Coming to the Wayne Theatre: All aboard Disney’s Choo-Choo Soul
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Disney’s Choo-Choo Soul “With Genevieve!” comes to the Historic Wayne Theatre/Ross Performing Arts Center for two shows on Sunday, April 24.
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Monty Python headlines Heritage Theatre Fest in director’s final season
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On Tuesday night, foppish knights and dancing showgirls took the stage at the University of Virginia’s Culbreth Theatre for a rousing performance of Monty Python’s Spamalot, the headline musical in this year’s Heritage Theatre Festival.
Comedian Kathy Griffin returns to Charlottesville on June 19 at Paramount Theater
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The Paramount Theater is excited to welcome back Kathy Griffin to the stage on Friday, June 19th. Two-time Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian Kathy Griffin is a towering figure on television, on tour and in publishing. She breaks through the entertainment clutter with her universally recognized brand of pull-no-punches comedy.
New NRDC Issue Brief: Best way Virginia can fight climate change, beat EPA emissions targets by 20 percent
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With climate change already damaging Virginia’s economy, endangering citizens’ health, and threatening coastal cities, a new issue brief shows that if the Old Dominion were to meet its already existing voluntary energy goals, the state would actually beat the carbon emission targets in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan by 20 percent.
Mill Street Ramblers bring Dixieland jazz to Gateway Theatre
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WTA’s Gateway has become known for its Custin Jazz Series. National jazz artists have brought everything from the great American songbook to Cool Jazz sounds to the Gateway’s audience. Now the series brings the fountainhead of American jazz. On Saturday, the Mill Street Ramblers Dixieland Band will perform the music that made New Orleans famous.
JMU rallies in 10th to beat VCU
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Virginia Commonwealth University scored three runs in the eighth and one more in the ninth to force an extra frame but James Madison used a four-run 10th inning to defeat VCU, 12-8, Friday night in the opener of a three-game Colonial Athletic Association series at The Diamond. Junior Taylor Perkins, who went 2-for-4 with a…
Bruised, battered, beaten – but not defeated: Business owner recounts attack, and fights back
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This is a story of survival. “All I could think of was, I have to stay alive for Dylan.” Heather Owens had just taken her dog, Shadow, out to do her business. It was late on a Friday night, technically Saturday morning, around 1:30 a.m., Aug. 28, 2010. Owens was sitting on the step of…
The little movie theater that could
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] This is the first year probably ever that I’ve even seen one of the movies nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, much less three of them. For that I can thank Adam Greenbaum. I first met Adam a few years ago when he had this wild idea to buy a…
Westover Pool admittance free to Harrisonburg city residents through Friday night
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Residents are encouraged to come beat the heat and enjoy one of Harrisonburg Park & Rec’s most popular public amenities for free over the next few days.
VDOT encourages drivers to ready vehicles, prepare for hot weather in summer
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With kids out of school and temperatures heating up, summertime is here, and that means drivers are hitting the roads for vacation.
