by Ken Parks | Feb 7, 2025
Join us for a lecture on the history of line dancing as well as a follow-along dance lesson led by Dr. Lindsay Michie, Aaliyah Williams, and the Hill City Sliders. Space is limited, please register at...
by Ken Parks | Feb 7, 2025
Join Historian Judi Harvey in the Chapel for a presentation on Black History in Lynchburg and the Old City Cemetery. Of our overall population, 2/3 is African American, ranging from the enslaved, to hard working laborers, to community activists, University founders,...
by Ken Parks | Feb 7, 2025
Carl Hutcherson, Jr. Learn about the history of one of Lynchburg’s oldest funeral homes, the family that started it, and how this essential business has evolved to serve residents today.
by Ken Parks | Jan 31, 2025
In the Footsteps of Frankenstein: Uncovering the Origins of Mary Shelley’s Masterpiece Presented by Dr. Price Blair “It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the...
by Ken Parks | Jan 31, 2025
THE ORIGINS OF ROMAN BATHING AT THE SANCTUARY OF POSEIDON AT ISTHMIA by Jon Frey, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Michigan State University Doors open at 4:30 p.m. | Lecture at 5 p.m. In addition to being one of the most recognizable monuments at the site,...