Cultural Arts Events

To learn more about a specific event or sponsoring unit, please follow the event links below or use the navigation links to the left. For information about ticketed events, please visit the W&M Box Office.

October 14 - January 24 | Sadler Center
Works of the Studio Art faculty will be featured at the Muscarelle Museum of Art from through Oct. 25. This unique exhibition is a long-standing tradition at William & Mary, and a collaboration between the Art and Art History Department and the Muscarelle Museum of Art.

November 5, 5:00 PM - November 9
A two film series by Russian historical documentary maker Evgeny Tsymbal, capped with a talk by the filmmaker

November 6, 5:00 PM | Andrews Hall 101
Famed studio assistant Gerard Malanga was Warhol’s right-hand man during the height of production in the famous Factory. He will talk on his relationship with Andy Warhol and the Screen Test film portraits they produced together. Along with his talk, Malanga will also read from his own poetry projects and take audience questions.

November 7 - January 17October 14 - January 24November 6, 5:00 PMNovember 17, 6:00 PMDecember 4, 5:00 PM | Muscarelle Museum of Art/Lamberson Hall

November 7, 8:00 PM | Wren Chapel
Music in memory of Purcell, Handel, and...John Calvin (?!) Premiere of several very unusual new instruments in our collection.

November 7, 8:00 PM | Bruton Parish Church

November 9, 7:00 PM | Blow Hall 332
Alum and independent producer Megan Gilbride with show her newest fiction feature, "Lovers of Hate" (directed by Bryan Poyser), and talk about making her way from W&M, through film school, and into the world of indie production.

November 10, 8:00 PM | Lodge One

November 11, 5:00 PM
Wednesday, November 11 is the deadline for entering these two contests. Winning entries will show at this year's Global Film & Music Festival, February 18-21, 2010.

November 11, 7:30 PM | Williamsburg Library Theater
Noted for their "polish, vigor, and an exemplary sense of style" (The Washington Post), these three great French soloists have been connected by their love of chamber music since they were students at the National Conservatory of Music in Paris. Tickets: $8/$5 students.

November 12 - November 14 | Colonial Williamsburg, College of W&M, Bruton Parish Church
The music departments of historic Bruton Parish Church and the College of William and Mary will join with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation for A Handel Festival: Music in the World of George Frideric Handel.

November 12, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Print exhibition curated by Professor Brian Kreydatus.

November 13, 1:30 PM | College of William and Mary, Wren Building, Great Hall
The Great Hall of the Wren Building on the campus of The College of William and Mary provides an especially apt setting for this performance by The Botetourt Chamber Singers...(click for more details)

November 13, 3:00 PM | College of W&M, Wren Great Hall
The Great Hall of the Wren Building on the campus of The College of William and Mary provides an especially apt setting for this performance by the Botetourt Chamber Singers...(click for more details)

November 13, 7:30 PM | Ewell Recital Hall
Under the direction of Professor Tim Olbrych.

November 13, 8:00 PM - November 15, 2:00 PM | Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall - Mainstage
Music by Alan Mencken; Book by Howard Ashman; Directed by Christopher Owens; Musical direction by Gary Green It's a tough sell down at Skid Road Florists, even for a botanical nerd like Seymour, until a mysterious plant arrives that changes everything. Suddenly customers ( and girls) are breaking down the doors to see this wonderful specimen. There's only one problem - its " diet" is well...blood. Great 60's style music, outlandish comic characters, and creepy special effects combine to keep you on the edge of your seat.

November 14, 11:00 AM | College of William and Mary, Wren Building, Great Hall
Timothy Olbrych, guitar instructor and member of the performing artist faculty at the College of William and Mary, presents a concert of guitar transcriptions of Handel and other baroque music. (45 minutes) Festival pass only.

November 14, 6:00 PM | Tidewater A & B, Sadler Center
Featuring the W&M Middle-Eastern Music Ensemble, the W&M Indonesian Gamelan Ensemble, and North Indian Classical Sitar and Tabla playing by Professor Max Katz.

November 14, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Bruton Parish Church Sanctuary
Handel Festival event with the College of W&M Wren Masters Baroque Quartet, Thomas Marshall, Harpsichord, Ruth van Baak Griffioen, Recorder, Sarah Glosson, Baroque Cello, Susan Via, Baroque Violin. Festival pass or a separate $10 ticket.

November 15, 8:00 PM | Kimball Theatre
General admission $8, Seniors/Students $5. The ensemble will be joined by the William and Mary Jazz Combo, under the direction of Harris Simon.

November 16, 7:30 PM | Ewell Recital Hall
Select students currently taking private lessons perform.

November 16, 8:00 PM | Adair Dance Studio
No admission charge

November 17, 6:00 PM | Muscarelle Museum of Art/Lamberson Hall
Student Curator, Rusty A. Meadows, will talk on the process of co-curating and organizing the exhibition Deeply Superficial: Andy Warhol’s “Voyeurism.” The audience will experience a visual journey through the exhibition process, from selecting works to the opening reception.

November 19, 8:00 PM - November 22, 2:00 PM | Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall - Mainstage
Music by Alan Mencken; Book by Howard Ashman; Directed by Christopher Owens; Musical direction by Gary Green

November 19, 8:00 PM | Ewell Recital Hall
Tickets: $2

November 21, 3:00 PM | Ewell Recital Hall

November 21, 7:30 PM | Ewell Recital Hall

November 22, 7:00 PM | Chesapeake B and C, Sadler Center

December 2, 3:30 PM | Adair Dance Studio
No admission charge

December 2, 7:00 PM | Ewell Recital Hall

December 2, 8:00 PM | Phi Beta Kappa Hall
Tickets: $8/students $2

December 3, 8:00 PM | Phi Beta Kappa Hall
The Botetourt Chamber Singers, W&M Women's Chorus, and W&M Choir perform. Tickets: $9/students $3.

December 4, 5:00 PM | Andrews Hall 101
Robin Kelsey is Shirley Carter Burden Professor of Photography and Director of Graduate Studies in the History of Art and Architecture Department at Harvard University. He is also a member of the Committee on Higher Degrees in the History of American Civilization and a Faculty Associate of the Center for the Environment. His book, Archive Style: Photographs and Illustrations for U.S. Surveys, 1850-1890, was published in 2007 by the University of California Press, and his book on photography and chance is scheduled to appear, also from UC Press, in 2010. With Blake Stimson, he co-edited a book entitled The Meaning of Photography, published by the Clark Art Institute and Yale University Press in 2008.

December 4, 7:00 PM | Ewell Recital Hall
W&M students present their original compositions.

December 4, 8:00 PM | Phi Beta Kappa Hall
Glazunov: Violin Concerto, with Pavel Ilyashov, violin; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in e minor. Tickets: $8/$2 students/free for children under 12

December 5, 8:00 PM | Phi Beta Kappa Hall
The Botetourt Chamber Singers, W&M Women's Chorus, and W&M Choir perform. Tickets: $9/students $3.

December 6, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Colonial Williamsburg

December 8, 7:00 PM | Ewell Recital Hall
Under the direction of Peter DuBeau

December 11, 8:00 PM - December 12, 10:30 PM | Bruton Parish Church
The second of the two part Handel festival, December 11-12, features a candlelight performance of the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah in Bruton Parish Church. An orchestra, soloists, and the choir of Bruton Parish Church will be under the musical direction of Rodney Eichenberger. Separate $15 ticket; $10 if purchased with festival registration.

January 15, 5:00 PM | Muscarelle Museum of Art/Lamberson Hall
Director’s Fellow, Christina Carroll, will talk on contemporary issues in art copyright and how they relate to exhibition formation, using the Warhol exhibition as an example.

February 7, 7:00 PM | Kimball Theatre
Tickets: $15

February 18, 8:00 PM - February 20, 8:00 PM | Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall - Studio Theatre
Directed by Jason Blackwell

February 25, 8:00 PM - February 28, 2:00 PM | Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall - Mainstage
By Sarah Ruhl; Directed by Elizabeth Wiley

February 28, 8:00 PM | Catholic Campus Ministries, Chapel

March 2, 8:00 PM | Phi Beta Kappa Hall
Program featuring Elgar's Cello Concerto with Professor Neal Cary, cello. Tickets: $8/$2 students/free for children under 12.

March 21, 8:00 PM | Ewell Recital Hall
"The members of Flexible Music are undaunted by the repertoire's formidable demands. The results are varied and vital, a feast of intimate musical possibilities." (Gramophone, August 2009). With an instrumentation that blurs the line between jazz, rock, and classical music, Flexible Music is an ensemble of saxophone, guitar, piano and percussion.

March 25, 8:00 PM - March 27, 8:00 PM | Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall
Choreography by members of Orchesis dance company; $10 General Admission; $5 Students

April 8, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | Andrews Gallery
Instructor Brad McLemore will exhibit his recent ceramic works.

April 10, 8:00 PM | Williamsburg Presbyterian Church
Halcyon Trio Oregon-soprano Jackie Van Paepeghem, trumpeter Joan Haaland Paddock and pianist/organist Debra Huddleston-is a versatile chamber music ensemble of engaging performers. Unusual in its instrumentation, the Trio brings to life sacred and secular music from the Eleventh through the Twenty-first century.

April 10, 8:00 PM | Bruton Parish Church

April 11, 3:00 PM | Wren Great Hall

April 15, 8:00 PM - April 17, 8:00 PM | Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall - Studio Theatre
Directed by Keegan Cassady

April 16, 8:00 PM - April 17, 8:00 PM | Adair Dance Studio
Choreography by students completing requirements for a Dance minor or Interdisciplinary Studies major; No admission charge

April 22, 8:00 PM - April 25, 2:00 PM | Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall - Mainstage
by Moliere; Directed by Richard Palmer

April 25, 8:00 PM | Ewell Recital Hall
Irfan Muhammad Khan is a master performer of the sarod, one of the most celebrated stringed instruments of North India. Mr. Khan descends from a long line of renowned sarod players who have passed their art--with its treasured oral traditions--from father to son in an unbroken chain stretching back to the early 19th century.

April 28, 8:00 PM | Phi Beta Kappa Hall
Program will feature the winner of 2010 Concerto Competition. Tickets: $8/$2 students/free for children under 12.

April 29, 4:30 PM | Adair Dance Studio
No admission charge

April 29, 8:00 PM | Phi Beta Kappa Hall
The Botetourt Chamber Singers, W&M Women's Chorus, and W&M Choir perform. Tickets: $9/students $3.

May 1, 8:00 PM | Phi Beta Kappa Hall
The Botetourt Chamber Singers, W&M Women's Chorus, and W&M Choir perform. Tickets: $9/students $3.