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		<title>This Past Week on AltDaily &#124; Feb. 7, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we help you connect more deeply with your community and/or waste time at work. All the stories from the past 7 days on AltDaily, for your enjoyment. ]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial Cartoonage with Dougie O: Mitt (Loves) Newt, Tebow, &amp; More</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Orleski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newt's kiss, his kiss, is on Mitt's lips. ]]></description>
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		<title>What I Saw on My Walk Today &#124; Our World Through Walt Taylor&#8217;s Eyes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walt Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somebody's got plans for the dandelion...]]></description>
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		<title>This Past Week in AltDaily &#124; January 30, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warm and fuzzies. Let the sky never be just blue again. Winter be damned forever. Gratitude and grace abound. ]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Art, concerts, clubs, activism, love, fear, sex, destruction, and a cash bar. Get yourself in some really uncomfortable situations and live your damn life. ]]></description>
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		<title>Snapshots &amp; Sketches: Walt Taylor&#8217;s Wondrous World</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walt Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spoiler alert: we're all gonna die.]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend &#124; Balmy January Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don't get out and enjoy yourself this weekend then we can't help you. We just... can't. ]]></description>
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		<title>The AltDaily Drive Raffle: A Sweet Harmonica Necklace!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A local jewelery business gave us these two sweet pieces to raffle off. They're rad and so is Luna Rosa. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Gallery Pops up in Downtown Phoebus: TrueFace and Friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, while some of the work is a little young- it is definitely youthful in a good way. It's the kind of feeling you get from talking to a gawky, smart teenager that is bursting with potential and on the verge of coming into their own. ]]></description>
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		<title>Reader Testimonial: Why Norfolk Needs AltDaily</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AltDaily is a lighthouse in Norfolk's sea of journalism, and a major seaport without a lighthouse is very dangerous proposition.]]></description>
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		<title>Working Artist Interview: Nichole Ashikis</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["We need to work-on being a destination and not a stagnant trendy novelty." - Nichole Ashikis ]]></description>
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		<title>The Things People Tell You When They Think You&#8217;re Not Real: A Statue in Norfolk</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Luma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday night was my second time taking advantage of Norfolk’s now-friendly busking laws by performing as ‘the first acquisition of Norfolk’s Human Statuary.' Here's what happened. ]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration Begets Inspiration: Public Art Beauty New Orleans Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Logan Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We need to take our cues from places like New Orleans, whose citizens go out of their way to make their surroundings reflect their personalities, regardless of their income level.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Day &#124; Off to a Good Start, NFK</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello world. ]]></description>
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		<title>I Didn&#8217;t Know That Was Possible: Behind the Scenes of Cirque du Soleil&#8217;s &#8216;Quidam&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Hull</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thinking about it now still shatters my brain. Things make so much less sense when you watch real live people spin like violent cyclones one minute and then suddenly they're gliding through the air like a wind-plucked dandelion tuft.]]></description>
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		<title>Fiction by John McManus: Mr. Gas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McManus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mama said the way to keep a diary was to write down the opposite of everything that happened, so she gave Jason a blank book so each night he could tell how all the boys played kick the cans until the boogeyman came.]]></description>
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		<title>PhotoBlog &#124; For the Love of Cities: Pictures from Near the Top of the Wells Fargo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Mullin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The multitudinous illuminated windows of the high rises really did seem to wink at me, promising what nature's vistas never could: the excitement and potential of human adventures, of foreign voices and bodies and ideas interwoven with the framework of the city.]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-50.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-50.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Magic, MacArthur on Ice, O'Connor Frikin Night, Loni Love, Holiday Light at the Beach, Fresh Fridays, d'ARTini Night, Ghent's Annual Holiday Tree Lighting and Caroling, Art after Dark, The Concise Dicken's Christmas Carol, The Fighting Jamesons, 10th Annual Fair Trade Festival... ]]></description>
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		<title>The People&#8217;s Column: Is it Art, Vandalism, or Both?</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/the-peoples-column-is-it-art-vandalism-or-both.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dillon Tripp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local graffiti artist/vandal sparks discussion among the AltDaily faithful over whether or not a 
'SMOKE WEED EVERY DAY' stencil found on Hague Bridge is art, vandalism, or both.]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend: Thanksgiving Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-thanksgiving-edition.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-thanksgiving-edition.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gobble Gobble! It's Thanksgiving weekend ya'all (and I've been watching a lot of Paula Dean). If a four day weekend isn't reason enough to get your out of the house, here are some other reasons.]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-49.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-49.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get out before everyone else is out shoving their Christmas spirit down your throat.]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the Scenes Blog: Hansel and Gretel @ Virginia Opera</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/behind-the-scenes-blog-hansel-and-gretel-virginia-opera.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/behind-the-scenes-blog-hansel-and-gretel-virginia-opera.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louis Fisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our run-on sentence review: Appropriate and fun for the whole family with a magical set that conjures a world at turns wondrous and terrifying, Hansel and Gretel is an evening where a timeless fairy tale comes alive through the enchanting vehicle of narrative and emotion that is opera.]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-48.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-48.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lola's, Venue on 35th, Great American Trailer Park Musical, Hansel and Gretel do opera, Fighting Jamesons, Sharx!, Belmont, JewMa, Freedom Marathon, MONSTER JAM, Plan B Comedy, Ramp Jam, B-boying, CRUSH... ]]></description>
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		<title>The Zombies are Gone so Get Out of the House! Nekocon 14, Dancing, Bar Pong, Cake, Art, and Bikes!</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/the-zombies-are-gone-so-get-out-of-the-house-nekocon-14-dancing-bar-pong-cake-art-and-bikes.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you're into Japanese Punk Rock, cake, puppies, women, anime, the 1960s, art, guns, easy money, festivals, bikes, photography, pottery, women, movies, drinks, great food, dancing, or even fairy tales, then there's a good chance the perfect activity awaits you this weekend. ]]></description>
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		<title>Bit by the Glass Bug: The Chrysler&#8217;s Glass Studio Opens</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/bit-by-the-glass-bug-the-chryslers-glass-studio-opens.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[beth cooke]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Process. This is what art is: the creation, the trial and error, the hours alone in the studio, editing bay, or with a laptop in the dark. Art is not the final product you see in a gallery or museum. It is a team of seven people sweating over a piece of molten glass that literally glows with heat.]]></description>
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		<title>Flash Fiction Contest: The Monster that Ate Hampton Roads</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Quam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rules are thus: No more than 100 words (supa flash!) about what would happen if a horror movie character invaded some place in Hampton Roads. You get to choose the character and locale. Give it a whirl, it might be scary how good it is.]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend: Halloween Weekend Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my opinion it's the perfect weekend. You can be whoever you want, whatever you want, and however you want to be. You make the rules.]]></description>
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		<title>The Masked Mermaid of Ocean View &#124; A Poem for Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A trifling little poem in the spirit of Halloween and mermaids. ]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Pop-up Opera on The Tide</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Miles</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Tide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am now convinced: pop up art events are good for the soul.]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-47.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-47.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They say it's going to rain this weekend, but I refuse to be locked inside. No t-storm or puddle is going to keep me from having fun. And it shouldn't stop you either.]]></description>
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		<title>Editor&#8217;s Notebook: A NFK/VB Creative Manifesto</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/editors-notebook-a-nfkvb-creative-manifesto.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York and L.A. will be fine on their own, but we are all we have. We have to stick together. ]]></description>
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		<title>Local Beauty: The Photography of Pattie Kake</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/local-beauty-the-photography-of-pattie-kake.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/local-beauty-the-photography-of-pattie-kake.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Selina Bragg-Pastian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A portfolio of Virginia Beach photographer Pattie Kake's work, which finds inspiration in all corners of Hampton Roads. ]]></description>
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		<title>Poser: An Interview with Claire Dederer</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/poser-an-interview-with-claire-dederer.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/poser-an-interview-with-claire-dederer.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Claire Dederer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ODU Literary Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dederer, author of 'Poser, My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses,' reads at the Old Dominion University Literary Festival on Wednesday.]]></description>
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		<title>Overview: 34th Annual Literary Festival @ ODU</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/overview-34th-annual-literary-festival-odu.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/overview-34th-annual-literary-festival-odu.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dillon Tripp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ODU Literary Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The theme of this year’s festival is centered on Pablo Picasso’s idea, first written in 1925, that “Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.” ]]></description>
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		<title>Recession Chic: $10 for Virginia Stage Co. Tonight w/ AltDaily</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/theater-blogs/recession-chic-10-for-virginia-stage-co-tonight-w-altdaily.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/theater-blogs/recession-chic-10-for-virginia-stage-co-tonight-w-altdaily.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[altdaily sneak previews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Hanna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[god of carnage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hampton roads theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hell's Kitchen Norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henny Russell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurence Lau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sue Cremin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ward Duffy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[$10 to see the Tony winner for best play, "God of Carnage," tonight, plus great deals at Hell's Kitchen. Just because you're broke doesn't mean you can't live well. ]]></description>
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		<title>Video: The Empire Strikes Norfolk</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/video-the-empire-strikes-norfolk.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/entertainment-blogs/video-the-empire-strikes-norfolk.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stopped they must be; on this all depends.]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Artists: REDRAIL</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/call-for-artists-redrail.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[RED]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proposals are being solicited for projects, hands-on activities, performances, multimedia art works, sidewalk/store-front installations, written word and any other creative temporary art project ideas. ]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Norfolk Urban Legends (&amp; the writers to write them)</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/call-for-norfolk-urban-legends-the-writers-to-write-them.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/call-for-norfolk-urban-legends-the-writers-to-write-them.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[AltDaily is working with the City of Norfolk Department of Cultural Affairs on a yet-untitled zine featuring four or more urban legends set in Norfolk.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Series: Back To The Future</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/photo-series-back-to-the-future.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/photo-series-back-to-the-future.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louis Fisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Pulp Fiction and Big Lebowski, I was quite sure I had reached a peak of happiness. Then came BTTF.]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Fall AltDaily Editorial Interns</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/call-for-fall-altdaily-editorial-interns.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/call-for-fall-altdaily-editorial-interns.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Stott</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Connie Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Delillo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[editing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like to write, edit, and make an impact in your community? Check this out. ]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-36.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-36.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Downtown Norfolk Restaurant Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drag Brunch with Diana and Nikki Ross]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Five Points Farm Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generic Theater Presents: The Eulogist]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jack's Attick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joyce Cooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Waters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lolas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mastercheese Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norfolk Tides]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ramsey Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shaka's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spyro Gyra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Jewish Mother Hilltop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rippingtons]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's that point during the summer when you have two options: make this summer the best one of your life, or let it just quietly fade into fall. You decide what you want to do. (I vote for the first option.)]]></description>
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		<title>Infect Norfolk- Chapter One: Cold Sweat</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/theater-blogs/infect-norfolk-chapter-one-cold-sweat.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/theater-blogs/infect-norfolk-chapter-one-cold-sweat.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Odango</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far there are 5,356 confirmed attending, over 3,000 maybe. The infection turns into an epidemic this Saturday night. ]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-34.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-34.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fantastic planet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don't miss out on all the fun events happening in Hampton Roads this July 4th weekend!]]></description>
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		<title>The Up and Up: Michal Mahgerefteh</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/the-up-and-up-michal-mahgerefteh.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michal Mahgerefteh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Picasso]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women writers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Local writer Michal Mahgerefteh shares two poems with us. "Frozen in a Mask of Calm" and "The Childless"]]></description>
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		<title>The Pushers: Parking Police</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Pushers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[the push]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quarters please!!]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons To Leave Your House This Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-33.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/reasons-to-leave-your-house-this-weekend-33.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mackey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Jewish Mother]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget staying in. This weekend is packed full of music, barbeques, and great local art shows. ]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Aspiring filmmakers: Guerilla Filmmaking 101</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/call-for-aspiring-filmmakers-guerilla-filmmaking-101.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/call-for-aspiring-filmmakers-guerilla-filmmaking-101.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shanika Smiley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve ever wanted to make your own documentary or fiction film but thought to yourself, “How? I don’t have a fancy camera or even know where to start,” then have we got the class for you...]]></description>
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		<title>Dance It Up: Summer Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/dance-it-up-summer-edition.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/dance-it-up-summer-edition.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blues Social]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lady Hop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southside Stomp]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Swing Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TRDance Ensemble]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you just want to dance this summer? AltDaily will let you know when and where.
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		<title>Bike Racks + Public Art = Homer Dance</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/bike-racks-public-art-homer-dance.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/bike-racks-public-art-homer-dance.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bike art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[if you build it they will bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thom white]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new DNC-sponsored--and art-infused--bike racks Downtown are a huge step forward. ]]></description>
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		<title>From The Ground Up: Telling Stories From The Up Center</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/from-the-ground-up-telling-stories-from-the-up-center-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/from-the-ground-up-telling-stories-from-the-up-center-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Stott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We're looking for writers willing to help give voice to those left unheard in the Norfolk area.]]></description>
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		<title>From a Dream to a Venue: The Process</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/theater-blogs/from-a-dream-to-a-play-festival-the-process.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/theater-blogs/from-a-dream-to-a-play-festival-the-process.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 14:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti Wray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Generic Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Park Place]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patti Wray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venue on 35th]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A look at the creation of the Norfolk Summer Play Fest 2011. ]]></description>
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		<title>How Do We Get More People to Read Comics?</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/how-do-we-get-more-people-to-read-comics-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/how-do-we-get-more-people-to-read-comics-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 19:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cogan's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comic books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elephanten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fluorescent black preacher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free comic book day]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[iron man]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the dark knight]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comics plus bagels and pizza? Must be Local Heroes Free Comic Book Day. ]]></description>
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		<title>Sing a Song of Norfolk Electric</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/sing-a-song-of-norfolk-electric.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[art everywhere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown Norfolk Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grow Interactive]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[outdoor art]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[re:Vision Norfolk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When a city has real energy the people have a different kind of dynamic between them: we recognize that we are drinking from the same tap, and we all got to do  our part to make sure the well doesn't dry up.]]></description>
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		<title>Dance for a Cause: The 2nd Annual Day of Dance for Autism</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/dance-blogs/dance-for-a-cause-the-2nd-annual-day-of-dance-for-autism.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/dance-blogs/dance-for-a-cause-the-2nd-annual-day-of-dance-for-autism.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance hampton roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kalaa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kempsville Playhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kempsville Recreation Center]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Saturday, April 23, is the 2nd Annual Day of Dance for Autism, with the proceeds again benefiting TASA.]]></description>
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		<title>Mimes Fighting for Street Block Supremacy</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/theater-blogs/mimes-fighting-for-street-block-supremacy.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/theater-blogs/mimes-fighting-for-street-block-supremacy.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shanika Smiley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[art everywhere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[busking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kerouac cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mimes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to be a part of some performance street art on Art &#124; Everywhere opening night? Read more.]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Art: The Elbert Watson Dance Company at the Chrysler Museum&#8217;s Daniel Rozin Exhibit</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/dance-blogs/moving-art-the-elbert-watson-dance-company-at-the-chrysler-museums-daniel-rozin-exhibit.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/dance-blogs/moving-art-the-elbert-watson-dance-company-at-the-chrysler-museums-daniel-rozin-exhibit.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As long as we are willing to create and share our ideas, the world of the arts will continue to grow. Art truly is everywhere; it is in all of us.]]></description>
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		<title>Updated April Art Events</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/updated-april-art-events.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Marsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kat from AltDaily's Monthly Art Events suggests these hot tickets.]]></description>
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		<title>Literary: &#8220;Relationship 1, 2, 3, etc.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/relationship123etc.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/relationship123etc.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renee Shuman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mary goes to a party of an acquaintance. Les is there. Mary pretends Les does not exist. No one exists to Les but Mary. Les floats through crowds to speak simple and mundane words at Mary. Les has an intuition about Mary.]]></description>
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		<title>My Vagina, Myself</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/theater-blogs/my-vagina-myself.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/theater-blogs/my-vagina-myself.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Quintin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["My vagina was angry and full of angst. Thinking back on it, I do not think that my vagina even liked herself. She just pretended to." The Vagina Monologues come back to Hampton Roads. ]]></description>
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		<title>Why Cloaked? Why Now? Why Norfolk? Why Not?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/theater-blogs/why-cloaked-why-now-why-norfolk-why-not.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Melendez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shouldn't power then come with the prerequisites of honesty and truth of heart? Shouldn't freedom be preached only by those who live their truth?]]></description>
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		<title>Literary: &#8220;The Press Conference&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/thepressconference.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/thepressconference.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lachman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You want to know if everything you’ve read is a lie, all the funny stories and crazy misadventures I’ve had, the heart breaking realism you’ve come to love about my writing. You want to know if CNN, Oprah, and Amazon are right. Well, there’s a simple answer to that question.”]]></description>
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		<title>Cooking and Writing, Writing and Cooking</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/cooking-and-writing-writing-and-cooking.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn Bloom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing and cooking are two of my favorite things.

Indeed, they’re a lot alike -- a messy mix of knowledge and improvisation, experience and innovation, and continual revision with a lot going on in between the lines.]]></description>
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		<title>757 Art Events and Call to Artists Update</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/757-art-events-and-call-to-artists-update.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/757-art-events-and-call-to-artists-update.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Marsh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Premier Art Gallery of Ghent]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find out about the latest CAC exhibit, an SPCA fundraiser (with food from Hell's Kitchen and New Belmont!), and where there's gonna be a awesome free drawing session with local street models, for all you arty types out there.]]></description>
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		<title>Call to Artists: Harry&#8217;s BBQ on Granby Street</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/call-to-artists-harrys-bbq-on-granby-street.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/call-to-artists-harrys-bbq-on-granby-street.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art everywhere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[call to artists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We want someone who is going to bring the meat. ]]></description>
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		<title>Poking the Lion: When Art Times Get Tough</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/poking-the-lion-when-art-times-get-tough.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl White</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CACV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrysler Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claes Oldenburg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contemporary Art Center of Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dale Chihuly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dennis McNett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mille Colori]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selden Arcade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plus, a listing of art happenings going on this week. ]]></description>
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		<title>How (Not) to Evaluate Art</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/op-ed-how-to-appreciate-art.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/op-ed-how-to-appreciate-art.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Addy Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advanced placement art history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AP test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art appreciation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrysler Museum of Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do you love addy?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happy art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i love you]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Good art should make you want to buy a magnet. Great art should make you want to buy an umbrella or jet ski.]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Submissions: Literary</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/call-for-submissions-literary.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/call-for-submissions-literary.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia DeFonzo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever daydream of becoming the next, great American writer...why not start here? ]]></description>
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		<title>From the Ground Up: Telling Stories from The Up Center</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/from-the-ground-up-telling-stories-from-the-up-center.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/from-the-ground-up-telling-stories-from-the-up-center.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah McKean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We're looking for writers willing to help give voice to under-heard voices. ]]></description>
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		<title>Katherine Riegel: Your Life is a Tree</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/q-and-a-with-katherine-riegel-and-ira-sukrungruang.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/q-and-a-with-katherine-riegel-and-ira-sukrungruang.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 01:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asha Baisden</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An interview with Katherine Riegel and Ira Sukrungruang, who will be reading at the ODU bookstore on February 8th.]]></description>
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		<title>Dance It Up: February</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/dance-blogs/dance-it-up-february.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/dance-blogs/dance-it-up-february.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Excitement is buzzing through me as I look at the list of all the dance happenings this month.
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		<title>Why I Need Art (Or Proof ODU Art Exists)</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/why-i-need-art-or-proof-odu-art-exists.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/why-i-need-art-or-proof-odu-art-exists.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Herring</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It felt like it was Us vs. Them, students vs. professors, little vs. big, and down with the man! We were united in a cause to express ourselves. And Christine painted a six foot vagina. Vindication.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Art Sucks (And Why We Should Soldier On)</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/why-art-sucks-and-why-we-should-soldier-on.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Guinn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to ultimately succeed at making art that doesn’t suck, you have to approach the process with obstinate rigor.]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of a Painting: Wendy</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/the-story-of-a-painting-wendy.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/the-story-of-a-painting-wendy.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Clarke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Liquidmethod Doug Clarke tells the story of his favorite punk rock girl, Wendy. ]]></description>
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		<title>Flash Fiction: The Island of Misfit Poets</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/the-island-of-misfit-poets.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/the-island-of-misfit-poets.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Staves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flash fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ODU MFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Muse Writing Center]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted so badly to be able to write a poem: a poem was beautiful; it held a certain power, like being punched in the heart.]]></description>
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		<title>Editor&#8217;s Favorite AltDaily Stories of 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/editors-favorite-altdaily-stories-of-2010.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/editors-favorite-altdaily-stories-of-2010.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Putting this together felt good.]]></description>
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		<title>The Greatest Public Art in the History of Hampton Roads</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/the-greatest-public-art-in-the-history-of-hampton-roads.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/the-greatest-public-art-in-the-history-of-hampton-roads.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The call to artists for the MacArthur Square Station public art, and other things inspiring our pants right off us.]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Cosi Fan Tutte at the Virginia Opera</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/review-cosi-fan-tutte-at-the-virginia-opera.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/review-cosi-fan-tutte-at-the-virginia-opera.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Pearson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosi fan tutte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Opera]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“It’s the audience that’s being satirized in this opera, not the characters,” Winters explained. “When you leave this opera, all you can say is ‘I got punked by Mozart.’”]]></description>
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		<title>Hampton Roads Cozies Up To National Novel Writing Month</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/hampton-roads-cozies-up-to-national-novel-writing-month.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz McClendon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Novel Writing Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no-shave november]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Teaching someone how to write is essentially giving them the only tool they need besides an imagination (which I believe still comes standard in humans) to build their own universes.
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		<title>TRDance Celebrating 5 Years</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/dance-blogs/trdance-celebrating-5-years.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Todd Rosenleib Dance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Todd Rosenlieb creates. He makes things happen.]]></description>
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		<title>Poem Found in The Paper</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/poem-found-in-the-paper.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renee Shuman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[found poem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Cole Conversations Over Breakfast," a poem found in today's news. ]]></description>
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		<title>d&#8217;Art Center Opens Art Therapy Studio 200</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/dart-center-opens-art-therapy-studio-200.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/dart-center-opens-art-therapy-studio-200.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jESiO</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art therapy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["Many of you will never see again an art space that looks like this one."-EVMS Professor Matthew Bernier to his Art Therapy students]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Art of Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Paddock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art of the community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The points made in The Art of Community about the challenges of galvanizing members of a community should resonate equally with committee organizers, clergy, corporate managers, and World of Warcraft guild leaders...]]></description>
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		<title>Jack Rabbit Slims Twist Contest: How To Twist</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/dance-blogs/jack-rabbit-slims-twist-contest-how-to-twist.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[how to twist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jackrabbit slim twist contest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naro Cinema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pulp fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[todd rosenlieb dance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Todd Rosenlieb from Todd Rosenlieb Dance teaches us how to dance in anticipation of Friday's Jackrabbit Slim Twist Contest at The Naro. ]]></description>
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		<title>Hampton Roads, The Canvas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[boarded-up art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[street art]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We want to paint as many boarded-up buildings in Hampton Roads as possible.
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		<title>Art Contest: The Public House</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/art-contest-the-public-house.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/art-contest-the-public-house.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Serrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We've extended the deadline to September 17. Arists and designers: don't miss this chance to design ALL of the artwork that will hang on the walls of The Public House, a new gastropub-style restaurant to open in Ghent later this fall. ]]></description>
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		<title>Unsanctioned Street Performance Mini-Festival This Friday</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/unsanctioned-street-performance-mini-festival-this-friday.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Ghent. 6pm to 8pm. The time has come for music and performance to rise from the sidewalk like returning spirits. ]]></description>
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		<title>Mad Men 4.5: The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, Recap</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/mad-men-4-5-the-chrysanthemum-and-the-sword-recap.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/mad-men-4-5-the-chrysanthemum-and-the-sword-recap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Paul Kleinman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Part of the dichotomous plot is fully rounded out with this question, which is full of the philosophical speculation I love about Mad Men: “Since when is forgiveness a better quality than loyalty?”]]></description>
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		<title>August&#8217;s Call to Artists, Shows, and Gallery Openings</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/august-2010-call-to-artists-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/august-2010-call-to-artists-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Go git it, artists and art lovers!]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Literary Submissions</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/call-for-literary-submissions.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/call-for-literary-submissions.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Hewitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction... We want it all. The more locally-themed, the better. ]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Exercise: Kitchens</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/writing-exercise-kitchens.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/literature-blogs/writing-exercise-kitchens.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let's write something lovely, shall we?]]></description>
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		<title>Call to Artists: Time Lounge Windows</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/call-to-artists-time-lounge-windows.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/call-to-artists-time-lounge-windows.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They're looking for something that pops... is edgy or psychedelic.]]></description>
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		<title>Flash Mob! Tomorrow @ Art &#124; Everywhere</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/dance-blogs/flash-mob-tomorrow-art-everywhere.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/dance-blogs/flash-mob-tomorrow-art-everywhere.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louis Fisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meet Thursday night at Jack Quinn's at 5:30 pm for planning and practice; Go to the corner of College Pl. and Granby St. at 8:30 pm to see it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sing for Your City</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/sing-for-your-city.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/sing-for-your-city.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jESiO</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We want you out more and more, until city council passes a busking-specific ordinance and the norm from 21st to Waterside, and eventually beyond, is creativity and culture on display all the time, everywhere. ]]></description>
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		<title>Your Thursday Night Line-Up</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/thursday-night-line-up.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/thursday-night-line-up.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Downtown is the best urban center we've got. We have to own it. We have to walk those streets like we run those streets. We all need to come out on Thursday for the Art &#124; Everywhere closing night. ]]></description>
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		<title>An Introduction to Kickstarter</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/an-introduction-to-kickstarter.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/an-introduction-to-kickstarter.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Webb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kickstarter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kickstarter just might be the future of how awesome things happen.]]></description>
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		<title>Northside Skate Park Call for Art</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/northside-skate-park-call-for-art.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/northside-skate-park-call-for-art.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Templeton Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Norfolk is offering up to $76,000 for artwork recognizing skate culture at upcoming skate park. ]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Going: A Story of Anxiety, Struggle and Dancing Your Buns Off!</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/dance-blogs/keep-going-a-story-of-anxiety-struggle-and-dancing-your-buns-off.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/dance-blogs/keep-going-a-story-of-anxiety-struggle-and-dancing-your-buns-off.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jaime tells the truth about the fear and anxiety that comes with auditioning for ballet as a young girl. Now, eighteen years on, she's imparting some of those skills she learned to her new students.  ]]></description>
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		<title>A Night With Paula Scher</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/a-night-with-paula-scher.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/a-night-with-paula-scher.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Paddock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Citi Bank. Leonard Bernstein. The Public Theater. Bloomberg. If I told you all these were connected by one element, you'd be hard pressed to guess what that thing was.]]></description>
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		<title>Microfinance and Funding Art</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/microfinance-and-funding-art.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/microfinance-and-funding-art.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 12:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Paddock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[microfinance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[microloans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If charity is about giving with no expectation other than doing good, microfinance is more like philanthropic investing.]]></description>
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		<title>Photobooth Fun at Art &#124; Everywhere</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/photobooth-fun-at-art-everywhere.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/photobooth-fun-at-art-everywhere.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Cothran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art everywhere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ForKids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good old grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Granby Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memory booth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photobooth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TCC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I flick off the soft box and cut the lighting the photobooth’s interior, a young woman wanders over.  “So how many girls flashed the camera tonight?”]]></description>
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