NewsEddie Bond and Andrew Small
Eddie Bond learned how to play fiddle from teachers like Claude Childress and Bass Tate growing up at his granny’s house, now he’s teaching Andrew Small.
News2022 JMRL Same Page Community Read selection: We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
In advance of the 2022 Festival schedule announcement later this month, we are honored to announce that We Are Not Free by Traci Chee, a National Book Award finalist book …
NewsSHELF LIFE—Fighting Political Gridlock: David J. Toscano in Conversation with Christopher K. Peace
David J. Toscano (Fighting Political Gridlock: How States Shape Our Nation and Our Lives) discusses how state governments, in response to federal government gridlock, have taken action on issues of …
NewsThe Earl of Indian Valley
Earl White shares his knowledge about music in a “formally informal” jam situation at his old time music camp.
NewsSHELF LIFE—In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower with Davarian L. Baldwin & Jalane Schmidt
Davarian L. Baldwin (In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities are Plundering Our Cities) discusses how universities have become big business and the costs for those living in …
NewsNow Open
Becky Calvert takes readers on a tour of our new public humanities center located in Charlottesville’s Dairy Market building. “Stepping out from the elevator into the new Virginia Humanities Center, it is immediately clear that there is more to this place than just a sleek, new office. The new headquarters represents a bold step into the future for this forty-seven-year-old public institution.”
News2022 Carol Troxell Reader: Dr. Imani Perry
In advance of the 2022 Festival schedule announcement later this month, we are honored to announce that acclaimed author Dr. Imani Perry will be the 2022 Carol Troxell Reader with …
NewsCox’s Snow and the Persistence of Weather Memory
What tales will people tell about the Great I-95 Snowstorm of ’22? About the time an untold number of people, including a U.S. senator, spent a frigid, worrisome twenty-four hours on the interstate somewhere between Ruther Glen in Caroline County and Exit 152/Dumfries in Prince William County after a tractor-trailer accident in an unexpectedly heavy […]
NewsREPLAY: Parenting On the Spectrum
If you’re tired of thinking about your own health, maybe its time to turn to the kids.
