Humanities Feature Bureau Spring 2008
A Production of VFH Radio
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March 2008
A Bittersweet Anniversary (March 14)
Highland County , Virginia's striking elevations and sweeping valleys have earned it the nickname 'Little Switzerland.' It could also be called "Little Vermont" -- for decades, locals have been tapping the area's Sugar Maple trees to make slick sweet maple syrup. Just weeks ago, however, the county's sugaring community felt a terrible loss. Lydia Wilson reports from the Fiftieth Annual Highland Maple Festival.
Torah Yoga (March 28)
Each month, a group of students gather at UVA's Hillel Center to combine the practice of yoga with the teachings of the Torah. Martha Woodroof drops by a Torah Yoga session to hear about this new ritual that is gaining popularity in the Jewish religious community.
April 2008
Frankenstein invades Jefferson's Dome Room (April 11)
The Dome Room at the University of Virginia plays host to a monster of an exhibition. Nancy King has a preview of "“The Monster Among Us: Frankenstein…from Mary Shelley to Mel Brooks.”
Changing Demographics (April 25)
Virginia’s Latino population has tripled since 1990, to nearly 480-thousand—two thirds of whom live in northern Virginia. With the illegal immigration controversy dominating the news, there's a lot the public isn't hearing about the Hispanic community; such as 35-percent of Latinos earned a college degree in 2006. Danielle Karson reports.
May 2008
Virginia Connection to Bedouin Weavers (May 23)
For centuries, the Al-‘Sanah Bedouin ranged between the Gaza Strip and the Negev Desert, herding animals and living in tents. Then the creation of Israel and the increasingly contentious nature of Gaza put an end to their nomadic life. These days this once proud people, now reduced to poverty, live in a few designated Bedouin towns in the Negev region of Southern Israel. Martha Woodroof reports on one Charlottesville resident who’s partnering with Bedouin women in making an economic comeback.
