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Source: Piedmont Council of the Arts Is Charlottesville doing enough to market itself as a regional destination for patrons of the arts? What else can be done to ensure that the visual, performing and literary arts not only survive, but thrive? Those are just a couple of the questions explored during the second [...] Four years ago, the Cavalier Marching Band made its debut at Scott Stadium thanks to a generous donation from Carl Smith. I was producing a lot of stories for WVTF back in those days, and had a lot fun producing this one which aired shortly before the 2004 season began.
I borrowed the format [...] And now, the second installment of my series on Virginia’s eugenics movement, produced seven years ago with a grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. The first part can be heard here, and relates a general history of the eugenics movement, and the role Virginia played in legitimizing forced sterilizations.
This second seven [...] In 2001, the Virginia General Assembly passed a resolution expressing the state’s “profound regret” over its role in the eugenics movement. More or less passed over in the history books, Virginia played a pivotal role in government sanction of a policy where the mentally ill and indigent were sterilized so they would not [...]
For decades, students in the public education system have been given labels: “General,” “Advanced,” “Honors” – and split into classes with others who supposedly have roughly the same intelligence level. This practice is called Tracking, and there’s currently a big push among educational professionals to get rid of it, and stop segregating students [...]
Mike Shea is a California filmmaker who recently visited Charlottesville to screen his documentary – Red State. On this February 22nd edition of Charlottesville–Right Now! with Coy Barefoot, Shea discusses his movie, in which he traveled across the “Red States” that voted for George Bush in the 2004 election, trying to discover what [...]
Juan “JC Superstar” Robles takes on Derek Amos in a rematch at the Augusta Expoland. The “Showdown in the Shenandoah” marks the return of professional boxing to the area. Watch the Daily Progress multimedia presentation.
Harry Terrell has been at the helm of Charlotesville High School girls basketball team for 14 seasons. Since taking over he has a record of 295 wins and only 52 losses. Watch the Daily Progress multimedia presentation.
Trumpeter John D’earthPhoto: U.Va So, when First Night Virginia wanted someone [...] This is a first-hand account of an island in Japan called Gunkanjima. In the spring of 2005, I traveled to this island to photograph and explore its history. Gunkanjima was an old coal mining island that holds the highest population density recording in the world. In the 1970’s the island [...] The region’s first bilingual public affairs program will debut tomorrow on WVAW ABC16 at 9:00 AM. Zona Latina has been created to give Spanish-language speakers the chance to find out more about the community. I recently stopped by the Charlottesville Newsplex to speak with Diane Taylor and Carlos Teran, the show’s producers.
To subscribe [...] A transplant from Northern Virginia has started a new group called the Charlottesville Sports & Social Club. The club began operations this past Sunday with the first games for mobile phone in the inaugural Kickball League at Azalea Park. I stopped by and spoke with club director and umpire Chad Day. To subscribe to [...] |
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