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LIFE@Lynchburg: Significant Lynchburg Fires

Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall

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

LIFE@Lynchburg: Fifth Street: Then and Now

Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall

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.”

Wind Symphony and Orchestra Winter Concert

Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall

The University of Lynchburg Wind Symphony and Orchestra invites you in for warm winter memories and fun holiday tunes. With special guest friends, the Community Big Band, Dance Works, and more!

Free

Wind Symphony and Orchestra Winter Concert

Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall

The University of Lynchburg Wind Symphony and Orchestra invites you in for warm winter memories and fun holiday tunes. With special guest friends, the Community Big Band, Dance Works, and more!

Free

Chamber Strings Concert

Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall

The University of Lynchburg Chamber Orchestra will perform works by Mendelssohn and others at their concert.

Free

LIFE@Lynchburg: Is This the Twilight of Democracy?

Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall

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. But, we need to remember that the American experience with democracy is a young experiment in the history of humankind. American democracy, despite what we […]

LIFE@Lynchburg: Ecce Ancilla Domini: The Angel, the Virgin, and the Art of the Annunciation

Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall

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 essential encounter between the human and the celestial in the Christian tradition. The Annunciation is an intrinsically dramatic scene and has been the subject of […]

Jazz Ensembles Concert

Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall

The University of Lynchburg Jazz Ensemble and Community Big Band perform your favorite jazz oldies and some new modern works that are sure to keep your foot tapping long after the show is over.

Free

Small Ensembles Concert

Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall

The University of Lynchburg Small Ensembles Concert will feature performances by the saxophone quartet, coached by Kyle Greaney; Hornet Combo, coached by Brian Mesko; and, the Percussion Ensemble, directed by Dr. Chris Sharp. Come by to hear an eclectic night of great music.

Free

Faculty and Guest Piano Recital

Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall

University of Lynchburg piano professor Noemi Lee and her husband Henry Lee will perform piano duets featuring works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, and Astor Piazzolla.

Free

LIFE@Lynchburg: Need a Haircut?

Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall

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 the Middle Ages was the “barber-surgeon.” From simple procedures often performed by monks, the expertise gradually advanced, often with the experience of caring for the […]

LIFE@Lynchburg: The Art of Seeing

Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall

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 multiple images. How do we discern which images will affect our choices and lives and which can be dismissed? In this session, we’ll explore art […]

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