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  • Time in a Bottle: Musicals That Capture a Moment in History, Part 3
  • Dates: 9/8/2025 - 10/13/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 6
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Issa Puttre
    Fee: $0.00

    An in-depth look at musicals that explore either one specific historical event such as 1776 or Titanic, a specific decade such as Hair or Ragtime, or a historical figure like Hamilton or Evita. Part 2 will cover the 1800s to 1930s. Class will utilize both footage and music from shows to see how these musicals capture a moment in history.


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  • Shadows & Smoke: A Deep Dive into Film Noir
  • Dates: 9/9/2025 - 10/14/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 6
    Building: Williamsburg Regional Library
    Room: Theatre
    Instructor(s): Thomas Thompson
    Fee: $0.00

    This time we’ll be looking at two classic noirs from 1947 and a neo-noir from the last decade.

    The first, Out of the Past, is usually regarded as either the greatest or the second greatest (after Double In-demnity) noir ever made.


    The second, Odd Man Out, was filmed in Belfast, Ireland, and is arguably James Mason’s (the star) greatest film performance.


    The third, Drive, (2011) stars Ryan Gosling who can sing and dance and does neither in this film in which he is an icy professional driver for gangsters who makes it clear that he is the last person you ever want to cross.


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  • Mastering Your iPhone/iPad Camera & Photo Apps
  • Dates: 9/10/2025 - 9/24/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Online – Zoom
    Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
    Instructor(s): Rick Chase
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! Exploring the New Muscarelle Museum
  • Dates: 9/16/2025 - 9/16/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Muscarelle Museum
    Room: Event Hall
    Instructor(s): Sandra Stephan
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! Ludwig van Beethoven: A Musical Revolutionary
  • Dates: 9/22/2025 - 9/22/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Williamsburg Regional Library
    Room: Theatre
    Instructor(s): Dan Sherman
    Fee: $0.00


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  • "And What Do You Think You're Listening To?" A Composer's Toolbox
  • Dates: 9/29/2025 - 10/6/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 2
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2000
    Instructor(s): Tim Kloth
    Fee: $0.00


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  • The Kingston Trio & the Folk Era of the 1950s and 60s
  • Dates: 9/29/2025 - 10/13/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 3
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2010
    Instructor(s): Jim Morford, Greg Davy
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! The Life, Impact, and Art of Josiah Wedgwood
  • Dates: 9/30/2025 - 9/30/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Caroline Nicholson
    Fee: $0.00


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  • The World of Oriental Rugs
  • Dates: 9/30/2025 - 10/14/2025
    Times: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Shaia Oriental Rugs
    Room: Showroom
    Instructor(s): Frank Shaia, Bryan Siewert
    Fee: $0.00

    Join us to learn how rugs are made and the history of rugs through the ages including modern-day creations.


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  • NEW! Art That Transformed Our World
  • Dates: 10/2/2025 - 10/16/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Muscarelle Museum
    Room: Event Hall
    Instructor(s): Harry Chancey, Barbara Piatt, David Herald
    Fee: $0.00

    IMPORTANT! The class location AND capacity have changed for this 3-session course.
    Class now meets at Muscarelle Museum of Art, Event Hall, 60 seats.


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  • Through the Hollywood Lens: The Vietnam War
  • Dates: 10/3/2025 - 10/17/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Williamsburg Regional Library
    Room: Theatre
    Instructor(s): Scott Langhorst
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! The French Interior in the Eighteenth Century
  • Dates: 10/7/2025 - 10/14/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 2
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Caroline Nicholson
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! The Revolutionary Story of WILLIAMSBURG – The Story of a Patriot
  • Dates: 10/7/2025 - 10/21/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Richard McCluney
    Fee: $0.00

    IMPORTANT! Week 2 class meets at the Colonial Williamsburg Visitors’ Center; Weeks 1 and 3 are at Little Theatre in the Campus Center (on W&M campus)


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  • The Joy of Photography
  • Dates: 10/20/2025 - 12/1/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 6
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Colonial Echo
    Instructor(s): Michael Richardson, Wilson Hurst
    Fee: $0.00

    IMPORTANT! This class requires:

    • A working knowledge of your camera of choice, from Smartphone to professional medium format
    • Internet access to review training videos and to post images for review
    • Bring your camera to class!
       

    Also, there is NO CLASS on Nov 24 (Thanksgiving week)


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  • How to Take More Creative Photographs
  • Dates: 10/24/2025 - 11/7/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 3
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 1056
    Instructor(s): Carlo La Fiandra
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! Drawing in the Dark: A Salmagundi of Art and Design (with Drake)
  • Dates: 10/28/2025 - 11/18/2025
    Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 4
    Building: Online – Zoom
    Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
    Instructor(s): Roy Behrens
    Fee: $0.00

    Please read the course description -- this is NOT a hands-on art course!

    A salmagundi is an asssortment of this and that, a medley, or a potpourri. However mixed, this series of four engaging talks have certain things in common: They all pertain to vision, inventiveness and the arts –to quick-witted ways of looking atlife whether by frolicsome uses of words (metaphors, wit, and feigned mistakes), or by beguiling contrivances like metamorphosis, visual puns, and bewildering juxtapositions.

    Each session is a fast-paced, richly illustrated overview of surprising and often amusing effects, both historic and current, as presented by an artist, designer, writer and teacher. Creative minds are certain to enjoy this entertaining exploration of art in its many forms.

    The four sessions are:

    1.Teaching Drawing in the Dark;
    2. I Never Metamorphosis I Didn’t Like;
    3. The Purposeful Use of Confusion; and
    4. How I Once Made a Magazine.

     

    NOTE: The university is closed on Nov. 4 (Election Day) but this Zoom class will still meet on Nov. 4.


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  • UPDATED! The Art and Science of Capturing History - A Photographic Journey
  • Dates: 11/13/2025 - 12/4/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 3
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2010
    Instructor(s): John Hudson
    Fee: $0.00

    Photography is both science and art, inseparably linked. Join us as we explore the symbiosis between photography and painting that promises to spark both your curiosity and creativity.

     


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  • NEW! An In-Depth Visit to Five Medieval Cathedrals
  • Dates: 11/14/2025 - 12/5/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 3
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2030
    Instructor(s): Jan Smith
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! The English Country House and Garden: Part I: 1200-1700
  • Dates: 12/2/2025 - 12/9/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 2
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Paula Henderson
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! A Revolutionary Landscape: The 18th-century English Landscape Garden
  • Dates: 12/8/2025 - 12/8/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Paula Henderson
    Fee: $0.00


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