A Program of Virginia Humanities
Jonathan Eig, author of Ali: A Life, will speak at the annual Read & Lead Lunch on March 18, 2020.
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Tags: African American, Biography / Memoir, Book Club Picks, Headliners, Health / Mind / Body, Nonfiction, Sports / Outdoors / Animals
Hear Charlotte McDaniel (Stories Untold), Kara Dixon Vuic (The Girls Next Door), and Monica Zgustova (Women’s Voices From the Gulag) share the untold accounts of women affected by conflict, through marriage to servicemen, through service on the front lines, and imprisonment in the Soviet Gulag. FREE to attend and open to the public.
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Tags: Current Affairs / World Affairs / War, Gender, History, Nonfiction
Gerard Robinson (Education for Liberation), Kimberly Jenkins Robinson (A Federal Right to Education), and Ethan Schrum (The Instrumental University) consider how we arrived at current disparities in U.S. educational policy and practice—from grade school failures to poor prison education to post-war university missions—and discuss potential reforms in policy and legislation. FREE to attend and open to the public.
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Tags: Education / Teaching, Nonfiction
Listen to and honor the Women’s Initiative’s “Challenge Into Change” essay contest participants while celebrating the power of storytelling as a way towards healing and empowerment. Jaquira Díaz (Ordinary Girls: A Memoir) will read from her work, contest participants will be recognized, and the top three award recipients will read from their own work. Book sales and signing will follow. FREE to attend and open to the public.
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Tags: Biography / Memoir, Family / Aging, Gender, Health / Mind / Body, Language / Culture / Folklife, Latinx, LGBTQ, Nonfiction, Publishing / Books / Writing, Social Justice
Memoirists Adrienne Brodeur (Wild Game), M. Randal O’Wain (Meander Belt), and Maureen Stanton (Body Leaping Backward) discuss the complicated stories of their dysfunctional families, each dysfunctional in its own way. The authors provide unsparing yet compassionate observations of their parents’ choices and cultural landscapes, and uncover what that has come to mean in adulthood. FREE to attend and open to the public.
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The Food We Eat, the Stories We Tell anthology editor Elizabeth Engelhardt and contributors Jeff Mann (LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia) and Emily Wallace (Road Sides) discuss their experiences with Appalachian foodways and with the creation of an anthology honoring those traditions. FREE to attend and open to the public.
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Tags: Folklife, Food / Beer / Wine / Travel, Language / Culture / Folklife, Nonfiction, Southern / Appalachian
Brennan Gould, executive director of the Charlottesville Albemarle Community Foundation, Martin Lehfeldt and Jamil Zainaldin (coauthors, The Liberating Promise of Philanthropy), and Ken Woodley (The Road to Healing) probe the transformative use of economic support as one tool to address historical inequalities, along with the challenges in developing that societal and financial backing. Exploring Southern history along with the uses of philanthropy and reparations, the discussion offers valuable stories for nonprofit organizations, board members, donors, and their communities. FREE to attend and open to the public.
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Tags: African American, Arts, History, Nonfiction, Social Justice, Southern / Appalachian
Patricia Frye (The Medical Marijuana Guide), Nikki Furrer (A Woman’s Guide to Cannabis), and Lizzie Post (Higher Etiquette) discuss their nonfiction guides to marijuana, demystifying cannabis as an alternative medical treatment for some, tackling questions of etiquette and use in states where marijuana is already legal, and unpacking the ongoing processes of decriminalization and legalization across the country.
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Authors Casey Cep (Furious Hours) and Emma Copley Eisenberg (The Third Rainbow Girl) discuss their examinations of violent crime and imperfect justice in rural communities and the overreaching impact felt by community members and those who came to investigate and report. These stunning books include courtroom drama, individuals whose lives were devoted to uncovering unachievable truths, and small towns terrorized by fear. FREE to attend and open to the public.
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Tags: African American, Book Club Picks, History, Nonfiction, Southern / Appalachian
This program features stories written by adult community members who have gained literacy, academic skills, GED completion, and/or literacy in English as a second language. Audience members will receive a copy of the Voices of Adult Learners collection. Reception and book signing will follow. FREE to attend and open to the public.
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Tags: Biography / Memoir, Education / Teaching, Nonfiction, Publishing / Books / Writing
Belinda Smith-Sullivan (Just Peachy) leads a demonstration of one of her recipes while discussing the inspirations behind her cooking.
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Tags: Food / Beer / Wine / Travel, Nonfiction, Workshop / Demo
Carrie Frederick Frost (Maternal Body), Sonja Livingston (The Virgin of Prince Street), and Vanessa Ochs (The Passover Haggadah) discuss their explorations of religion, examining sacred texts, images, and traditions and how they inspire, transform, and perhaps unsettle our lives. FREE to attend and open to the public.
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Bernard L. Herman (A South You Never Ate: Savoring Flavors and Stories from the Eastern Shore of Virginia) and Charles Thompson, Jr. (Going Over Home: A Search for Rural Justice in an Unsettled Land) discuss their experiences working within the foodways and agricultural communities of the American South, sharing personal stories as well as insights into contemporary issues surrounding food. FREE to attend and open to the public.
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Tags: Biography / Memoir, Environment / Science, Folklife, Food / Beer / Wine / Travel, Language / Culture / Folklife, Nonfiction, Social Justice, Southern / Appalachian
Michael Keaveny (Tavola) leads a demonstration of one of his recipes while discussing the inspirations behind his cooking and his beloved Charlottesville restaurant.
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Tags: Food / Beer / Wine / Travel, Nonfiction, Workshop / Demo
Joe Yonan (Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with the World’s Most Versatile Plant-Based Protein, with 125 Recipes) leads a demonstration of one of his recipes while discussing his passion for cooking and food writing.
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Tags: Food / Beer / Wine / Travel, Nonfiction, Workshop / Demo
Lawrence Cappello (None of Your Damn Business), Anne Nelson (Shadow Network), and Lewis Raven Wallace (The View from Somewhere) pull back the curtain on critical issues of trust and betrayal, including technologies that trade in the use of personal information and those who create and influence today’s media: the journalists, the internet stars, and the puppeteers strategizing to garner support for certain social agendas. FREE to attend and open to the public.
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Explore existential questions with Lulu Miller (Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life), Maggie Paxson (The Plateau), whose personable books cross disciplines to blend science, biography, and history with memoir and introspection to delve deep into philosophical and moral issues. FREE to attend and open to the public.
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Tags: Biography / Memoir, Environment / Science, History, Nonfiction
Swap your gently used books for something new to you. It’s free, it’s fun, and it’s for all ages this year!
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Tags: Fiction, Nonfiction, Publishing / Books / Writing, StoryFest / Youth
Frank Pasciuti (Chrysalis Crisis: How Life’s Ordeals Can Lead to Personal & Spiritual Transformation) and Bobbi Patterson (Building Resilience Through Contemplative Practice) discuss their experience and writing, to offer responses to life’s ordeals, whether a physical or emotional crisis or burnout through service to a community. FREE to attend and open to the public.
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Tags: Health / Mind / Body, Nonfiction
Paul M. Farber (Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia) and Alan Goffinski, director of The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, discuss public art and socially engaged art as modes of creating community and fostering creative expression and understanding. FREE to attend and open to the public.
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Tags: Arts, Nonfiction, Workshop / Demo
The Charlottesville Chapter of The Links Incorporated presents its sixteenth annual Celebration of the African American Literary Tradition, including brunch, musical and spoken word performances by community youth, a tribute to book festival authors, book sales and signing. Tickets required.
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Tags: African American, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Join co-editor John Ragosta and contributors Carolyn Eastman and Ervin Jordan (The Founding of Thomas Jefferson’s University) in a discussion on the development of the University as a foundational institution of public education, dedicated to continually evolving in the theory and practice of educating future generations of Americans. FREE to attend and open to the public.
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Tags: History, Nonfiction
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