Studio Virginia Podcast from WVTF

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Gene Marrano — 2010-03-18 00:00:00

Three local authors slated to appear at the Virginia Festival of the Book this weekend: Jenny Gardiner, Stefan Bechtel and Nikki Giovanni

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Gene Marrano — 2010-03-11 00:00:00

On this week's episode of Studio Virginia, a benefit concert and new CD feature heavyweight bluegrass musicians from Southwest Virginia. Also, a Radford author appears at the Virginia Festival of the Book, and live theater looks for an audience in rural Nelson County.

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Gene Marrano — 2010-03-04 00:00:00

On this episode of Studio Virginia, a Virginia Tech instructor's new book about NBA legend Jerry West, state funding cuts for an arts agency looms and ABC White House correspondent Ann Compton returns to her alma mater, Hollins University

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Gene Marrano — 2010-02-25 00:00:00

On this week's episode of Studio Virginia, a Roanoke County author releases a book about childless-by-choice couples. Also, more dollars for film production in Virginia, the Blacksburg magazine 16 Blocks and a new museum in Montpelier.

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Gene Marrano — 2010-02-18 00:00:00

On this week's episode of Studio Virginia, Roanoke city libraries and Studio Roanoke join forces; a step dancing contest in Charlottesville; a young violinist raises money for Haiti relief and Celtic Woman brings Irish music to the region

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Gene Marrano — 2010-02-10 00:00:00

On this week's Studio Virginia, the author of a book featuring interviews with the children of former slaves speaks in Lynchburg. Also, variations on digital music. Finally, the owner of a small Lynchburg music label talks about his recent trip to the Grammys - as a nominee.

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Gene Marrano — 2010-02-04 00:00:00

On this week's Studio Virginia, the Marginal Arts festival in Roanoke, a retired Campbell County judge releases a memoir and ancient Chinese sculptures at the UVA Art Museum.

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Gene Marrano — 2010-01-28 00:00:00

On this week's episode of Studio Virginia: an award winning songwriter and folksinger from Roanoke releases a new album; the Fringe Festival at Sweet Briar College; a new CD of piano music with compositions from a Virginia Tech professor, and a book about the US Airways crash in the Hudson River last year by a Charlottesville author.

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Gene Marrano — 2010-01-21 00:00:00

On this week's episode of Studio Virginia, a Roanoke physician talks about his many trips to Haiti and a recent book he wrote about the people there. Also, a report on a photography exhibit in Charlottesville that celebrates American festivals.

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Gene Marrano — 2010-01-14 00:00:00

On this week's episode of Studio Virginia, we have a preview of the Jefferson Center's second half season, an exhibit by artist Fiona Ross at Hollins University, and a retired UVA professor writes a book about the desegregation of Charlottesville and meeting Dr. Martin Luther King.

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Gene Marrano — 2010-01-07 00:00:00

On this episode of Studio Virginia, a Hollins University alum returns for a retrospective on his documentary films; the Roanoke Regional Writers Conference and a retired park ranger writes a book about his career.

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Gene Marrano — 2010-01-03 00:00:00

On this week's Studio Virginia, we feature encore interviews with the Roanoke band Sinking Creek; the author of a book that compares vintage horror films to the Great Depression and World War Two and the Appalachian tradition called 'Breaking Christmas."

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Gene Marrano — 2009-12-17 00:00:00

On this episode, a veteran Hollywood actress works with RoanokeCounty students; a new exhibit of photography at the Jacksonville Center for the Arts in Floyd, and Dan Smith's "Christmas Bomb," essay.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-12-13 00:00:00

On this week's Studio Virginia, we highlight a ballet school in Galax. Also, a Roanoke writer explores "Human Bridges" in her new book.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-12-03 00:00:00

On this episode of Studio Virginia, a Virginia Tech alum writes a book about surviving cancer; the Jefferson Theatre reopens as a music club; the Taubman Musuem of Art celebrates its first year; Dan Smith's essay on square dancing and the Performers Exchange Project at Live Arts.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-11-26 00:00:00

On this week's Studio Virginia, we'll feature encore interviews with a Blacksburg e-novelist; WVTF essayist Fred First on his new compilation, and a sculptor working on a big project for the National D-Day Memorial

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Gene Marrano — 2009-11-20 00:00:00

A Floyd County music teacher releases a CD featuring his students ... a movie about marching bands that was filmed at UVA, plus Googling for the arts in Virginia, and how the song "John Brown's Body," came tp pass

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Gene Marrano — 2009-11-13 00:00:00

On this week's episode of Studio Virginia, two Roanoke authors release a memoir about a World war Two Navy torpedoman. Also, a Washington & Lee play features a fictional dialogue between Bernie Madoff and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Weisel.

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Gene_Marrano — 2009-11-05 00:00:00

On this week's episode of Studio Virginia, a former Roanoke Times journalist now teaches others about multimedia story platforms; an "old school" Charlottesville photographer; the Virginia School of the Arts in Lynchburg and a new book about the trees of Virginia.

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Gene_Marrano — 2009-11-01 00:00:00

On this week's Studio Virginia, the History Society's "Paint for Preservation; a Roanoke Ballet Theatre student is bound for a prestigious school in DC and a Virginia Film Festival preview.

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Gene_Marrano — 2009-10-22 00:00:00

On this week's Studio Virginia, a new documentary about local TV "horror hosts" called Virginia Creepers. Also, we'll feature singer-songwriter Darrell Scott, who returns to the Lyric in Blacksburg.

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Gene_Marrano — 2009-10-15 00:00:00

On this week's program, a UVA professor-writer wins a genius grant; Roanoke's Grandin Theatre throws a big bash and a Charlottesville author writes about the second half of life.

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Gene_Marrano — 2009-10-08 00:00:00

On this week's Studio Virginia, a spot light on art galleries at Roanoke area colleges; the valley's first "Create-a-thon," a First Amendment program for children at the Discovery Museum in Charlottesville, and the Carter Family musical heritage on display at Virginia Tech

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Gene_Marrano — 2009-10-01 00:00:00

On this week's episode of Studio Virginia, the Big Lick Blues Festival returns to Roanoke; a new musical features a boy's struggle with autism in Charlottesville and the Southwest Virginia Ballet makes its season debut.

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Gene_Marrano — 2009-09-24 00:00:00

On this episode of Studio Virginia, the Roanoke Arts Festival returns; a how-to guide for men dealing with a loved one's breast cancer, and an evening with Virginia Tech professor and poet Nikki Giovanni

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Gene_Marrano — 2009-09-17 00:00:00

On this episode of Studio Virginia, a sneak peak at Jefferson Center's new season; a first-time novelist writes about rural life and isolation in Southwestern Virginia, and former WVTF contributor Anna Wentworth is back in the studio with an art show of her own

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Gene_Marrano — 2009-09-10 00:00:00

On this episode of Studio Virginia, a well-known Roanoke sculptor stages her first major exhibit; the Taubman Museum of Art has a new director; an illustrated book that urges readers to "Die Laughing," and a major renovation at UVA's Art Museum.

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Gene_Marrano — 2009-09-04 00:00:00

On this episode of Studio Virginia, a Botetourt County writer has a new book about the Abu Grahib through the eyes of Lynddie England. Also, the first "Run for the Arts" in downtown Roanoke is all about the appreciation of public art.

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Gene_Marrano — 2009-08-27 00:00:00

On this week's Studio Virginia, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, historian Ed Ayers and percussionist River Geurguerian are the guests. Cara Modisett hosts.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-08-21 00:00:00

On this episode of Studio Virginia, a Roanoke band called Sinking Creek evokes Pink Floyd and other pop favorites. Also, a book from a Roanoke author that compares horror films of the 1930's and '40's to the Great Depression and World War II.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-08-16 00:00:00

On this week's episode of Studio Virginia, an e-novelist from Blacksburg; a Lynchburg sculptor who is working at the National D-Day Memorial; a report from the Galax Fiddler's convention and, a Staunton Farmer stars in two movies about food

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Gene Marrano — 2009-08-16 00:00:00

On this week's episode of Studio Virginia, two New River valley filmmakers take on old time music; Roanoke's monthly 'Art By Night' event, and a cookbook/biography about a Shenandoah Valley woman

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Gene Marrano — 2009-08-02 00:00:00

This week on Studio Virginia, a teen phenom plays a mean violin in Charlottesville; hard times at one Southside museum; memories of Mill Mountain Theatre Roanoke and, the Frontier Museum in Staunton stretches its horizons to Africa

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Gene Marrano — 2009-07-22 00:00:00

On this week's program: a novel about ghosts from a Roanoker; the new director of the Virginia Film Festival; the Garth Newel Music loses its director and the James Madison home and museum at Montpelier looks for a makeover

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Gene Marrano — 2009-07-15 00:00:00

A FloydFest preview on this week's episode. Also, a new exhibit is featured at Hollins University. Finally, a young producer hopes to shoot a film at Smith Mountain Lake

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Gene Marrano — 2009-07-09 00:00:00

On this week's Studio Virginia, a Charlottesville resident writes a book to help others. Also, a grab-bag of stories including the Virginia Heritage Awards, the Barter Theatre and more.

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Gene — 2009-07-01 00:00:00

The Wintergreen Summer Music Festival returns! Also, a Buena Vista man writes a 9-volume series about the American Revolution.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-06-25 00:00:00

Charlottesville authors target teen readers; a retired "Revenuer" has a new book on public relations and blues guitarist Jimmy Thackery returns to the area for a concert

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Gene Marrano — 2009-06-21 00:00:00

On this week's show, The Blue Ridge Summer Theatre Festival takes place at Sweet Briar College and the Roanoke Valley Pen Women win a Kendig Award.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-06-11 00:00:00

On this week's program, Floyd County writer, Fred First, talks about his new compilation of essays; the author of a book on the Columbine shootings comes to the New River Valley for a talk near the Virginia Tech campus, and Dumpstaphunk performs in Roanoke

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Fred Echols — 2009-06-08 00:00:00

Weekend Virginia's Sarah Jessee visits a dog park and finds the owners having as much fun as the dogs.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-06-04 00:00:00

A New River Valley novelist releases "Gray Baby," about a bi-racial teen; the Carless Brit Museum gets ready to open in Roanoke and a Charlottesville music historian catalogs local bands that didn't quite make the big time.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-05-28 00:00:00

An artist's retreat in Amherst County; the annual Sidewalk Art Show in Roanoke and unusual graduation music in Crozet

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Gene Marrano — 2009-05-21 00:00:00

The Garth Newel Music Center; Roanoke social activist Cabell Brand's memoir, and using art to overcome a creative block

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Gene Marano — 2009-05-17 00:00:00

A Radford University professor writes a novel about "The Safety of Deeper Water," ... and Local Colors celebrates diversity in Roanoke

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Gene Marrano — 2009-05-07 00:00:00

16 Blocks magazine, the Holocaust as viewed through the arts, a unique handwriting program involves music and "Open Projector Night" at the Grandin Theatre

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Gene Marrano — 2009-04-30 00:00:00

A young readers novel on the Civil War, a Virginia Tech professor's book of poetry and a student songwriting workshop in West Virginia.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-04-23 00:00:00

A Southern Virginia University professor writes a best-selling book about an eminent domain case that wound up in the Supreme Court … an exhibit at U-V-A pays tribute to Edgar Alan Poe, and the late blues master John Cephas is remembered.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-04-16 00:00:00

A Vietnam War-era aerial cameraman urges young people to think about “The Other side of the Clouds” in his new memoir … plus a day of drumming at Roanoke’s Earth Day celebration, and Lucinda Roy’s no-holds-barred book about the April 16th tragedy at Virginia Tech.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-04-12 00:00:00

The Montgomery Museum seeks to raise funds and awareness with concerts featuring Opera and Bluegrass… the “Car-Less Brit” experiment is celebrated with music and art in Roanoke… and a University of Virginia Drama Professor is honored with a lifetime achievement award.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-04-03 00:00:00

An exclusive inverview with movie director John Walters - the man who brought you "Hairspray" and "Pink Flamingos" will speak at Sweet Briar College later this month....and an experimental theater space called "Studio Roanoke" is set to debut

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Gene Marrano — 2009-03-26 00:00:00

Lincoln's 200th birthday is observed with a "3-D" photography exhibition at Jefferson Center... Best-Selling Novelist David Baldacci gets ready for an appearance in Southwest Virginia and Jazz-Guitarist Charlie Hunter performs in Roanoke - with his 7 and 8 string guitars.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-03-20 00:00:00

New programs and exhibitions at the Taubman Museum of Art … a Radford native comes home to sing jazz at Jefferson Center … plus “Bread and Butter” art at Center in the Square, the Radford University Literary Festival, and a Lynchburg book signing that concerns a politician well ahead of his time.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-03-13 00:00:00

An in-depth look at the upcoming Festival of the Book in Charlottesville... from famous authors like John Grisham and David Baldacci, to local, little-known Virginia writers, the Festival of the Book is a five-day center of the literary universe

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Gene Marrano — 2009-03-05 00:00:00

A Roanoke physician writes a book about his relief missions in Haiti … the Downtown Music Lab is back in business at Jefferson Center … and the art of water tasting.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-02-27 00:00:00

Inside the Daura Gallery at Lynchburg College … the new director at the University of Virginia’s art museum… plus essayist Dan Smith on the fairness doctrine, and a Roanoker learns the Tango in South America.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-02-19 00:00:00

Haunting images from war-torn Cambodia are featured in an exhibit at Hollins University … plus the second annual Marginal Arts Festival in Roanoke, and 1950’s crooner Tommy Edwards gets his day in the sun.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-02-12 00:00:00

An all-writers show, featuring readings and interviews from a recent conference in Roanoke … plus a novelist spins a tale about things that go bump in the night on a Virginia farm.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-02-05 00:00:00

Two new books of poetry - written from the heart by a Radford University instructor … plus legendary songwriter J.D. Souther at the Gravity Lounge, alternative theater options with Mill Mountain’s closing and Valentine’s Day at the Paramount in Charlottesville.

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Gene Marrano — 2009-01-29 00:00:00

Cultural organizations look to fill a void with the demise of Roanoke’s Mill Mountain Theatre … plus a look at how others in the arts community are doing, the Ying Quartet at Sweet Briar College, a very accomplished accordion player from Floyd … and jazz wunderkind Esperanza Spalding at Shaftman Performance Hall

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Gene Marrano — 2009-01-23 00:00:00

The life and times of John Brown Baldwin, an Augusta County leader during the Civil War era … plus highlights from the second half of the season at Jefferson Center, and a music program for children in Lynchburg called “Kid Pan Alley”

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Gene Marrano — 2009-01-15 00:00:00

O. Winston Link Museum director Kim Parker talks about five years of photography centered around the steam locomotive era … plus gypsy jazz at Jefferson Center, “Blue Ridge Chronicles” from far southwest, and the second annual Roanoke Regional Writers Conference

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Gene Marrano — 2009-01-08 00:00:00

From football star at Virginia Tech to advocate for the mentally ill, Tommy Edwards is designing programs that use music and visual arts as teaching and healing tools.

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Gene Marano — 2009-01-01 00:00:00

The executive director of the Historical Society of Western Virginia talks about plans for the History Museum of Western Virginia and a new exhibit on moonshine...and a new public television series on Appalachia.

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Gene Marrano — 2008-12-18 00:00:00

A new children’s theater group uses the Taubman Museum of Art as its home …music from the Carter Family takes center stage at the Blue Ridge Folk Life Festival… plus a book on Virginia history from a Charlottesville author, public libraries in high demand as the economy falters. Former presidential contender Mike Huckabee barnstorms in the area with his new book and essayist Dan Smith runs into an old friend.

STUDIO VIRGINA December 11, 2008

Gene Marrano — 2008-12-11 00:00:00

A Roanoke writer has her children’s book turned into a holiday play at Mill Mountain Theatre… big plans for the Virginia Museum of Transportation… the Godfather of Go-Go music at Jefferson Center …symphonies tighten their belts in tough economic times and local Rockabilly makes a comeback

STUDIO VIRGINIA - December 4 2008

Gene Marrano — 2008-12-05 00:00:00

The Roanoke College Children’s Choir ushers in the holidays with a series of concerts…plus high schoolers take on William Shakespeare, a Civil War diary at Virginia Tech, a Virginia Film Festival entry on Guantanamo Bay, and essayist Dan Smith on how elegance is making a comeback.

Student Nehemiah Markos and teacher Jane Sandel from Salem High School.

STUDIO VIRGINIA - November 27 2008

Gene — 2008-11-27 00:00:00

Songwriter and veteran session player Darrell Scott gives a very personal and exclusive interview to WVTF’s Cara Modisett…. and the time-honored chestnut ‘Scrooge” is a popular holiday musical in Roanoke.

Film Maker in Congo and New Children's Book

Gene Marrano — 2008-11-20 00:00:00

A Roanoke County film maker talks about Women in War Zones which he shot in the Congo. A new childrens book about fitting in, and Veterans of War are saluted by school children, and a documentary from a Charlottesville resident.

Media Coverage of the Election / Einstein's Monkey

Gene Marrano — 2008-11-13 00:00:00

An award-winning journalist critiques the media's coverage of the presidential campaign and other races in Virginia. Also UVA Professor and poet Rita Dove, the Taubman Museum of Art cuts the ribbon, and an unusual collection of songs for children called "Einstein's Monkey."