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A Reunited Collection Tours the Commonwealth

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:36:04 +0000

Matisse, Picasso, Chagall: an extensive collection of European Modern Art began a two-year tour around Virginia this month. Sixty years ago, a private donor gave the paintings away, splitting them between the University of Virginia’s Art Museum and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. This touring exhibition reunites the works for the first time for display in Charlottesville, Winchester, Abingdon and Richmond. Peter Solomon reports on “Matisse, Picasso, and Modern Art in Paris: The T. Catesby Jones Collection.”

Growth of Celtic Church Services

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:34:43 +0000

A growing number of Christian churches across the United States are adding Celtic-inspired services to their worship offerings. To find out why, Nancy King paid a visit to an Episcopal Church just west of Charlottesville.

Carter Family Fans

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:09:56 +0000

Southwest Virginia’s Carter Family made their first country music record in 1927. But favorites such as “Keep on the Sunnyside of Life” are still popular 81 years later, thanks mostly to the devotion of fans who preserve and adapt the Family’s tunes. But what is it about the Carter Family’s music that draws in such a loyal following? Reporter Beverly Amsler reports from this year’s Blue Ridge Folklife Festival in Ferrum, Virginia.

Torah Yoga

VFHwebdev — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:48:08 +0000

Each month, a group of students gather at UVA’s Hillel Center to combine the practice of yoga with the teachings of the Torah. Martha Woodroof drops by a Torah Yoga session to hear about this new ritual that is gaining popularity in the Jewish religious community.