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Audio features and interviews on the arts, centered around Charlottesville, Virginia.
WNRN and TheVelvetRut.net present Elvis Perkins in Dearland at The Outback Lodge tonight. Elvis was our guest in studio this afternoon with Ronda Chollock. He played a few tunes from his latest album, also called “Elvis Perkins in Dearland”. Videos will be up soon at youtube.com/WNRNradio.
The Piedmont Council of the Arts (PCA) continued its Creative Conversation Series on April 21, 2009 with a discussion between artists, art professionals and local officials about how expand the reach of the arts across all of Charlottesville’s many populations. The goal of the program is to bring artists, organizations, educators, and business and community leaders together to develop strategies for strengthening arts and cultural life in the Charlottesville area.
Previous conversations have dealt with Arts Education and Marketing the Arts in Charlottesville.
Participants in the forum included:
Bruce Boucher UVA Art Museum
Jane Fisher Charlottesville Community Design Center
Gary Funston Charlottesville Jazz Society
Harold Folley Virginia Organizing Project
Damani Harrison Music Resource Center
Holly Hatcher Charlottesville-Area Community Foundation
Rose Hill-Jones From Inside Out
Ronda Hewitt Live Arts Theater
Sibley Johns Music Resource Center
Bree Luck Light House Studio
Ken Moore Region Ten Consumer Advocate
Christine Nardi Center for Nonprofit Excellence
Emily Nelson UVA Art Student Society
Dave Norris Charlottesville City Council
Sherrika Nowell Urban Vision
Rydell Payne Abundant Life Ministries
Martin Phillips Charlottesville Jazz Society
Gloria Rockhold Albemarle Public Schools – Latino Relations
Joel Rubin UVA Department of Music
George Sampson UVA Arts Administration
Sherri Smith Artisans Center of Virginia
Mildred Spicer VSAarts Charlottesville-Albemarle
Jessica Thayer Artist Services
Karen Waters Quality Community Council
Annie Yoder Abundant Life Ministries
Tift Merritt was our guest this afternoon with Jerry Gerard. She played some tunes from her albums “Another Country” and “Buckingham Solo”. WNRN presents Tift Merritt tonight at the Music Resource Center in Charlottesville. Videos will be up soon at youtube.com/WNRNradio.
Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers was our guest this afternoon at WNRN. He interviewed with Ronda Chollock and played some songs from their most recent album, “Lost Channels”. Great Lake Swimmers are playing tonight at Outback Lodge, a show presented by WNRN. Videos will be up soon at youtube.com/WNRNradio.
This morning on Acoustic Sunrise, Danny Schmidt was Anne Williams’ guest. He is celebrating the release of his new album, “Instead the Forest Rose to Sing” with two shows tonight. The shows have been moved from Gravity Lounge to Live Arts. Youtube.com/WNRNradio will have videos from this interview.
Nathan Moore was Anne Williams’ guest this morning on Acoustic Sunrise. He played three brand new unreleased songs. Nathan is playing on Sunday night with Devon Sproule at the Blackfriar’s Playhouse in Staunton.
On the March 22 Wake-Up Call, guest host Pete Ronayne talks with Ralph Alan Cohen, Founding Executive Director and Director of Mission at the American Shakespeare Center, and Sarah Ellen Enloe, Director of Education. The American Shakespeare Center is an internationally acclaimed theatre company that performs Shakespeare’s works under their original staging conditions — on a simple stage, without elaborate sets, and with the audience sharing the same light as the actors — right in Central Virginia.
William Walter and Andy Thacker were the special guests this morning with Anne Williams on Acoustic Sunrise. William Walter & Co. is playing on Friday, March 27 at IS Venue in Charlottesville. Check youtube.com/WNRNradio for videos of the live performances.
Old School Freight Train is celebrating the release of their album “Six Years” at Gravity Lounge on Saturday, March 21st with two shows. They were Anne Williams’ guests this morning on Acoustic Sunrise, giving a preview of the release party. Videos from this interview will be available at youtube.com/WNRNradio.
Theresa Andersson capped off our week of in-studios at WNRN. She is bringing her one woman show to Gravity Lounge tonight with guests Peter Mulvey and local hero Sam Wilson. She interviewed with Ronda Chollock and played a few songs live. This show is not to be missed! Videos will be up at youtube.com/WNRNradio.
Ani DiFranco was our guest this afternoon at WNRN. She interviewed with Ronda Chollock and played us some songs including a brand new, unreleased song. She is playing tonight at Paramount Theater. Videos from this interview will be available at youtube.com/WNRNradio.
Blitzen Trapper was in the neighborhood this afternoon and they dropped into WNRN for an interview and to play some songs from their album “Furr. They played The Black Cat in Washington, DC last night and are on their way to Athens, GA. Videos will be available soon at youtube.com/WNRNradio.