Archive for August, 2009

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Muse: a Celebration of Women in the Arts is Back

MUSE: A Celebration of Women in the Arts - 2010 Show Auditions
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Muse: A Celebration of Women in the Arts – Call for Performing Artists from the NRV
Audition for [...]

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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Another Subtitle Rant

“How was the movie?”  ”I don’t know.  the French was far beyond my high school rememberance AND MOST OF THE  SUBTITLES WERE WHITE ON WHITE!”
Summer Hours may have been an entertaining film.  I understood the  house being a museum, full of important paintings and furniture … I think ….. but not being able to read [...]

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Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

New Season at Live @ The Lyric

Time to get serious about some GREAT live events coming to th e Lyric Theatre - the Heart of Downtown Blacksburg.  Let’s see some enthusiasm for the first two shows!!!
Friday, September 11, at 8 pm, The American Shakespeare Center On Tour presents Romeo and Juliet.  Okay, so it is an old play.  The theme is [...]

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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

The death of Mike Seeger and a change at Live@ The Lyric

Tragically, not long after we had signed Mike Seeger for a Live @ The Lyric concert Friday November 13, we were notified that he had a rapidly spreading cancer and would have to cancel.  As has been reported in  many locations, we were sad to learn of Mike Seeger’s death shortly there after.  I speak [...]

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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Away We Go

I saw Away We Go tonight.  There was raucous laughter coming from all over the theatre.  Walking out after the show, people were smiling and talking about what they liked and how well they liked it.  I am afraid I didn’t get it.  One of my friends compared it to Garden State, a movie he [...]

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