RVA 5x5 - President's Day Edition

Life Through A Lens; Dining North Star; Resonating; Architectural Pushing and Pulling; Wine & Books & Relax

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You can find the 5 main stories from yesterday’s edition here, and today features the “ALT 5” stories for a nice, leisurely, “Easy Like President’s Day” read. Enjoy!

THE ALT 5

ALT #1 — OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Life Through A Lens
If you haven’t been yet to see Storied Strings exhibit at VMFA, I hear it is fantastic (get it?). I have yet to go and my/your window is rapidly closing (the exhibit ends March 19!), but I will get there.

Dave Cantor at VPM Media had an article last week with a look back at the career of Gordon Parks, who was one of the first black directors to make a studio film in Hollywood in 1969 and most notably directed “Shaft” which was hugely popular after being released in 1971. His film “Leadbelly” about the legendary folksinger and 12-string guitar master Huddie Ledbetter, was screened last weekend at VMFA as a companion to the Strings exhibit.

Cantor sat down for an interview with John Edwin Mason, history…