So long, RVA!
Drummer and composer Scott Clark has a taste for the “nerdy” sides of music and TV. Some of the music that he composes is held to the rigid structures of “Serialism” by using all twelve pitches in a repeating order. After late-night gigs with indefinable ensembles like Ilad and Glows in the Dark, along with a boogaloo/funk project called The New Belgians, he routinely chills out by watching re-runs of Star Trek at his apartment.
For the Richmond Symphony, a new season is a chance to see the unexpected. Standard fare of Ravel, Bartok, and many more, of course, line the schedule that begins September 17 and goes through May of next year. For many, however, the Genworth Financial Symphony Pops will stand out as something special.
This month all over the U.S., people are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Miles Davis’s seminal album Bitches Brew and what would have been the legend’s 85th birthday. In 1987, Richmond Jazz Society hosted the man at Richmond’s Mosque Theater for what executive director B.J. Brown remembers as a “financial disaster but an artistic success.”
In less than two weeks, Harris Eisenstadt and Canada Day will prove that their identifiable sound, their bridging of jazz and rock, and their improvisational and experimental prowess fit right into what RVAJazzfest strives to accomplish.
With it being St. Patrick’s Day and all, you’ve probably made some plans to have a night of increased of beer intake. Sounds wonderful! But, before you head out into the wide wide world tonight you’ll need to be thoroughly boned up on your Irish beers. Thoroughly. Boned.
Everyone is going green these days and local schools are no exception. Aside from promoting recycling and reusable merchandise in the school shops, parents and administrators are recognizing the importance of getting kids involved with growing things on school grounds.
There are some pretty insane St. Patrick’s Day parties around these parts. But, to be honest, I’ve never had a green beer and probably never will. It’s just not my thing. I am however fully versed in fashion and style and can tell you that those “Kiss Me I’m Irish” t-shirts are not so cool.
There’s Darby O’Gill and the Little People, and then there are the movies that won’t embarrass you in front of your Irish pals. So if you feel like indulging your urges with some soda bread and a seriously good Irish flick, here are some options worth queuing up. Sláinte!
Everyone wants to catch a Leprechaun, because everyone knows if you actually catch a one he has to grant you three wishes! This year the kids and I have a plan: we decided we needed to build a Leprechaun trap.
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