uber: wearable art fashion show 2006
Jeans and sneakers mingled with tuxes and stilettos Saturday night at 1708 Gallery – casual met couture because no one was concerned with what the audience was wearing. All eyes were on the catwalk.
The title and theme of the ninth annual Wearable Art Fashion Show was “
Sidewalk Talk
Don’t call it a comeback, but boots are certainly helping the fashion conscious put their best foot forward this season as winter approaches and newer styles and shapes are available. It’s all about a sleek silhouette. Richmonders have chucked their Uggs (it’s about time!) and covered those gams up in tall, flat boots for a longer and leaner look.
Medea: Greek tragedy or just plain tragedy?
The voice of the lead and title character is never heard – and the audience might not ever even notice or care.
That shows how effectively American Sign Language is woven into VCU’s interpretation of Euripides’ Greek tragedy “Medea.”
The use of ASL by Medea is the strongest aspect of the play.
DaVinci dud – who cares?
On Tuesday, “The Da Vinci Code” will hit stores on DVD, and this best-seller-turned-movie-turned-video-game will finally be available to own. I can only hope the release will mark the end of this horrible fad.
“The Da Vinci Code” has raised both ire and wonder at its fictional (yes, you heard me, fictional) manipulation of the works of Leonardo Da Vinci; the story tells of a group of people driven to uncover the secret of the life of Christ as its truth lies in the controversy of the artist’s pieces.
VCU First Novelist: For award winner, life’s a story worth telling
With more than a hundred submissions to the VCU First Novelist’s Award panel this year, it was not an easy feat to get through all the entries and sort out the good from the bad and the ugly. However, on Friday evening, English students, faculty and literature connoisseurs gathered in the Richmond Salons to honor author Karen Fisher with the fifth annual 2006 VCU First Novelist’s Award.
From the president
Elections: It has been almost a week since the Congressional elections and what an exciting and close election it has been! I wanted to take this time to remind everyone that the scope of the influence of SGA is not limited to the campus itself: We work to make sure that the voices of VCU students are heard far and wide from City Hall to the Capitol.
Your Turn Letters to the Editor
Women’s rights are human rights
Last week South Dakotans voted a resounding “no” on a ballot measure that would have effectively eliminated abortion services in their state. The measure was defeated by a 56 percent vote against it, and even predominantly Catholic counties voted “no” on the measure.
The marriage amendment
Last Tuesday, Virginians voted “Yes” to the proposed marriage amendment. Many of these same Virginians voted with their homophobic intentions instead of their intellectual reasoning.
Frankly, voters could have done way better. They were fooled into thinking that voting “No” would bring Armageddon soon thereafter.
Not out of the hole yet
We all thought the ozone problem was solved – right? Wrong.
Earlier this month, while the nation’s attention was focused on the midterm elections, the Bush administration won approval from an international body to begin production of thousands of tons of methyl bromide, an ozone-depleting pesticide.
Opinion in Brief
Richmond is a very special place. One of those special traits is the fact that hardly anyone laughs at you when you stumble and trip on the way to class or going through the Fan. The sidewalks are so uneven that half the students probably did the same thing today.