Suzanne Ramsey
Madison Heights Student to Perform Senior Voice Recital at SBC
Sweet Briar voice major from Madison Heights is a soprano.
Rockin’ for the Smile Benefit Concert for Operation Smile
Operation Smile specializes in children’s mouth surgeries.
SBC Writers Series Welcomes Hannah Tinti Nov. 5
Resurrection men, she learned, were thieves who dug up corpses…
VCCA Sculptor to Exhibit Work at Babcock Gallery
David Garratt’s sculptures to show at Babcock Gallery at Sweet Briar College.
SBC Writer Series Continues Oct. 15 with Poets
On Thursday, Oct. 15, Sweet Briar College welcomes poets John Casteen and Taije Silverman.
Free Fall Film Series Open with “Wendy & Lucy”
Sweet Briar College’s fall film series opens Friday and Saturday, Sept. 4 and 5 with the drama “Wendy & Lucy.” All films in the series begin at 7 p.m. in Tyson Auditorium, the public is welcome and admission is free.
‘Silent Journey’ Chronicles Travels of Photographer, Butterflies
When photographer Medford Taylor returned a call to Sweet Briar’s college relations office one afternoon in July, the first thing he did was apologize. “Sorry I didn’t call you back earlier,” he said. “I was in a swamp in North Carolina, collecting chiggers.”
Asian-American Dance Company Returns to Sweet Briar
At 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 14, Sweet Briar College will welcome the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company to Murchison Lane Auditorium for the first event of the 2009-2010 Babcock Season. Hailed by The Village Voice as “visual poetry,” the Asian-American troupe combines modern and traditional Chinese dance in its new show, “Song of the Phoenix.”
Historic Preservation, Sustainability on the Agenda at Conference
Tusculum Institute, a center for historic preservation located at Sweet Briar College, will host the 24th annual Virginia Preservation Conference Sept. 20 through 22. Sponsored by Preservation Virginia, the theme of this year’s symposium is “Historic Preservation and Sustainability: Saving our History, Saving our Future.”
Blue Ridge Summer Theatre Festival Opens with Encore of ‘The Bluest Water’
The 2009 Blue Ridge Summer Theatre Festival, presented by Endstation Theatre and hosted by Sweet Briar College, where the company is in residence, opens Friday, June 12 with an encore run of “The Bluest Water: A Hurricane Camille Story.”
