Better read than dead: Bookworms of VCU break literary comfort zone
Melissa Anderson Contributing Writer The Bookworms of VCU, a monthly literary group, gathered Sunday evening at Lamplighter Roasting Company to discuss their winter read. Enthused members discussed Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot” over hot coffee. “The appeal of The Bookworms is that the club motivates members to read books that … people wouldn’t ordinarily read on […]
Weekend Planner
Friday Feb. 11 Consensual Secrets. Featured readings and poetry followed by open mic. 7:30 p.m. $5. art6 Gallery, 6 E. Broad St. “Sweethearts for the Arts: Masquerade Ball.” Featuring burlesque, theater, performers, silent auction and more. 8 p.m. Tickets available for presale. Gallery5, 200 W. Marshall St. 644-0005. Mike Epps and Friends featuring Sheryl Underwood. […]
Student theater: Gaga and Beyoncé living the high life
Danielle Elliott Staff Writer Molière’s 17th century satire, “Two Precious Maidens Ridiculed,” comes to VCU’s Singleton Center this weekend with a few contemporary twists. For starters: leading roles Catherine and Magdalene have been renamed Gaga and Beyoncé. Director Josh Chenard’s modern rewrite is being brought to life by an all-undergrad cast and crew. Chenard said he didn’t have much trouble […]
Valentine’s Day date guide
By the time you have your mitts on the next issue of The CT, it will already be Valentine’s Day – and, tragically, far too late for you to make dinner reservations.
Advertising gone wild
Ashley Major Contributing Writer An idiomatic fixture in our everyday lives, advertising is quickly becoming a constant presence wherever we go. There are giant billboards on the highway, Super Bowl halftime, persistent commercials on TV and radio, and … state parks? Yes, it is true, times are tough, and advertising on property that was once […]