Kelley Shinn’s new book, The Wounds That Bind Us (West Virginia University Press, 2023), tells her own true story: an orphan at birth who loses her legs at the age of 16 to a rare bacterial pathogen. She becomes an avid off-road racer and, as a single mother, attempts to drive around the globe in […]
Roosevelt Montás is senior lecturer in American Studies and English at Columbia University. He holds an A.B. (1995), an M.A. (1996), and a Ph.D. (2004) in English and comparative literature from Columbia University. He was director of the Center for the Core Curriculum at Columbia College from 2008 to 2018. Montás specializes in Antebellum American […]
Charleston, SC Tuesday, September 12, 2023 5-6:30 p.m. Hosted by Leslie Allgood Smith ’00 at the Country Club of Charleston Register at: https://alumnae.hollins.edu/24Charleston (RSVP by September 5)
CUBA: Beyond Mambo and Rock ‘n Roll Artist talk with reception to follow. September 14 – December 10, 2023 Since the embargo, Cubans have used their creativity, imagination, and ingenuity in daily life. This attitude and quest for freedom for themselves and their country is apparent in each of the artists’ works whether they examine […]
Louisville, KY Thursday, September 21, 2023 6-7:30 p.m. Hosted by Sandra Frazier ’94 (private home in Louisville, KY) Register at: https://alumnae.hollins.edu/24Louisville (RSVP by September 14)
Raquel Salas Rivera is a Puerto Rican poet and translator of trans experience born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Among his six poetry books are lo terciario/ the tertiary (Noemi Press, 2019), longlisted for the National Book Award and winner of the Lambda Literary Award, and while they sleep (under the bed is another country) (Birds […]
Opera Roanoke’s Young Artists will present a special preview of the Opera’s upcoming 2023-24 season, featuring selections from Opera Roanoke performances and the Metropolitan Opera’s MET Live in HD season.
Roanoke, VA Tuesday, September 26, 5:50-7 p.m. Hosted by President Mary Dana Hinton and the Tinker Mountain Chapter of the Hollins Alumnae/I Association at Lorimer House, Hollins University Register at: https://alumnae.hollins.edu/24Roanoke (RSVP by September 19)
Art Exhibition: “Humanistic Geography-Uncovering a Sense of Place Gina Louthian-Stanley ’00 is a multimedia artist, writer, and workshop instructor born and living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Louthian-Stanley has worked primarily as a printmaker since the late 1970s. In 2006, she began experimenting with encaustic techniques in which she juxtaposes transparent and opaque […]
In this presentation, Dainerys Machado Vento will discuss the mediatic circulation of Cuban literature outside the island as a case study to understand a process like mediatization. She will focus on analyzing the general characteristics of international mediatization of Cuban literature from 2006 to 2018. Questions that will be posed during her talk include which […]
Written by Margaret Wise Brown ’32, Adapted for the stage by Chad Henry When: October 6 at 7:30 pm, October 7 at 10 am and 7:30 pm, and October 8 at 2 pm Where: Hollins Theatre Main Stage What: This magical musical stage version of Margaret Wise Brown’s bedtime classic takes us into the imagination […]
6645 Club Valley Court Suwanee, GA 30024 reg link: https://alumnae.hollins.edu/SuwaneeTinkerDay2023
8720 Union Grove Church Chapel Hill, NC reg link: https://alumnae.hollins.edu/TriangleTinkerDay2023
6:30-8:30 pm (“happy hour”) CASA DEL BARCO (CANAL WALK LOCATION) 320 S. 12TH ST. RICHMOND, VA 23219 reg. link: https://alumnae.hollins.edu/s/1916/20/interior.aspx?sid=1916&gid=2&pgid=851&content_id=621
No classes
Taste Shore Drive 4097 Shore Dr. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 no rsvp required
Fort Hunt Park Site: C-003, Loop: Group Picnic Areas Look for the Hollins banner and balloons! register to email: HollinsCapitalRegion@gmail.com
Lawyer-turned-author Celeste Mohammed penned the novel Pleasantview (Ig Publishing, 2021), which won the 2022 CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction and the 2022 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Author Tony Eprile called Pleasantview “a formidable debut” and added that the book’s “razor-sharp observations of misogyny and the abuse of power are leavened by humor and […]
Hollins invites current high school juniors and seniors to attend this one-day open house to learn more about our academic programs, unparalleled leadership training, extensive internship program, and study away opportunities. You’ll tour our beautiful campus, meet current students, and discover what your future could look like at Hollins.
Website: https://admissions.hollins.edu/portal/adm_eventsWednesday, October 25, 2023, 7-8 p.m. Join us to hear the latest updates from University President Mary Dana Hinton and several Hollins students as we embark on a new school year! Have a question you’d like to ask? Email us at alumnae@hollins.edu with subject line: Hollins Virtual Town Hall question.
When: October 27 and 28 at 7:30 pm Where: Botetourt Reading Room What: A staged reading of The Seven Loves of Audrey Munson: A Mostly True Story, Except for the Parts We Made Up, written by J. Harvey Stone. This one-act play imagines the career of America’s first supermodel, Audrey Munson. It was selected […]
The conference brings together college and high school students who will take part in simulated meetings of the Arab League Councils. For more information, email Professor Ed Lynch at elynch@hollins.edu.
Valley Chamber Orchestra provides amateur, professional, and student musicians of Southwest Virginia the opportunity to rehearse and perform orchestral music on a recreational basis for the pure enjoyment of music.
Early Decision is a binding application. A student who is accepted as an ED applicant must attend the college. Contact us to learn more.
Julian Talamantez Brolaski is a two-spirit and transgender poet and musician of mixed Mescalero and Lipan Apache, Latin@, and European heritages. Its most recent book is Of Mongrelitude (Wave Books, 2017), a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry. It is also the author of Advice for Lovers (City Lights, 2012), gowanus atropolis […]