What we’re about
Profs and Pints (https://www.profsandpints.com) brings professors and other college instructors into bars, cafes, and other venues to give fascinating talks or to conduct instructive workshops. They cover a wide range of subjects, including history, politics, popular culture, literature, law, economics, and philosophy. Anyone interested in learning and in meeting people with similar interests should join. Lectures are structured to allow at least a half hour for questions and an additional hour for audience members to meet each other. Admission to Profs and Pints events requires the purchase of tickets, either in advance (through the link provided in event descriptions) or at the door to the venue. Many events sell out in advance. Your indication on Meetup of your intent to attend an event constitutes neither a reservation nor payment for that event.
Although Profs and Pints has a social mission--expanding access to higher learning while offering college instructors a new income source--it is NOT a 501c3. It was established as a for-profit company in hopes that, by developing a profitable business model, it would be able to spread to other communities much more quickly than a nonprofit dependent on philanthropic support. That said, it is welcoming partners and collaborators as it seeks to build up audiences and spread to new cities. For more information email profsandpints@hotmail.com.
Thank you for your interest in Profs and Pints.
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Peter Schmidt
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Profs & Pints Richmond: A Night of Christmas Frights
Triple Crossing Beer - Fulton, 5203 Hatcher St, Richmond, VA, USProfs and Pints Richmond presents: “A Night of Christmas Frights,” your chance to get to know Krampus and other scary figures who prowl the darkness of December, with Joshua Barton, lecturer in English at Virginia Commonwealth University and scholar of horror.
[Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Available at https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/profsandpints/richmond-christmas-frights .]
For many Americans the Christmas season brings to mind crackling fires, the twinkle of holiday lights, and the siren song of Mariah Carey. Across Europe and beyond, however, the season long has had a much darker, wilder side. It conjures up horned demons, ghostly visitors, strange creatures, and eerie traditions.
Come get to know the monsters, myths, and legends long associated with dark winter nights with Joshua Barton, who has earned himself a considerable following among Profs and Pints fans by giving riveting and hilarious talks on all that goes bump in the night.
He’ll unwrap folklore that blends fear with festivity as a means of reminding people of the importance of morality, community, and survival in the darkest days of the year.
You’ll learn about Austria’s menacing Krampus, Iceland’s child-eating Yule Cat, and the mysterious Mari Lwyd of Wales. We’ll also look at how the tradition is carried on by more modern figures such as the ghosts of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Dr. Seuss’s Grinch, and the monstrous Santa of the Finnish film Rare Exports.
We’ll explore how ancient winter rituals intertwined with Christian celebrations, how storytelling helped people confront both the chill outside and the fears within, and why even today our most joyful season still carries echoes of the uncanny. (Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. The talk starts 30 minutes later.)
Image: Krampus masks on display in southern Austria. (Photo by Naturpuur / Wikimedia Commons.)30 attendees
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