Archive for July, 2008
Appalachian Reality
The Barter Theatre in Abingdon Virginia is nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, hours from cities usually considered meccas of the arts. But each year the theatre proves the quality of locally produced work through the “Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights.” Nancy King dropped in on a rehersal and filed this report.
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Ashley Bryan: A Life Celebrated
85 year-old Ashley Bryan, as a person of color, had to charge through a lot of racial barriers to become a published illustrator of children’s books. Bryan, who’s always creating something, was in Warm Springs last week to help a huge crowd of fans open a rare exhibition of his paintings at the Warm Springs Gallery. Reporter Martha Woodroof was there.
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