Discovering Virginia

Virginia has much to offer in history, adventure, entertainment and travel. We’ll bring it to you in this series of programs

Botticelli Exhibit at Muscarelle Museum of Art

Botticelli's Birth of Venus

At the height of his fame, the Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli was one of the most esteemed and influential artists in Italy. His graceful pictures of the Madonna and Child, his altarpieces and his life-size mythological paintings were immensely popular in his lifetime. In this edition of Discovering Virginia, take a tour of each area of Botticelli’s work through an audio description of the Botticelli exhibit at the Muscarelle Museum in Williamsburg, adapted by Shirley Confino-Rehder and presented by volunteer readers Catie Huennekens and Thomas Cunningham. (70 minutes)
***The background information read in this audio description was taken from a variety of websites in addition to Shirley’s own comments about the Botticelli works which are described.

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Edgar Allan Poe Museum

The Edgar Allan Poe Museum

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Edgar Allan Poe Museum

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston and died in Baltimore, but he lived, loved and worked here in Richmond. The Edgar Allan Poe Museum, located in the Old Stone House on East Main Street, holds the world’s largest collection of Poe items. Chris Semtner, Curator of the Poe Museum, talks to Lou Dean about Poe the man and the legacy. (30 minutes, July 2016)

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EXPLORING THE BACK ROADS OF VA

Bill Lohmann, and Bob Brown, with Mary Fannie Woodruff at Woodruff's Cafe and Pie Shop in Agricola, VA.

EXPLORING THE BACK ROADS OF VA

Did you know the world’s largest herd of Bactrian (two-humped) camels is in Burke’s Garden in Tazewell County, Virginia? You’d know it if you read “On the Back Roads Again: More People, Places and Pie Around Virginia.” Lou Dean talks to writer Bill Lohmann and photographer Bob Brown about this follow-up to their successful book “Back Roads: People, Places and Pie Around Virginia,” which was published in 2013. Listen to their tales of traveling back roads of Virginia, revisiting some favorites and finding some new and interesting people and places. And, yes, they’re still on the search for the next best piece of pie. (September 2016, 30 minutes)

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