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Kiss Me on Grounds Published on Apr 4th, 2002 0 comments
When it premiered on Broadway, Kiss Me, Kate, written in 1948, won four Tony Awards, including best musical, and the recent revival won five Tony Awards, including best musical revival. "I saw...
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Inside scoops Published on Apr 4th, 2002 0 comments
Without doubt, Thomas Jefferson is our most famous local architect. But Jefferson is not the only architect who contributed something grand to the Old Dominion’s building sense, and Central Virginia...
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Sophisticated? Published on Apr 4th, 2002 0 comments
Lee Camp is a comic work in progress: telling jokes since 14, stand-up comedian since 18, Cavalier Daily’s humor columnist for four years. Now Camp has a book— Neither Sophisticated Nor Intelligent:...
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Going native at UVA Published on Apr 4th, 2002 0 comments
After several weeks of pop art sci-fi (the Westerman prints) and decidedly literary byproduct (prints by Blake, paintings by Dos Pasos), the University of Virginia Museum of Art goes out west for an...
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A backward glance Published on Mar 28th, 2002 0 comments
In what’s dubbed in typically efficient fashion on its website, tomorrow night is “Looking back 1998 Tokyo Rose” at the Ivy Road sushi bar/club. The players:Draw the Kitten counts Don Harrison and D....
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Into the wild Published on Mar 28th, 2002 0 comments
One summer a few years back, my family and I went to summer camp together. It was a wilderness survival program in the Woodstock Berkshires where seasoned woodsmen taught us city folks how to start a...
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Speeding up Published on Mar 28th, 2002 0 comments
The Olympics have come and gone with their corruptions and upsets as well as some shining examples of triumph over adversity. Either way you see the Olympics, the events (whether administrative or...
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Who knew? Published on Mar 28th, 2002 0 comments
Well, it was sure news to me. "The students and instructors of the Blue Ridge Irish Music School (BRIMS) have been actively bringing traditional Irish music and dance in its most vital and exciting...
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Writing in wartime Published on Mar 28th, 2002 0 comments
In war, soldiers— pilots, officers, infantrymen— follow detailed orders to accomplish their missions; they carry out carefully crafted battle plans with the ultimate objective of seeing their country...
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Shadowy meanings Published on Mar 28th, 2002 0 comments
When Charles Wright titles his new book of poems A Short History of the Shadow, he knows full well the many ways we might read that word.Shadow: a silhouette, the absence of light, cast when the...
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Split screen Published on Mar 28th, 2002 0 comments
Baltimore-based artist Joyce Scott has worked in all kinds of media, from performance art and installation to sculpture. Some of Scott’s signature beaded sculpture is included in a new exhibit at the...
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Choo Choo Published on Mar 21st, 2002 0 comments
If there’s something to be said for the unspectacular but solid, the slow and steady, there’s something to be said for Old School Freight Train. Another in a long line of un-bluegrass bands in which...
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Infectious goings-on Published on Mar 21st, 2002 0 comments
This weekend provides the perfect opportunity for parents to infect their offspring with the reading bug at the Virginia Festival of the Book. Aside from the youth and family programs happening...
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Peaks of interest Published on Mar 21st, 2002 0 comments
Charlottesville might well be known as the town of a thousand festivals. Whether it’s books, brews, or movies, it seems like every month there’s some sort of extravaganza back for an encore. Our town...
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Stevie's show's on... Stevie shows off Published on Mar 21st, 2002 0 comments
Stevie Jay may be Charlottesville's most loveable, pot-stirring show-off. As I walked with him on the Downtown Mall last week, we couldn't go more than a few feet before someone stopped him for a hug...
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2/5K to K.O. AIDS Published on Mar 21st, 2002 0 comments
Though the recent focus on terrorist acts and the improvements in AIDS treatment have dimmed the spotlight on the disease, the facts remain horrifying and undeniable.At the end of 2001, 40 million...
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Rage into power Published on Mar 21st, 2002 0 comments
We souls who wax philosophical about the power of literacy to free the spirit thrive on writers like Jimmy Santiago Baca. Part Native American and part Chicano, Baca begins his recent memoir, A Place...
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His camera rocks Published on Mar 21st, 2002 0 comments
Danny Clinch’s sizable exhibit at Les Yeux du Monde would make a terrific primer for the mid-’90s rock/pop scene. In fact, practically every revered rock figure makes at least an appearance or two,...
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Strange concept Published on Mar 14th, 2002 0 comments
Above all things, the strange concept behind this exhibit bears mention. For the paintings that comprise her exhibit, “Puppet Fiefdom,” Vidu Palta seems to have used real puppets as models for living...
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2,000 boxes of books! Published on Mar 14th, 2002 0 comments
It’s too late to haul your castoff books to Gordon Avenue to contribute to this year’s annual Friends of the Library sale. “All of our little spaces where we store the books are brimming,” says Bill...
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Softening the hard knocks Published on Mar 14th, 2002 0 comments
Annie put it best when she sang, “It’s the hard knock life for us.” But while orphan Annie’s journey through adolescence ended happily as a member of the Warbucks family, the success rate for most of...
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Big dreams Published on Mar 14th, 2002 0 comments
Miguel de Cervantes probably never envisioned that Don Quixote would some day embody the sentiment of a famous Broadway song, "The Impossible Dream." He also likely never considered that his...
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Meet the Wiz Published on Mar 14th, 2002 0 comments
If you're in a mind to "ease on down the road" to Live Arts this weekend, you'll find yourself caught in a tornado of "funkified" energy. Clinton Johnston's direction of The Wiz, the company's latest...
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Looking out for us Published on Mar 14th, 2002 0 comments
Since September 11, most media reports have focused on terrorist activities, and rightly so. But in between those updates have been reports of smaller events that just as significantly threaten our...
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Eco-excitement Published on Mar 14th, 2002 0 comments
If you’ve ever been to the Virginia Discovery Museum and enjoyed the host of great hands-on, interactive exhibits they pack into that little building, then wished for more, you’re in luck. This...
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Sticking it to 'em Published on Mar 14th, 2002 0 comments
Q: What the heck is that?
A: It’s a stick.
Q: What the heck’s a stick?
Glad you asked.
Most Monday nights at Miller’s, when he’s not on tour, Greg Howard performs solo on his chosen instrument,...
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Adrift in the vineyard Published on Mar 7th, 2002 0 comments
Marking the 25th anniversary of Charlottesville’s sister-city relationship with Poggio a Caiano, Italy, Second Street Gallery hosts an exhibit featuring work by artists from both cities. Not a...
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Descending on poetry's wings Published on Mar 7th, 2002 0 comments
Poetry lovers, this month’s for you. First, two of our favorite Charlottesville-connected poets, Claudia Emerson and Stephen Cushman, read new work at New Dominion Bookshop this Saturday...
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Speak up! Published on Mar 7th, 2002 0 comments
Everyone who enjoys public speaking, raise your hands. If you are like most people, the thought of facing a crowd or just a meeting room full of colleagues makes you feel like Porky Pig at the end of...
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Soul supercharge Published on Mar 7th, 2002 0 comments
You'll recognize all your favorite characters: Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion plus the full complement of witches and munchkins. But in this...
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