Marlene A. Condon, Scottsville Library, May 14

Second Saturdays Series at Scottsville Library: “Making a Nature Friendly Garden” will be presented on Saturday, May 14 at 4pm by naturalist Marlene A. Condon, who is the author and photographer of The Nature-friendly Garden: Creating a Backyard Haven for Plants, Wildlife, and People.

William Albert Allard: Five Decades

National Geographic photographer and Charlottesville resident William Allard will be signing his new book, William Albert Allard: Five Decades, at Barnes & Noble on Friday, December 17. There will be an exhibit of his work at Les Yeux du Monde Gallery on December 12.

Photographer John M. Hall, New Dominion Bookshop, November 19

Coming to New Dominion Bookshop: Friday, November 19 at 5:30 PM Photographer and artist John M. Hall will discuss Private Gardens of Connecticut will discuss Private Gardens of Connecticut By Jane Garmey Photographs by John M. Hall Connecticut is uniquely rich in beautiful landscape, encompassing more than six hundred miles of serene shoreline along Long [...]

Jeannette Montgomery Barron at New Dominion April 21

Coming to New Dominion Bookshop: Jeannette Montgomery Barron will present selections from her memoir My Mother’s Clothes Wednesday, April 21 at 11:00 AM In My Mother’s Clothes photographer and author Jeannette Montgomery Barron creates an inspiring and true story about the connection between fashion and memory. For five years, Barron witnessed her mother’s suffering from [...]

Alan Cheuse at New Dominion this Thursday

New Dominion Bookshop will host a reading and book-signing by Alan Cheuse who will present selections from his new historical novel, To Catch the Lightning Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 5:30 PM To Catch the Lightning is the story of a forgotten America, a bittersweet sepia-toned exploration of the intertwined plights of Edward Curtis, a [...]

Photographer Sam Abell back at New Dominion December 2

This just in: New Dominion Bookshop will again host Sam Abell for a repeat presentation of his slide show and discussion of his new National Geographic publication THE LIFE OF A PHOTOGRAPH Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 5:30 PM

The Beiderbecke Affair: Oozing the Energy of Cool

via The Beiderbecke Affair: Oozing the Energy of Cool

One Reason Magazines Are Suffering: Their Covers – The Daily Beast

Exhibit A: They don’t make ‘em like they used to. via One Reason Magazines Are Suffering: Their Covers – The Daily Beast

Sam Abell slide talk at New Dominion Bookshop Nov. 6

New Dominion Bookshop will host Sam Abell who will present slides and discuss his new National Geographic publication THE LIFE OF A PHOTOGRAPH Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 6:00 PM Sam Abell, one of the foremost photographers of our time, shares some of his most powerful and unforgettable images and answers the question, “What gives [...]

Photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson on the war abroad and at home

From Charlottesville Podcasting Network: Award-winning photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson showed images from his coverage of the Iraq War and described the war’s toll on the homefront to a meeting of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society on October 10, 2008. This presentation was jointly sponsored by the Jefferson Society and the Virginia Quarterly Review to mark [...]

Breaking my icanhascheezburger rule…

Seen around town

Virginia is No. 1 in personalized license plates? I believe it.

Festival of the Photograph starts tomorrow

Lots of excitement in town about the Festival of the Photograph. If we just could get a Festival of the Opera and a Festival of the Zither, I think we’d have all the art forms covered. (Just ignore my ravings, it’s the drugs talking.) Now as you know, the two things nearest and dearest to [...]

Submit, before it destroys you

At Charlottesville High School:

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