Activities for 2006-2007

Last modified April 10, 2007

The English Society fosters an appreciation of all the arts, with an emphasis on literature. It is open to students of all majors and all classes. Members take an annual trip to Washington, D.C., where they tour the Folger Shakespeare Library, see a play at the Shakespeare Theatre, visit the National Gallery of Art, usually attend a performance at the Kennedy Center, and go to various other museums, artistic or historical. They also take trips to the Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville or to Richmond, where they visit the Richmond Historical Society, tour Agecroft Hall (a Renaissance mansion), usually see a play, and take part in other activities. The English Society also sponsors speakers, both artists and scholars, as well as performances by Shenandoah Shakespeare, and members get to meet and eat with the Society's guests. At monthly meetings, members discuss stories by writers like Hemingway, Flannery O'Connor, or Tolkien. VMI faculty also meet with the English Society to discuss topics of special interest, and students frequently devise activities on their own initiative, like literary camping trips and even an English Society FTX.

Below you can find a calendar of events and activities sponsored by the English Society. It is updated frequently, so check it often. There are also links to websites that are associated with English Society trips and other activities. To see a list of last year's activities, click here.

Thursday-Sunday, October 26-29, 2006: The English Society Trip to the Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville. For details of the program, go to the Festival home page.

Spring 2007 (dates TBA): The English Society Trip to Washington, D.C. Activities will include a play at the Folger Shakespeare Library Theater or at the Kennedy Center, a tour of the Folger, and a tour of the National Gallery of Art.

Sometimes, meetings will have guest lecturers. Most meetings are devoted to discussion of readings chosen by the members. This year, the members will be reading the comic novel Wonderdog, by Inman Majors (for an excerpt, click here).