
25 years of Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony to be celebrated on March 22
For many attending the upcoming celebration of the Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony’s 25 years at Eastern Mennonite University, the event will bring back memories.

For many attending the upcoming celebration of the Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony’s 25 years at Eastern Mennonite University, the event will bring back memories.

At about 12:45 a.m. on March 18th, one of our students was injured while Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents were attempting to take him into custody on the sidewalk in front of Trinity Irish Pub.

No. 2 seed UVA (29-3) plays No. 15 seed Belmont (22-10) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday (March 20). Tipoff at Time Warner Cable Arena is approximately 3:10 p.m.

Belmont coach Rick Byrd and players Taylor Barnette, Evan Bradds, Craig Bradshaw and Reese Chamberlain talk with reporters on the eve of the Bruins’ second-round NCAA Tournament game with UVA on Friday in Charlotte.

The Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society will present an all-day forum, “Thomas Jefferson: The Man Behind the Myths.” on April 11, at the University of Virginia’s Jefferson Scholars Foundation, 112 Clarke Court, Charlottesville.

The University of Virginia and its Presidential Precinct partners will host Prince Charles March 18 at a global issues forum on the Magna Carta at the National Archives in Washington.

Much of the news coming out of Russia is focused on its capital, Moscow. The University of Virginia is hosting an international conference later this month that will look beyond the center of power to Russia’s vast regions.

The UVA baseball team dropped a 3-1 game to Virginia Tech Saturday afternoon at English Field in Blacksburg, Va.). The Hokies (9-9, 3-2 ACC) clinched the series as Virginia (12-4, 2-3) dropped its third straight game.

With a season-high 19 goals, the James Madison women’s lacrosse team held off a second-half charge from Rutgers to win its seventh game in a row with a 19-14 victory over the Scarlet Knights on Saturday afternoon on Friends of Jaclyn Day at University Park.

World-renowned filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako has covered the globe. Born in Mauritania and raised in Mali, Sissako studied in Moscow before settling in France in the early 1990s. He now travels the world directing and screening his films – and accepting awards for his work.