100 Year Anniversary of UVa’s Skinner Organ
In today's show, written by Jane Ford, Senior News Officer for the UVa News Department, we celebrate the one hundred-year anniversary of the E.M. Skinner Organ, which was installed in…[...]
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Diary of Tobias Lear
In today's show, adapted from an article recently published on the Oscar Web site written by Matt Kelly, a writer for UVa's Media relations, we examine the works of Tobias…[...]
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Dick Dyszel on the heyday of local television on WDCA
Dick Dyszel played an integral role in Virginia's horror heyday as host of Creature Feature, which aired Saturday nights on WDCA Channel 20 in D.C. Dyszel played Count Gore De…[...]
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Saying goodbye to the voice of Charlottesville
WINAvDj(tm)s Dick Mountjoy died earlier this month at the age of 61 following a long battle with cancer. Jane Foy joined Coy Barefoot on the March 28, 2008 to celebrate…[...]
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Investigative reporter’s new book explains Ahmad Chalabi
Investigative reporter Aram Roston is the author of The Man who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi. He joins Coy Barefoot on the…[...]
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Virginia’s eugenics movement: 2001 documentary (part 2)
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…[...]
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Myth & Memory
Objects and ideas inform both history and contemporary thought and are the basis of the study of material culture. For Maurie McInnis, associate professor of American art and material culture…[...]
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Jennifer Gullette on what’s happening at Montpelier
Jennifer Gullette of James Madison's Montpelier joins Coy Barefoot on WINA's "Charlottesville--Right Now!" to talk about the fourth president's 257th birthday. The home is slowly being restored to the way…[...]
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Virginia’s eugenics movement: 2001 documentary (part 1)
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,…[...]
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Piscataway Chief Tayac speaks at UVA
On February 24, 2008, Chief Billy "Red Wing" Tayac of the Piscataway Nation gave a talk at the University of Virginia on issues affecting today's American Indians. His appearance was…[...]
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Local NAACP celebrates group’s 99th anniversary
On February 17, 2008, The Albemarle-Charlottesville Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People celebrated the national organization's 99th anniversary at an event held in the auditorium…[...]
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This Glorious Struggle: George Washington’s Revolutionary War Letters
George Washington wrote an astonishing number of letters, both personal and professional. The majority of the over 140,000 known documents are from his years as Commander-in-Chief during the Revolutionary War…[...]
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