500 Rivermont avenue, Lynchburg, VA, United States

    SciFest Alumnae panelists share how they have succeeded in their scientific fields, followed by a reception. 2025 Panelists: Alexis Blankenship '15, a forensic chemist at NMS Labs in Pennsylvania Victoria Turgeon '93, professor of biology and neuroscience and academic director of the Prisma Health Partnership at Furman University Melissa Merrill '89, professor, associate department head […]

  • Twisters: A Scientist Goes to the Movies

    Thoresen Theatre at Randolph College 2500 Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg, United States

    SciFest Join us for a screening of "Twisters," with live commentary from Randolph environmental science professor Karin Warren and meteorologist George Flickinger about the science in the film. Admission is free and open to the public.

  • Music for Brass and Organ

    Houston Memorial Chapel at Randolph College 2500 Rivermont Ave., Lynchburg, Virginia

    Featuring Speer, Greene, and friends. Join us for another Guest Artist Concert, featuring Randall Speer conducting and J. William Greene on the iconic Houston Memorial Chapel organ. The performance is free and open to the public.