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ZOOM ONLY
MWES Members gather together for a Virtual Wine & Cheese Hour using ZOOM for active discussions of various topics.
Topic: Museums, unique, usual or ones you have enjoyed or found especially memorable.
Sponsor: Randy & Charlie Fennemore
HYBRID
AV Team Practice Meeting
University Hall ONLY
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it‘s too late.
Discussion Leader: Gail Oakes
ZOOM ONLY
Miko Peled, Founder and President of Palestine House of Freedom, is a writer and human rights activist born and raised in Jerusalem. He will discuss how Palestinians have been subjected to the horrors of occupation, apartheid and genocide.
Sponsor: Siham Alfred
ZOOM ONLY
The Curriculum Committee is responsible for planning the 45 plus programs that are scheduled each semester. We are always looking for that next new topic on our journey to lifelong learning. Come join us and help develop programs that are interesting and stimulating.
ZOOM ONLY
Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it‘s too late.
Discussion Leader:
ZOOM ONLY
In Summer 2024, UMW Theatre hosted a visit to London and Stratford-upon-Avon. UMW Theatre faculty and staff will explore London and Stratford as theatre destinations and discuss the major companies that shape both UK and US theatre.
Sponsor: Carolyn Eldred
UHall ONLY
ElderStudy member Preston Burns tells of his 11-day adventure: travel in Iran in May 2000. An amateur historian and well aware of the risks involved, Preston returned unscathed and ready to share his story.
Sponsor: Preston Burns
HYBRID
AV Team Practice Meeting
ZOOM ONLY
Drought is a topic that many do not want to accept in the garden.
Teri Speight, former Head Gardener for the City of Fredericksburg, author, blogger, podcaster and gardener, will share how to effectively deal with drought-like conditions in the garden in every season.
Sponsor: Dianne Brown
ZOOM ONLY
Whether they are real or imaginary, gardens are magical places. Nancy Baker, a classicist by training and educator of classical languages, philosophy, and the history of ideas, takes you to the gardens of the imagination created by artists and authors who share your delight in the mysterious and the enchanted.
Sponsor: Penny Kaloudis
HYBRID
Joe Wickens, Executive Director of Rappahannock Area Community Services (RACSB) will describe the many services that RACSB provides in the 41 sites in our five-county area, as well as workers on the street with residents and our Micah homeless neighbors.
Sponsor: Carol Walker
ZOOM ONLY
ElderStudy member Dennis Van Derlaske brings ElderStudy an encore presentation of his 2013 discussion about the Algonquin Hotel in New York City and the group of characters who met there in the 1920’s and ended up influencing 20th century American humor.
Sponsor: Dennis Van Derlaske