The table below is a listing of presentation topics at the Williamsburg Torch Club for the upcoming 2025/2026 season. Click on the speaker’s name for more about the speaker and the presentation.
| Speaker | Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Mason | Never a Tumbleweed: Living Life with Exuberance | September 16, 2025 |
| Dennis Litalien | The Great Decisions Foreign Policy Program | October 21, 2025 |
| David Tetrault | Life with the Circus | November 18, 2025 |
| Camilla Buchanan/ Deb Hill | Adventures Biking Around the World | December 16, 2025 |
| Dan Sherman | Hamilton: Man and Musical | January 20, 2026 |
| Lynn Bernard | A Cup of Joe by Any Other Name: The History of Coffee | February 17, 2026 |
| Miles Chappell | Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art & History of the Muscarelle | March 17, 2026 |
| Steve Berke | The Reign of Harry Byrd: Virginia Politics from 1925-1965 | April 21, 2026 |
| Denise Harrington | The Ancient History of Women in Spirituality, Part II | May 19, 2026 |
The table below lists the 2024/2025 season presentation topics at the Williamsburg Torch Club.
| Speaker | Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Luccketti | The Search for Sir Walter Raleigh’s Lost Colony | September 17, 2024 |
| Robert Spitzer | 2024 Presidential Election | October 15, 2024 |
| Terry Meyers | The Bray School Story | November 19, 2024 |
| Bill Rhodes | A brief overview of Cicero’s “De Senectute” (On Aging) | December 17, 2024 |
| Susan Dippre | Getting to Know Our Pollinators | January 21, 2025 |
| Barnet “Barney” Feingold | The Philosophy and Structure of Love | February 18, 2025 |
| Walter Bayer | Federal Gov’t Oversight: Keeping an Eye on Uncle Sam | March 18, 2025 |
| John Delano | The Apollo 11 Landing on the Moon: Little-known Stories | April 15, 2025 |
| Denise Harrington | The Ancient History of Women in Spirituality | May 20, 2025 |
The table below lists the 2023/2024 season presentation topics at the Williamsburg Torch Club.
| Speaker | Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Carol Bender | PTSD and the Veterans: Stories of the Emotional Cost of Valor” | September 19, 2023 |
| Camilla Buchanan | Medical Advice: Why Does it Change so Frequently? | October 17, 2023 |
| Bill Rhodes | How Air Traffic Control Works | November 28, 2023 |
| Peter Mellette | Creative Writing as a Professional Outlet | December 19, 2023 |
| Robert J. Spitzer | Politics of Gun Control | January 16, 2024 |
| Meghan Tschannen-Moran | Trust in Schools: Research | February 20, 2024 |
| Mae Kuykendall | How Leaders Come and Go: The Role of Improvisation and the Limitations of Formal Rules | March 19, 2024 |
| John Delano | NASA’s Search for Life Beyond the Earth | April 16, 2024 |
| Randy Casey-Rutland | What is a HOA and How Do They Work? | May 21, 2024 |
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