Cultural preview
|
Father, forgive me: McDermott's vanishing world Published on Feb 20th, 2003 0 comments
Alice McDermott writes of suburban summers, of first trips on the city bus, and of whistling past the graveyard. She writes of a world where sidewalks are the color of Necco wafers, uncles drink...
|
|
All the world: Robert Jospe's CD Bash Published on Feb 20th, 2003 0 comments
From the first lead-in beat of Robert Jospé’s soon-to-be-released CD, Time to Play, the urge to nod your head, trace the simple melody lines with your chin, and shake your hips increases...
|
|
Probing hate: Could Laramie happen here? Published on Feb 20th, 2003 0 comments
The nation was stunned in 1998 when gay college student Matthew Shepherd was severely beaten and left hanging on a fence in Laramie, Wyoming. Shepherd died from his injuries and exposure shortly...
|
|
Go get 'em: Selling everything to children Published on Feb 20th, 2003 0 comments
Is it a good thing that children are becoming more empowered consumers? What are the moral, spiritual, political, and social consequences of the relentless transformation of just about everything...
|
|
It takes a village: Parent Center offers support Published on Feb 13th, 2003 0 comments
There have been plenty of times over my years as a parent when I’ve longed for the support of a village, a collection of wise grandmothers and helpful friends who, when I’m in danger of losing my...
|
|
Telling tales: Sharing Jefferson School memories Published on Feb 13th, 2003 0 comments
When the Jefferson School closed its doors last September, a concerned community wondered how best to ensure preservation of the venerable old building. Public outcry had already forced the city to...
|
|
Going home: Wishing Danny a sad farewell Published on Feb 13th, 2003 0 comments
After five years in this strange little piece of Americana we call our town, folk-musician Danny Schmidt is leaving Charlottesville. Schmidt’s songs, a mixture of country, folk, blues, with a dash of...
|
|
On their toes: Richmond Ballet springs to PVCC Published on Feb 13th, 2003 0 comments
The Richmond Ballet, Virginia’s state ballet, returns to Piedmont Virginia Community College for a three-day residency February 18-20. Included in the schedule are three public events: a performance...
|
|
Ride 'em! Take your honey to the Rodeo! Published on Feb 13th, 2003 0 comments
Saddle up, cowgirls and cowboys. Unless, that is, you prefer to mount your buckin’ bronco bareback. Either way, get ready for some serious thrills and spills at the newly spruced-up Virginia Horse...
|
|
Monkeying around: Chimp art sends mixed message Published on Feb 13th, 2003 0 comments
As a few observant writers remarked after the Columbia disaster a few weeks back, space travel has become mundane, dropped from the radar screens of the public’s attention and imagination. When...
|
|
Visit the prairie: See the animals, search for plants Published on Feb 6th, 2003 0 comments
When Thomas Jefferson asked Meriwether Lewis to lead the exploration of the new western territory, one of his three main objectives was scientific documentation of new plant and animal species. A new...
|
|
One-Legged Dancer: Low-key, playful poems Published on Feb 6th, 2003 0 comments
One thing you don’t expect to come across in an anthology of poetry about Native Americans and Mexicans is a reference to Monty Python.But there it is, in a piece called “Brave Mr. Buckingham”...
|
|
Ode to falling: J. Mascis-- older and better? Published on Feb 6th, 2003 0 comments
Call out the dogs and set up the torture chamber, for the following statement will be regarded as heresy by some idie-rock elitists here in town. I actually like the new solo album by former Dinosaur...
|
|
They're here: Talking about the v-word Published on Feb 6th, 2003 0 comments
Based on over 200 interviews with women from around the world, Eve Ensler’s play, The Vagina Monologues, “explores the humor, power, pain, wisdom, outrage, mystery and excitement hidden in the vagina...
|
|
Healthy fun: So little time so much to do! Published on Feb 6th, 2003 0 comments
Meditate, get a massage, do yoga, listen to music, participate in discussions on the socio-economics of health, cancer, or the objectification of the female body in the media, attend workshops in...
|
|
Dark and deep: But these woods are not lovely Published on Feb 6th, 2003 0 comments
There are few better visuals for the desolation of winter than skinny, twisting, and color-drained trunks of leaf-less trees. In the low-slung light of a winter afternoon, they’re dreary enough. At...
|
|
Get high: Scale the heights at Rocky Top Published on Jan 30th, 2003 0 comments
Cold winter weekends are killers. The kids are climbing the walls, whining about being bored, and driving me crazy. Just as I’m about to pull my hair out and run into the street screaming, my...
|
|
Causing a tumult: Wilson's "dear boy" raised eyebrows Published on Jan 30th, 2003 0 comments
The powerful advisor. That ephemeral figure who stoops to whisper into the ear of the almighty and then slinks back into the shadowy recesses off the Oval Office. Yes, there’s nothing sexier than the...
|
|
Holy tornado! Via and friends blow you away Published on Jan 30th, 2003 0 comments
On a shelf near the top of my bookcase, above the unread copy of Anna Karenina, but below the dog-eared Naked by David Sedaris, sits my collection of CD’s– the spoils of my career with the...
|
|
Opere's opus: Garcia Lorca in his native tongue Published on Jan 30th, 2003 0 comments
“I’ve been doing these plays for more than 20 years now,” Fernando Operé explains, talking about the UVA Spanish Theater Group that he launched soon after he came to the U.S. from Spain in the late...
|
|
Worldly women: Globe-hopping grads tell all Published on Jan 30th, 2003 0 comments
Through its latest evening lecture series, “Virginia 2020: Women Engaged with the World,” the University of Virginia’s Women’s Center continues its mission to enlighten, empower, and celebrate women...
|
|
Not a crock: Shipwreck yielded porcelain treasures Published on Jan 30th, 2003 0 comments
Probably everyone at one time or another believed or hoped that their grandparents’ old geisha-and-bony-tree-branch vase was really a Ming treasure, and that they’d strike it rich as soon as they...
|
|
Budding Brontes: Contest lures little literati Published on Jan 23rd, 2003 0 comments
When my younger son was in first and second grades, he would ask me to help him write a letter to one or another of his friends at school. So we would sit down together, and he would dictate a...
|
|
Range rover: Blunt breaks clean and thrives Published on Jan 23rd, 2003 0 comments
Charlottesville is giddy with the glories of the West. Thanks to the Lewis & Clark bicentennial, virtually every aspect of the land beyond the Bitterroots has been gilded with the majesty of...
|
|
Broadzilla Published on Jan 23rd, 2003 0 comments
Lock away your children, shutter your windows, and hide your men-folk– the Detroit based punk/metal/pop thrash-out that is Broadzilla is coming to town! Broadzilla are to the latest crop of...
|
|
Friday frolic: Movers and shakers at McGuffey Published on Jan 23rd, 2003 0 comments
Come the first Friday evening of every month, and the McGuffey Center is abuzz with arts enthusiasts. The local artist co-op stays open late for visitors to wander into studios and galleries and talk...
|
|
Hard questions: Speakers field "queer" queries Published on Jan 23rd, 2003 0 comments
Did you ever wonder (or do you know all too well) what it’s like to be “queer” at UVA? If so, there’s no better place or time to break the silence than the acoustically sound Rotunda Dome Room at 7pm...
|
|
Triumph of the arc: Abstractions sunny and genial Published on Jan 23rd, 2003 0 comments
It’s funny how, even today, a bunch of shapes on a canvas can seem modern and a little bit foreboding. It’s also easy to forget that fields of squares and circles and lines substituted on canvas for...
|
|
Sent back: Discover what the Corps found Published on Jan 16th, 2003 0 comments
What a treat to live at the whirlwind epicenter of the national bicentennial celebration of that extraordinary journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Because of this frenzy, families have an...
|
|
Doing damage: War novel chronicles carnage Published on Jan 16th, 2003 0 comments
In parting with his elite Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee expressed gratitude, affection, and admiration. He told his beaten men, “I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to...
|
Latest from @readthehook