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Producing Artistic Director Ginger Poole is credited with saving the company in 2009. She's leaving the job at the end of this season.
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Former President Donald Trump has claimed, without evidence, that Latin American governments are shipping citizens they don’t want to the U.S. border,. To counter that ill-will, two musicians who play a fusion of bluegrass and Latinx folk music are on tour – stopping in Central Virginia to share a more positive perspective.
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Charlottesville’s Festival of the Book will celebrate its 30th birthday in March with some high-profile authors joining the party. Sandy Hausman reports on some of the writers featured at this year’s fest.
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Organizers are calling it the Australian Invasion – a show of aboriginal art at five different locations in Charlottesville. Sandy Hausman reports on why this massive exhibit has come to central Virginia and what the artists have to tell us about their world view.
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Movie theater film series most often focus on a particular star, director, or genre. But this week, “All Things Considered” host Craig Wright was at Roanoke’s Grandin Theatre for the premiere of a new film series – with a most unusual twist!
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Rivers have played a central part in human history – meandering through communities carrying people and goods, replenishing soil for farming and sometimes forcing residents to leave flooded homes and businesses. At the University of Virginia, two scholars from very different disciplines, are hoping to better understand why rivers move the way they do – then interpreting data in a whole new way.
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A new director is taking a bow at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton.
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The latest special exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts features never before seen work from famous photographer Dawoud Bey.It’s called Elegy and is described as a poem to the ancestors.
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Opera has been around for hundreds of years, but the art form is struggling to attract large audiences and to remain relevant. One opera company in Charlottesville has shied away from expensive sets and costumes – putting the emphasis on singing and choosing unusual locations for its performances. Now, Victory Hall Opera plans to make a film about young singers who – despite doubts about their future -- are hoping for a career in opera.