Winter Lecture Series 2013
From Hollywood Boulevard to Main Street and Capitol Square, historic preservation takes a leading role!
New Format!
Lecture begins at 6 p.m. Enjoy wine, cheese, and conversation with our speakers from 7 to 8 p.m. immediately following the presentation.
All lectures will be held at St. Catherine's Middle School Auditorium, located in the basement of Hannah Washington Hall (#3 on the map).
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"Walk in the Footsteps of Spielberg and Lincoln"
January 31
Andy Edmunds
From Hannibal to Lincoln Richmond has been home to a very successful film and television production industry.
Director of the Virginia Film Office, Andy Edmunds, discusses how historic preservation plays a vital role in the success of the Virginia film industry. Learn what producers look for when they come to Virginia, hear Edmunds' stories from working with Spielberg, and discover how Richmond provides an authentic, historic background for many films.
Ticket $30
"In With the Old"
February 28
Moderated by Tom Silvestri
Meet the faces of Richmond's revitalization! These developers are championing historic preservation by creatively adapting buildings that are transforming our city. Tom Silvestri of the Richmond Times-Dispatch will explore the individual passion, innovation and imagination exhibited in each one's work which collectively exemplifies a community embracing the future while preserving the past and renewing our urban environment.
Panelists include:
Robin Miller Miller & Associates
Scott Ukrop
3north
Clark Glavé
Ark Construction & Development
Richard Souter
The WVS Companies
Charles Macfarlane
Macfarlane Partners, LLC
Paul & Julie Weissend
Dovetail Construction Company, Inc.
Photo by Lee Brauer
Ticket $30
"Walls Do, Indeed, Talk"
March 26
First Lady Maureen McDonnell
Mary Miley Theobald
March 26
First Lady Maureen McDonnell
Mary Miley Theobald
First House: Two Centuries with Virginia's First Families is a compelling chronicle of Virginia's 200-year-old executive mansion. Created to coincide with the mansion's bicentennial in 2013, First House brings to life the private stories of the governors and their families who shaped the destiny of this unique home. Lavishly illustrated with images old and new, most shared here for the first time, the book traces triumph and tragedy through the turbulence of wars, fires, economic depressions, and renovations in a story that mirrors Virginia's progress from the nineteenth century into the twenty-first. This stately home on Capitol Square, completed in 1813 and occupied by more than fifty "first families," has truly earned its place in history as Virginia's "First House."
After the talk, the author and First Lady will be available to sign books (available for purchase at event).
Ticket $30
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