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Sunday, November 30, 2025

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University museums open new exhibits for spring

The University of Richmond museums are scheduled to open several new exhibits during the spring 2010 semester and will host programs in conjunction with many of the current and new displays. The "John Cage: Zen Ox-Herding Pictures" exhibition will remain on display in the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art and Print Study Center through April 7.


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John Cage inspires campus-wide celebrations

The work of composer and artist John Cage is the common thread between a series of art and meditation events taking place throughout the semester, including an exhibition of his watercolors, titled "John Cage: Zen Ox-Herding Pictures," on view at the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art and the Harnett Print Study Center at the University of Richmond. Cage was one of the seminal figures of the postwar avant-garde, particularly known for his nonstandard use of musical instruments and his reliance on chance, rather than deliberate decisions, to shape his compositions. "His ideas are still new and refreshing," said Stephen Addiss, professor of art history and co-curator of the exhibit.


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Featured Flick: The Book of Eli

I went to two Christian middle schools, and had to go to church every single Wednesday. My visits to church included two hours of singing and listening to sermons and studying the back of the head of the person in front of me.


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Text Hall of Shame

(540): ppl have mistooken the free condoms in dhall atrium 4 candy & tried 2 eat them WTf! I think I may have 2 transfer away, how can u misstake condoms 4 candy?? (818): I hate the small school dramas more than anything I just want to dance on the bar and throw up on a friday night in peace! (717): shotshotshotshotshotsshotsTERRORISM.


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Q&A with Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead was born in 1969 and grew up in Manhattan. He attended Harvard College, then spent two years working as a pop culture critic for the Village Voice.


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Review: The African Company Presents Richard III

The costumes and set design, along with the performances of many of the actors, were very strong elements of the department of theatre and dance's recent production of "The African Company Presents Richard III." That being said, the script was predictable and lacked dimension, keeping the audience from truly connecting with what was happening on stage. Founded during the early 19th Century, The African Company was the first African-American theater company formed in America.


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Featured flick: 2012

The Mayans predicted you would read this article and then a giant sun fart would engulf the Earth, now aligned with all the other planets, causing massive earthquakes that rip California from the West Coast and tsunamis that flood North America and Asia.


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Text hall of shame

(703): My moral code. U know...the one that makes me want to organize events like bomo with the blind (213): I'm standing five feet from DIRT NASTY at a frat concert! (310): Really?! Try to get in his van after the concert! (213): Oh yea?


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Behind the syllabus: Lee Carleton

What do you do during the weekends? Since I'm working on my Ph.D. in Media, Art and Text at Virginia Commonwealth University, most of my time is devoted to studying for that and to my teaching at the University of Richmond.


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Text Hall of Shame

(414): So I just took my car to get gas and guess what I found under the mats?! A lime. But even better, your credit card! (311): Crazy bob just looked in the direction of my feet, still can't be bothered to make eye contact. (614): I'm not a coug.


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Behind the syllabus: Linda Hobgood, Speech Center director

What do you do during the weekends? During the academic year, I spend the weekends grading papers, catching up with family, running with our dog, Henry, and reading en route to a football or basketball game (so long as my husband is driving). What's the craziest thing you did when you were in college? Either trying to attend classes the same day my wisdom teeth were extracted or contracting poison ivy the week of final exams sophomore year. What's one thing your students would never guess about you? I was the UVa.


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Ballet legend choreographs, teaches University Dancers

Jean-Paul Comelin has danced, choreographed and taught at institutions as prominent as the Paris Opera Ballet and the London Festival Ballet, and has spent the past few months sharing his extensive knowledge of ballet with the students of the University of Richmond. Comelin was born in France, but resides in the United States.