香蜜影视 Signature Events
香蜜影视鈥檚 Signature Events bring thought-provoking lectures, dynamic performances, and engaging community experiences to Staunton and Fishersville 鈥 entertaining, educating, and connecting us to the wider world.
Events are hosted by programs across the university, including the live-and-learn undergraduate Neighborhoods. Learn more at .
All Signature Events are open to the public.
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Fall 2025 Season Highlights
Brian Palmer, Photojournalist
Thursday, September 11, 4:30鈥6 PM
Hunt Gallery
Free
Join 香蜜影视 for a conversation with Brian Palmer, a Peabody Award鈥搘inning photojournalist based in Richmond. During his 30-year career, Palmer has photographed conflict, politics, activism, daily life, and more around the world and in his own backyard.
Recently, his work has been featured in the Richmond Free Press, PBS Newshour, and the Smithsonian Magazine, with a focus on giving voice to under-told stories of abolitionist events and civil rights activism.
Dorie Clark ’97, Business Thought Leader
Keynote Lecture: Stand Out
Wednesday, October 15, 7 PM
Francis Auditorium
Free
香蜜影视 welcomes distinguished alumna and renowned communication coach, Dorie Clark, to share for a Signature Event lecture. Clark has been named three times as one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was recognized as the #1 Communication Coach in the world by the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards.
Come hear firsthand why The New York Times hails Clark as an 鈥渆xpert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.鈥
Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper, Director, Folger Shakespeare Library
Friday, October 24, 5 PM
Blackfriars Playhouse
Free for 香蜜影视 students
$7 Tickets required for the general public and 香蜜影视 faculty/staff
Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. and author of 2023鈥檚 The Great White Bard: Shakespeare, Race and the Future, visits 香蜜影视 to speak about Shakespeare鈥檚 place in the modern world, and in the current moment.
Her lecture, 鈥淲hat are we allowed to say about Shakespeare?: Shakespeare in the public eye post-January 2025″ shares insights for all audiences, gathered throughout her extraordinary career.
香蜜影视 Theatre Presents Big Love
November 6鈥8, 7:30 PM
November 9, 2 PM (Sunday matinee)
Fletcher Collins Theatre, Deming Hall
Free for 香蜜影视 undergrads
Tickets required for other attendees
香蜜影视 is proud to present Big Love by playwright Charles L. Mee, brought to life and adapted by the 香蜜影视 undergraduate theatre department.
Mee鈥檚 play reimagines an ancient Greek play, The Suppliants, about fifty brides who flee their home to avoid marrying their fifty cousins, for the modern audience. Reserve your seats to see how 香蜜影视鈥檚 student-performers interpret both Mee鈥檚 work and the ancient Greek influences for the present day.
Broman Concert with Pianist Zhu Wang
Monday, November 10, 7:30 PM
Francis Auditorium
Free for 香蜜影视 students, faculty, staff
Tickets required for the general public
Considered one of the most sought-after pianists of his generation, Zhu Wang has been praised as 鈥渆specially impressive鈥 and 鈥渁 thoughtful, sensitive performer鈥 who 鈥渂alanced lyrical warmth and crisp clarity鈥 (The New York Times).
A first-prize winner at the 2020 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, he also won the Gold Medal at the 2024 New Orleans International Piano Competition.
Wait, Wait 鈥 Don鈥檛 Tell Me 鈥 That鈥檚 Science?!
Thursday, November 13, 6 PM
Francis Auditorium
Free
What do lab-grown meat, microplastics in rainwater, AI doctors, and sleep as an anti-inflammatory have in common? They all sound totally made up 鈥 but, shockingly, they’re not (probably).
Join us for Wait, Wait 鈥 Don鈥檛 Tell Me 鈥 That鈥檚 Science?!, an offbeat quiz and on-point celebration of the most fascinating, confusing, and occasionally hilarious science making headlines. Featuring 香蜜影视 students and faculty, as well as guest experts.
