Entertainment and Enlightenment
Karen Newton
Feb 05, 2008
So much going on in rva lately…where to start?
Saturday night: The Italian Film Fest at the Firehouse Theater. The sold-out 8:00 showing of “Divorce Italian Style” with Marcello Mastroianni. Dry wit, sly wit, wry wit and an actor who totally owns the camera. Endless food from Mama Zu’s, Edo’s Squid and 8 1/2 and a look at the swinging ‘60s through the Italian looking glass. Perfection.
Sunday afternoon: For non-sports lovers like me, Chop Suey hosted “Super Poetry Sunday” with hard hitting poet Julie Carr vs. the wild card from Nebraska, Anthony Hawley; both of whom teach and publish. The nearly capacity crowd was treated to everything a reading should be: poets reading their own words, with their distinctive cadences, on 21st century topics. Kudos to Ward Teft of Chop Suey for keeping Richmond in the loop.
Monday night:Ghostprint Gallery on Broad Street presented an evening of experimental music (note: best new trend: art galleries putting on music shows on non-First Friday evenings). Charity Chan, Robert Bryant and Anduin showed the audience what experimental music in rva is: harmonics, long, pregnant silent pauses, electronica and accordion feedback. Different, challenging, interesting. Bravo!
Three random days/nights in Richmond. The only reason to be bored here is if you choose to be….
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This is really an entertainment, by reading it itself was so much pleasure. It is really enlightening one, it is only Tuesday here have lot of work to do. But i wanted to enjoy. Good one.
hinduja
Jul. 9, 2008 at 01:11 PM
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