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Adult Enrichment

There is no age limit to learning and living with purpose. Our Adult Enrichment opportunities vary from guided travel across the country and globe to exploring music, movement, and more right here at home.

If you'd like us to keep you updated on Adult Enrichment offerings, please complete this brief notification form. 

Wellness Programs

Music Lessons

We offer 30-60 minute lessons for children and adults on multiple instruments each weekday from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm or later. We'd love for you to hone your skills on an instrument from your past or explore something new with our dedicated music educators. | Details
 

Transforming Overwhelm and Conflict: Using Embodied Mindfulness, Movement, and Visual Art

This workshop will offer tools for transforming the inner experience of and relationship to overwhelm and conflict. We’ll be using embodied mindfulness, including a practice called Inner-Relationship Focusing; improvisational movement practices that incorporate principles of Aikido and Somatics; and accessible visual art practices. Offered by Tommy Noonan '01 and Meg Stein. 19 April 2026 | Details

Transformational Travel-Learning Opportunities

Beloved Community Journey:
Exploring Civil Rights Struggles, Past and Present, in the South

On this five-day bus tour, experience civil rights history in Birmingham, Selma, Montgomery, Tuskegee, and Atlanta; explore contemporary issues of race in our country; and meet change-agents working to make a difference. 8-12 October 2025 | Details
 

Coastal Journey | Charleston + Savannah

On this six-day bus tour, explore important aspects of American, Southern, and Black history spanning 300+ years--from enduring Gullah Geechee traditions to the 2015 white supremacist violence at Mother Emmanuel--in two beautiful and complex coastal cities. 10-15 March 2026 | Details
 

Racial Myth and Memory | Wilmington

During this weekend immersion, explore three themes and multiple historic sites as a lens on the powerful weight of race in Wilmington, North Carolina--and in our country. April 2026 | Details
 

Quaker Journey:
Exploring the Roots of Quakerism in England's Lake District

Find adventure, learning, and reflection in community as we retrace the 17th-century footsteps of George Fox, founder of the Religious Society of Friends--of Margaret Fell, an early supporter and later his wife, and other early Quakers--through the beautiful Lake District of northern England. 2-9 August 2026 | Details [Registration is open!]

 

American Musical Journey | Memphis + Mississippi

On this six-day tour, explore the connections between race and the rich musical history and traditions--blues, country, gospel, hip hop, jazz, rock, soul, and more--in Memphis and Mississippi. We'll search out live music (on Beale Street and beyond) and meet music historians and performers. Spring 2027 | Details
 

Racial Myth and Memory | Charlottesville

During this weekend immersion, explore three themes and multiple historic sites as a lens on the powerful weight of race in Charlottesville, North Carolina--and in our country. Fall 2029  Details
 
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Future Travel Learning Opportunities (descriptions coming soon)
  • Racial Myth & Memory | Richmond, Fall 2026
  • Racial Myth & Memory | Charlotte, Fall 2027
  • NOLA Journey | New Orleans and Beyond, Spring 2028
  • Racial Myth & Memory | Washington, DC, Fall 2028
  • Beloved Community Journey | Alabama and Georgia, Spring 2029 [see Fall 2025 trip description]
  • Racial Myth & Memory | Charlottesville, Fall 2029

Educator Programs

Educators across ages and stages and from independent, charter, and traditional public schools are welcome for our Institute for Teaching and Learning programs.

Male Teachers of Young Children

This powerful gathering--a combination conference and retreat--offers learning, connection, rejuvenation, and joy for male educators working with preschool and elementary-age children. Fall 2026 | Details

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Music Lessons

Explore our music lessons for adults.

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