UR Weekly Roundup | Week of Jan. 23
As we approach the end of January, here are some events happening both on and off campus.
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As we approach the end of January, here are some events happening both on and off campus.
Featuring more than 120 unique costumes and an array of set pieces, the department of theatre and dance’s final production, "Funny Girl,” shows off both the students and directors’ creativity.
Where were you on Sept. 11, 2001? For many Americans, this memory is as clear as the attacks that rattled our nation on that day 13 years ago. On Sept. 10 and 11, five students will explore those memories at the Virginia Repertory Theatre during a reading of "September 12th," a play by Ryan Frost, Richmond College '05.
University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University hosted the 22nd annual French Film Festival at the Byrd Theatre in Carytown, which took place March 27-30.
Audience members approved of the Production Studies III's showcase of "The Laramie Project" in the Feb. 14 opening.
"Dear Richmond Confessions: Not all Jamaicans are black."
In the first seconds of "reasons to be pretty," the audience is confronted with an emotional, fiery, invective-laden fight surpassing anything I've seen on reality TV. One drunken comment sets off a dramatic sequence that causes serious turmoil with a constant hint of absurdity.
On a warm Sunday afternoon, an audience gathered in the Greek Theatre to listen to music made by percussion instruments, conch shells, stone tiles and even sirens in celebration of Earth Day.
The University of Richmond department of theater and dance is presenting "Spring Awakening," a musical set in late-19th century Germany about teenagers experiencing the tumult that accompanies adolescence.
At 4 p.m. Sunday, April 21, 99 percussionists will perform an ecological musical composition titled "Inuksuit" in the Greek Theatre to commemorate Earth Day.
By 7 p.m. on Tuesday, members of the University Players had transformed Cousins Studio Theatre in the Modlin Center for the Arts into an abandoned insane asylum.
Walking down West Cary Street, I saw clothing stores, restaurants, grocery stores and a 26-year-old man playing cello outside a lingerie shop.
"Under the Rug," the culmination of a semester of research, directing and producing, will debut Thursday. Senior Kiara Lee wrote and directed the series of staged readings, which focus on the issue of colorism within the black community.
The University of Richmond department of theatre and dance debuted Dancing at Lughnasa in the Alice Jepson Theatre this weekend.
The Global Sounds Concert showcased music and culture from countries all over the world at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Luther H. Jenkins Greek Theatre.
The Global Sounds Concert, featuring music and culture from countries all over the world, will showcase performances at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Luther H. Jenkins Greek Theatre.
Professors at the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University are co-hosting the 20th annual French Film Festival March 29 - April 1 at the Byrd Theatre in Carytown.
This year, the 18th Annual French Film Festival joined with the James River Film Festival to continue its tradition of welcoming visitors from all over the country to partake in the largest French film festival in the United States. The festival, organized by Francoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick, a professor of French at the University of Richmond, and her husband, Peter Kirkpatrick, an associate professor of French at Virginia Commonwealth University, consisted of 25 feature length and short films and boasted a delegation of more than 40 French directors, actors and actresses. Along with the films shown at the historic Byrd Theatre, the festival offered a "master class" which focused on 3-D technology in filmmaking as well as commentary from prominent French directors.
For the second consecutive year, the University of Richmond will join Virginia Commonwealth University in presenting the 18th French Film Festival.
Contact staff photographer Nick Mider at nick.mider@richmond.edu