Presented by Rev. Dennis S. Roberts. The term “witch hunt” has been used repeatedly in recent years as an attempt to dismiss the ever-growing list of accusations, outrages, scandals, and […]

Presented by Siobhan Byrns. Every day we are exposed to hundreds, or even thousands of images. Some of these artifacts are genuine, some are AI-generated, and some are composites of […]

Presented by David W. Frantz. The tradition of modern surgery arose not from the academics and elite of Europe, but from the barbers. The most common European medical practitioner of […]

Presented by Richard Burke. Paintings of the Annunciation — the moment when the Archangel Gabriel tells Mary that she is to be the mother of God’s son — depict an […]

Presented by Edward DeClair. It seems odd (alarmist or dramatic or quaint or maybe even prescient) to question the viability of democracy as a means to organize man’s political interactions. […]

According to the Fifth Street Community Development Corporation, “Fifth Street means different things to different people depending on who they are or how old they are.”

Over its 140-plus-year history, the Lynchburg Fire Department has responded to hundreds of thousands of calls for service.

Payne has been following and presenting on Confederate monuments since shortly after the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in 2018. 

The Black religious experience in Lynchburg parallels the development of spirituals and religious music in those congregations.

Most Americans take for granted the assumption that Christianity, the most dominant religious tradition in America since the founding of the nation, plays a positive role in our national life.

This presentation will investigate the past, present, and future of College Lake and the changes over time in its physical and metaphorical landscapes.

Heidi James will educate attendees about the importance of Lynchburg’s native bee species for the environment and the food supply, and how becoming a Bee Campus can help with this goal.