Humanities Feature Bureau Summer 2008
A Production of VFH Radio
Archives:
June 2008
The Incredible Mr. Poe (June 13)
A pop culture icon in his own time, Edgar Allan Poe has found a new audience among fans of comic books and graphic novels. Reporter Nancy King checked out a new exhibit at the Poe Museum in Richmond.
July 2008
Ashley Bryan: A Life Celebrated (July 18)
85 year-old Ashley Bryan, as a person of color, had to charge through a lot of racial barriers to become a published illustrator of children’s books. Bryan, who’s always creating something, was in Warm Springs last week to help a huge crowd of fans open a rare exhibition of his paintings at the Warm Springs Gallery. Reporter Martha Woodroof was there.
Appalachian Reality (July 25)
The Barter Theatre in Abingdon Virginia is nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, hours from cities usually considered meccas of the arts. But each year the theatre proves the quality of locally produced work through the "Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights." Nancy King dropped in on a rehersal and filed this report.
August 2008
Next Steps at Ferry Farm (August 8)
A pop culture icon in his own time, Edgar Allan Poe has found a new audience among fans of comic books and graphic novels. Reporter Nancy King checked out a new exhibit at the Poe Museum in Richmond.
A Capoiera Master in Richmond (August 30)
At a recent Richmond block party, Main Street looked like a scene from Sao Paolo, Brazil. Inside a circle of onlookers, two men played a Brazilian
