Ivan Orr will debut his new composition during a 100th anniversary celebration of the opening of the Jefferson High School, which provided Black students with access to secondary education during segregation.
Category: Culture
What cultures emerge from Charlottesville? It’s in the art, music, theater, literature and experiences of the people who make it.
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An Orange County restaurant is moving to a new location, but the owners aren’t leaving their acts of service — or their ties to local history — behind
For the Cooper family, utilizing their culinary skills to make the community a better place is a tradition that goes back generations, connecting to the post-Civil War history of entrepreneurial Black women in nearby Gordonsville.
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Central Virginia artists are moving away — this local leader wants to reverse the trend
“Artists often opt to move to more affordable towns where they don’t have to struggle to pay rent, unless there are structures in place to support their creative practice,” said Maureen Brondyke, executive director of New City Arts.
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In his new book, ‘Being Dope,’ A.D. Carson raps about racial reckoning in Charlottesville and Clemson, South Carolina
Carson, a UVA professor of hip-hop and the Global South, uses prose, poetry and rap rhythms to explain race and culture. “Dope” is a term that he traces to stereotypes of Black people to rappers reclaiming it as “anything praiseworthy.”
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Louisa’s Bright Hope Baptist Church earns historic recognition after community members pitched in with research
Several church and community members credit the late Gloria Gibson, a community leader in central Virginia, for helping Bright Hope earn the historic landmark designation.
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‘We can’t draw back in the shadows’: Tapestry Festival founder says now is the time to celebrate community and diversity
“Everybody has a part in our world. We’ve sometimes lost that, and we need to get back to it, and Orange can do it,” said Rachel Carlton, a former Orange County High School teacher who attended the festival.
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New publication highlights the lives of Black Charlottesville-area residents at the turn of the 20th Century
The Holsinger Studio Portrait Project and the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society will be giving away copies of the “Visions of Progress” portrait exhibition catalog for free on Saturday.
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The federal government cut $64 million in grants at UVA. Here’s what it means for the community
From clean energy and farming to blues music and youth mentorship, dozens of UVA programs tied to federal grants have been abruptly halted — leaving students, researchers, and community leaders questioning what’s next.
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Virginia Humanities details how $1.7 million in federal funding cuts will impact the 50-year-old nonprofit
An “immediate loss this large is impossible to manage without making difficult and painful decisions,” said Executive Director Matthew Gibson.
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Virginia Humanities will move forward despite federal funding cuts, but ‘there’s going to be a lot of pain’
A 20% budget loss means the nonprofit will fund fewer fellowships, grants and programming in the coming fiscal year, said Executive Director Matthew Gibson.
