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		<title>Romance in the Air: The Emergence of TRDance &amp; Virginia Ballet Theatre</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attucks Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brenda Andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carnival of the Animals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Steppin’ Sunday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance classes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance performances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elbert Watson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geraldine Boone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inez Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joyce White-Tasby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maizelle Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margie Day-Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandler Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Yvonne Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swing Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Mambo Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TRDance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Ballet Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus all the best dance performances and classes this month in Hampton Roads. ]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Absorbed Poet Has Backing by the Underworld</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Vitale</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean Cocteau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orphee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orpheus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philip Glass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Opera]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A review of Virginia Opera's Orphée; a piece that can play with our web of current cultural references while still addressing universal themes that one would expect from a reworking of Orpheus.]]></description>
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		<title>This Ballerina is Learning How to Swing Dance</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/this-ballerina-is-learning-how-to-swing-dance-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/this-ballerina-is-learning-how-to-swing-dance-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balboa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Be My Jazz Baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Speidel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DanceSport VA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devon Rowland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drew Nugent and the Midnight Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East Coast Swing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jaime Simpson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindy Hop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shall We Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southside Stomp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swing Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swing music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Charleston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victor Celania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vintage dresses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vintage shoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vintage suits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The dance floor was packed – an array of swinging arms, kicking legs, and turns. Smiles were in abundance; the bouncing energy filled the room.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Brandon Thompson</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-brandon-thompson.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["A lot of times ideas pop into my head and I can't explain them, but I'm glad that they're there and I hope they never stop coming." - Brandon Thompson ]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Rich-Joseph Facun</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-rich-joseph-facun.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-rich-joseph-facun.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Place is not confined to mere geographic locations but could extend into the esoteric places, such as the mind."
VB's Rich-Joseph Facun, our FFA ]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the Staff: An Interview with Visual Arts Editor Jules Alvarado</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/meet-the-staff-an-interview-with-visual-arts-editor-jules-alvarado.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/meet-the-staff-an-interview-with-visual-arts-editor-jules-alvarado.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erik Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hampton boyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads artists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[martha vann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nichole Ashikis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rick nickel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert kurtz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jules talks about her favorite Friday Featured Artists, the interviews that have left an impact on her, the local art scene, and on re-designing billboards in her head as she drives around town. ]]></description>
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		<title>January&#8217;s Featured Tattoo Artist: John Thrasher Thiel</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/januarys-featured-tattoo-artist-john-thrasher-thiel.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Thrasher Thiel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stain Studios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tatto artist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["I enjoy drawing/tattooing things with a comic book feel." - John Thrasher Thiel ]]></description>
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		<title>A Gallery Pops up in Downtown Phoebus: TrueFace and Friends</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/a-gallery-pops-up-in-downtown-phoebus-trueface-and-friends.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/a-gallery-pops-up-in-downtown-phoebus-trueface-and-friends.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asa jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hampton boyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hollingsworth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mallory Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phoebus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop-Up Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TrueFace]]></category>

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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>The Squiggly Mind of Douglas Orleski: Cartoons</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/the-squiggly-mind-of-douglas-orleski-cartoons.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/the-squiggly-mind-of-douglas-orleski-cartoons.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Orleski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartoons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Orleski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Doug is a CNU student, an up-and-coming cartoonist, and a young man with a squiggly mind. We hope you enjoy this monthly series. ]]></description>
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		<title>Walt Taylor&#8217;s Illustrated Map of the Seven Cities</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/opinion-news/walt-taylors-illustrated-map-of-the-seven-cities.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/opinion-news/walt-taylors-illustrated-map-of-the-seven-cities.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Serrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artist Profiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crack Skull Bob]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wally torta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[walt taylor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Known for his editorial cartoons, featured weekly in The Virginian-Pilot, Walt Taylor is an elusive Hampton Roads local whose illustrations capture the essence of the area's cultural beauty.]]></description>
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		<title>Working Artist Interview: Nichole Ashikis</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/working-artist-interview-nichole-ashikis.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/arts-blogs/visual-arts-blogs/working-artist-interview-nichole-ashikis.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=113213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["We need to work-on being a destination and not a stagnant trendy novelty." - Nichole Ashikis ]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Christopher Warren Fuentes</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-christopher-warren-fuentes.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-christopher-warren-fuentes.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[christopher Warren Fuentes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dumskeme Apparel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illusive Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the dudes behind Dumskeme Apparel in images and words. ]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist(s): Stuntkid &amp; Friends</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artists-stuntkid-friends.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["I feel like this is an opportunity for Norfolk to prove it's worth as a market for lowbrow artists and I hope to see similar exhibitions attracted to the area. I certainly plan on doing my part."]]></description>
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		<title>Art &amp; Commerce: A Chat between stuntkid and Fans</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/art-commerce-a-chat-between-fans-and-stuntkid-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/art-commerce-a-chat-between-fans-and-stuntkid-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[contemporary art center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contemporary Art Center of Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Grounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ghent artist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jason]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["From Greek sculpture through contemporary painting, nudity and sexuality have always been part of art and I don't find any shame in continuing that tradition." - stuntkid]]></description>
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		<title>Comic Life: Explaining that Graphic Novels Aren&#8217;t Porn</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/literature/comic-life-explaining-that-graphic-novel-does-not-mean-porn.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brian K. Vaughan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Criminal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local Heroes owner Greg Thompson explains that, no, he is not a pornographer, but a good old-fashioned comic book store owner. And actually, no matter what you like to read, there's a graphic novel to suit your taste.]]></description>
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		<title>Video: How to Swing Dance with Southside Stomp @ Mambo Room</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/dance-it-up-january.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus dance events and classes around Hampton Roads this month. ]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get Anyone to Fall in Love with Norfolk in 48 Hours or Less</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher O'Brien</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feel free to crib when you bring your friends in from out-of-town; these are places that showcase the absolute best of Norfolk, both in its history, and in its new birth, happening all around you.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Rtistjono</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["I want to combat the notion that visual art is a luxury only to be enjoyed by the wealthy and expose the process of creating art through my work, making it more accessible for people to understand." - Rtistjono]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Dana Ellyn</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-dana-ellyn.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["I drew a naked picture of my aunt and uncle naked at their wedding. But not just naked, it was very creative; my uncle's penis extended up and around his neck to be used as a tie and her boobs slung over her head as a veil. I don't know when I drew this but it was sometime around six years old." - Dana Ellyn]]></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>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/blogs/i-didnt-know-that-was-possible-behind-the-scenes-of-cirque-du-soleils-quidam.html</link>
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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>Friday Featured Artist: Nikki Webb</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-nikki-webb.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 11:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Traditions and rituals of my Italian Catholic heritage were woven into my life and still play an important role in my work as an artist." - ODU &#038; TCC's Nikki Webb]]></description>
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		<title>Dance It Up, December &#124; This Month in Local Dance</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/dance-it-up-december-this-month-in-local-dance.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arts for Life, Virginia Musical Theater, TRDance, The Kings of Salsa, Nutcracker, Southside Stomp, Latin Dance Party, and more... ]]></description>
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		<title>Local Creative Industry: Dave Iwans &amp; DIA</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/film/local-creative-industry-dave-iwans-dia.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/film/local-creative-industry-dave-iwans-dia.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you've seen a TCC "from here, go anywhere" ad, Dave Iwans has been in your life. If you've ever "taken ORF," Dave Iwans has been in your life... ]]></description>
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		<title>Where Your Turkey Gets Stuffed: Cartoons by Douglas Orleski</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Orleski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does Rick Perry's living room look like? Doug O. knows. ]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Reasons Why I Write Nonfiction (First Sentences of Novels I Never Completed)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Pearson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seven: “In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since: "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember to whisper, otherwise you might be in for an ass whipping on a regular basis.”]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Carl Floyd Medley III</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-carl-floyd-medley-iii.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-carl-floyd-medley-iii.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Sometimes I enjoy looking at the design work I did in school because it is absolute garbage and it makes me laugh." - Carl Floyd Medley III]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the Scenes Blog: Hansel and Gretel @ Virginia Opera</title>
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		<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>Live from the Tide! It&#8217;s The Pushers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of RedRail the sketch comedy troupe The Pushers took over The Tide. Ahhh, sookie!]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: John Sebastian Vitale</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-john-sebastian-vitale.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["They "taught" us how to be professional at art school, but I didn't really learn that till failing in the field a few times." - John Sebastian Vitale]]></description>
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		<title>Blasted! Creating Art for the Harbor Park Tide Stop</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/blasted-creating-work-for-the-harbor-park-tide-stop.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was amazed at the ability of sand to defy the laws of physics in order to make entry into my face and ears. I wore a respirator, sandblasting hood, and glasses but I could still feel high velocity sand pluck me in the eye somewhat regularly.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Jeannine Harkleroad</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-jeannine-harkleroad.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["My work starts from emotional sensations that I try to describe physically." - Jeannine Harkleroad ]]></description>
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		<title>Bit by the Glass Bug: The Chrysler&#8217;s Glass Studio Opens</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
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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>VSC&#8217;s &#8216;Red&#8217; Explosive, Dynamic, Cerebral</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah Albers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abstract Expressionist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alfred Molina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[andy Warhol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Clarke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Hanna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cubism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Gilde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Four Seasons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackson Pollock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeni Schaefer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Ambrosone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Logan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Rothko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RED]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red review play]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Dorfman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Rauschenberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Award for Best Play]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Stage Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[willem de Kooning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia Stage Company’s electrifying production of Red, an intense and exciting drama by John Logan, is buoyed by brilliant performances, passionate direction, and exquisite design work.]]></description>
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		<title>Moscow Ballet, National Acrobats of the People&#8217;s Republic of China Dance into Hampton Roads</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/moscow-ballet-national-acrobats-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china-dance-into-hampton-roads.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/moscow-ballet-national-acrobats-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china-dance-into-hampton-roads.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Steppin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrysler Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disney's Beauty and the Beast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elbert Watson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ferguson Center for the Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Russian Nutcracker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin Dance Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moscow Ballet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Acrobats of the People's Republic of China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandler Center for the Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southside Stomp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The American Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Mambo Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TRDance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dance It Up, November &#124; This Month in Local Dance]]></description>
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		<title>Every Story on AltDaily from the Past Month: October</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/every-story-on-altdaily-from-the-past-month-october.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/news/every-story-on-altdaily-from-the-past-month-october.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Editors' Letters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[757]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads artists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hampton roads politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intelligent dialogue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[literary magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local living guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wtf@altdaily.com]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Artists. Photo series. Op-eds. Fine arts. Music. Occupy Norfolk. Local History. Science, zombies, bikes, and food. It's probably been our best month of content ever.]]></description>
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		<title>Apocalyptic Fever Dream, Survive NFK photos by Tom Barbee</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/apocalyptic-fever-dream-survive-nfk-photos-by-tom-barbee.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/apocalyptic-fever-dream-survive-nfk-photos-by-tom-barbee.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Vitale</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survive nfk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survive norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Survive Norfolk Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zombies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rumor has it that way back when in 2011 a zombie virus broke out in Norfolk on October 28th. Remember that?]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Jake Doudna</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-jake-doudna.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-jake-doudna.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Describe your perfect day in three sentences:

Wake up around noon and ride my motorcycle down Potters Rd. naked.
Shotgun beers with my mom and get Chik-fil-A on a Sunday.
End up watching "Waiting Mortuary" or something loud, and doing hoodrat things with my friends.]]></description>
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		<title>Zombies Eat Cute Asian Girl, a Photo Comic called ALIVE</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/zombies-eat-cute-asian-girl-a-photo-comic-called-alive.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/zombies-eat-cute-asian-girl-a-photo-comic-called-alive.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Vitale</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[axe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cute girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remember the time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert kurtz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zombies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Local photographer Robert Kurtz put together a photo comic called ALIVE. Here is a selection of images from the comic. Enjoy.]]></description>
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		<title>Fiction(?): Norfolk&#8217;s Bloodiest: Jack the Ripper</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/literature/fiction-norfolks-bloodiest-jack-the-ripper.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/literature/fiction-norfolks-bloodiest-jack-the-ripper.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Cook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arsenic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jack the ripper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Maybrick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the taste of arsenic on my tongue, I’d fantasize of following one of these sirens down to the water’s edge. As she watches the water, I'd slide up silently behind her, wrapping one arm around her waist, the other across her chest... ]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Pop-up Opera on The Tide</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/video-pop-up-opera-on-the-tide.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/video-pop-up-opera-on-the-tide.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Miles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HRT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pop up art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Tide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Opera]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=99471</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am now convinced: pop up art events are good for the soul.]]></description>
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		<title>Preview: Parsons Dance at the Sandler Center</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/preview-parsons-dance-at-the-sandler-center-october062006.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/preview-parsons-dance-at-the-sandler-center-october062006.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvin Ailey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caught]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Parsons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jaime Simpson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Missouri Dance Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parsons Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Taylor Dance Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remember Me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandler Center]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A collaboration with East Village Opera Company, Remember Me is described on the company’s website as a rock-dance opera. The inspiration for the piece came from the music itself.]]></description>
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		<title>An Evening with Ira Glass: A Storytelling Style Older Than Jesus</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/an-evening-with-ira-glass-a-storytelling-style-older-than-jesus.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/an-evening-with-ira-glass-a-storytelling-style-older-than-jesus.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz McClendon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ira glass]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t think I was alone in my temptation to throw an undergarment or two at Mr. Glass, as slick at storytelling as Elvis was at hip-swiveling. ]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Barry Harbour</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-barry-harbour.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-barry-harbour.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The VB native shares his thoughts on designing the Stockley Gardens logo, his artistic influences, and his complicated relationship with The Beach.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Family Affair: Alumni Day at Hampton University (A Photo Series)</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/its-a-family-affair-alumni-day-at-hampton-university-a-photo-series.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/its-a-family-affair-alumni-day-at-hampton-university-a-photo-series.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Logan Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alumni day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[football team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HBCU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marching band]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We headed out to that beautiful campus on the water to check out the band and to get to some input from HU alumni on what makes the school so special. Turns out there was a football game going on as well. ]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Julius Caeser on The Tide</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/theater/video-julius-caeser-on-the-tide.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/theater/video-julius-caeser-on-the-tide.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Miles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HRT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk cultural affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[redrail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Tide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Stage Company]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My first time on board was in support of RedRail, a two week long shin dig that showcases all types of art on the Tide. The first night showcased the Virginia Stage Company performing Julius Caesar as riders watched in wonder. ]]></description>
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		<title>In the Pipeline: The Norfolk Consortium</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/in-the-pipeline-the-norfolk-consortium.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/in-the-pipeline-the-norfolk-consortium.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nightlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk consortium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Virginia Stage Company; The Virginia Arts Festival; The Virginia Symphony; The Virginia Opera; The Chrysler Museum; The MacArthur Memorial; Norfolk Botanical Garden; Festevents; Nauticus; NATO Fes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The big arts and culture institutions in Norfolk are coming together in hopes of growing the scene. Here are some ideas they should consider implementing. ]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist(s): The 2011 Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival and Altdaily.com present artwork by &#8220;The Radicles&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-fall2011stockley.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-fall2011stockley.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altdaily.com/?p=96396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bringing art back to peoples' lives as a necessity. - Barry Harbour]]></description>
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		<title>Wet for The Beach: The Wet Boys</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/wet-for-the-beach-the-wet-boys.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/wet-for-the-beach-the-wet-boys.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Burdick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crucial Surf Brigade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[make out point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Belmont]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[northside skate park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surfing virginia beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the boxx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the wet boys]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Wet Boys, who are performing at the New Radicles show at New Belmont Friday, share their best surf spots and late night dining spots in VB. They also dream about the sacred Navajodown. ]]></description>
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		<title>Preview: REDRAIL</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/preview-redrail.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/preview-redrail.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks of performance on The Tide, and art around it. Plus a deal on 50% off Tide tickets for opening night.  ]]></description>
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		<title>The Case for the Locally Purchased Book</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/literature/the-case-for-the-locally-purchased-book.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/literature/the-case-for-the-locally-purchased-book.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Pishko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american booksellers association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ibooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independant book shops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indie bound]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[le marche]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Prince Books, our displays reflect what Hampton Roads is reading right now, not what is dictated by co-op money from publishers.]]></description>
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		<title>In the Red: &#8216;Red&#8217; Comes to VSC</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/theater/in-the-red-red-comes-to-vsc.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dillon Tripp</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Rothko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RED]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus, an invitation's to AltDaily's Sneak Preview night, with ticket prices only $10 plus free hors d'oevres from Snapper's.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Kurtz</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-kurtz.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-kurtz.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["I borrowed a community college Photography 101 book for about two years and would read a chapter and practice what I learned over the next month until I had finished the book. " - Kurtz ]]></description>
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		<title>Call to Artists: The NorVa</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/call-to-artists-the-norva.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/music/call-to-artists-the-norva.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Scaccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[banksy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["We want the 'Wow' factor and we will know what we want when we see it." - Rick Mersel, The NorVa]]></description>
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		<title>Dance It Up, October &#124; This Month in Dance</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/dance-it-up-october-this-month-in-dance.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/dance-it-up-october-this-month-in-dance.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['S Wonderful]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvin Ailey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadway at the center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compania Flamenca Jose Parcel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The October dance happenings around Hampton Roads, as well as a dance mini-lesson and interview with Elbert Watson.]]></description>
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		<title>Theater Review: The Drowsy Chaperone at LTN</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/theater/theater-review-the-drowsy-chaperone-at-ltn.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/theater/theater-review-the-drowsy-chaperone-at-ltn.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah Albers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a matter of fact, I dare you to watch it and not fall madly in love with it.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Mike Morgan</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-mike-morgan.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-mike-morgan.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["I don't want it to just be a drawing of an apple or a tree...I want the apple or tree to tell something much further about itself to the viewer. Sometimes a dream will also inspire a piece. I like to leave the viewer with a mix of satisfaction and thought. I also like my pieces to represent the current state of the outside world, how I see it, and how it could possibly be."]]></description>
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		<title>Plan B Presents: Racism is Stupid</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/film/plan-b-presents-racism-is-stupid.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/film/plan-b-presents-racism-is-stupid.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Kypros</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hampton roads nightlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naro Cinema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk sketch comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plan b]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Public Service Announcement.]]></description>
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		<title>Three People, One Dancer: Elisa Monte Dance at The American Theatre</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/three-people-one-dancer-elisa-monte-dance-at-the-american-theatre.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/three-people-one-dancer-elisa-monte-dance-at-the-american-theatre.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elisa Monte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The American Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[white dragon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They floated in and out of unison... each dancer, in turn, stretched out as if to break free, but the others pulled her back.]]></description>
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		<title>Your Life Sung Back to You: Aida Comes to the Harrison Opera House</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/your-life-sung-back-to-you-aida-comes-to-the-harrison-opera-house.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/your-life-sung-back-to-you-aida-comes-to-the-harrison-opera-house.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owens Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grand opera]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harrison Opera House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John DeMain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lillian groag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lillian Groagg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mike frazier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Interview with Virginia Opera's Lillian Groag and John Demain.]]></description>
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		<title>VSC&#8217;s &#8220;God of Carnage&#8221; is a Perfect Evening</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/theater/vscs-god-of-carnage-is-a-perfect-evening.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/theater/vscs-god-of-carnage-is-a-perfect-evening.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah Albers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Affluent intellectuals are reduced to acting like children.  ]]></description>
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		<title>48 Hours to Make Movie Magic</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/film/48-hours-to-make-movie-magic.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/film/48-hours-to-make-movie-magic.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teviya Abrahams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[a glorious wood production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brainco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dead air]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads 48 Hour Film Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hampton roads film community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In Captivity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[king of the roosts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The winning films from the Hampton Roads 48 Hour Film Project, including "In Captivity," "Dead Air," "King of the Roosts," and "Seizure." ]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Story: Banjos, Beardos, and Microphones-Avett Brothers at The Ted.</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/photo-story-banjos-beardos-and-microphones-avett-brothers-at-the-ted.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Vitale</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ale art and avett]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[eric mai]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday the Avett Brothers played a packed show at The Ted.  Folk, folk, aaand folk. Enjoy. next&#62;&#62; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>A Cartoonist&#8217;s Perspective &#124; Comics by Douglas Orleski</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/a-cartoonists-perspective-comics-by-douglas-orleski.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/a-cartoonists-perspective-comics-by-douglas-orleski.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Orleski</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cartoonist]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Douglas Orleski]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot has happened this past month. We had an earthquake, hurricane, the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and I got sunburned on my balding head. These cartoons are my take.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Jason Hanasik</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-jason-hanasik.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-jason-hanasik.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gearybetweenlarkinandpolk.tumblr.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jason hanasik]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[virginia beach artists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["If we were to allow our "heroes" to emote fully then wouldn't that allow those of us not wearing the uniform a broader (acceptable) emotional and masculine performance?" - Jason Hanasik, showing this weekend with Lorrie Saunders.]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry: Jazz Music on the Radio Late at Night</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/literature/poetry-jazz-music-on-the-radio-late-at-night.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/literature/poetry-jazz-music-on-the-radio-late-at-night.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amalfiphotography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Or maybe that you are in a paperback bar, where the women
wear polka-dot dresses and the men take their hats off when they come
inside and everyone is alone.  But it is not sad.  It is slow.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Erin Schwinn</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-erin-schwinn.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-erin-schwinn.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["When I started making art again I stopped questioning the purpose of life and was able to be constantly engaged in each day and each experience. I can't not make art." - Erin Schwinn]]></description>
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		<title>Back to Ghoul: A Back-to-School Fashion Story shot by Richard Perkins</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/back-to-ghoul-a-back-to-school-fashion-story-by-richard-perkins.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/back-to-ghoul-a-back-to-school-fashion-story-by-richard-perkins.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Vitale</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Back to school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doom and gloom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. Crew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Perkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Perkins photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roses]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer&#8217;s over. Back to school kids. Just in time for the first day of school, a guide to back to school fashions. Clothing-model&#8217;s own Next &#62;&#62;]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: James Davis</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-james-davis.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["A lot of what I do in art is me saying, 'This is what God has called you to be. This is what God has called you to do. This is what God desires for you.'" - James Davis, whose favorite artist is Banksy]]></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>Portrait of a City: Norfolk How it Was</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/portrait-of-a-city-norfolk-how-it-was.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/portrait-of-a-city-norfolk-how-it-was.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AltDaily Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Arriving in Norfolk in the midst of Norfolk's Post-war transformation, Kenneth Harris began to make watercolors of the city’s monuments and areas of decay. Here is some of what he painted. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dance It Up September &#124; This Month in Local Dance</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/dance-it-up-september-this-month-in-local-dance.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/dance/dance-it-up-september-this-month-in-local-dance.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Simpson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AltDaily]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ballet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blues Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dance It Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elaine Silver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elbert Watson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elisa Monte Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Lindy Hop Competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacques D'Amboise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jaime Simpson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ricardo Melendez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southside Stomp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swing Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swing Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Mambo Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TRDance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Ballet Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Swing at The Attucks, new local ballet company with TRDance, Lindy Hop, Elisa Monte, Elbert Watson, and more. Hampton Roads has the moves, y'all. ]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: MSYIII</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-msyiii.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-msyiii.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["If you draw happy things you soak them in. If you draw sad things you slip into hell."- MSYIII]]></description>
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		<title>Curious George: Art Through The Eyes of a Three-Year-Old</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/curious-george-art-through-the-eyes-of-a-three-year-old.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/curious-george-art-through-the-eyes-of-a-three-year-old.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime Stott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curious George]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H. A. Rey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margret Rey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Chrysler Museum of Art]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Reys gave the world a reminder that despite what is going on, it's still okay to smile.]]></description>
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		<title>The Self-Made Art Show &#124; A Local Artist&#8217;s Guide to Presenting Artwork in Hampton Roads</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/the-self-made-art-show-a-local-artists-guide-to-presenting-artwork-in-hampton-roads.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/the-self-made-art-show-a-local-artists-guide-to-presenting-artwork-in-hampton-roads.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Ralston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One thing that Hampton Roads now has in abundance that can be helpful to an artist is rental property. In any economic conditions, these vacant spaces can be a unique opportunity for holding art shows.]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Barbee Portfolio Excerpt: Noses and Noises</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/tom-barbee-portfolio-excerpt-noses-and-noises.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/tom-barbee-portfolio-excerpt-noses-and-noises.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Vitale</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East Coast Surfing Championship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ECSC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Barbee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Barbee is a talented photographer working and living in Virginia Beach. He's also a pretty rad guy as far as I can tell.
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		<title>Short Story: &#8220;The Moments Before William Realizes the Humiliation That His Life Is&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/short-story-the-moments-before-william-realizes-the-humiliation-that-his-life-is.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/short-story-the-moments-before-william-realizes-the-humiliation-that-his-life-is.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mayor Will Huberdude</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["'I saw Dad eating Mom in the dressing room.  She's long gone. In his belly.'  I point up to the wedding figures at the top of the cake. 'He ate her up just like a toy.'"]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Christopher Jude Ranes</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-christopher-jude-ranes.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-christopher-jude-ranes.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["My creativity was driven almost strictly by a desire to have weird shit in my house that wasn't like other stuff you could get at Target or something. I function better when I'm surrounded by a carnival-like atmosphere." - Christopher Jude Ranes]]></description>
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		<title>This Review Brought to You by Bebopareebop Rhubarb Pie</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/this-review-brought-to-you-by-bebopareebop-rhubarb-pie.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/entertainment/this-review-brought-to-you-by-bebopareebop-rhubarb-pie.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Prairie Home Companion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garrison Keillor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heather Matte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Public Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NPR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ntelos Pavilion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portsmouth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summer Love Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virginia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I realized that’s what Keillor gives us--He gives us ourselves, our memories and our vintage tunes, reminiscing about days of cooling pies on windowsills, when kids could safely ride their bikes blocks away as long as they were home before the street lights came on, when young lovers listened to love songs on the radio and dreamed of kissing, nothing more.]]></description>
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		<title>B-boy Culture in the 757: RadioActive Cardboard</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/b-boy-culture-in-the-757-radioactive-cardboard.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/b-boy-culture-in-the-757-radioactive-cardboard.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shanika Smiley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[757]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[B-boy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[B-boy Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[B-girl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Back-spins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breakarama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breakarama 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breakdance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breakdancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breakin' Bread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coffee Ginder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dragon Sweeps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freeze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Breaker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kapamilya Restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radioactive Cardboard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Six-step]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Draft Lottery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top-rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turtle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windmill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["I want people to see our videos and say. 'Yo, I know that dude who is dancing.  He goes to my school in Chesapeake!' or hear an out-of-towner say, 'Yo seriously, the 757 region they got their scene rockin'!'"
-Johnny Breaker of RadioActive Cardboard]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<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>Friday Featured Artist: Troy Summerell</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-troy-summerell.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-troy-summerell.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["I love that you can make something and someone can think it's great, they love it, and then someone can come along and think it's crap. And then as the artist you don't have to care about either of them." - Troy Summerell ]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Jeff &#8220;Skele&#8221; Sheely</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-jeff-skele-sheely.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-jeff-skele-sheely.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["I can't stand the thought, with all the love I put into these pieces, that one day it will mean nothing. Generations will pass, and I want my name to be scattered in with all the prolific artists of their time." - SKELE]]></description>
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		<title>A Craftsman in Nature: Virginia Beach Woodworker Blake Daniels</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/a-craftsman-in-nature-blake-daniels-and-his-wood-work.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/a-craftsman-in-nature-blake-daniels-and-his-wood-work.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Selina Bragg-Pastian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blake Daniels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[braggindesign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[custom furniture hampton roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[custom jewelry hampton roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local artists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wood carving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woodworking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[His beach bungalow is littered with the tools of his craft: wood lathe (used for spinning wood at rpm's of 500-2500), saws, and drills. As we stood in the sunlight, Blake grabbed a piece of sycamore, placed it on the lathe, and began spinning.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Michael Smigiel</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-michael-smigiel.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/arts/visual-arts/friday-featured-artist-michael-smigiel.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[757 bar scene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bfa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charcoal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cogan's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drawing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Roads artists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kelly's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Smigiel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Belmont]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norfolk art scene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Dominion University artist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An online gallery and Q&#038;A with local charcoal artist Michael Smigiel. Much of his work focuses on the 757 bar and restaurant scene. ]]></description>
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		<title>Prose: &#8220;400 Hotels&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.altdaily.com/features/the-up-and-up-fourhundred-hotels.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.altdaily.com/features/the-up-and-up-fourhundred-hotels.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie Dowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short Stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The hotel is leaking and the little girl thinks it's funny to throw her glass of milk onto the carpet. At the check-in desk, two men shake hands - one of them is on fire. The deal has been made.]]></description>
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		<title>Video: How We Renew Our City: Part IV</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Savides</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aristotle summed up ancient Greek sentiment about the essence of humanity by declaring that "man is by nature a political animal." My interpretation is that we are meant to thrive within a community, are made to help each other. I really believe that.]]></description>
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		<title>Poem: My Witness is the Empty Sky</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Villagran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written while between cars, hitching through Newport News.]]></description>
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		<title>For The Love Of Cartoons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Orleski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who enjoy a laugh over some witty sketches, feast your eyes. ]]></description>
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		<title>Theater Review: Generic Theater’s Jack &amp; Jillian and Theatrix Productions’ Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah Albers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is an ambitious undertaking. The nearly three-hour long musical is almost completely through-sung, and every role is both vocally and dramatically demanding.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: James Corcoran</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe there is much less than we are willing to admit separating us from everything else in nature. The images I painted for this series are warped, beaten and bloodied, not idealized or pretty. Once we separate humanity from the abstract ideals in which we wrap ourselves we are no better or worse than anything else that exists.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Asa Jackson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any new projects or upcoming shows you have in the works for the rest of 2011? &#8220;Meeting Of Stylez&#8221;, July 20, Gallery Bar, New York, NY &#8220;Chocolate and Art&#8221;, July 22, Los Angeles, CA Art For Change, &#8220;Hacia Afuera Outdoor &#38; Music Fest&#8221;, August 15 &#8220;Who&#8217;s Next&#8221; Showcase, Paris, France &#8220;Hampton Roads, The Canvas&#8221; Project, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Up and Up: Michal Mahgerefteh</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michal Mahgerefteh</dc:creator>
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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>Friday Featured Artist: Hampton Boyer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you received formal art training, or do you consider yourself self-taught? I took a couple of drawing courses while I was in college. Found out that I had a knack for drawing subjects such as faces, bottles, skeletons, etc. It was cool, but it was never what I really wanted to do. So I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Labyrinths Come From</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Cothran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More often than not, the momentum for an idea comes from prolonged effort and enthusiasm that, like the labyrinth itself, prevails through twists and turns along the way.]]></description>
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		<title>Author Interview: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Cothran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Collaborative Consumption describes the rapid explosion in traditional sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting, and swapping redefined through technology and peer communities.” – Rachel Botsman]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Bug Photo Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keegan Morrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a second look at these "pests" we find at all our summer hang outs, they might just pleasantly surprise you. ]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Aspiring filmmakers: Guerilla Filmmaking 101</title>
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		<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>Art&#124;Everywhere Closing Night Grant Winners Revealed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jESiO</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four awesome public art-meets-community building projects win $500 to debut July 2 at Art&#124;Everywhere Closing Night.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Featured Artist: Aria Maisey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Alvarado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How has growing up in a creative, musical family influenced you artistically? Growing up in a creative family is just inspiring to begin with. My family is something I’m proud of. It kinda allows you to just get out there and do your own thing.   My mom always encouraged me to try new things and to [...]]]></description>
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