For facile or recklessly daring musical minds, “fusion” is just another word for “confusion.” For Brennan Gilmore and his bandmates, however, intelligently mixing together two distinct genres of music creates a potent potion. Kantara plays “Arab-Appalachian music,” and if that conjures up an image of Mohammed and Jesus dancing a jig on a prayer rug, […]
Tuesday, May 15TEC hittin’ the beach Need more proof that defense contracting is big local business? The Naval Facilities Engineering Command at Pearl Harbor has awarded a $30 million defense contract to TEC Inc. Joint Venture, based in Charlottesville, MSN Money reports. The contract is for “environmental planning to support strategic initiatives” in Guam, Hawaii, […]
Tuesday, May 8Martha Jefferson overachieves Martha Jefferson Hospital is issuing $51.1 million in new bonds from Albemarle County’s Industrial Development Authority, and the folks at Fitch Ratings have given those bonds an A+. Proceeds from the bonds will be used to advance MJH’s 2002 bonds as well as fund a debt service reserve fund. The […]
Vusi Mahlasela doesn’t sound like I expect him to when he greets me over the phone. His voice sounds nothing like the lilting, weaving instrument that leads Zulu music legends Ladysmith Black Mambazo through a series of “whoop” and “yeeeee” noises on the song “Heaven In My Heart,” nor does it bear the smoke-rounded, South […]
“I can’t sleep,” says Ronda Hewitt, thinking about her upcoming performance as Blanche DuBois in Live Arts’ production of Tennessee Williams’ classic drama, A Streetcar Named Desire. Looking up to Tennessee Williams: Ronda Hewitt is excited about conveying her respect for A Streetcar Named Desire to local audiences. Nervousness? Nah. Hewitt, a graduate of American […]
Tuesday, May 1The ranks of the ultra-rich Sure, there’s a lot of money in town, and Charlottesville-based Silvercrest, started five years ago by G. Moffett Cochran, is one of the companies that’s drawing it in. Called “one of the most highly regarded wealth management firms focused on ultra-high net worth clients,” Silvercrest manages more than […]
Tuesday, April 24So long Singletary? Cavalier men’s basketball standout Sean Singletary has announced he’ll declare for the NBA Draft but is keeping his options open and may return for a senior year at Virginia. UVA junior guard Sean Singletary announced he will declare for the NBA Draft, but has not hired an agent, the Associated […]
Less than 24 hours after the mass slaughter of 32 students and instructors at Virginia Tech university in Blacksburg, more details surface about Seung-hui Cho,
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