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Oct. 3
“Prunelle et Mélodie” by Mathieu Simonet (film/lecture)
4:35 p.m., McGraw-Page Library, Audio Visual Room
French film director/screenwriter and actor Mathieu Simonet will present his award-winning film short, “Prunelle et Mélodie,” a story of two exceptional young women. Prunelle is blind, Mélodie deaf and mute. Having met at an education center that is preparing them to adapt to daily life, they quickly become friends, learning how to communicate with one another in spite of their handicaps; in the process, they discover that they share a dream of living in a world where they are no longer limited. With ingenuity and determination, their dream becomes a reality. (In French with English subtitles.)
This event is free and open to the public.
Contact: Pam Cox (804) 752-3712, pamelacox@rmc.edu
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Oct. 13
Arthur McKinley Reynolds Lecture Series
An Evening with Charles Krauthammer
7:30 p.m. Blackwell Auditorium, R-MC Center for the Performing Arts (lecture)
At this time, public tickets to this event are sold out. If you have already reserved your tickets, they will be mailed within the next ten business days.
If you are interested in being put on a waiting list for tickets, please email alumniasst@rmc.edu and type "Charles Krauthammer Tickets" as the subject of your email. We will contact you only should tickets become available. |
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Commentator Charles Krauthammer will present “Miracle Cures, Favored Diseases, Government Control and Tort Reform: the Politics of Healthcare.” America has the best healthcare in the world but also the most expensive. Why? Krauthammer will discuss the United States health care inefficiencies, irrationalities and ideological distortions—and what should be done about them.
Krauthammer has written a syndicated column for The Washington Post since 1985 and in 1987 won a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. His weekly column is published in more than 250 newspapers worldwide. He is also a contributor to FOX News, appearing nightly on the evening news program Special Report with Bret Baier; a contributing editor to The Weekly Standard and The New Republic; and a weekly panelist on Inside Washington. His New Republic writings won the 1984 National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticism, the highest award in magazine journalism.
For three decades, his influential writings have helped frame the very shape of American foreign policy. He coined and developed The Reagan Doctrine (Time, April 1985), defined the structure of the post-Cold War world in The Unipolar Moment (Foreign Affairs, Winter 1990/1991), and outlined the principles of post-9/11 American foreign policy in his much-debated Irving Kristol Lecture, Democratic Realism (AEI Press, March 2004).
Krauthammer earned his B.A. from McGill University, was a Commonwealth Scholar in Politics at Oxford University, and earned a M.D. from Harvard. In 1978, he quit medical practice and moved to Washington, D.C. to help direct planning in psychiatric research in the Carter administration. In 1980, he served as a speechwriter to Vice President Walter Mondale.
An Evening with Charles Krauthammer is sponsored by R-MC’s Arthur McKinley Reynolds Lecture Series. Past guest speakers include former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist George Will. Both spoke to standing-room-only audiences.
Arthur McKinley Reynolds is a retired ophthalmologist who earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from R-MC in 1947 and a degree in medicine from VCU School of Medicine. He is a member of the Randolph-Macon Presidents and Heritage Societies, serves on the Boydton Society Executive Committee and previously served on the Society of Alumni Board of Directors.
This event is free and open to the public. General admission tickets must be reserved.
Contact: Pam Cox (804) 752-3712, pamelacox@rmc.edu.
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Oct. 19 - 22
Radium Girls by D. W. Gregory
8:00 p.m. Cobb Theatre, R-MC Center for the Performing Arts (drama presentation)
Set in 1926 and inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a watch-dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element—radium—that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with a terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. This production is directed by Annamaria Diaz ’12, as her senior project in drama.
The Box Office (a phone mailbox) begins taking reservations at 10:00 a.m. on October 10 at (804) 752-7316. Tickets are $5 per person, free to R-MC faculty, staff and students.
Contact: Pam Cox (804) 752-3712, pamelacox@rmc.edu
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Oct. 23
Richmond Symphony Orchestra: Metro Collection
Series 2 – Classical Symphony (music presentation)
2:00 p.m. Pre-Concert Lecture, Thomas Branch Atrium (Free)
3:00 p.m. Blackwell Auditorium, R-MC Center for the Performing Arts (Ticket required; see below)
(sponsored by Anita and John Werner '53)
2:00 p.m. - Get up close and personal with Music Director Steven Smith and Conductor Erin Freeman of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra. R-MC Professor of Music James Doering will lead a pre-concert discussion before each concert at R-MC.
This discussion is free and open to the public.
3:00 p.m. - Join Music Director Steven Smith and Associate Conductor Erin R. Freeman for a season of engaging chamber orchestra concerts designed to introduce you to both new orchestral favorites and time-tested treats. Enjoy these musical delights at Randolph-Macon College – the other home of the Richmond Symphony.
RSO music director and conductor Steven Smith will lead the orchestra as they present:
Revueltas Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca (Homage to Lorca)
Mozart Concerto TBD
Sibelius Pelleas and Melisande
Prokofiev Classical Symphony
Special pricing will be offered for the performances and subscription prices are also available at greater savings. To purchase, click on RSO or contact the Richmond Symphony Box office at (804) 788-1212. Admission at the door: $20 for adults, $18 for seniors, $10 for children, $5 for students with valid college ID. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Contact: Pam Cox (804) 752-3712, pamelacox@rmc.edu.
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Social Entrepreneurship Week at R-MC
Oct. 24
Impact Makers: A New Business Model
Speaker: Rodney Willett, Impact Makers
7:00 p.m. Topping Room of Old Chapel (lecture)
Rodney Willett is Vice President, Business Strategy for Impact Makers, a Richmond-based IT consulting firm. Impact Makers competes head-to-head for contracts in the highly competitive professional services consulting world, with one critical difference: “profits,” by corporate charter, go directly to its non-profit community partners.
A licensed Virginia attorney, Willett has more than 20 years of experience working with government and commercial entities and helping to meet their management and technology needs, including working for the global management consulting company North Highland, and directing Virginia’s state government Internet portal (www.virginia.gov). He is also on a number of local community boards and organizations.
This talk is part of Social Entrepreneurship Week and is co-sponsored by
R-MC’s Social Entrepreneurship Program, the economics/business and political science departments, and the ethics minor.
Contact: Pam Cox (804) 752-3712, pamelacox@rmc.edu
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Oct. 27
Social Entrepreneurship
Speaker: Martha Rollins, Boaz & Ruth
7:00 p.m. Topping Room of Old Chapel (lecture)
Martha Rollins is founder, CEO, and self-described “head cheerleader” for Boaz & Ruth, a non-profit located in Richmond’s historic Highland Park neighborhood. Boaz & Ruth helps some of the 200 people released from prison each week in the Richmond area, spurs commercial rehabilitation in a crime-ridden neighborhood, and forms healing cross-cultural bridges in the racially divided city. Today Boaz & Ruth maintains a used- furniture store, a café and catering operation, a clothing thrift shop, and moving and construction businesses, all to provide jobs and job training for ex-convicts, revitalization for the neighborhood, and revenue to run the program.
A Carytown antiques dealer for decades, Rollins is a 2006 recipient of the Purpose Prize, a $100,000 award from Civic Ventures for people in their 60s and beyond who are tackling society’s toughest problems.
This talk is part of Social Entrepreneurship Week at R-MC, and is sponsored by R-MC’s Social Entrepreneurship program.
Contact: Pam Cox (804) 752-3712, pamelacox@rmc.edu
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Oct. 27
J. Earl Moreland Lecture on Asia
Speaker: Raj Patel, Ph.D.
7:30 p.m., Blackwell Auditorium, R-MC Center for the Performing Arts (lecture)
Raj Patel, controversial author, journalist and food policy expert, continuously challenges our presumptions about the global food economy with his work both as a policy analyst and activist. He has worked for some of the most prestigious international organizations and protested against them, and constantly works to find ways to improve the global food system.
His most recent book, The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy, has been hailed as a thought-provoking piece that deeply probes the nation’s economic structure, explores the economy’s collapse, and paints a clear picture of how achieving a fairer society and sustainable economy are possible. He is also the author of the acclaimed book, Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System, which discusses the growing worldwide food crisis and what needs to be done to solve it.
The J. Earl Moreland Lecture on Asia brings a distinguished expert to the Randolph-Macon campus for a public lecture. The purpose of the lecture is to create greater student understanding and interest in Asian affairs through direct contact with distinguished scholars and prominent professionals. The lecture series was established through the generous donation of the late Dr. Lik Kiu Ding ’49 to commemorate Dr. J. Earl Moreland, who served as president of R-MC from 1939-67.
This event is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. A question and answer period and book signing will follow the lecture.
Contact: Pam Cox (804) 752-3712, pamelacox@rmc.edu
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