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Home Grown: Eventful: Mock Stars Ball and VA Burlesque & Sideshow Fest

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

Today on Home Grown our man David is A.W.O.L. leaving us with the great Leslie M. Scott-Jones and the less than adequate Clinton Johnston. Fortunately, they’ve got great guests. First it’s the power duo of Danny Shea, Event Booker from The Southern Cafe and Music Hall as well as The Jefferson Theater and Kat Dillon, Events Coordinator for The Shelter for Help in Emergency. They’re here to talk about the 2017 Mock Stars Ball and how it’s the first Mock Stars Ball to be a benefit. That’s right. You can go to the best costume party around and also be donating money to S.H.E. in honor of Whitney French. Next, producing powerhouse Carmel Clavin returns to the show to bring the good news! The Virginia Burlesque and Sideshow Fest is coming to The Kettle in Staunton! Hear Carmel talk about how small towns deserve good art as well as cities — music to our ears. Art producers and presenters need love too, and they get that love here on Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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Home Grown: Abandoned: Deborah McLeod and Sharon Harrigan

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

Today on Home Grown we soldier on for a second week without the winsome (or lose some, buh-dumb-bump) Leslie M. Scott-Jones, and, even worse, David has to pop in and out due to his day job, leaving Clinton mostly on his own with two great guests. First, Deborah McLeod, director of Chroma Projects Art Laboratory returns to the show. She’s been working since April on organizing the first FLOW: The Rivanna River Renaissance Festival, a multi-genre collection of art installations connecting us to the Rivanna River, which Clinton reveals is rarely on his mind. Then author Sharon Harrigan visits the show for the first time to talk about her moving upcoming memoir, Playing with Dynamite. She reads a little from her work, and we fall into talking about the importance of and danger in telling personal stories and how memoirs can be so much more than old politicians rewriting their histories or celebrity tell-alls. It’s another window into upcoming art this Sunday morning on Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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Home Grown: Still Alive: Beryl Solla and Edward Warwick White

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

It’s another Sunday morning talk about upcoming art on Home Grown except this time, David and Clinton attempt to do it without Leslie’s class and charm. First, we welcome to the show for the first time Beryl Solla, Professor of Art from Piedmont Virginia Community College and curator of their art galleries. Both their North and South galleries have shows opening up, but David and Clinton get so sidetracked immediately talking art with Beryl that we almost don’t get to them. Fortunately our next guest is an old friend of the show, Edward Warwick White from Four County Players, and he knows how to keep us on track … somewhat. (There was the moment where Clinton and David pitched their musical version of Othello.) Four County’s about to launch their anniversary show The Best of Barboursville: A 45th Anniversary Musical Revue. It’s two great guests that guest great together as David and Clinton struggle to get the Facebook Live Feed to work in the background. That means it’s just another Sunday morning on Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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Home Grown: Mixing: Knott & Berzonsky from LUA and Amanda Korman & Aerial Perkins

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Home Grown gives you a show that makes white supremacists throw up! First, Estela Knott and Dave Berzonsky from LUA do their best impressions of ethnomusicologists when talking about their ongoing attempts to explore and bring together Mexican, Appalachian, South American, and Jewish roots music. (Oh, and they play a couple of songs too!) Then writer Amanda Korman returns to the show — this time in her role as Communications and Outreach Coordinator for The Women’s Initiative. They are currently accepting submissions for their Challenge into Change Writing Contest, and to that end, Amanda brings by Aerial Perkins, winner of last year’s contest to read her winning essay, “Pretty Brown Girl” on the air. Your hosts Clinton Johnston and Leslie M. Scott-Jones try to take a page from Aerial and not “put fear on the table” all on this week’s Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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Home Grown: Keeping Art Alive – Vibe Riot’s Jaewar and Live Arts’ Scott Dunn

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

On today’s Home Grown, Clinton and Leslie welcome back Jaewar from Vibe Riot, and they talk about breaking music genres. Next, they talk to Scott Dunn from Live Arts’ Playwrights Lab to talk about their upcoming collection of new plays, Locally Sourced. It’s musicians defying boundaries and playwrights helping each other produce all on this week’s Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 AM to 11 AM.

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Home Grown: Expressions: Painter Adam Disbrow and Guitarist Greg Brown

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On today’s Home Grown, Clinton and Leslie have a layered talk about the power of non-realistic, expressionist art with American Expressionist Adam Disbrow. He’s got a new show, A Portrait of Beauty, opening 08/04/17 at the Music Resource Center. Then it’s way too little time as one of Home Grown’s favorite guests, guitarist Greg Brown returns to play some tunes and talk about his new Blues CD Just Tell Me Why. It’s another show where we could’ve gone the whole hour with either guest. That’s Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 AM to 11 AM.

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Home Grown: Bladerunner NIGHT at the Southern and New City Barks at New City Arts

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On today’s Home Grown it gets more than a little political as David Vaughn Straughn and Leslie M. Scott-Jones debrief after a night of neo-Nazis and Proud Boys, which leads them right into their conversation with Angel Metro, one of the organizers of C’Ville’s Goth Night, who, in her other life, has had to deal with the growing social hostilities. Meanwhile Clinton takes a second look at New City Arts’ Housing2Home program with Program Coordinator Ellie Roller. Their new exhibit shows what people have done in the program and you can check it out while walking your dog! It’s an up, down, and slightly chaotic Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 AM to 11 AM.

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Home Grown: Oak Grove Theatre, Death of a Salesman, and Devon Sproule

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

On today’s Home Grown hosts David Vaughn Straughn and Clinton Johnston talk to Morgan Smith and Jenny Howard about Oak Grove’s unique model of outdoor theater. Then David and Devon Sproule reconnect after having been in the same high school choir. (Whoa!) Finally director and assistant director Bill Rough and Kelley de Villa thrown down some serious drama talk about one America’s great playwrights — Arthur Miller. Two shots at theater with a touch of great music on this Sunday’s Home Grown.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10am to 11.

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Home Grown: Second Street Gallery, sit.dance.create, Gorilla Theater

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

On this week’s Home Grown hosts Leslie M. Scott-Jones and Clinton Johnston talk to Kristin Chiaccia and Kristie Wood about workshops, pop-up salons, and the fun you can have with 200 degree wax at Second Street Gallery. Then it’s a conversation with artist and retreat leader Susan McCulley about how the combination of movement and mindful stillness can open us up to creativity in our art and in our lives. Finally, acting teacher and theater director Michael McGee talks about an impressive play set in (and talking about) repressive times — Frank Wedekind’s Spring Awakening playing now at Gorilla Theater.

Plus, we’ve got several shout outs, Mother’s Day suggestions, and an open letter to the “Day Job” — it’s all here on Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10am to 11.

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Home Grown: A Theater Classic at Four County and Classical Music for Your Downtown Lunch

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On today’s Home Grown hosts Leslie M. Scott-Jones and Clinton Johnston talk with Miller Murray Susen from Four County Players about her upcoming show, Blithe Spririt. Then Leslie and Abigail Rinhyke discuss Christ Episcopal Church’s Bach’s Lunch series with organizer Alice Layman.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10am to 11.

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Home Grown: Firebird by Charlottesville Ballet and A Piece of My Heart at ShenanArts

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On today’s Home Grown hosts Leslie M. Scott Jones and Clinton Johnston talk with Nina Staeben about ballet in intimate spaces vs. large spaces and about how ballets can be constantly re-interpreted. Then we talk to two actors from ShenanArts’ upcoming Vietnam era production about their preparation for their show and the benefits and challenges of playing heady material.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 a.m. to 11.

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Home Grown: Adriana Anders and Trae Crowder

Home Grown hosts Leslie M. Scott Jones and David Vaughn Straughn talk to local author Adriana Anders about her new book, Under Her Skin, and, it’s a special Visiting Artist Sunday as David and Leslie welcome Trae Crowder, the Liberal Redneck in town before his concert at the Southern Cafe and Music Hall on February 11th.

Home Grown is heard on WPVC 94.7 Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m. The station is currently looking for volunteers.