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Instructor: Leanne Clement
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Day of the Week: Th
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Dates: 2/20/2025 - 2/20/2025
Number of class sesssions in this course: 1
Fees:
Member: $12.00
Non-Member: $27.00
Course Location: Unity of Charlottesville - Sanctuary
Location Address: 2825 Hydraulic Road Charlottesville, VA 22901
Limit: 100
Course Description:
Charlottesville Opera’s 48th season brings two swashbuckling classics to The Paramount in summer 2025: Bizet’s Carmen and Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. These productions explore bold characters who forge their own paths, whether on land or at sea. General Director Dr. Leanne Clement and Education Director Dr. Bridgid Eversole delve into the themes of rebellion and independence that connect the stories of Carmen and the tender-hearted Pirates of Penzance, offering fresh insights into these timeless works. This discussion will include performances by two of Charlottesville Opera’s 2025 Ader Emerging Artists who will be in residence with the company, performing in shows and concerts throughout the summer.
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- Presenter: John Ragosta
- Date: 5/1/2025
- Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
- Day of the week: Th
- Location: Greencroft Club, 575 Rodes Drive Charlottesville, VA 22903
- Fees:
Member: $35.00
Non-Member: $50.00
- Non-refundable
Presentation Description:
In a democracy, how should citizens disagree with government policy? What is a “loyal opposition”?
In 1798, with partisan battles raging, Thomas Jefferson’s Kentucky Resolutions declared that a state could pronounce federal laws unconstitutional and “nullify” them – secession, state against the federal government, and state against state, threatened. Newspapers warned that “Civil War!” loomed.
George Washington begged Patrick Henry to come forth from retirement, oppose these dangerous policies, and save the union. While Henry had led opposition to ratifying the Constitution, he insisted that since “we the people” adopted the Constitution, anyone contesting federal policy must seek reform “in a constitutional way.”
Tellingly, within eight days of his Virginia Resolutions being adopted – Resolutions that were much milder than Jefferson’s Kentucky Resolutions – James Madison wrote Jefferson that they had gone too far. Jefferson, chastised, recognized the danger of the 1790s’ hyper-partisanship and reconsidered.
This story – recounted in For the People, For the Country: Patrick Henry’s Final Political Battle – is the story of how a democracy must work if it is to survive.
John Ragosta is a fellow at Virginia Humanities and previously was the Acting Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. He has taught law and history at the University of Virginia, George Washington University, and Hamilton, Oberlin, and Randolph Colleges. Dr. Ragosta’s most recent book – For the People, For the Country: Patrick Henry’s Final Political Battle – has received highly favorable reviews in the Wall Street Journal and New York Sun. He is also the author of Religious Freedom: Jefferson’s Legacy, America’s Creed (UVA Press, 2013) and several other works. Ragosta, an award-winning author and frequent commentator, holds both a PhD and a JD from the University of Virginia. Before returning to academia, Dr. Ragosta was a partner at Dewey Ballantine LLP. He is also a beekeeper.
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In partnership with American Shakespeare Center NEW!
Instructor: Aubrey Whitlock
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Day of the Week: Th
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Dates: 3/27/2025 - 4/24/2025
Number of class sessions in this course: 5
Fee: $55.00
Course Location: The Staunton Innovation Hub - Classroom
Location Address: 32 N. Augusta Street Staunton, VA 24401
Limit: 25
Course Description:
This course will offer participants introductory historical and contemporary context for each of the five plays in ASC’s 2025 spring and summer lineup of King Lear, Little Women, The Comedy of Errors, Sense & Sensibility, and The Winter’s Tale. Participants will come away from our meetings with more knowledge and insight about each play and the artists behind each production. Topics covered in each interactive discussion-based class meeting will include: the history of the play and its author(s), the play’s performance history, behind the scenes insights into our current production, and current events or themes in conversation with the production.
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In partnership with The Center.
Presenting a lecture series with Historian Rick Britton.
At first glance, Central Virginia—where Thomas Jefferson completely dominates the history—appears to be a Civil War black hole, a place where nothing happened. With this lecture series, Rick Britton hopes to revise that perception.
The lecture, “Jefferson Country in the Civil War”
Will be held on Th, 4/3/2025 at 3:00 PM
- “Jefferson Country in the Civil War” - Discover how the war erupted across Albemarle County; how the community supported the war effort; and how two U.Va. student companies participated in an extralegal expedition. Also: We’ll not forget our area’s African American soldiers—the United States Colored Troops (or USCTs)—and the UVA men who fought for the Union.
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In partnership with The Center.
Presenting a lecture series with Historian Rick Britton.
At first glance, Central Virginia—where Thomas Jefferson completely dominates the history—appears to be a Civil War black hole, a place where nothing happened. With this lecture series, Rick Britton hopes to revise that perception.
The lecture, “Saving Stonewall’s Bacon”
Will be held on Th, 4/10/2025 at 3:00 PM
- “Saving Stonewall’s Bacon” - On Sunday, June 8, 1862—while Maj. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s army was encamped at Port Republic—an aggressive Union cavalry force stormed into town threatening to capture his wagon train and General Jackson himself. One Southern unit stood in the way of this disaster—the brand-spanking-new Charlottesville Artillery.
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In partnership with The Center.
Presenting a lecture series with Historian Rick Britton.
At first glance, Central Virginia—where Thomas Jefferson completely dominates the history—appears to be a Civil War black hole, a place where nothing happened. With this lecture series, Rick Britton hopes to revise that perception.
The lecture, “Albemarle Boys in Pickett’s Charge”
Will be held on Th, 4/17/2025 at 3:00 PM
- “Albemarle Boys in Pickett’s Charge” - Pickett’s Charge, at the Battle of Gettysburg, is arguably the most famous attack in American history. Smack-dab in the middle of Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett’s Charge, 426 Central Virginians—most of whom hailed from Charlottesville and Albemarle County—traversed that vicious valley of death as the 19th Virginia Infantry.
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In partnership with The Center.
Presenting a lecture series with Historian Rick Britton.
At first glance, Central Virginia—where Thomas Jefferson completely dominates the history—appears to be a Civil War black hole, a place where nothing happened. With this lecture series, Rick Britton hopes to revise that perception.
The lecture, “The Surrender of UVA & Charlottesville”
Will be held on Th, 4/24/2025 at 3:00 PM
- “The Surrender of UVA & Charlottesville” - On March 3, 1865, as Union Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan’s cavalry army approached Charlottesville, the citizens frantically hid their valuables. Sheridan’s cavalrymen—because of the scorched-earth warfare they’d waged in the Shenandoah—were no less terrifying than the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Would they torch Charlottesville and the University of Virginia?
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In partnership with The Center.
Presenting a lecture series with Historian Rick Britton.
At first glance, Central Virginia—where Thomas Jefferson completely dominates the history—appears to be a Civil War black hole, a place where nothing happened. With this lecture series, Rick Britton hopes to revise that perception.
The lecture, Bonus Onsite Tour – “The Skirmish at Rio Hill”
Will be held on Sa, 4/26/2025 at 3:00 PM
- Bonus Onsite Tour – “The Skirmish at Rio Hill” - Class participants are invited to join Rick for an onsite presentation of Albemarle County’s only Civil War combat—Rio Hill. It was February 29, 1864, when Union Brig. Gen. George A. Custer rode into Albemarle County at the head of 1,500 horsemen. What was his purpose? How did it all fall out? Join us to find out!
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Free and Open to the Public!
- Date: 2/21/2025
- Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
- Day of the week: F
- Location: Unity of Charlottesville, 2825 Hydraulic Road Charlottesville, VA 22901
Presentation Description: Speaker: Scott C. Miller
Professor at UVA’s Darden School of Business
Pointing to well-known (and some lesser known) historical figures such as Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Henry George, UVA’s Scott C. Miller will show how the relationship between free markets and self-government has always been a flashpoint in American life. Controversies about capitalism and democracy have excited debates from the time of the America’s founding to the present.
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