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[burt]

Governor Tim Kaine's wife, Anne Holton, and former First Ladies of Virginia back state-wide arts program.

From yesterday's R-TD:

http://www2.timesdis...-155601/296485/

[burt]

The Arts Council of Richmond is now officially known as CultureWorks.

From today's R-TD:

http://www2.timesdis...-123601/297759/

[burt]

First Friday Art Walk is scheduled for tomorrow, February 5th.  But it appears Mother Nature may interfere with another messy weekend.

El Nino is to blame for all this.  Every time the littlew brat stirs up the Pacific Ocean the southeast part of the USA gets lots of precipitation.  His sister, La Nina calms things down when she takes over.

[burt]

After nearly five years of planning and construction, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts at 200 N. Boulevard in Richmond's Museum District  will reopen its renovated and new galleries on May 1st.  The 165,000 s/f expansion places the VMFA on the top-10 list of comprehensive art museums in the country.

A major show of Louis Comfort Tiffany's pieces is scheduled for May.

VaMus is THE big art news for 2010 in Richmond and Virginia!

Here's the website showing monthly progress of construction:

http://www.vmfa.muse...otos_dec09.html

Edited by burt, 09 February 2010 - 02:01 PM.

[burt]

The Richmond Ballet presents its staging of ROMEO AND JULIET accompanied by the Richmond Symphony this weekend at the Carpenter Theatre.  See website for performance times:

http://www.richmondballet.com/
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Richmond Triangle Players which touts itself as the "only professional theatre company in the entire mid-Atlantic region which expressly and regularly serves the LGBT community" innaugerates its new theatre in Scotts Addition on Altamont Street with a play titled "Facing East."  See website for performance times and details:

http://www.richmondt...gleplayers.com/
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Willie Nelson takes over the stage at The National Theatre on Tuesday evening, Februiary 16th.  See his and the National's websites for details:

http://www.willienelson.com

http://www.thenationalva.com

Edited by burt, 12 February 2010 - 01:47 PM.

[burt]

WICKED, the smash Broadway musical that tells you everything about Oz before Dorothy was sucked up there in a Kansas tornado, opens a three-week run at the huge 3,600 seat Landmark Theatre beginning Wednesday, March 10th.

WICKED is a very elaborate stage piece with flying monkeys and witches and a wonderful musical score.

If you haven't seen it in New York or elsewhere, treat yourself and your family.

Here's the Richmond schedule for the National touring company at The Landmark Theatre on Monroe Park at Laurel and West Main Streets.

http://www.jumbotick...VA&ppcsrc=yahoo

The Landmark has just undergone some major backstage improvements, including a more convenient loading dock that will make it more appealing to large traveling show.  Its stage, before improvements, is one of the largest in the country.

Edited by burt, 13 February 2010 - 05:37 PM.

[Brent]

Why am I just finding this site?

http://www.rickmathe...um_of_fine_arts

[wrldcoupe4]

Can't wait for it to open.

[burt]

Connecticut, the sculptured Indian currently atop the box office at the Diamond Baseball Park on N. Boulevard in Richmond, may find a new roost now that The Diamond is no longer home to The Richmond Braves.  One of the finalist amongst bidders for the immense statue is Odell Associates which did such a stunning renovation of the Lucky Strike Power Plant at the eastern end of Tobacco Row.  Connecticut would be placed on the roof of the building at East Cary and Pear Streets where he could peer over the James River.


Connecticut is 10 feet high and 25 feet wide.

From today's RTD:

http://www2.timesdis...-211403/324334/
    

Edited by burt, 15 February 2010 - 11:41 AM.

[burt]

Here's a story and some photos I found on Google of Connecticut:

http://www.vahistori...acl_article.htm

[burt]

Brent, on 15 February 2010 - 12:32 AM, said:

Why am I just finding this site?

http://www.rickmathe...um_of_fine_arts

Brent, thanks for this comprehensive display of London-based Architect Rick Mather's VaMus designs.

[burt]

Odell Associates wins in its bid for the big Indian Chief(see posts above in reference to "Connecticut.")  He will take up his position atop the Lucky Strike Power Plant at the eastern end of Tobacco Row when contract negotiations are completed.

From today's RTD:  Odell Associations has done some photographic magic to show what Connecticut will look like on its roof.    

http://www2.timesdis...-131402/324646/

Edited by burt, 16 February 2010 - 04:34 PM.

[burt]

Deborah Sommers replaces Kathleen Panoff as Director of UR's Modlin Center for the Arts.

From today's RTD:

http://www2.timesdis...-220404/325053/

[burt]

Virginia's legislators may cut funds to the arts -- again -- this time to the bare bones.

Big mistake, IMO.

From today's RTD:

http://www2.timesdis...capitol/326795/

Edited by burt, 25 February 2010 - 05:29 PM.

[burt]

Richmond's Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has an Indian/South Asian collection that ranks among the top five in the nation.

The new 8,000 s/f gallery for the collection, including a white marble garden pavillion, will be ready for the May 1st re-opening of VMFA.

Check out a video of the pavillion's installation as well as related VMFA videos.

From today's RTD:

http://www2.timesdis...-190209/326603/

Edited by burt, 28 February 2010 - 11:52 AM.

[burt]

Steven Smith, who led the Richmond Symphony in a highly praised evening of Beethoven, Berlioz and Shostakovich last week, has been named the new Music Director of the orchestra.  

Ironically, Steven Smith takes up the baton from Mark Russell Smith who is leaving Richmond after a multi-year tenure as Music Director of the Richmond Symphony.

From a breaking story in today's RTD:

http://www2.timesdis...-114202/328330/

Edited by burt, 04 March 2010 - 12:32 PM.

[burt]

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is launching a blockbuster of special traveling exhibitions that are likely to attract throngs of art lovers from far and wide, thereby pumping dollars into Richmond's economy.

Check out this exciting story in today's RTD by Roy Proctor who is the former drama and arts critic for The Richmond Times Dispatch and then click "Upcoming Special Exhibitions" which gives dates and particulars of each show.

http://www2.timesdis...-185404/329547/

Edited by burt, 14 March 2010 - 12:10 PM.

[burt]

This interesting interview of Alex Nyerges (pronounced NAR-jess), Director of Virginia Museum of Fune Arts, reveals some interesting facts about VMFA and its collections.

After completion of the expansion, VMFA will have 545,000 s/f of enclosed space which will rank it 10th in total museum size on a list headed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

It will be in or near the top ten in many areas among American museums that collect art from all cultures and periods.

By Roy Proctor in today's RTD:

http://www2.timesdis...-185012/332630/

PS -- My comment:  For anyone curious about space formerly occupied by Theatre Virginia I have learned that it is still in tact but currently serves as a construction storage area.  The former Green Room and dressing rooms are now security offices.  Funding to refurbish the theatre is not available but may be in the next fuinding go-round.  When and if that happens it is likely the 500-seat theatre will be used for large audience lecture programs, small conferences and a program similar to the old "Fast Forward" series of contemporary music, dance and artist performances.

Edited by burt, 29 March 2010 - 08:19 AM.

[burt]

Only 30 days remain before the public re-opening of The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on May 1st.

Style Weekly in its current issue lays out compresensive coverage with stories, interviews and photographs.  

http://www.styleweek...9D3430288834D1D

On a personal note, I have just been gifted with a VMFA Membership and can't wait 'til my next Richmond visit.

[burt]

Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens has an exhibit called "Glorious Glass in the Garden" which will be on display until January 10, 2011.

The Botanical Garden in North Richmond has grown extensively in the past decade and draws considerable visitation from local residents and tourists.

Here's a slideshow courtesy of Richmond dot com:

http://www2.richmond...s-glass-garden/

Edited by burt, 04 April 2010 - 01:10 PM.