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A national study looks at the economic impact of nonprofit arts organizations, including those in Blacksburg and Christiansburg. It’s the first time a community in the western part of Virginia was included in the report.
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The exhibit of works by David Ramey is on display at two downtown museums through March of 2024.
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In this age of computers, people are writing less, and some schools have actually stopped teaching cursive. Alarmed by the trend, 18 states have now passed laws requiring children to learn script, if only to read historic documents. But a Charlottesville artist is taking a different approach.
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This year’s Virginia Film Festival features a documentary about Hispanic migrants in Central Virginia – a very personal movie written and directed by a resident of Charlottesville.
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This year’s Virginia Film Festival features some big names in the industry, but it’s also a showcase for younger filmmakers. Sandy Hausman talked with one of them about finding work in Hollywood and making his first big film in Charlottesville.
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Dorothy Papadakos visits WVTF on her silent film tour
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Below ground in the basement of the Radford University Art Museum, students are at work cataloguing 2,500 pieces of art from the museum’s permanent collection for a new online database.
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The ongoing labor dispute between the TV and film writers guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers may seem miles away from Virginia, but the Commonwealth’s cinematic footprint has grown in recent years.
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The film “King Coal” is screening at three southwest Virginia theaters over the next week. The movie is a documentary about the strong cultural power coal mining has in Appalachia.