Elementary school teacher stages World Peace Game
John Hunter is a fourth-grade teacher at Venable Elementary School and Chris Farina is a filmmaker. Chris has made a film about one of John's staple techniques - the World…[...]
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Bill Emory exhibit tonight at Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
It's First Friday today, Photographer Bill Emory's work will be on display tonight at the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. The exhibit is called Art of the Place, and features pictures…[...]
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Charlottesville–Right Now: Has media conglomeration gone too far?
Jon Rintels is the executive director and the founder for the Center for Creative Voices in Media, a group that advocates against media consolidation and censorship. Rintels is a former…[...]
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Wake-Up Call: All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Virginia Film Festival
The 2006 Virginia Film Festival begins this week with the theme "Revelations." Rick Moore spends this week talking about what audiences can expect with festival director Richard Herskowitz, local filmmaker…[...]
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Live Arts: Helen of Troy – win free tickets!
Cynthia Burke as the Servant and Jen Downey as Helen. Photo credit: Jack Looney/C-VILLE Weekly. Helen of Troy might be considered as history's first femme fatale Guv,!vDjnj after all, when…[...]
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Charlottesville–Right Now: Michael Evans of the Green Valley Book Fair
Michael Evans is a poet and entrepreneur in the Shenandoah Valley. He's also with the Green Valley Book Fair. On the October 10th edition of WINA's Charlottesville--Right Now with Coy…[...]
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Charlottesville–Right Now: Details on the First Amendment Writes songwriting and poetry contest
Josh Wheeler of the Thomas Jefferson Center for Free Expression and Sibley Johns of the Music Resource Center join Coy Barefoot on the September 28th edition of WINA's Charlottesville--Right Now.…[...]
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Amadeus kicks off Live Arts season
Sara Eshleman as Constanze and Jon Cobb as Mozart. Amadeus runs through October 21 at Live Arts (Photo: Jack Looney/CVILLE Weekly Live Arts begins its new season with the production…[...]
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Local author writes children’s book on Japanese-American internment camps
Amy Lee-Tai's mother and family were forced by the federal government to relocate to an internment camp in 1942. Lee-Tai has published a children's book inspired by her family's…[...]
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Sarah Arvio, Ten from Sono
Photo of Sarah Arvio by Rigel Garcia de Cabada The poet Sarah Arvio reads ten poems from her new book, Sono. The reading took place on April 1, 2006, at…[...]
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91 Seconds on Film: Me, You and Dupree
Members of Steeley Dan may be taking the makers of Me, You and Dupree to court over an allegation the film is lifted from one of their songs. But before…[...]
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The Charlottesville Wunderkammer is coming to town
The Family Wunderkammer An old-world carnival has set up shop in the Frank Ix building for a three-week appearance. The Charlottesville Wunderkammer features art, music, and daring acts of intrigue.…[...]
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