2023 VIP SEASON PASSUPDATED PRICING: $50 for the final speaker event, PLUS an invitation to the VIP reception.
Beer, wine, and hors d'oeuvres will be included at each reception. | |
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Elvatrice Belsches, October 19Thursday OCTOBER 19, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Elvatrice Belsches is an author, researcher, and public historian, specializing in chronicling the experiences of African-Americans in Richmond and beyond. She has authored several biographies for the “African American National Biography,” and served as a researcher for Steven Spielberg’s movie “Lincoln.” Her talk will be based on her book “Black American Series: Richmond, Virginia.” | |
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The Hon. George F. Allen, Feb 9 (Sold Out)Thursday FEBRUARY 9, 2023 at 7:00 PM
George Allen served as the 67th Governor of Virginia from 1994-1998, and served as U.S. Senator from Virginia from 2001-2007. A self described “Common Sense Jeffersonian Conservative,” Governor Allen’s talk will be entitled “The competition between the laboratories of democracy and innovation.” | |
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Ryan K. Smith, Ph.D., May 25 (Sold Out)Thursday MAY 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Dr. Smith is an author and Professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University, specializing in American religious history, material culture, and historic preservation. His talk will pull from his most recent book, "Death and Rebirth in a Southern City: Richmond's Historic Cemeteries” and will be entitled “Liberty and Death in St. John’s Churchyard.” | |
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Carolyn Eastman, Ph.D., July 20 (Sold Out)Thursday JULY 20, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Dr. Eastman is an author and Professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University, with special interest in eighteenth and nineteenth-century histories of political culture, the media, and gender. Her talk will be based on her first book “A Nation of Speechifiers: Making an American Public after the Revolution,” which examines how ordinary women and men came to understand themselves as “Americans” after the Revolution. | |
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