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Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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UMW‘s own Dr. Raymond Tuttle (Health Promotion and Student Support Specialist) will take us on a voyage through the music that was (and wasn‘t) used in Kubrick‘s film, including how it was used (and misused).
Sponsor: Carol Wachter
Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 1:00 PM
TOUR
Tour Stratford Hall with tour guides Kelly Childress and Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz. The tour will include the exhibit, "Stratford at the Crossroads: Atlantic Cultures and the Creation of America" plus a visit to the 18th century kitchen and great house, ancestral home of the Lees (4 generations) of Virginia.
Sponsor: Randy Fennemore
Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 1:00 PM
North Bldg Loft
A historical fiction novel about the life of Mileva Maric, a brilliant physicist and the wife of Albert Einstein, exploring her contributions to his theories.
Discussion Leader: Siham Alfred
Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 5:00 PM
ZOOM ONLY
MWES Members gather together for a Virtual Wine & Cheese Hour using ZOOM for active discussions of various topics.
Topic: Pet peeves: those little things in life that really annoy you (nothing controversial, no politics or religion or specific people) just everyday things that bug you.
Sponsor: Gail Oakes
Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 1:00 PM
ZOOM ONLY
A historical fiction novel about the life of Mileva Maric, a brilliant physicist and the wife of Albert Einstein, exploring her contributions to his theories.
Discussion Leader: Dianne Brown
Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 10:00 AM
CANCELLED
In addition to the infamous Boston Tea Party, there were 17 other ‘tea parties‘ or protests in the various colonies, all occurring 250 years ago in 2024. Join author and historian Bert Dunkerly to learn about these lesser-known Tea Parties, and how Tea and Taxes led to Revolution.
Sponsor: Carolyn Sulima
Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Klein Theatre
Join Marc Williams, Assistant Professor of the UMW Dept of Theatre and Dance, for the preview of Twelve Angry Jurors, a play that contemplates the huge responsibility of 12 ordinary people as they consider the guilt or innocence of a young man.
Sponsors: Bob and Carole Hanus
Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 1:30 PM
TOUR
NOTE UNUSUAL START TIME
Dr. Tracy Stonestreet, Director of UMW Galleries, will direct our two tours of the Ridderhof Martin and DuPont galleries.
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stana
Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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.
Sponsor: Joe Alfred
Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 1:00 PM
HYBRID
ElderStudy member and Germanna emeritus Professor of Psychology Gayle Wolfe will discuss the unconscious influence of gender roles in our lives.
Sponsor: Siham Alfred
Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 10:00 AM
ZOOM ONLY
This session, hosted by Dean of Arts and Sciences Keith Mellinger and Assistant Dean Betsy Lewis, will include a panel of students who participated in the 2024 Summer Workshops mentored by UMW faculty. They will discuss their work in science, math, the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Sponsor: Carolyn Eldred
Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 10:00 AM
ZOOM ONLY
Nancy Baker, Classicist by training and educator of classical languages, philosophy, and the history of ideas, returns to ElderStudy to explore the effect color has on art.
The language of art began to change dramatically when color stopped being subtle or natural in the 1880s. Color expressed emotion and revealed the vibrations of the world as music does. See the Breton landscape through the eyes of Gauguin, Bertrand, Serusier, Bonnard and others who painted both the land and the Celtic culture there since Gallic times. Art history doubles as a travelogue!
Sponsor: Penny Kaloudis
Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 10:00 AM
UHall ONLY
Author and cinephile Gary Olsen brings the Life and Films of Ingmar Bergman to ElderStudy.
A favorite of many filmmakers, Swedish director Ingmar Bergman left a legacy of movies which both entertained and provided deep spiritual and moral lessons for his vast loyal film audiences. We’ll examine such classics as The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Persona and Fanny and Alexander, showing clips from these and other Bergman films while looking at his fascinating life.
Sponsor: Joe Alfred
Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 1:00 PM
HYBRID
Karen Laino Giannuzzi, MWC 1971, has held a variety of positions at NATO over many years. She will speak about the role and history of the organization over the decades.
Sponsor: Carolyn Eldred
Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 10:00 AM
TOUR RSVP
Barbra Anderson, Events Coordinator for the Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, encourages us to let the streets of Fredericksburg act as our textbook in this introductory crash course on architectural basics.
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stana
Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 10:00 AM
HYBRID
Historian David Lassman brings us the story of Analostan Island, Theodore Roosevelt Island, which has been home to many different people.
Sponsor: Charlie Fennemore
Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 10:00 AM
HYBRID
Kevin McCluskey, UMW Associate Professor of Theatre & Dance, investigates how costume designers move from words on a page to a costume on the stage.
Sponsor: Bob & Carole Hanus
Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 1:00 PM
North Bldg Loft
A riveting novel set in a bygone America that explores family, wealth and ambition through linked narratives rendered in different literary styles, a complex examination of love and power in a country where capitalism is king.
Discussion Leader: Michael Millard
Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 5:00 PM
ZOOM ONLY
MWES Members gather together for a Virtual Wine & Cheese Hour using ZOOM for active discussions of various topics.
Topic: A mystery! You are requested to have your cell phone handy.
If you don‘t have one, you will still be able to participate.
Sponsor: Donna Lewis
Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 10:00 AM
ZOOM ONLY
There has been much discussion regarding AI in the classroom, but what about on the stage?
Michael Benson, Assistant Professor, UMW Theatre, will examine some AI tools that have the potential to reshape how theatre is created and will discuss the benefits and pitfalls.
Sponsor: Bob & Carole Hanus
Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 10:00 AM
HYBRID
Naturalist Jon Bachman returns to Elderstudy to explore the recent discoveries of over 50 animals and plants fossils from the mid Pleistocene of Virginia; extinct bears, large cats, canids, sloths‘, elephants, tapirs, elk....and more. These fossils reveal the unique world of the Mid-Pleistocene in Virginia 1.6 million years ago.
Sponsor: Charlie Fennemore
Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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.
Sponsor: Joe Alfred
Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 10:00 AM
HYBRID
Representatives from Navy Federal Credit Union provide ES members with guidance about how to prevent financial fraud and what to do if it happens to you. They will also discuss the differences between the various mobile payment apps such as: Zelle, Venmo, Cashapp, etc, as well as the pro’s and con’s of using a Credit Card vs. a Debit card for purchases.
Sponsor: Carol Wachter
Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 11:00 AM
HYBRID
This is the open forum designed to communicate directly with your fellow members, to better learn how ElderStudy works, to better understand the issues that are facing the organization, and to vote on those critical issues facing us. In addition, new members can meet and develop friendships with like-minded persons, and long term members can renew old friendships.
Sponsor: Linda Hill
Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 1:00 PM
ZOOM ONLY
A riveting novel set in a bygone America that explores family, wealth and ambition through linked narratives rendered in different literary styles, a complex examination of love and power in a country where capitalism is king.
Discussion Leader:
Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 10:00 AM
TOUR - RSVP
An ElderStudy tradition, tour guide Kim Harmon takes you on a walk to explore Fredericksburg‘s "Haunted Histories" which follows a different path for ghostly and historic tales.
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stana
Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 4:00 PM
TOUR - RSVP
An ElderStudy tradition, tour guide Kim Harmon takes you on a walk to explore Fredericksburg‘s "Haunted Histories" which follows a different path for ghostly and historic tales.
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stana
Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 10:00 AM
ZOOM ONLY
Ayn Welleford, professor of Gerontology at Virginia Commonwealth University, will discuss the dangers of ageism and ways to create the right conditions for positive longevity.
Sponsor: Joe Alfred
Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 1:00 PM
ZOOM ONLY
Dr. Christine Henry, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Historic Preservation, will discuss the Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail.
Sponsor: Carolyn Eldred
Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 10:00 AM
ZOOM ONLY
Carol Louise Smith, a native of Fredericksburg with a love for travel, and her tour guide, Nina Sue Ardishvilli, a native of Georgia, will discuss travels in Georgia, the country not the state.
Sponsor: Randy Fennemore
Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Klein Theatre
Join Gregg Stull, Chair of the UMW Dept of Theatre and Dance, in the Klein Theatre, for the preview of Nunsense.
When the culinarily challenged Sister Julia, Child of God, unintentionally poisons her
fellow sisters with tainted soup, only five Little Sisters of Hoboken remain to carry on
their cloister’s mission.
Sponsors: Bob & Carole Hanus
Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 1:30 PM
TOUR
NOTE UNUSUAL START TIME
Dr. Tracy Stonestreet, Director of UMW Galleries, will direct our two tours of Ridderhof Martin Gallery and duPont Gallery: Mid-Atlantic New Painting. Take a sneak peek at our biannual juried exhibition, 2024 Mid-Atlantic New Painting, before it opens to the public on November 7!
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stana
Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 1:00 PM
ZOOM ONLY
The Membership Committee is responsible for outreach to our members. Members are always welcome to attend our meetings.
Sponsor: Donna Lewis
Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 5:00 PM
ZOOM ONLY
MWES Members gather together for a Virtual Wine & Cheese Hour using ZOOM for active discussions of various topics.
Topic:
Sponsor:
Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 10:00 AM
HYBRID
Elizabeth A. Fisher, Professor Emerita, Departments of Classics and Archaeological Studies at Randolph-Macon College, looks at the earliest inter-continental trade between Europe and Africa, and how those early connections established patterns that still affect us in the 21st century.
Sponsor: Mark Keith
Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM
ZOOM ONLY
Stephen Farnsworth, UMW Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and frequent news commentator, returns to ElderStudy to give us his analysis of the 2024 election.
Sponsor: Joe Alfred
Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 1:00 PM
North Bldg Loft
This stunning novel fictionalizes the shameful real life 1912 displacement of the racially diverse residents of an island off Maine, after enduring as a racially integrated community for over a century.
Discussion Leader: Keith Morgenheim
Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM
ZOOM ONLY
This stunning novel fictionalizes the shameful real life 1912 displacement of the racially diverse residents of an island off Maine, after enduring as a racially integrated community for over a century.
Discussion Leader:
Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 10:00 AM
ZOOM ONLY
As a follow up to his 2023 lecture on Syria, Dr. Joshua Landis, Professor at the University of Oklahoma and an expert on Syria, will discuss Syria‘s economy and Syria‘s efforts to normalize relations with regional governments, the Kurds, Turkey and Syrian refugees.
Sponsor: Siham Alfred
Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 1:00 PM
ZOOM ONLY
The Administration Committee develops policies and plans for operating the organization. Members are always welcome to attend our meetings.
Sponsor: Ellen Brown
Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 10:00 AM
HYBRID
Bulent Atalay, PhD will discuss his recent book, BEYOND GENIUS: A Journey Through the Characteristics and Legacies of Transformative Minds. The book provides an in-depth and unified exploration of genius in the arts and sciences through the life and works of five seminal intellectual and cultural figures.
Sponsor: Phil Hall
Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 1:00 PM
HYBRID
Author and former C-SPAN producer Andrew Och presents ElderStudy with an educational and entertaining journey through the Nation‘s history from the perspective of our First Ladies.
Sponsor: Susie Ellicott
Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 10:00 AM
HYBRID
Board meetings are open to all ElderStudy members. Come and witness firsthand the decision-making process that ensures that ElderStudy is meeting its objectives. This is a chance for all members to suggest new ideas for the organization directly to the Board and to committee chairpersons.
Sponsor: Linda Hill
Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 1:00 PM
North Bldg Loft
Salt -- A world history by Mark Kurlansky
A substance so valuable it served as currency, salt has influenced the establishment of trade routes and cities, provoked and financed wars, secured empires, and inspired revolutions. Best-selling author Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history: salt.
Discussion Leader: Leila Davis
Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 5:00 PM
ZOOM ONLY
MWES Members gather together for a Virtual Wine & Cheese Hour using ZOOM for active discussions of various topics.
Topic: What is your most memorable sports event? High school, college, in person or on TV, is there a game--baseball, football, soccer, tennis, etc--that you can‘t forget.
Sponsor: Joe & Siham Alfred
Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 1:00 PM
ZOOM ONLY
A substance so valuable it served as currency, salt has influenced the establishment of trade routes and cities, provoked and financed wars, secured empires, and inspired revolutions. Best-selling author Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history: salt.
Discussion Leader:
Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 11:00 AM
RSVP $
Join your fellow ElderStudy members for our annual Holiday Luncheon and Social.