On January 9 at 6 p.m., Brent Tarter will provide an eye-opening investigation of gerrymandering and its pervasive effect on our local, state, and national politics and government.
On February 13 at noon, Cynthia Kierner will deliver a Banner Lecture entitled “Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood.”
On February 27 at 6 p.m., Kelley Fanto Deetz will tell the untold stories of enslaved men and women who had a significant impact on the nation's culinary and hospitality traditions.
On March 17 at 6 p.m., Charlene Butts Ligon will tell the story of her mother, Evelyn T. Butts, a poor seamstress in Norfolk, Virginia, who became a forceful and courageous voting rights champion and won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that abolished the poll tax.
On May 21 at noon, Matt Peterschmidt, Dr. Eric Proebsting, and Betsy Worthington will deliver a Banner Lecture about the legacy of the Garden Club of Virginia in the context of current projects at Stratford Hall and Poplar Forest.