Race and gender melt away in a true multicultural book, Grace Lin, a children's author and illustrator, told an audience of almost 50 people in the Brown-Alley Room last Wednesday.
Dominique Simon, a 2011 Richmond graduate, recounted the following in one of his papers from his days as a sophomore: "I got down to my knees; it would be of no use to try and explain something from my height.
Take a turn off the busy and eclectic W. Cary Street in Carytown and you'll find Stuzzi Pizzeria nestled among a quieter neighborhood of bungalows.
The University's Panhellenic Council kicked off the Halloween weekend Wednesday night by organizing a number of haunted tours of downtown Richmond. I was one of the students who took advantage of the opportunity to take a trolley ride to the entrance of the Beverly Hotel and then given a historic and creepy walking tour of downtown Richmond.
InLight Richmond, a light-based art show, took place in historic Tredegar on Fri., Oct. 21. The exhibition spanned from Dominion Resources to the American Civil War Center.
As I pulled off the busy highway and around the corner into a quiet neighborhood, I kept my eyes peeled for the entrance of the Hollywood Cemetery.
Dallas Joseph, a Middle Tennessee State University 2009 graduate, says he and a friend first used the word "loaded" in a song and wanted to turn it into something bigger. "It didn't have a meaning but it just sounded good, and so we just came up with a meaning for it," Joseph said.
Just about a 45-minute ride from campus, between the James and Chickahominy rivers, are several plantations that once were home to many notable Virginians, such as Declaration of Independence signer Benjamin Harrison and Presidents William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. Berkeley, Edgewood, North Bend, Piney Grove at Southall, Sherwood Forest, Shirley, Westover, Belle Air and Kittiewan plantations are all in Charles City County.
Carytown prides itself on offering off-beat shops and eateries to satisfy those of us who aren't content with Chipotle or Panera Bread, and who are looking for something closer to campus.
A lively Cellar crowd laughs as Wade Downey explains his opening song was written for his two-year-old son, Finn, and the eventual break-ups he'll go through later in life. Downey, 37, had the crowd laughing from the beginning of his performance at the Cellar last Thursday, opening with a solo acoustic set, followed by accompaniment from talented musicians such as computer science professor Barry Lawson on Mandolin, senior Nathan Riehl on bass guitar and VCU physical therapist Adam Powell on drums. Playing college gigs is nothing new for Downey, with the show being his first in seven years since playing with his band in graduate school. The nearly two-hour set was seamless, showing no signs of a seven-year hiatus, with new material and an energetic, yet intimate Cellar atmosphere.
Starting next semester, hungry Heilman Dining Center patrons will no longer be able to stop and chat with cashier Diane Bennett. Alvin Johnson, who has worked at the dining hall for three years and was trained by Bennett, said: "I will miss her a lot.
Since this will probably be the last movie review I write for "The Collegian," I'm deliriously relieved that I get to tell you about a very good film.
If you thought you saw or heard about the Harvard Sailing Team's visit to campus last Friday night, you're wrong.
1. Thou shalt not wear lodge shoes anywhere but the lodge. Not only would it be completely unacceptable to do so, but it would also make you look like the Bird Lady from "Home Alone 2." You are dreaming if you think a good pair of shoes would still look trendy after dunking them in lodge sludge. Lodge shoes should be chosen based off of three factors: comfort, price and durability.
Something magical was brewing in the heart of downtown Richmond on Tuesday. The musical "Wicked" has returned to the Landmark Theater and crews were on site unpacking and assembling the set for its first show last night. Productions will run from Oct.
I'm in the air about 100 feet above the clear water of the James River. The pedestrian suspension bridge under Richmond's big, truck-noisy Lee Bridge leads me over to the sometimes eerie quiet of Belle Isle. Runners sprint past me.
The lights went dark, the crowd quieted and the theme song from "Mission Impossible" started playing as a tall figure came down the aisle, flashlight in hand at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' Leslie Creek Theater. Magnolia Jackson Pickett Burnside, named "best drag performer" of 2011 by Style Weekly and hostess for the evening, hoisted herself onto the stage where a tiara sat on a pedestal.
The UR Players open their season with "Trojan Women: A Love Story," a play that fuses Greek tragedy, opera, pop culture and aspects of the contemporary world, at 7:30 p.m.
Seeing my parents on campus for the last parent's weekend of my college career was bittersweet. As a senior, this was my first parent's weekend where my family attended the football game and tailgate, and it was quite an experience. The tailgate started around 1:30 p.m.
This is the answer key for Catherine's Crossword Corner published on Oct. 20, 2011.
