Traditional Music: A Lecture & Performance Series What is traditional music? What relevance does it have for us today in the 21st century? This noncredit lecture and performance series explores these questions and more through the lens of folklore, ethnomusicology, and performance. Students gain access to the contemporary world of traditional music by attending private performances, multimedia presentations, and engaging in conversations with musicians, folklorists, and ethnomusicologists throughout the state of Virginia. It all happens in one ideal location where music performance, technology, education, and food and drink converge in a congenial spirit of community and lifelong learning. The traditions under study include old-time, bluegrass, samba, jazz, blues, gospel, Sephardic, and Mande/Voltaic. By the end of the course, the students will have gained an insider’s knowledge and a greater appreciation for traditional music and some of its greatest artists and experts in the Commonwealth today. The series will be facilitated by ethnomusicologist Heather Maxwell, Ph.D. It will run for eight Tuesday evenings from 7-8:30pm beginning February 9. The tuition is $150. Dinner will be available at an additional cost beginning at 5:30pm. Advance registration is required through the UVa School of Continuing & Professional Studies. Call (434) 982-2779 or email scps-uc@virginia.edu for registration forms.
Thanks to the involved reader who submitted this to our Gossip address. [Photo Credits]
Thieves have been taking advantage of recent student departures, with Charlottesville Police Department stating that around $100,000 worth of electronics, jewelry, and other items have been stolen since June in a string of nearly 60 burglaries. The break ins have often coincided with student vacations, with many being reported as people arrived back in town over the last few weeks.
Fortunately the police have managed to apprehend three individuals already, as roughly $20K worth of stolen items have ended up in local pawn shops, and apparently were sold using the suspects real names. [Photo Credits]
Politics and religion meet with sex and scandal in Shakespeare’s tragicomedy ‘Measure for Measure.’ Under the watchful eyes of the true Duke, his young substitute falls prey to desire for a clever nun; and with an ensemble of pimps, prostitutes, and priests making mischief, only the Duke’s meddling can undo the harm wrought by the substitute and his harsh laws. November 19-21st @ 8:00PM, 21st @ 2:ooPM $Free. [Info]
With the 22nd Virginia Film Festival kicking off tomorrow, and all the screenings surrounding the idea of ‘Funny Business’, we are interested in hearing which of the 80+ movies you readers are interested in watching. [Info] [Photo Credits]
Ah, the almighty advertising dollar, and what self respecting periodical wouldn’t chase down each available source? UVa & Virginia Tech college papers have been duking it out with Virginia law, all in the effort to overturn a blockade on any alcohol related marketing within their pages. They sued the ABC Department in 2007, and successfully overturned the ban. Unfortunately, however, the Attorney General’s office has appealed to a federal court in Richmond.
The state mandate exists in order to limit underage drinking, which is obviously tied directly to the rate of alcohol advertisings in college papers.
We are wondering whatever happened to the nationwide review of lowering the drinking age to 18, which caused such a stir a few months ago?
I heard rumor at last nights Relaunch Party that UNCUS had done something similar in the past, and certain ‘religious groups’ within Charlottesville took exception to that, and began physically removing the offending material from local boxes. I certainly understand the law requirement for adult material to only be sold to those 18 and above, but what is the legality regarding news coverage, including reprints of adult material, freely available to our oh-so-easily corruptible youth?
I’d say we Villains wholeheartedly support the 1st Amendment in all its forms, and obviously with the proliferation of this intertewbs thing, adult material is only a few Google searches away, sometimes even when you aren’t looking for it. We allow R rated Gravatars for our commentary thread, and obviously we are primarily a 25-35 age group, but what would you readers think if we started featuring NSFW content on the front page?
Whatever the outcome over this may be, we recommend picking up your copy ASAP, because Courtney provided some great coverage on our relaunch as well.
Playboy’s ‘Girls Of ACC’ issue, which includes one UVa student, is on newsstands now. The Hefner crew stopped by last March for our screening, and apparently our little Jenna Arianna (her first and middle names) made the final cut. She is listed as a rather cunning linguist, and we thank her for exactly the exposure Charlottesville needs. (No I’m not joking, I’m completely serious.)
Ever wonder what happens when a giant turkey flies through your dorm room window and dies on your bed? Second year University of Virginia student, Piyush Srivastava came home to find a turkey lying dead in his bed. Piyush told the Cavalier Daily that he came home from a weekend at home to find blood and shattered glass were all over his room… and turkey dead in his bed. He was moved to another dorm room while UVA cleaned up the mess.
/You know how badly those hokies wished they went to UVA.
More pictures, courtesy of Piyush, after the break… »Read More
Traditional Music: A Lecture & Performance Series What is traditional music? What relevance does it have for us today in the 21st century? This noncredit lecture and performance series explores these questions and more through the lens of folklore, ethnomusicology, and performance. Students gain access to the contemporary world of traditional music by attending private performances, multimedia presentations, and engaging in conversations with musicians, folklorists, and ethnomusicologists throughout the state of Virginia. It all happens in one ideal location where music performance, technology, education, and food and drink converge in a congenial spirit of community and lifelong learning. The traditions under study include old-time, bluegrass, samba, jazz, blues, gospel, Sephardic, and Mande/Voltaic. By the end of the course, the students will have gained an insider’s knowledge and a greater appreciation for traditional music and some of its greatest artists and experts in the Commonwealth today. The series will be facilitated by ethnomusicologist Heather Maxwell, Ph.D. It will run for eight Tuesday evenings from 7-8:30pm beginning February 9. The tuition is $150. Dinner will be available at an additional cost beginning at 5:30pm. Advance registration is required through the UVa School of Continuing & Professional Studies. Call (434) 982-2779 or email scps-uc@virginia.edu for registration forms.
Ah, the almighty advertising dollar, and what self respecting periodical wouldn’t chase down each available source? UVa & Virginia Tech college papers have been duking it out with Virginia law, all in the effort to overturn a blockade on any alcohol related marketing within their pages. They sued the ABC Department in 2007, and successfully overturned the ban. Unfortunately, however, the Attorney General’s office has appealed to a federal court in Richmond.
