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Winner of best documentary at the European Film Awards in 1990, "Step Across the Border"
showcases musician Fred Frith.
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"Step Across the Border" with Fred Frith
Virginia Film Society
http://www.vafilm.com/filmSociety.php
Wednesday, February 6 at 7pm, Vinegar Hill Theatre
The Virginia Film Society kicks off its spring series with "Step Across the Border," a documentary
about legendary avant-garde musician Fred Frith. The film is a collage of clips of the artist and his collaborators, including René Lussier, Bob
Ostertag and John Zorn. Guest artist of the University of Virginia Arts Board, Frith will attend the screening at Vinegar Hill and discuss the film
with the audience afterwards. Click here to learn more about the spring 2008 Virginia Film Society schedule.
Vinegar Hill
Theatre
220 West Market Street, Charlottesville - 434.977.4911
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Documenting Your Community:
A Photography-Based Educator Workshop
Second Street
Gallery and Piedmont Council of the Arts
in collaboration with the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts
Wednesday, February 13, 4:30-7pm
at Second Street Gallery
Registration through Friday, February 8
Inspire students to use photography to explore their community. Jeffrey Allison of the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts leads a
workshop for educators on the function of photography as a mode of expression for
artists and their subjects. Participants will leave with
resource guides, lesson plans, and a disc of images from VMFA. Click here for more information. Call 434.977.7284 or email outreach@secondstreetgallery.org to register by February
8.
Second Street
Gallery, 115 Second Street SE,
Charlottesville - 434.977.7284
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Well-known documentary projects and photography by Virginia students, such
as Erik and Patrick, #1 (above), will be used as examples at the workshop.
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Polish-Hungarian pianist Piotr Anderszewski has become a familiar figure on the international
concert platform, recognized for the intensity and originality of his interpretations.
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Piotr Anderszewski, piano
Tuesday Evening Concert Series
www.tecs.org
Tuesday, February 12 at 8pm, Old Cabell Hall
The Series presents Polish-Hungarian pianist Piotr Anderszewski in concert in Cabell Hall Auditorium
at the University of Virginia. Widely regarded as one of the most
exciting
pianists of his generation, Anderszewski will perform works by Bach, Schumann, and
Szymanowski. Click here for more information about the program and the artist. For ticket information, visit http://tecs.org/tickets.
Tuesday Evening Concert
Series, 108 Fifth St. SE, Charlottesville - 434.244.9510
Old Cabell
Hall, University of Virginia, on the Lawn opposite the Rotunda - Box Office: 434.924.3984
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"What is Contemporary About Aboriginal Art?"
The
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA
www.virginia.edu/kluge-ruhe
Wednesday, February 13
Lecture at 5:30pm, Newcomb Hall Ballroom
Opening Reception, 6:30-8:30pm, Newcomb Hall Art Gallery
The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia presents a John W. and Maria
T. Kluge Distinguished Lecture
in Arts and Humanities, followed by the opening reception of Our Way: Contemporary
Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River. The lecture, entitled "What is Contemporary About Aboriginal Art?",
will be given by Professor Terry E. Smith of the University of Pittsburgh.
Both events take place at Newcomb Hall, University of Virginia.
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal
Art
Collection, 400 Worrell Drive, Charlottesville - 434.244.0234
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Flying Over the Reef, Samantha Hobson, 2000
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"L'enfer, c'est les autres." Sartre's 1944 existentialist play No Exit runs for five
performances at PVCC.
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No Exit
Piedmont Virginia Community College
www.pvcc.edu
February 13-16 at 7:30pm
February 15 at midnight
PVCC Theatre presents Jean-Paul Sartre's 1944 No Exit at the Maxwell Black
Box Theatre in the V. Earl Dickinson Building. The show will run for four evening performances, with an additional midnight performance on February
15.
Admittance for
all performances is free, but seating in the Maxwell Theatre is limited and late seating is not permitted. Tickets may be picked up at the PVCC Box Office two hours before the show.
PVCC
Theatre, V. Earl Dickinson Building,
501 College Dr., Charlottesville - 434.961.5376
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ABOUT PCA
Piedmont Council of the Arts
www.charlottesvillearts.org
Piedmont
Council of the Arts
(PCA) is the designated arts agency of Charlottesville and Albemarle
County, with outreach services to Fluvanna,
Greene,
Nelson, Orange, Staunton and Waynesboro. PCA has supported the arts in
our region for nearly thirty years, encouraging relationships between
local
artists, arts organizations, and the vibrant communities that support
them.
Email info@charlottesvillearts.org if you have an upcoming event that you'd
like highlighted in The Arts In Your Inbox.
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PCA is proud to recognize the NTELOS Foundation as a 2008 sponsor of
Charlottesvillearts.org.
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