The Tony Award-winning “Hamilton” star will return to Grounds on Jan. 19 as the UVA President’s 2019 Speaker for the Arts, following his performance in the 2017 Bicentennial Launch Celebration.

The program is dedicated to facilitating the emergence of a new generation of leaders who bring a commitment to self-reflection and compassion to the work of making a difference in the world.

The 2018 Virginia Film Festival, sponsored by UVA, announced that actor Christoph Waltz will join a host of special guests, including Martin Luther King III. The festival, to be held Nov. 1-4, also added several films to its already-robust program.

November’s UVA-sponsored Virginia Film Festival will welcome King for the national premiere of a new documentary, “Charlottesville,” produced and presented by the UVA Center for Politics and Community Idea Stations.

Guests include Spike Lee, Oscar-winning director of “O.J.: Made in America” Ezra Edelman and UVA alumna Margot Lee Shetterly, author of acclaimed book-turned-film “Hidden Figures.”

The next “disruptive” technology has the potential to both improve and complicate our lives. A daylong event will probe how driverless cars will change Charlottesville and other small to mid-sized towns. And yes, there will be driverless cars there, too.

The Virginia Film Festival, now in its 29th year, draws large crowds to Charlottesville each fall as filmmakers, academics and fans converge for four days of films, workshops, discussions and more.

The public forum on the humanities will feature lectures, film screenings, performances and more surrounding the role and enduring importance of humanities in today’s complex world.

The 2015 Virginia Film Festival, held Nov. 5-8, boasts an impressive lineup of feature films and documentaries, with screenings and discussions facilitated by some of the biggest names in the industry and in academia.