Humanities Feature Bureau Spring 2007
A Production of VFH Radio
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March 2007
A Community's Voice (March 2)
For two weekends in March (March 10-11 & 17-18), the hamlet of Monterey will host the 49 th Annual Highland Maple Festival. Thousands of people will descend on remote Highland County which boasts 25-hundred people, 416 square miles, and one radio station. Reporter Nancy King recently made a visit.
This Dan Gediman Believes (March 9)
At a time of ranting radio hosts and titillating TV, a reincarnated radio series is asking Americans to stop yammering and listen for a change. Reporter Nancy King goes behind the mic with NPR’s “This I Believe.”
From the Chapel to the Big Dance: Oak Hill Basketball (March 16)
Tune into the NC double A basketball tournament this month and you'll probably see UVA's J.R. Reynolds or North Carolina's Ty Lawson: graduates of Virginia's own Oak Hill Academy. For a tiny school famous for big-name basketball players, Oak Hill sits in an unlikely place: in the middle of agricultural and mountainous Grayson County. Jesse Dukes visited Oak Hill to catch a game.
VA Poet -- Charlotte Matthews -- Honored (March 23)
Central Virginia-based poet Charlotte Matthews just received the 2007 Fellowship of Southern Writers' New Writing Award for Poetry. Martha Woodroof has a profile of this single mother of two who writes—these days—with a great and inspiring uncertainty.
Brian Jones and Richmond's Experimental Jazz (March 30)
April is Jazz Appreciation Month. Peter Solomon talks with percussionist Brian Jones, a leader in Richmond's avant-garde and experimental jazz scene.
April 2007
Anne Spencer's Muse (April 6)
For 70 years, Poet Anne Spencer lived, wrote, entertained, and gardened at 1313 Pierce Street in Lynchburg. Her home is the heart and soul of the Pierce Street Renaissance Historic District. Reporter Nancy King took a walk in her garden.
Virginia's Historic Garden Week (April 13)
This year, more than 250 homes and gardens are open to the public during Historic Garden Week, running April 21 st through the 28 th. Reporter Nancy King scouted out two of Virginia ’s oldest gardens on the Eastern Shore.
Richmond's Liberian Refugees (April 20)
Hundreds of Liberians living in the Richmond area may be forced to return to the West African country this fall. The Department of Homeland Security has not renewed the Temporary Protection Status of refugees from Liberia because Civil War in the region has stabilized. While some Liberians have already returned to the country, others are not yet prepared. Reporter Mike MacKenzie spoke with several members of the Richmond Liberian community and has this report.
South Boston Rennaissance (April 27)
Southside Virginia was once part of the Old Belt, the region that sold world famous flue-cured tobacco. The fortunes of Halifax County rose and fell with the golden leaf. Today, once bustling tobacco warehouses are empty and fields are fallow. Halifax County's unemployment is at 7%, one of the highest rates in Virginia. Thibault Worth reports on how the city of South Boston is looking towards the arts to revitalize the economy.
May 2007
In May 2007, VFH Radio distributed a five-part series on contemporary American Indians in Virginia. Click here to learn more.
VSU Students and Genocide Awareness Day (May 25)
Awareness about racially motivated killings in Darfur, Sudan is growing in the United States. But what can average Americans do in response? On Thursday, April 26th, a small group of college students held a Genocide Awareness Day. Jesse Dukes reports from the campus of Virginia State University.
