dance He burst onto the scene as a tap prodigy 21 years ago, a snap-crackle-pop, step-ball-change 12-year-old star. Eventually he earned a Tony, got dubbed, somewhat homophonically, “the savior of tap” (he had by then surpassed classical steps, bringing tap to a new edge), and exemplified the complexity of physics as his fleet-footed moves eluded […]
dance He burst onto the scene as a tap prodigy 21 years ago, a snap-crackle-pop, step-ball-change 12-year-old star. Eventually he earned a Tony, got dubbed, somewhat homophonically, “the savior of tap” (he had by then surpassed classical steps, bringing tap to a new edge), and exemplified the complexity of physics as his fleet-footed moves eluded […]
music Rock ’n’ roll at its purest is supposed to be loud, raw and (occasionally) a little scary, which explains why so many of the form’s finest practitioners have been unpleasant people with a few screws loose. The three members of the Hoboken, New Jersey-based Yo La Tengo, who played to a sold-out Starr Hill […]
stage Because most theater-goers will not be immediately familiar with the discrepancies between the three printed versions of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet—the first quarto (1603), second quarto (1604) and folio (1623)—Ralph Alan Cohen, executive director of Staunton’s American Shakespeare Center, runs the risk of alienating his audience by staging the arcane and rarely produced first quarto […]
UVA President John T. Casteen III gave his yearly State of the University speech last week to a crowd gathered in Old Cabell Hall on February 7. Here is the abridged version (with apologies to the original author). UVA President John Casteen hit many of the same points he’s hit in the past State of […]
Anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating: They’re no longer the “exotic” afflictions they were when social worker Emily Lape began practice at UVA 20 years ago. Lape now performs several intakes per week at the Student Health Center (www.virginia.edu/sh). One out of three students who sign in, she says, seek help with an eating disorder. While some find […]
Money from Philip Morris has long gone down smoothly for UVA: Past gifts totaling $2.3 million benefited everything
“It’s an honor to come here,” said Jim Cramer, host of the popular CNBC finance show “Mad Money,” (www.madmoney.com) on his visit to the Darden School of Business (www.darden.edu) last week as the first stop on his second annual Back to School Tour. The financier-turned-TV-personality arrived in town on Tuesday, February 6, and spent the […]
February might not be a time for many UVA sports fans (www.virginiasports.com) to think about football: The men’s basketball team is hovering near the top of the ACC standings; the baseball team is ranked in the Top 10 in preseason polls; and the No. 1 lacrosse team is getting set to defend its national title. […]
“It’s the death of humanity,” local activist John Salidas exclaimed, and as he did so, he leaned in, giving his already harsh assessment an extra push. His pale eyes burned. Tara Rowan Boyd, general recipient
Albemarle County (www.albemarle.org) recently released its 2006 building report that shows 575 new building permits were issued in 2006. The results are the lowest number for residential construction since 1995, when 569 building permits were issued. Nine Year Comparison of New Albemarle Residential Dwelling Units The 2006 numbers are down 44 percent from 2005. Those […]