FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE! On this movin' and gryatin' installment of Open Source RVA -- a.k.a. Richmond's audio news digest -- Dina Weinstein talks with Jess Burgess of Dogtown Dance Theatre and the RVA Dance Collective (pictured) about the art of movement in RVA, and about Dogtown Dance Theatre's big Mardi Gras party on Feb. 26. Dina also welcomes William Estremera, a DJ & music promoter organizing a National Day of Salsa event in Richmond in March. He fills listeners in on Richmond's hot Salsa scene. GET YOUR DANCING SHOES ON!! It's Open Source RVA.

Open Source RVA February 25, 2022

IT'S A SOURCE FOR SORE EARS! On this jam-packed installment of Open Source RVA, Don Harrison talks with Jeff Roll and Shane Brown, two of the film curators behind the new CinemaNiche film series at Studio Two Three. CinemaNiche will debut on March 8th (International Women's Day) with a special screening of "Sisters With Transistors," a documentary about female electronic music pioneers. We also welcome Matt Hansen (pictured w/ Don), the new sole proprietor of The Camel, Richmond's longrunning "social oasis." He tells us what changes are in store for the venue and bar on West Broad, and why he's proud to give up-and-coming performers a chance to shine. AND we get a radio makeover from Richmond stylist Emmaline Chappell, who tells Dina Weinstein how to look fabulous, even on a budget and offers hints on how we can all keep our style-changing new year's resolutions. TOO MUCH SOURCE? We think you can handle it. 

Listen to Richmond, Virginia's audio news digest Fridays at noon on WRIR 97.3FM and wrir.org.

Open Source RVA March 1. 2024

Anti

Fuck

This song was written in response to Kurt Andersen's "Fantasyland."

lyrics

Anne Hutchinson

I spoke to her for the first time in the winter
Just a child, too scared to cry
Lost for hours in the brush along the river
The priest only said she shouldn’t lie

Don’t you know I am the voice that spoke to Daniel
As familiar as your heartbeat bleeding through
The silence builds to an uproar
You will hear my voice speaking to you

A secret she held for so long
The judges told her to confess
But how can a miracle be wrong
She tries, but can’t convert to yes

I am the flesh of your flesh
Humming deep in your bones

Perspective

Fantasyland (rough recording)

What was it like to be a devotee of film noir before most people had ever heard of it? Brooklyn College film professor Foster Hirsch, from the Film Noir Foundation's board of directors, joins us to talk about how the concept of noir became widely known in America--and the time when it wasn't. 

We focus much of our discussion on the writing of his ground-breaking book Film Noir: The Dark Side Of The Screen (1981), one of the first books about noir published in the US. We discuss noir's French origins and how it first became known to American film scholars and cineastes in the 1970s (3:00), the impact of younger filmmakers bringing noir influences to their own work in the early 1980s (16:00), and some of the reasons for the explosion of interest in classic noir since the 1990s (22:45). 

FNF president Eddie Muller also joins us to preview NOIR CITY 16, including details on the restoration of The Man Who Cheated Himself and other rare titles being shown on this year's festival circuit (32:00). 

The Dark Side Of The Screen: https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Side-Screen-Film-Noir/dp/0306817721/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=

Full schedule and tickets for NOIR CITY 16 available at: http://www.noircity.com/

Please send us any feedback you have on our show to podcast@filmnoirfoundation.org, and rate/review us on iTunes.

Music: Themes from The Big Heat (by Henry Vars), Sudden Fear (Elmer Bernstein), Body Heat (John Barry), and In A Lonely Place (George Antheil).

Ep 12: Film noir before it was famous, with Foster Hirsch + NOIR CITY 16 preview

Telling Stories through Radio in Fulton: The Cornbread Episode

Should cornbread be sweet, savory or spicy? Richmond middle school students at the Neighborhood Resource Center of Greater Fulton tackled the question for their entry into the inaugural NPR Student Podcast Challenge, which received nearly 6,000 entries from around the country. The students cooked and compared different brands of cornbread mix. They were participants in the Art 180 after-school community program, Telling Stories Through Radio in Fulton. The episode was named an Honorable Mention award winner in the NPR contest.

Cornbread Challenge: Richmond Middle School Chefs Put Recipes To The Test

On March 6th, 2010, the world lost the critically acclaimed Virginia-based musician most well known for his work as Sparklehorse. On the ten year commemoration of his passing, B Side News, Richmond Independent Radio and Sparklehorse's devout following of fans continue sharing the life, legacy and slow, dreamy tunes of the iconic cult figure that was Mark Linkous.

B-Side News - Ep 11: Mark Linkous (3/30 Special)

This week on Race Capitol, co-host Naomi Isaac talks with Sarin Glenn from Powershift Network, Virginia Student Power Network alumna, Aida Campos, VCU Student Power organizer, Taylor Maloney, and the librarian of the richmond based Lil Rad Library, Asma, to gain their perspective on the radicalization of today’s Black and Brown youth and why all the kids are claiming communism.

Open Source RVA March 1. 2024

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