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The Ampersand International Arts Festival 2024

Arts and Entertainment

March 15, 2024

From: The Ampersand International Arts Festival

Join us March 18-24 in Williamsburg, Virginia for seven days of special guests, live performances, films, author talks, workshops, receptions, and more!

Schedule:

March 18

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Ongoing - The Barbershop and Beauty Confessions

Photography exhibit by Dr. Kimberly L. Weatherly

W&M Entrepreneurial Hub

Free

2:00 PM - Workshop: Memoir and Graphic Storytelling with Sophia Glock

Virtual.

Free.

5:00 PM - Blue Talon Prix Fixe Dinner inspired by The Taste of Things 

$75, includes ticket to 7:00 PM film screening, meal taxes, and gratuity

7:00 PM - The Taste of Things

2023, France, French with subtitles, 134 min, PG-13

Kimball Theatre

$12

8:00 PM - Breaking Point - World Premiere

A new play from playwright Elliot Wegman

PBK Hall Studio Theatre

$16

March 19

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Ongoing - The Barbershop and Beauty Confessions

Photography exhibit by Dr. Kimberly L. Weatherly

W&M Entrepreneurial Hub

Free

10:00 AM - Workshop: Film Model: Canvas Your Project with Brandon Hennessey

W&M Entrepreneurship Hub

Free

2:00 PM - Workshop: Sometimes We Make It: Black Horror Across the Diaspora with Jenika McCrayer

Virtual

Free

5:00 PM - Voice of the Artist: Delita Martin 

Free artist lecture, Requested online registration

Presented by the Muscarelle Museum of Art

Sadler Center Commonwealth Auditorium

Free with requested registration

7:00 PM - The Passion of Joan of Arc silent film with live score

1928, France, French (with English intertitles), 114 min, Not Rated

Original score composed by George Sarah

Kimball Theatre

$16

March 20

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Ongoing - The Barbershop and Beauty Confessions

Photography exhibit by Dr. Kimberly L. Weatherly

W&M Entrepreneurial Hub

Free

10:00 AM - Workshop: How To Produce Your Own TV Series with Stephanie Faucher & Maren Hunsberger

Virtual

Free

2:00 PM - Workshop: The Scalability Of Trust - A Sustainable Model To Develop Advocates and Policy Change with James Lopez

W&M Entrepreneurship Hub

Free

6:00 PM - Music Talks - World Premiere

A new play from artist/choreographer Koryn Wicks

PBK Hall Studio Theatre

$16

7:00 PM - Citizen Sleuth with Director Chris Kasick 2023, USA, English, 82 min, Not Rated

Kimball Theatre

$16

8:00 PM - Music Talks

A new play from artist/choreographer Koryn Wicks

PBK Hall Studio Theatre

$16

9:30 PM - 24 Speed: W&M Student Film Competition Screening

Produced in partnership with W&M Libraries & the Reeder Media Center

Kimball Theatre

Free

March 21

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Ongoing - The Barbershop and Beauty Confessions

Photography exhibit by Dr. Kimberly L. Weatherly

W&M Entrepreneurial Hub

Free

10:00 AM - Workshop: Writing Your Way Into Film and Television with Ashley E. Miller

Virtual

Free

11:00 AM - Workshop - Dance With Me - Intentional Collaboration in Immersive Dance with Koryn Wicks

PBK Room 159

Free

2:00 PM - Workshop: Postcard Prompts - Unlocking Story Ideas with Caitlin Clements

Reeder Media Center at Swem Library

Free

5:00 PM - Author Talk: Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

PBK Hall Studio Theatre

Free

7:30 PM - Live Comedy: Maria Bamford

Kimball Theatre

$35

8:00 PM - The Final Seance

An immersive production from magician James Lopez

PBK Studio Hall Theatre

$35

9:30 PM - The Final Seance 

An immersive production from magician James Lopez

PBK Studio Hall Theatre

$35

March 22

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Ongoing - The Barbershop and Beauty Confessions

Photography exhibit by Dr. Kimberly L. Weatherly

W&M Entrepreneurial Hub

Free

10:00 AM - Workshop: What Does A Creative Producer Do? And How Do I Become One? with Joe Pirro

W&M Entrepreneurship Hub

Free

1:00 PM - Workshop: How to Pitch a TV Show with Sara Schaefer

W&M Entrepreneurship Hub

Free

3:00-7:00 PM - Living Libraries presented by Swem Library

Conversational storytelling event

Swem Library

Free

5:00 PM - Festival Friday Reception

Williamsburg Community Building

Appetizers and open bar

$20

5:00 PM - The Zone of Interest

2023, UK, Poland, USA, German, Polish, and Yiddish with subtitles, 105 min, PG-13

Kimball Theatre

$12

7:00 PM - Going Up with Sara Schaefer

A new play from comedian Sara Schaefer

PBK Hall Studio Theatre

$16

7:00 PM - Four Daughters

2023, France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Arabic, French, and English with subtitles, 110 min, Not Rated

Williamsburg Regional Library

$12

7:30 PM - We Grown Now pre-release screening with Producer Joe Pirro

2023, USA, English, 93 min, PG

Kimball Theatre

$16

7:30 PM - W&M Shorts #1

Featuring a showcase of short films from current W&M students

Tucker Theater

Free

9:00 PM - The Final Seance 

An immersive production from magician James Lopez

PBK Studio Hall Theatre

$35

10:00 PM - Enter the Clones of Bruce

2023, USA, Cantonese, Japanese, and English with subtitles, 100 min, Not Rated

Kimball Theatre

$12

10:00 PM - Dinner by Breakfast

2023, USA, English, 70 min, Not Rated

Tucker Theater

Free

March 23

10:00 AM - Workshop: Writing The Low Budget Film with Kevin Smith

Reeder Media Center at Swem Library

Free

10:30 AM - American Fiction

2023, USA, English, 117 min, R

Kimball Theatre

Free

10:30 AM - W&M Shorts #2

A double feature of short films from W&M alumni

Tucker Theater

Free

11:30 AM - Workshop: Documentary Storytelling for Social Impact with Dan Winckler

Reeder Media Center at Swem Library

Free

12:30 PM - Copa 71

2023, United Kingdom, English, Spanish, Italian, and French with subtitles, 90 min, Not Rated

Williamsburg Regional Library

$12

1:00 PM - Author Talk: Walter Hickey

Tucker Theater

Free

1:30 PM - Past Lives

2023, USA, English and Korean with subtitles, 106 min, PG-13

Kimball Theatre

$12

2:00 PM - 24 Speed: Festival Reception

W&M Entrepreneurial Hub

Free

3:00 PM - Author Talk: Kiley Reid

Williamsburg Regional Library

$16

3:30 PM - We Will Not Fade Away

2023, Ukraine, Poland, France, English, Ukrainian, Russian with English subtitles, 100 min, Not Rated

Tucker Theater

Free

5:00 PM - A Conversation with Daveed Diggs

Kimball Theatre

$35

7:00 PM - Anatomy of a Fall

2023, France, French, English, and German with subtitles, 152 min, R

Williamsburg Regional Library

$12

7:00 PM - Harris Simon in Concert

W&M Ewell Concert Series

W&M Music Arts Center Concert Hall

Free

7:30 PM - One and the Same

A new play from W&M senior Ella Jo Nguyen

PBK Hall Laboratory Theater

Free

8:00 PM - A Conversation with Cord Jefferson

Kimball Theatre

$35

9:30 PM - 24: Speed: W&M Alumni Filmmaking Competition Screening

Tucker Theater

Free

10:00 PM - The Final Seance 

An immersive production from magician James Lopez

PBK Studio Hall Theatre

$35

March 24

10:00 AM - Sunday Brunch Reception

Williamsburg Community Building

$12

Breakfast foods, coffee, and tea

10:00 AM - The Creative Types Web Series Screening

2023, USA, English, 68 minutes, Not Rated

Sadler Center Commonwealth Auditorium

Free

11:00 AM - 24 Speed: Alumni Remix Challenge Screening

Tucker Theater

Free

12:30 PM - W&M Shorts #3

Featuring a showcase of short films from W&M alumni

Sadler Center Commonwealth Auditorium

Free

1:30 PM - Madu pre-release screening with Editor Georgia Dodson

2024, Nigeria, USA, English, 100 min, TV-PG

Kimball Theatre

$16

3:00 PM - Voices of Integration

2023, USA, English, 43 minutes, Not Rated

Tucker Theater

Free

3:30 PM - WeMake Filmmakers Student Film Showcase

Featuring a showcase of short films from current students

Sadler Center Commonwealth Auditorium

Free

5:00 PM - Perfect Days

2023, Japan, Germany, Japanese with subtitles, 123 min, PG

Kimball Theatre

$12

7:30 PM - One and the Same

A new play from W&M senior Ella Jo Nguyen

PBK Hall Laboratory Theater

Free

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Date: March 18-24, 2024

Location: Various locations in Williamsburg, VA

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