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Cultural calendar, January 29-February 5, 2004 Published on Jan 29th, 2004 0 comments THURSDAY, January 29 ART All the finer things: Shake the blues with a trip to Richmond for Art After Hours at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, this week featuring the...
Cultural calendar, January 22-29, 2004 Published on Jan 22nd, 2004 0 comments THURSDAY, January 22 ART Go, cat, go: This week's Art After Hours at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts features hep-cat music by the Pete Anderson Jazz Ensemble, plus poetry...
Cultural calendar, January 14-22, 2004 Published on Jan 15th, 2004 0 comments WEDNESDAY, January 14 PERFORMANCE Country dance night: Couples and line dancing at Fry's Spring Beach Club. Dance lesson free with cover. Lesson 7pm, dancing 8-11pm. 2512...
cultural calendar January 7-15, 2004 Published on Jan 8th, 2004 0 comments WEDNESDAY, January 7 WALKABOUT Political meeting: People interested in knowing more about Howard Dean or who would like to support his campaign meet at 7pm at the Gordon...
Cultural calendar, December 31, 2003, to January 8, 2004 Published on Dec 25th, 2003 0 comments WEDNESDAY, December 31 FAMILY, PERFORMANCE, AND WALKABOUT First Night Virginia: Celebrate with the community in an a family-oriented, alcohol-free party with a variety of...
THE YEAR IN REVIEW Published on Dec 25th, 2003 0 comments ART Big movement: Second Street Gallery celebrates its 30th anniversary by moving to the new Charlottesville Center for the Contemporary Arts. Pet project: French multimedia artist and Hugo Boss...
Cultural calendar, December 18-25, 2003 Published on Dec 18th, 2003 0 comments THURSDAY, December 18 PERFORMANCE Swing swap: The Charlottesville Swing Dance Society holds this weekly east coast swing practice session with recorded music. 7:30-9pm....
Cultural calendar, December 11-17, 2003 Published on Dec 11th, 2003 0 comments THURSDAY, December 11 PERFORMANCE Swing swap: The Charlottesville Swing Dance Society holds this weekly east coast swing practice session with recorded music. 7:30-9pm....
Cultural calendar, December 4-11, 2003 Published on Dec 4th, 2003 0 comments Cultural calendar, December 4-11, 2003 THURSDAY, December 4 PERFORMANCE Swing swap: The Charlottesville Swing Dance Society holds this weekly east coast swing practice session with...
Cultural calendar, November 27-December 4, 2003 Published on Nov 27th, 2003 0 comments THURSDAY, November 27 PERFORMANCE Swing swap: The Charlottesville Swing Dance Society holds this weekly east coast swing practice session with recorded music. 7:30-9pm....
Cultural calendar, November 20-27, 2003 Published on Nov 24th, 2003 0 comments THURSDAY, November 20 ART Listening to Lincoln: Les Yeux du Monde @ dot2dot presents a talk by Lincoln Perry on his new painting series, The Music of Time. 6pm. 115 S....
Cultural calendar, November 13-20, 2003 Published on Nov 20th, 2003 0 comments THURSDAY, November 13 ART South Asian arts: Louis Flam discusses "The Sindh Archaeological Project, Pakistan: Recent Research in the Western Borderlands of the Indus...
Cultural calendar, November 7-13, 2003 Published on Nov 13th, 2003 0 comments THURSDAY, November 6 ART First Thursday: Take a scenic drive north for the opening reception of Richard Robinson and Larry Volk's views of the Italian culture and landscape...
Cultural calendar, November 7-13, 2003 Published on Nov 6th, 2003 0 comments THURSDAY, November 6 ART First Thursday: Take a scenic drive north for the opening reception of Richard Robinson and Larry Volk's views of the Italian culture and landscape...
Cultural calendar October 30-November 6 Published on Oct 30th, 2003 0 comments THURSDAY, October 30 PERFORMANCE Swing swap: The Charlottesville Swing Dance Society holds this weekly east coast swing practice session with recorded music. 7:30-9pm....
Cultural Calendar, October 24-30, 2003 Published on Oct 23rd, 2003 0 comments Cultural Calendar, October 24-30, 2003 THURSDAY, October 23 ART Everyday machines: Combining "the detritus of everyday life" with musings about the relationship between machines...
Cultural calendar, October 15-23, 2003 Published on Oct 16th, 2003 0 comments Cultural calendar, October 15-23, 2003 WEDNESDAY, October 15 PERFORMANCE Country dance night: Couples and line dancing at Fry's Spring Beach Club. Runs simultaneously with the Club...
Cultural calendar, October 9-16, 2003 Published on Oct 9th, 2003 0 comments Cultural calendar, October 9-16, 2003 THURSDAY, October 9 PERFORMANCE Scene acting study for teens: In this weekly evening class, students age 13-19 explore language and character...
Cultural calendar, October 2-9, 2003 Published on Oct 2nd, 2003 0 comments Cultural calendar, October 2-9, 2003 THURSDAY, October 2 ART The Desert People: This film by Ian Dunlop depicts a day in the life of two families living a nomadic existence...
Cultural calendar, September 25-October 2, 2003 Published on Sep 25th, 2003 0 comments Cultural calendar, September 25-October 2, 2003 THURSDAY, September 25 FAMILY Fairly fun: It's time for the granddaddy of all fairs: the State Fair of Virginia. Carnival rides,...
Cultural calendar, September 18-25, 2003 Published on Sep 18th, 2003 0 comments Cultural calendar, September 18-25, 2003 THURSDAY, September 18 PERFORMANCE Coffeehouse 13: For the last production at its Market Street space, Live Arts returns to its roots with...
Yo, dads: This class wants YOU Published on Sep 4th, 2003 0 comments All right men, listen up! You’re about to become daddies.You’ve never even seen one of those squirmy little munchkin things before, let alone held a screaming wet one in your hands. It’s time you...
Sweeter than sweet: Keep It Together finds Candyland Published on Sep 4th, 2003 0 comments Recent days have been almost unbearable: Humidity has met, fallen in love, and is currently enjoying more than casual sex with its long-time ally, god-awful-heat. And almost all of Charlottesville’s...
Is he for real? Don't make me laugh Published on Sep 4th, 2003 0 comments The trouble with writing about comedians is they steal all your lines. Take this guy Swami Beyondananda-– he’s got so many aliases that writing a headline seems impossible. How can you one-up for...
No brooms: Walnut Creek welcomes Wiccans Published on Sep 4th, 2003 0 comments Where can you meet a mushroom expert, a belly dancer, and a wicca on the same afternoon?Walnut Creek Park may not be the first place that comes to mind, but that’s where these people and many more...
Vote for Swami: Exercise your right to laugh Published on Sep 4th, 2003 0 comments I know you came here looking for ideas about what to do this weekend. But I’d like to abuse my public forum for just a minute. Contrary to popular belief, there are more important things in the world...
Complicit: Gallery is part of the show Published on Sep 4th, 2003 0 comments Gay Outlaw graduated from the University of Virginia in 1981 with a degree in French, moved to France for studies in the culinary arts, found photography, and then somehow ended up reappearing at her...
Out with a bang: Madison fair wraps up summer Published on Aug 28th, 2003 0 comments It may be Labor Day weekend, the official end of summer for another year, but the town of Madison gives us one more chance to celebrate. This Saturday, Main Street will be buzzing with the 11th...
Heart strings: Duo's tunes signal romance Published on Aug 28th, 2003 0 comments Sometimes in new relationships you need a clincher, something to seal the deal, so to speak, to make you stand out among the throngs of suitors (or suitorettes); something that says “pick me, pick me...
Fun with RBS: Reading primers with a scholar's eye Published on Aug 28th, 2003 0 comments See Dick read. See Jane write. See Dick and Jane go wild for the antiquarian leather bindings and medieval calligraphy!The late August arrival of UVA undergrads snapping up textbooks and parking...