Public Events
Each year, the University of Richmond brings world-class events right here to our hometown—many are free and most are open to the public. Below are some highlights of upcoming events this fall.
Come join us!
October
10/1: Department of English Writers' Series, Peter Carey, Australian novelist, 7:00 p.m., Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall
10/3: Center for Civic Engagement, Brown Bag Lunch, Find Your Voice: Students Discuss Social Change, 12:30-1:25 p.m., Think Tank, Tyler Haynes Commons
10/3: Modlin Center, Dick Hyman and Friends, 7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music
10/5: Department of Music, Neumann Lecture in Music, Music & Torture, 3:00 p.m., Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music
10/5: Department of Music Free Concert Series, Brian Jones and Friends, 7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music
10/6: Modlin Center, David Sedaris, 7:30 p.m., Richmond's Landmark Theatre
10/6: Department of English Writers' Series, John Kinsella, 8:00 p.m., Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall
10/7: Jepson Leadership Forum, What Lincoln Was Up Against: The Context of Leadership, 7:00 p.m., Modlin Center for the Arts
10/17: Center for Civic Engagement, Brown Bag Lunch, An Election Unlike Any Other: The 2008 Mayoral Election in Richmond, Virginia, 12:30-1:25 p.m., Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall
10/20: Department of English Writers' Series, Pam Brown, 8:00 p.m., Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall
10/21: Department of English Writers' Series, Margaret Gibson, 7:00 p.m., Keller Hall Memorial Room
10/24: Center for Civic Engagement, Brown Bag Lunch, The '08 Elections: Are We on the Verge of Something Big?, 12:30-1:25 p.m., Think Tank, Tyler Haynes Commons
10/24: Modlin Center, Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited, 7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music
10/26: Department of Music Free Concert Series, Duo Piano Recital, Richard Becker and Doris Wylee-Becker, 3:00 p.m., Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music
10/30: WILL Speaker Series, American Apartheid: Race, History and Medical Logic, 7:00 p.m., Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall
10/31: Center for Civic Engagement, Brown Bag Lunch, Making a Living, Making a Difference, 12:30-1:25 p.m., Think Tank, Tyler Haynes Commons
November
11/2: Department of Music Free Concert Series, Schola Cantorum and the University Women’s Chorale, 2-3:00 p.m., Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music
11/ 5: Jepson Leadership Forum, Abraham Lincoln and Shaping of Public Opinion, 7:00 p.m., Jepson Alumni Center
11/7: Center for Civic Engagement, Brown Bag Lunch, Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights, 12:30-1:25p.m., Think Tank, Tyler Haynes Commons
11/7-11/8: Department of Music Free Concert Series, Third Practice Electro Acoustic Music Festival, Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music
11/10: Modlin Center, Frank Rich, New York Times columnist, 7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music
11/11-11/12: Modlin Center, Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile, 7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music
11/13: Department of Music Free Concert Series, David Esleck Trio, 7:30 p.m., Perkinson Recital Hall, North Court
11/14: Center for Civic Engagement, Brown Bag Lunch, Race and Football in the Classic City: High School Desegregation in Athens, Georgia, 12:30-1:45 p.m., Think Tank, Tyler Haynes Commons
11/15: Modlin Center, The Skin of Our Teeth, Presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance, 7:30 p.m., Alice Jepson Theatre
11/16: Department of Music Free Concert Series, University Wind Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music
11/17: Department of English Writers’ Series, Bliss Broyard, American fiction writer and memoirist, 4:00 p.m., Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall
11/21: Center for Civic Engagement, Brown Bag Lunch, Art for Social Change, 12:30-1:25 p.m., location TBD
11/21: University Museums, Music and Lecture with Abdallah Zablong Zakariah, 6:30-8:00 p.m., Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall.
11/24: Department of Music Free Concert Series, University Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo, 7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music
