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Cultural calendar, December 18-25, 2003
THURSDAY, December 18
Swing swap: The Charlottesville Swing Dance Society holds this weekly east coast swing practice session with recorded music. 7:30-9pm. Albemarle County Office Building auditorium, 401 McIntire Road. Free. 980-2744.
Visions of sugarplums: The Moscow Ballet performs the traditional holiday favorite Nutcracker Ballet featuring local kids at the Charlottesville Performing Arts Center. 7:30pm. Melbourne Road. 961-7862.
Away in the manger: The Charlottesville Waldorf School presents The Shepherds' Play, a spirited medieval version of the nativity story. This family-friendly musical, filled with a sense of wonder and reverence, has become a not-to-be missed holiday tradition. 7pm. Donations accepted. 1408 Crozet Ave. 823-6800.
Frontier lights: The holidays of the past are illuminated on the four historic farms at the Frontier Culture Museum in their annual Lantern Tours. Costumed interpreters perform vignettes about the heritage of 1720s Germany, 1730s Northern Ireland, 1690s England, and 1850s Shenandoah Valley. Tours leave every 30 minutes from 5:30-8pm. Advance tickets required. $12 adults, $8 children. Rt. 250 west in Staunton. 540-332-7850.
Middle Earth adventure: Bilbo Baggins and friends set out in search of treasure from the dragon in the Four County Players dramatization of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic The Hobbit. 7:30pm. $12 adults, $10 seniors and students, $8 children. Barboursville Community Center off Rt. 33 on Rt. 678. 540-832-5355.
More Middle Earth: Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, and the Ring of Power also appear in Staunton at ShenanArts. 7:30pm. 717 Quicks Mill Road. 540-248-1868. shenanarts.org.
Caroling at the Central Place: The Buford Middle School Players invite you to join in a holiday caroling event. Turn back the clock with us to a simpler time when friends and neighbors joined together during the holidays to carol through the streets. 5-7pm. 977-1812.
Holly Trolley tours: Enjoy a free "Tour of Holiday Lights." Visit Downtown shops, restaurants, and entertainment sites. Limited seating– first come, first seated. Trolley leaves at 6, 7, and 8pm, but you can sign up starting at 5pm (no earlier) at April's Corner on the Mall. 295-9073.
Singles holiday dinner: Singles of all ages get a chance to wish other singles a happy, happy. Call 961-3164 for location, time, cost, and to reserve your spot for dinner.
Jan Smith Band with Kathryn Mostow at Gravity Lounge: Jan Smith's sweet voice and pop hooks, spiced with a little rootsy flavor, make for one of the better acts in Charlottesville. Performing with the group is the acoustic sound of Kathryn Mostow. $5, 8pm.
R2: $3 Thursday's: Interzone DJs Xiane, AudioRapture, and Rift Electronica, EBM, Downtempo, Trip-Hop, Darkwave at Rapture: Dance the night away at R2, Rapture's new motion-oriented event. Every Thursday the door costs just $3, but the friends you'll make there are sure to be priceless. 9pm.
Jim Waive (country-folk) at the Blue Moon Diner. Free, 8pm (W)
Karaoke Night with DJ Wild Wes at Buffalo Wild Wings. Free, 9pm (W)
Chicken Head Blues Band at Dürty Nelly's. $4, 9pm. (W)EMDUB (aka Matthew Willner 4) at Michael's Bistro. $3, 10pm.
John D'earth and friends (freeform jazz) at Miller's. $4, 10pm. (W)
Vindollo Jazz at Mountain View Grill. $4, 7pm.
In Tenebris, Heretics In The Lab, and Terminal Ready (rock) at Outback Lodge. $3, 10pm.
Game Night at Rapunzel's Coffee & Books. Free, 5 pm. (W)
Middle Eastern Belly Dance Class at Rapunzel's Coffee & Books. Free, 6:30pm. (W)
Kathy Olsen Trio (jazz) upstairs at Tokyo Rose. Free, 9:30pm. (W)
Booty Jam-Rock dance party benefit for human rights at Tokyo Rose. $5, 10:30pm.
FRIDAY, December 19
Blow it yourself: Add something special to the tree this year with a glass ornament you blow yourself at the McGuffey Art Center. 10am-5pm today. Sunday, 12-5pm. Make reservations if you're bringing a group of 10 or more. Otherwise, first come, first served. 201 Second St. NW. 295-7973.
Last-ditch: Did Iraq try to reach a last-minute settlement? New York Times investigative reporter James Risen examines paths taken and not on the road to Saddam in a spider hole. The Miller Center. 2201 Old Ivy Road. 924-0921. 11am.
Caroling at the Central Place: See Thursday, December 18.
Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas at Wintergreen: Holiday craft workshops, horse drawn carriage rides, Santa on the slopes, holiday family activities, gingerbread house contest. Christmas eve and Christmas day dinners and New Year's Eve celebrations. Call for tickets and information: 325-8180.
Ash Lawn &endash;Highland: Tour President James Monroe's house by candlelight. 7-9pm. $12, $11, and $6. Reservations recommended. 293-9539.
More Middle Earth: See Thursday, December 18.
McCormick Observatory public night: The Leander McCormick Observatory of the Department of Astronomy at UVA is open to the public on the first and third Friday of every month, 7-9pm. Weather permitting, visitors view the moon, planets, and other celestial objects through the 26-inch McCormick refractor, once the second largest telescope in the world, and other small telescopes. Free, but donations are accepted. 924-7494.
December sky: This year's winter solstice is Monday, December 22, at 2:04am. Tonight you can find out about the first day of winter when Science Museum of Virginia astronomer Ken Wilson presents the live interactive planetarium show LiveSky in the IMAX dome and planetarium at 6pm. Later, members of the Richmond Astronomical Society set up their telescopes on the front lawn to get a closer look at the December sky at 8pm. Free. 2500 W. Broad St., Richmond. 800-659-1727. smv.org.
Frontier lights: See Thursday, December 18.
Middle Earth adventure: Bilbo Baggins and friends set out in search of treasure from the dragon in the Four County Players dramatization of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic The Hobbit. $12 adults, $10 seniors and students, $8 children. Barboursville Community Center off Rt. 33 on Rt. 678. 540-832-5355.
Grapes of Wrath: Live Arts presents the first main stage production in its new home, Frank Galati's Tony Award-winning adaptation of John Steinbeck's epic novel. Directed by Betsy Tucker. Ends December 20. Bring canned goods or other non-perishable food items to donate to the Thomas Jefferson Area Food Bank. Live Arts Down Stage, 123 E. Water St. $10-15. 977-4177.
A Christmas Carol: Shenandoah Shakespeare presents their annual staging of Dickens' classic, featuring actors from the Excellent Motion Troupe, teen-age actors from Shenandoah Shakespeare's Young Company Theatre Camp, and children from the local community. Today's shows are at 10:30am and 7:30pm. Runs through December 28. 10 S. Market St., Staunton. $10-26. 540-851-1733.
No Shame Theater: Up for a theatrical nightcap? Join performers at this alternative venue for original material by anyone about anything. The first 15 people who show up get a spot on stage. Or you can just watch the carryings on. $5 Live Arts Up Stage, 123 E. Water St. 11pm. 977-4177.
Contra dance: Albemarle Chapter of the Country Dance and Song Society presents a contra dance featuring live traditional music from The Avant Gardners. The caller will be Denise Lair. Free beginners workshop at 7:30pm, dance 8-11pm. Municipal Arts Center, 1119 Fifth St. Ext. $7, under 12 free. 295-1245.
Open Mic night at Rapunzel's Coffee & Books: It's another open mic night at Rapunzel's, where (almost) any kind of expression is welcome-&endash; from music to poetry to madcap tales of woe. Free, 7:30pm.
Vernon Fisher ("romantic side of jazz") at Bashir's Taverna. No cover, 6:30pm. (W)
T'AIN'T at Garden of Sheba. No cover, 8pm.
Robbie Schaefer with Jeff Romano at Gravity Lounge. $12/$10 advance, 8pm.
Meanflower at Mountain View Grill. $5, 9pm.
William Walter & Co. (acoustic rock) at Orbit. No cover, 10:30pm.
Big Fast Car (rock) with Evenout (D.C.) and No Gods No Monsters at Outback Lodge. $6 door, 10pm.
SATURDAY, December 20
Grapes of Wrath: See Friday, December 19.
Christmas Carol: See Friday, December 20. Today's shows are at 2 and 7:30pm.
Middle Earth adventure: See Thursday, December 18.
Treaty party: Today is the 200th anniversary of the formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase. As ambassador to France, James Monroe played a pivotal role in negotiating and signing the treaty. Ash Lawn-Highland hosts a celebration of this historic event, and the former president, portrayed by Dennis Bigelow, will be on hand to chat. 1-4pm. Included in the price of admission. The house is open daily 11am-5pm. (Closed Christmas Day and New Years Day.) $9 adults, $5 children ages 6 to 11. 1000 James Monroe Parkway (Rt. 795). 293-9539. ashlawnhighland.org.
Caroling at the Central Place: Noon-5pm. See Thursday, December 18.
Pass it on: Today is the deadline for the AlbemarleKids "I Volunteer Student Essay and Art Contest." Kids are invited to creatively express their thoughts and feelings about the volunteer projects they are involved with this winter season. Send to email@example.com. Check albemarlekids.com for details.
Three and three: Three pigs outsmart a silly wolf, and Goldilocks learns never to break into someone's house in the Old Michie Theatre's latest puppet show offering. 11am and 2 and 4pm. $5. 221 E. Water St. 977-3690. oldmichie.com.
Keep warm: Mangham Wool and Mohair Farm hosts a Country Christmas Fair on the farm. Folks can wander among the animals– sheep and goats– enjoy some hot cider and cookies, and shop for warm woolies including socks, hand knit sweaters, blankets, hats, and yarn. Noon-5pm. 901 Hammocks Gap Road off Rt. 20 north. 973-2222. wool.us.
Frontier lights: See Thursday, December 18.
Middle Earth adventure: See Friday, December 19.
More Middle Earth: See Thursday, December 18.
Zephyrus holiday concert: Charlottesville's early-music vocal ensemble presents a concert of Medieval, Renaissance, and modern music for Christmas. The program includes chants, beautiful motets, and festive Christmas songs. 8pm. First Presbyterian Church, 500 Park St. $8-12. 293-5339.
The Marzaks and the Lilas at Gravity Lounge: The twisted acoustic-pop of the Marzaks comes swinging into the Gravity Lounge this Saturday night. The show will feature a mix of old members (the complete lineup of their debut release, Superhuman) and recent recruits. The power-folk trio that is the Lilas will be also performing. $10, 8:30pm.
Second annual Christmas Party: Tigerlily, The Hogwaller Ramblers, Eli Cook, Jeff Romano, Paul Curreri and Devon Sproule, The Pones, The Karma Bums, Los Cranios, Deja Moo, Shaheen Alikhan, Mary Gordon Hall and Blue O'Connor and more at Rapunzel's Coffee & Books. If you've ever wondered what almost anyone in town really sounds like (as I am supposedly a totally unreliable source) you can find out tonight, at Rapunzel's second annual Christmas Party. It's going to be a howler. $5, 7:30pm.
Betty Gone Bad (rock originals and covers) at Bistro 151 in Nellysford. No cover, 9:30pm.
Dirty Weasels at Mountain View Grill. $5, 9pm.
TOW (rock) at Outback Lodge. $6, 10pm.
Rapunzel's Christmas Party: Tigerlily, The Hogwaller Ramblers, Eli Cook, Jeff Romano, Paul Curreri and Devon Sproule, The Pones, The Karma Bums, Los Cranios, Deja Moo, Shaheen Alikhan, Mary Gordon Hall and Blue O'Connor and more at Rapunzel's Coffee & Books. $5, 7:30pm. See Tunes feature.
Sierra (country covers) at the Rockfish Valley Fire Department Christmas Party. $10 (BYOB), 8pm.
The Fair Weather Bums (bluegrass) at Sheben. No cover, 9:30pm. (W)
The Dawning: DJ Xiane + DJ Rift at Tokyo Rose. $5, 10:30pm.
SUNDAY, December 21
Hot cakes and art: Head over to a reception for Mary Atkinson's exhibit at Hotcakes today 4-6pm. Barracks Road Shopping Center.
How the Madisons lived: Montpelier opens two new exhibits of Madison furniture and furnishings today featuring treasures from the Madisons' collections. "Public Places, Private Spaces" presents vignettes of two Madison rooms– a re-creation of the Madisons' 1824 dining room and the Dolley Madison Bedchamber, a representation of the private chamber which Dolley used as a bedroom and sitting room. Included with regular admission to Montpelier. Daily through March 31, 9:30am-4:30pm. (Montpelier is closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.) Route 20, four miles southwest of Orange. 540-672-2728 ext. 110 or email@example.com
Sunday night dance party: The Charlottesville Swing Dance Society holds this weekly west coast swing practice session with recorded music. 7-9pm. Dance Center, 380 Greenbrier Drive. $3. 980-2744.
Sunday salsa: Charlottesville's Salsa Club sponsors a weekly opportunity to learn and practice salsa and other dances in a smoke-free nightclub atmosphere. A basic lesson (usually salsa) gets the evening started at 8pm. Complimentary water and sodas. The Outback Lodge, 917 Preston Ave. 8pm-midnight. $3-5. cvillesalsaclub.com or 979-7211.
Christmas Carol: See Friday, December 19. Today's shows are at 2 and 7:30pm.
Middle Earth adventure: See Thursday, December 18.
International holiday: The Science Museum of Virginia celebrates "Joy from the World" with David Ross on the bagpipes from 2-3pm, winter solstice demonstrations at 1pm and 3pm. Included in the price of admission. 2500 W. Broad St., Richmond. 800-659-1727. smv.org.
Keep warm: See Saturday, December 20.
Frontier lights: See Thursday, December 18.
Middle Earth adventure: See Friday, December 19. Time is 2:30pm today.
More Middle Earth: See Thursday, December 18. Today's show is at 3pm.
Zephyrus Holiday Concert: Charlottesville's early-music vocal ensemble presents a concert of Medieval, Renaissance, and modern music for Christmas. The program will include chants, beautiful motets, and festive Christmas songs. 3:30pm. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Owensville Road (Rt. 678) off Rt. 250 W., Ivy. $8-12. 293-5339.
The Hogwaller Ramblers (bluegrass mayhem) at Escafé. No cover, 10pm. (W)
The Zing Kings at Gravity Lounge. Free, 11am.
Old School Freight Train with Fair Weather Bums (old time good time) at Gravity Lounge. $5, 8pm.
MONDAY, December 22
Giant Menorah lighting and community Chanukah celebration: Join Chabad of Charlottesville at 5pm at Central Place on the Downtown Mall for a Chanukah celebration for folks of all ages. Sing the "Dreidel Song" and "Rock of Ages" and feast on traditional holiday treats like potato latkes with all the trimmings– and jelly doughnuts. 293-5994. See Walkabout Feature.
He's a mean one: That cuddly as a cactus, old Grinch is back to try to wipe out Christmas again. Eat popcorn and watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas at Gordon Avenue Library. 3pm. Free. 1500 Gordon Ave. 296-5544.
Frontier lights: See Thursday, December 18.
More Middle Earth: See Thursday, December 18. Time today is 3pm.
Open Mic Night with Charles Davis at Baja Bean. No cover, signup 8:30pm/9pm. (W)
Jackson Gibson at Coupe DeVille's. No cover, 10:30pm. (W)
Max Collins (experimental acoustic) at Michael's Bistro. No cover, 10:30pm. (W)
Open Mic Night at Miller's. Free, 9:30 signup/10pm start. (W)
George Melvin (piano merriment) at South Street Brewery. No cover, 9:30pm. (W)
Jim Ryan (jazz bass and love songs) upstairs at Tokyo Rose. Free, 9pm. (W)
Travis Elliot (pop) at the Virginian. No cover, 10:30pm. (W)
TUESDAY, December 23
Live Arts Acting LAB: The new eight-week session of this weekly Tuesday-night class starts today. Instructor Carol Pederson allows actors to review the fundamentals of acting technique, brush up audition skills, and explore scenes from the plays in Live Arts' new season. Drop-in session from 7-8pm, full session from 7-10pm. The Attic, The Glass Building, Studio 208, 313 Second St. SE, Studio 208. $10 drop-in, $160 full session. 977-4177 x100.
Christmas Carol: See Friday, December 19. Today's show is at 7:30pm.
Frontier lights: See Thursday, December 18.
Karaoke Night at Baja Bean. Free, 8pm. (W)
Jamie and Rolland (partial bluegrass mayhem) at the Blue Moon Diner. No cover, 8pm. (W)
Glen Mack at Coupe DeVille's. No cover, 10:30pm. (W)
Max Collins at Orbit. No cover, 10pm.
Vernon Fisher (mellow jazz) at Sheben. No cover, 7pm. (W)
WEDNESDAY, December 24
Christmas Carol: See Friday, December 19. Today's show is a matinee at 2pm.
Peggy's Pinch: Come and see one of Wintergreen's secret spots and hike to the Lower Shamokin waterfalls. This moderate hike is approximately three miles. Bring lunch and plenty of water. $3 members; $5 non-members. 10.30am. 325-7453.
Benny Dodd (cover-man) at Coupe DeVille's. No cover, 10pm. (W)
Jeff Decker and Mike Rosensky Quartet (jazz) at Miller's. No cover, 9pm. (W)
Open Jam at Rapunzel's Coffee & Books. Free, 7pm. (W)
Middle Eastern Belly Dance Class at Rapunzel's Coffee & Books. Free, 6:30pm. (W)
Mark Goldstein and Tusker (acoustic rock) upstairs at Tokyo Rose. No cover, 9:30pm. (W)
THURSDAY, December 25
Jim Waive (country-folk) at the Blue Moon Diner. Free, 8pm (W)
Karaoke Night with DJ Wild Wes at Buffalo Wild Wings. Free, 9pm (W)
Chicken Head Blues Band at Dürty Nelly's. $4, 9pm. (W)
Jan Smith Band with Kathryn Mostow at Gravity Lounge. $5, 8pm.
John D'earth and friends (freeform jazz) at Miller's. $4, 10pm. (W)
Game Night at Rapunzel's Coffee & Books. Free, 5 pm. (W)
Middle Eastern Belly Dance Class at Rapunzel's Coffee & Books. Free, 6:30pm. (W)
Kathy Olsen Trio (jazz) upstairs at Tokyo Rose. Free, 9:30pm. (W)
Upcoming and Ongoing:
One in ten: VABook is sponsoring a comic poetry contest. Ten lines or fewer to make the grade. Make former poet laureate and funny-man George Garrett belly-laugh to take the prize. Deadline February 10. Details on the VABook.org website.
Something different: Beginning January 4, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church shows the abstract relief acrylic paintings of David Breeden, more famously known about town for his sculpture. 717 Rugby Road. 293-8179.
Seeking artists: Charlottesville in 2 Dimensions is receiving artwork in any medium from any age artist depicting scenes of Charlottesville, on Friday, January 31, 1-5pm at McGuffey Art Center. $500 Best in Show Award + age appropriate awards. $10 per entry. All work submitted will be displayed. Information and application at artinplace.org. Show at McGuffey is February 3-29, 2004.
Book it: Barnes & Noble's holiday book drive is on now through December 24. Books purchased for this program receive a 10 percent discount. Barracks Road Shopping Center. 984-6598.
On the frontier: Modern folks can visit families of the past on the four historic farms at the Frontier Culture Museum. Costumed interpreters talk about holiday traditions of Old World Europe through December. 10am-4pm. $8 adults, $7.50 seniors, $4 children 6-12. Rt. 250 west in Staunton. 540-332-7850. frontiermuseum.org.
Seeing stars: The Science Museum of Virginia celebrates "Joy From the World: Starlight, Starbright!" through January 1. See Family feature.
Celebrate diversity: The Children's Museum of Richmond's holiday exhibit "Our Community, Our World in Celebration" highlights cultural festivals and traditions from around the world. See Family feature.
Measuring up: The Virginia Discovery Museum takes a Magical Measurement History Tour in their latest back gallery exhibit. Kids can explore the tools, units, and reasoning behind the evolution of measuring. Included in the price of admission. East end of the Downtown Mall. 977-1025. vadm.org.
Star search: Two centuries ago, Lewis and Clark didn't have GPS. They and other explorers used the stars to navigate uncharted lands and waterways. The Science Museum of Virginia gives modern travelers the chance to "Follow That Star!" in their new multimedia Planetarium show now through January 11. Included in the price of admission. 2500 W. Broad St., Richmond. 800-659-1727. smv.org.
IMAX is huge!: The five-story IMAX screen at the Science Museum of Virginia has a plethora of offerings this fall. Extreme offers a glimpse into the unique relationship between nature and humanity including athletes involved in big wave surfing, ice climbing, skiing, snowboarding, windsurfing, and rock climbing.
Body works: If you like to know how things work from the inside out, you'll love the film on the inner workings of The Human Body.
Westward ho!: Fans of Lewis and Clark can join the great adventurers and the Corps of Discovery on their grueling two-year trek across the continent in Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West. Call or see website for schedules and costs. 2500 W. Broad St., Richmond. 800-659-1727. smv.org.
Cut your own Christmas tree at Ash Lawn: To December 24. Cutting is permitted from 11am to 4pm daily. A donation, which will be used to help preserve the historic presidential home, is requested. Check in at the Gift Shop for directions to the cutting fields. Bring a saw and a rope to tie the tree to your vehicle. 293-9539.
Holiday market: Mark the holiday season at the Holiday City Market at Central Place on the Downtown Mall, Fridays and Saturdays, 10am-5pm, December 5, 6, 12, 13, 19 & 20. Browse through handmade gifts, toys, jewelry, baked goods, decorations, wreaths and fresh greenery. Sponsored by Charlottesville Recreation & Leisure Services. Info: 970-3271.
Button Kick-Off: First Night buttons are the price of admission and are $12 per adult and $6 for children 4-12. Children ages three and under are free. Buttons available at Timberlakes Drug Store, Spenser's 206, Plan 9 (both), Blue Ridge Mountain Sports (Barracks Road Shopping Center), and Dippin Dots (Fashion Square Mall).
Separation support group for lesbians and gay men: If you have experienced a break and need a safe place to cope with your loss. Meets Thursdays 7pm-8.30pm. 978 2195.
Talk the talk: Join in the conversation with English as Second Language learners as they interact with native English speakers at the Dialogue Café. In the Adult Learning Center at 1000 Preston Ave. Thursdays 11:30am-1pm. 245-2815.
Historic Downtown Charlottesville: Walking tours are given by the Albemarle County Historical Society. $3. Meet at the McIntire Building, 200 Second St. Saturdays 10am. 296-1492.
Framing the West at Monticello: Thomas Jefferson and the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Features a recreation of Jefferson's "Indian Hall" and objects on loan from other institutions. Included in price of general admission. Through December 31. 984 9822
Thomas Jefferson and the Origins of American Political Parties: Rare Printed materials illustrating early U.S. politics are on exhibit at the Jefferson Library. Free. 984-7540
Seminar on Stained Glass: Every Saturday, geared to the beginner but open to anyone. Call by Friday to reserve a spot. Blue Ridge Glass &Craft, McIntire Business Park at 1724 Allied St. Free. 3:30-5pm. 293 2876.
Settling down: Midday Meditation, Tuesdays 12:15-12.45pm and Thursdays, 12:15-1:15pm. Free, but donations are accepted. Gesher Center, 1824 University Circle. 970-7836.
Habitat for Humanity: Volunteers with a yen to build or paint for a good cause needed for projects in the area. 293-9066.
Canine Companions for Independence: The national nonprofit organization that trains assistance dogs for people with physical and developmental disabilities is looking for people interested in becoming volunteer puppy raisers. 800-572-BARK or cci.org.
Families anonymous: A free, self-help fellowship for anyone concerned with the destructive behavior of loved ones (emotional problems, drugs, or alcohol, etc.) meets at 7pm each Monday at Aldersgate Methodist Church,1500 E. Rio Road behind Fashion Square Mall, rear lower level entrance. 923-7929.
Narcotics anonymous: Meets daily. Call for information and meeting place: 434-979-8298.
The University of Virginia Library swings with "Portraits of the Golden Age of Jazz: Photographs by William P. Gottlieb," on display, along with other items related to the Harlem Renaissance, through March 5. McGregor Room, Alderman Library. 924-3025. See Art feature.
The Second Street Gallery inaugurates its brand, spanking new space with "30 Years: Three Decades of New Art," featuring recent works by 55 artists from SSG's past. Through February 1. City Center for Contemporary Arts, corner of Second St. SE and E. Water St. 977-7284.
The C&O Gallery presents the photography of Elaine Futhey through December. Next door to the C&O Restaurant, 511 E. Water St. 971-7044.
Transient Crafters displays "Glimmering Glass," featuring kiln-fired jewelry, plates, and more by Mary Ellen Larkins, through December. 118 W. Main St. on the Downtown Mall. 972-9500.
CODG opens its new space with a group show. Among the artists featured is Billy Hunt, who recently shot the "Hot Moms of C'ville" calendar. 112 E. Main St., under the Jefferson Theater. 242-4212.
David Cochrane's abstract/geometric paintings and Matisse- and Picasso-influenced portraits are on view at the architectural firm of Stoneking/Von Storch. Fifth and Water streets, second floor. 295-4204.
Galerie LaParlière is showing "Impressionist Bouquets," new works by French artist Maryvonne LaParlière. Also through January, "Angels on Wood," frescoes. 414 E. Jefferson St. 245-1365. laparliere.com.
Mountain Air Gallery, Etc. showcases the work of Norfolk artist Cara Mayo (oil and acrylic) and local painter Lavely Miller (oils) through December. 107 E. Main St. on the Downtown Mall. 244-3393 or moutainairgallery.com.
Beatrix Ost explores what contributes to the formation of identity in "Intimacy: 15 Minutes of Drawing," on display at Les Yeux du Monde@dot2Dot through the end of January. 115 S. First St. 973-5566.
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church is showing "Once Upon a Time in Europe," acrylic paintings by Angela Corriveau. 717 Rugby Road. 293-8179.
The Mudhouse presents digital artist Paul Troy's "Persons, Things & Other Objects" through December 28. W. Main St. on the Downtown Mall. 984-6833.
Paintings by local artists Barry Gordon and Malcolm Hughes are on view at L'étoile Restaurant. Gordon's abstract works feature interiors and everyday objects; Hughes portrays landscapes in the Impressionist style. Through January. 817 W. Main St. (across from the Amtrak Station). 979-7957.
Take a stroll through the 57 acres of Virginia's first-ever Sculpture Park, located on the grounds of Baker-Butler Elementary School. 2740 Proffit Road. 974-7777x1402.
Paintings by Gloria Mitchell are on display at The Artful Lodger, 1807 Seminole Trail. 970-1900.
"Recent Works by The Virginia Stone Carvers Guild," an exhibition of sculptures by eight artists, runs through January 9 at the ArtSpace gallery on the third floor of Newcomb Hall. 924-4164. email@example.com.
Art Upstairs presents its members' work in a holiday group show through December 27. 316 E. Main St., above The Hardware Store, on the Downtown Mall. 923-3900.
"Art and the Natural World," an exhibit featuring science themes, is on display at the Science and Engineering Library's new reading room. The exhibit is a highlight of the library's grand opening in Clark Hall, and will be up through the academic year. The exhibit features work by UVA art faculty. 924-3628.
The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection displays "Kulam Kannga (Beginning): New Work from the Lockhart River Art Gang," plus "Photographs of Lockhart River" by Kerry Trapnell through January 24. 400 Peter Jefferson Place, off Rt. 250 east at Pantops. 244-0234.
Holiday cheer getting to you? Sober up by taking in "Portraits of the Human Condition," recent work by Polly Mikulski, on display at the Gravity Lounge through December. 103 S. First St. 977-5590.
Jerry O'Dell's paintings and stained glass creations are on view at Blue Ridge Glass & Crafts. 1724 Allied St. 293-2876.
The McGuffey Art Center presents its Annual Holiday Group Show presenting the work of McGuffey's artists, who work in painting, drawing, printmaking, fiber art, calligraphy, mixed media, stained glass, hot glass, sculpture, photography, cabinetry, marbling, ceramics, and book arts. Something catch your eye? Get instant gratification with cash and carry. Through December 28. 201 Second St. NW. 295-7973.
During December, the BozArt Gallery presents an All Member Show, featuring a wide range of styles and media. 211 W. Main. 296-4669.
The University of Virginia Art Museum presents "Our View," an exhibit of area high school students' award-winning photographs focusing on hometown life, through December 21. Also "The Moon Has No Home: Japanese Color Woodblock Prints from the Collection" runs through March 7. And "Steam Power: Railroad Photographs of O. Winston Link," runs through December 21. 155 Rugby Road. 924-3952.
Martha Jefferson Hospital presents "3 Views of Landscape," featuring work by Robert Llewellyn, Scott Smith, and Barbara Southworth, through March 1. 459 Locust Ave. 982-7000.
The John Ruseau Watercolor Gallery features paintings by John Ruseau, along with art and objects from the Connecticut-based Mystic Seaport Museum. York Place on the Downtown Mall. 977-0627.
The Nichols Gallery Annex displays small works by 20 regional artists, including Ron Boehmer, Philip Koch, Maruta Racenis, and Priscilla Whitlock, through January 4. Barboursville. 540-832-3565.
Marcus Alan Vincent exhibits "Sojourn in a Dream" at the Williams School Library at Washington and Lee University through December 31. Lexington. 540-458-8602.
Richard Robinson and Larry Volk show their unique views of the Italian culture and landscape in "Robinson and Volk: Fotografie dell'Italia" at The Arts Center In Orange through January 3. 1250 East Main St, Orange. 540-672-7311.
Al Rossi's watercolors of Fluvanna area scenes are on display at the Carysbrook Library through December. Highway 15. Fluvanna. 434-842-2230.
The Fluvanna Art Association's Annual Show runs through the end of December at the Fluvanna County Community Center in Fork Union. Highway 15. 34-842-3150 or email@example.com.
Sunspots Studios in Staunton offer live glassblowing demonstrations every day by master glassblower Phillip Nolley and art glass artist Minh Martin, both in residence. Corner of Lewis and Middlebrook streets in downtown Staunton, across from the train station. 540-885-0678.
"Extremely real, extremely warped," that's the word on Robert Lazzarini's sculptures. The artist's distorted realism is on view through January 4 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. While there, check out "The New VMFA: Collecting for the Future," which runs through January 4. 2800 Grove Ave. Richmond. 804-204-2704.
Marc Charette presents his landscape photography at Caffé Bocce during the month of December. 330 Valley St., Scottsville. 286-4422.
All that jazz: Gottlieb's swingin' photos
Call to mind an image of Louis Armstrong. Got it? Is he looking directly at you, neck and cheeks inflated beneath a beaded brow, huge fingers flared above his trumpet's keys, the horn extending forward and to the left? Then what you're imagining is actually a re-creation of one of William P. Gottlieb's portraits of Armstrong.
That iconic image is just one of the 60 photographs included in "Portraits from the Golden Age of Jazz: Photographs by William P. Gottlieb," currently on display at the University of Virginia Library's Special Collections.
From 1938-48, Gottlieb worked as a jazz reporter, first for The Washington Post and later for Down Beat magazine. Amazingly, he began taking photos only when the Post decided that sending a photographer out with him was too expensive. Equipped with an awkward Speed Graphic camera and short on cash, Gottlieb frequently restricted himself to only two or three black and white exposures.
But what exposures they are. Gottlieb's insider familiarity with the musicians of the day enabled him to evoke the spark of their individual personalities. And all the Golden Age of Jazz luminaries shine through his lens: Charlie "Bird" Parker, Billie Holliday, Stan Kenton, Thelonius Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, on and on.
Gottlieb clearly staged most of his photographs, attending to lighting, camera placement, and composition. But he also had that elusive talent for knowing exactly when to snap the shutter to reveal the vitality of the moment. The musicians live and breathe within his frames.
Here Billie Holliday, anguished and beautiful, throws her head back as she sings, light gleaming off her hair, tiny lines at the bridge of her nose indicating her emotional intensity. There gaunt drummer Dave Tough, cigarette dangling from the middle of his lips, looks wistfully to his left while practicing in a stark, cinderblock basement.
Gottlieb sometimes stepped up the drama by disclosing relationships between the musicians. In one image, a feather-hatted Ella Fitzgerald stands center stage, eyes shut, seemingly oblivious to everything but her song. Over her left shoulder, bandleader Dizzy Gillespie leans back to gaze at her in rapt, half-lidded admiration, while over her right shoulder, in the shadowy background, Fitzgerald's bass-playing future husband, Ray Brown, glowers at Gillespie.
Complementing Gottlieb's photographs are original album covers from WTJU's library, plus a display case containing items related to the Harlem Renaissance. There Langston Hughes' manuscript, "Motto," reads: "I play it cool./and dig all the jive./That's the reason/I stay alive./My motto,/as I live and learn,/ is dig&emdash;/and be dug in return."
Dig these Gottlieb photographs.
"Portraits from the Golden Age of Jazz: Photographs by William P. Gottlieb" is on display at the University of Virginia Library's Special Collections, located on the second floor of Alderman Library. The exhibit runs through March 5. Call Special Collections for holiday hours or more information. 924-3025.
VQR turns 80: New look, old debate
By ELIZABETH KIEM email@example.com
The winter 2004 issue of the Virginia Quarterly Review is a felicitous blend of respect and revolution. A glance at the glossy color makeover attests to editor Ted Genoways' eagerness to change the stolid face of the octogenarian journal; a look at the edition's title confirms that this new blood knows whence it flows.
VQR volume 80, #1 is entitled A Dream Deferred: Integrated Education in America. A smart marketing choice of themes in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, it is also a tribute to Genoways' predecessor, Staige Blackford, a champion of the civil rights movement who ran the Review for over a quarter of a century before his untimely death last summer.
During Blackford's tenure, VQR subscriptions peaked at about 5,000. Genoways says they've slipped back to about 3,500, a common phenomenon in the cyclical life of a literary review. It's time, he says, for a major marketing campaign, and his strategy is simple: Give readers the best writing money can buy.
If that means paying $100 a printed page and $5 per line of poetry, as the VQR now offers, so be it.
"There's really no place paying that much today," Genoways claims, adding, "there is no upper limit," on what he's willing to pay for the right piece.
To be sure, VQR has never had much difficulty attracting literary luminaries. H.L. Mencken, William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, Robert Penn Warren, and Eleanor Roosevelt have all left their mark. The current issue features Toni Morrison's series of fictional monologues inspired by photographs of the black children who pioneered integration.
Guggenheim Fellow and National Book Award finalist Kevin Young wrote a series of poems to accompany a retrospective of Harlem Renaissance artist Romare Bearden now exhibited at the National Gallery. Both poems and paintings can be found in the new VQR, as befits the Review's dismissal of the old "gray page" typeset.
Superior remuneration, color art, sophisticated design… you know where this revamp is going, don't you?
"Our goal is to have the largest literary site on the web," Genoways says. That's where.
A decade's worth of back issues (75,000 pages) are on-line now, and Genoways hopes to have another 50 years archived for surfing in the next six months. Who says it's not your father's VQR? It's your grandfather's, too.
The Virginia Quarterly Review is available in bookstores around town and can be sampled at Virginia.edu/vqr/. Also out this week is the Fall/Winter edition of Meridian, the literary sampler founded by VQR's Ted Genoways and edited by The Hook's own Stephen Boykewich– featuring Seamus Heaney and Edmund White.
All together now: Menorah lighting all-inclusive
Channa Meyer and her husband, Rabbi Shlomo Meyer, arrived in Charlottesville two years ago to teach classes on Judaism and organize holiday programs, women's programs, and "any Jewish service that people should need."
Among the only Orthodox Jews in town, they brought with them Chabad, a worldwide movement devoted to these causes.
"I don't like to use the word 'missionary'" Channa Meyer says. "We're not trying to convert anyone-&endash; we would teach [non-Jews] if they asked us, but that's not our goal. I prefer the term 'Lamplighter.'"
It's appropriate, then, that the Meyers will be lighting a giant Menorah and leading Chanukah celebrations as part of the "Downtown for the Holidays" celebrations on the Downtown Mall. In Charlottesville, where Meyer says there are 500 Jewish families and 1,500 Jewish students, it seems particularly important to share the celebrations with the rest of the community.
"This is for everybody," Meyer says. "Chanukah is about religious freedom, not just for Jews but for everyone." The holiday commemorates the week when the Greeks defiled the holy oil in the temple, but the Jews found what they thought was enough to last a day. Instead, it lasted eight, and today Chanukah represents the triumph of good over evil and the power of determination and prayer.
This year the holiday begins on Friday, December 19, and continues until December 27. As the Meyers light the Menorah, more than 2,500 other Chabad movements will be doing the same thing all over the world.
In Charlottesville, Chanukah will also be celebrated at Temple Beth Israel, which was formed in 1860 and is one of the oldest continuously used synagogues in the South. Jews had been settling in the region since the earliest days of colonialism, and while their numbers were initially tiny, by the 19th century several households and businesses had been established here.
As the Albemarle Historical Society has documented, these early families became known as people of culture and prominence. They included Michael Israel, after whom Israel's Gap and Israel's Mountain are named, and Isaiah and David Isaacs, who sold real estate and ran a store on Main Street, respectively.
David Isaacs lived in a long term common law marriage with Nancy West, a talented young mulatto businesswoman. They could not marry since Virginia law forbade it because she wasn't white, and Jewish law forbade it because she wasn't Jewish.
In 1826 the couple was taken to court on charges of fornication, but the charges were dropped on the grounds that their relationship was as man and wife, sharing room and board. They went on to raise seven children, who were acknowledged by Isaacs in his will, and who grew up as part of the freed black community.
Their improbable relationship shows the relative tolerance of Charlottesville at the time, and is a fitting early example of the spirit embodied in Chabad.
The Giant Menorah Lighting and Community Chanukah Celebration takes place 5pm Monday, December 22, at Central Place on the Downtown Mall. 293-5994.
Let it shine: Festivals highlight holiday exhibits
December is the darkest time of the year, but the world over, people of all cultures have developed celebrations that rejoice in the gift of light. Fortunately we don't have to drag our kids all over the globe to experience this variety of light-filled festivities. An easy trip east on I-64 leads to two side-by-side museums aglow with activities, events, and displays of the many variations of winter holiday revelry.
The Children's Museum of Richmond has chosen six of the world's traditions to highlight in "Our Community, Our World in Celebration." The interactive exhibit features miniature houses decorated to reflect the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, Hindu Diwali, Muslim Ramadan and Eid, Winter Solstice, African American Kwanzaa, and Christmas.
Demonstrations and art activities continuing through January 25 bring visitors closer to an understanding of the different celebrations. Kwanzaa events this weekend, for example, get kids and their families involved in making candles and playing the traditional game of Mancala with beans and little cups. A performance on Sunday afternoon lets folks feel the rhythms of an African healing dance and traditional instruments. The Winter Solstice is also highlighted this weekend.
Next door, the Science Museum of Virginia celebrates "Joy from the World" with exhibits and events representing over 20 different traditions. Local cultural organizations such as St. James Armenian Church, the Polish American Society, and the Ukrainian Cultural Association have decorated evergreen trees to reflect their holiday traditions. A tree guide, available at the admission desk, details the background and meaning of the traditions represented.
Joy from the World celebrations, together with all the usual exhibits and IMAX films, sparkle throughout the museum now through January 1. The Carpenter Science Theatre presents a series of dramatic stories about stars and star patterns from a variety of cultures, places, and times. The planetarium show "First Star I See Tonight" highlights the solstice sky. Fa-la-la-la Fun is a scavenger hunt that encourages visitors to search the galleries and discover all the treasures they hold.
These holiday exhibits give families a shining excuse for getting out of town during the kids' winter break to see how others celebrate the season.
A schedule of special events is listed on each museum's website. Most activities are included in the price of general admission. C-MoR is closed December 24 and 25. SMV is closed December 25 only. SMV is located in the former train station at 2500 W. Broad St., C-MoR right next door. Turn right off the Boulevard exit from I-64 to Broad St. C-MoR's toll-free number is 877-295-2667. SMV's number is 800-659-1727.
God bless us! It's Tiny Tim again&emdash; in Staunton
BY STEPHEN BOYKEWICH &endash; firstname.lastname@example.com
Some stories never get old. The Odyssey, say. The Gospel According to John. The first Rocky. And every December, you can count on A Christmas Carol, a tale so deeply moving, so ever-fresh, that no matter how many of the 200-odd film and television versions you've seen, no matter how many of the numberless stagings you've sat through, you can't wait to see it again, and again, and again.
Admit it: There are nights you can feel your fingers closing around Tiny Tim's little tubercular neck.
Shake it off. It's Christmas. And don't give up hope. Shenandoah Shakespeare just did the impossible. I don't mean making Staunton hip, though they've actually done that, too. I'm talking about their bringing A Christmas Carol back to life. The theater's adaptation of Dickens' shopworn classic is consistently funny and inventive, and even at times surprising. It's a story about second chances, after all.
You have to wonder whether Dickens felt anything special while he was scratching away at his "ghostly little book" in the final weeks of 1843. Even with his imagination, could he have anticipated the phenomenon that would start with a stage version the very next year, and eventually give rise to everything from a 1910 silent film directed by Thomas Edison to the animated musical Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol?
And if so, would he have thrown it in the fire?
The brisk, light-hearted stage adaptation by Excellent Motion, Shenandoah Shakespeare's touring company, will make you glad he didn't. The company is in residence in Staunton this month after half a season crossing America. Their Carol shares many of the qualities of the resident company's repertoire: dynamic staging, simple sets and props, cross-casting, and so intimate an embrace of the audience that you may be literally pulled onto the stage.
The show is directed by Excellent Motion touring manager Dennis Henry, and features particularly strong performances by Benjamin Curns as the Narrator and Christopher Seiler as Scrooge, playful musical interludes, and– as an extra lure for local audiences– a handful of teenage actors from Shenandoah Shakespeare's Young Company Theatre Camp, and a rotating cast of community children who help fill out the Cratchit family.
If you really want to watch Michael Caine weave drunkenly among a cast of Muppets again this year (notice how convincing he is, yelling, "Spirits! Spirits!"), that's your choice. My recommendation is that you give the VCR a rest and head 30 miles west. Either way, I hope you enjoy your holiday. And, to quote everybody's favorite Christmas invalid: God bless us, every one.
Cough, cough.
A Christmas Carol is performed Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays through Sundays through December 28. $10-26. See Performance Calendar for individual show listings. Blackfriars Theater, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. 540-851-1733.
Holiday excess: The makings of a scene
Producing an ethnography of holiday parties is a topic that has not, to my knowledge, ever been a pursuit of some young/brash anthropologist, and that seems a little queer to me. Interviews, the backbone of field work, wouldn't be much of a problem– people would spill their guts to you with only the slightest prodding (thanks to too much 'nog), and participant-observational engagement would also be easy (look around, then have some 'nog).
In fact, the only problem I can see in studying this wide-open topic would be the trouble acquiring long-term engagement in the field– anthropologists consider anything less than a year of constant immersion to be tomfoolery. But of course, this fault in research could be remedied by just going to a lot of those parties, with the same general group of people (and building up a tolerance for 'nog).
Rapunzel's second annual holiday party might be a good place for an interested researcher to start, though the fieldwork might suffer from 'nog deficiency. According to Rapunzel's Bob Taylor (and my own feeling after music editing for a while) the party is probably the biggest show that the Lovingston venue has ever had, and with 12 confirmed acts "and many more" (or so says the press release), it just might induce an acoustic-singer/songwriter overdose (symptoms of which include bobbing to the beat and rhythmic finger tapping).
Seeing the 12 also will give you a good summary of Charlottesville's acoustic scene– bluegrass and country-folk are the main ingredients on display Saturday– but where each group takes these similar ingredients will make for a diverse time. Tigerlily play acoustic-folk with perfect womanly harmonies; the Hogs' Escafé bluegrass and energy Sundays are the stuff of legend; Paul Curreri and Devon Sproule sing love-laced duets as the former picks with the skill of another age; the Karma Bums will make you feel like you are at a '60s love-in; and those are just the ones I've seen perform before. So many more await my (and more importantly your) virgin ears.
Come to Rapunzel's this Saturday night– no nog, but plenty of good time.
Second annual Christmas Party: Tigerlily, The Hogwaller Ramblers, Eli Cook, Jeff Romano, Paul Curreri and Devon Sproule, The Pones, The Karma Bums, Los Cranios, Deja Moo, Shaheen Alikhan, Mary Gordon Hall and Blue O'Connor. Route 29 south in Lovingston, in the packing shed. $5, 7:30pm.


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- GNU Octave is a high-level interpreted language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides capabilities for the numerical solution of linear and nonlinear problems, and for performing other numerical experiments. It also provides extensive graphics capabilities for data visualization and manipulation. Octave is normally used through its interactive command line interface, but it can also be used to write non-interactive programs. The Octave language is quite similar to Matlab so that most programs are easily portable.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Octave-Forge
- 3 Plotting
- 4 Graphical interfaces
- 5 Reading Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets
- 6 Troubleshooting
Octave can be installed with the package octave, available in the official repositories.
octave command provided by this package attempts to run the gui and fails if you haven't installed qscintilla, which is needed for the gui. To start the command line interface run the
octave-cli command instead.
Octave provides a set of packages, similar to Matlab's Toolboxes, through Octave-Forge. The complete list of packages is here.
Packages can be installed directly in Octave, or from the AUR. See below.
Using Octave's installer
Packages can be managed using Octave's installer. They are installed to ~/octave, or in a system directory with the -global option. To install a package:
octave:1> pkg install -forge packagename
control, need the gcc-fortran ArchLinux's package in order to compile and install.
To uninstall a package:
octave:3> pkg uninstall packagename
Some packages get loaded automatically by Octave, for those which do not:
octave:4> pkg load packagename
octave:5> pkg load all
To see which packages have been loaded use
pkg list, the packages with an asterisk are the ones that are already loaded.
A way to make sure that all packages gets loaded at Octave startup:
## System-wide startup file for Octave. ## ## This file should contain any commands that should be executed each ## time Octave starts for every user at this site. pkg load all
Using the AUR
Some packages may be found in the AUR (search packages). New Octave-forge packages for Arch can be created semi-automatically using the Octave-forge helper scripts for Archlinux.
Octave has two official plotting backends:
- Gnuplot — A classic Linux plotting utility.
- FLTK Backend — A new experimental OpenGL backend based on the FLTK GUI toolkit.
FLTK is now the default plotting utility, but due to some serious problems with the experimental interface, you may want to re-enable gnuplot.
octave:1> graphics_toolkit("gnuplot");
To make this change permanent add it to your
~/.octaverc file.
Graphical interfaces
Since Octave 3.8, Octave has its own (experimental) GUI based on Qt. Since the 4.0.0 release, it is enabled by default. To start the GUI, just run
The following GUIs are unofficial.
- Cantor — A graphical user interface that delegates its mathematical operations to one of several back ends (Scilab, Maxima, Octave and others).
- QtOctave — A Qt frontend for Octave.
Bug in Documentation tab
As of Octave version 3.8.1, clinking a link in the Documentation tab of the official GUI causes the GUI to freeze. According to bug report #38305, this is caused by a signal handler conflict between Octave and Qt.
One workaround is to unzip the Octave Info files located at
/usr/share/info/octave.info* with the command:
# gunzip /usr/share/info/octave.info*
Another option is to ignore the Documentation tab and use a different Info reader.
Reading Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets
There are several ways to read Microsoft Excel files with Octave.
Converting to an open format
The easiest way to use
.xls files in Octave would be to convert them to
.csv or
.ods using Calc (limited to 1024 columns) from LibreOffice or Sheets(limited to 32768 columns) from the the Calligra Suite.
After the conversion is complete you can use the build-in Octave function
csvread for
.csv files:
octave:1> csvread('myfile.csv');
.ods files the octave-ioAUR package is necessary which contains the
odsread function:
octave:1> odsread('myfile.ods');
.xlsx files you can use the xlsx2csvAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror] package from AUR:
xlsx2csv -t /path/to/save/location -x /path/to/myfile.xlsx
Reading xls files directly from Octave
If you must work with XLS files and you cannot convert them to CSV or ODS, for whatever reason, you can use the
xlsread function from the octave-ioAUR package.
Since octave-ioAUR version 1.2.5., an interface called 'OCT' was added, which perform reading .xlsx (not .xls!), ods and .gnumeric without any dependencies. However, the Java-based interface still exist (special for reading .xls files and writing those file formats).
Steps necessary to make Java Interface available
The steps necessary to make it work are:
- 1. Install jdk7-openjdk, available in the official repositories.
$ export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdkYou may also want to add this to your
~/.bashrc and append it to your
- 2. Install a Java XLS library for
xlsread. There are more such libraries available, a comparison can be found at here. The recommended library is apache-poiAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror], available in the AUR.
To check if Java is working correctly in Octave, see the output of:
octave:1> javaclasspath STATIC JAVA PATH - empty - DYNAMIC JAVA PATH - empty -
To load the selected library in Octave, check if it is in the Java path. If not:
octave:1> javaaddpath path/to/file.jar
In the case you chose apache-poiAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror], the relevant JAR files can be found in
/usr/share/java/apache-poi/poi-3.x.jar and
To check if it works
octave:1> chk_spreadsheet_support
The output should be > 0:
0 No spreadsheet I/O support found ---------- XLS (Excel) interfaces: ---------- 1 = COM (ActiveX / Excel) 2 = POI (Java / Apache POI) 4 = POI+OOXML (Java / Apache POI) 8 = JXL (Java / JExcelAPI) 16 = OXS (Java / OpenXLS) --- ODS (OpenOffice.org Calc) interfaces ---- 32 = OTK (Java/ ODF Toolkit) 64 = JOD (Java / jOpenDocument) ----------------- XLS & ODS: ---------------- 128 = UNO (Java / UNO bridge - OpenOffice.org)
To make this permanent add the
javaaddpath commands to your
~/.octaverc file.
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My trusted system includes various structures for sustainable sacrifice in Christian ministry. How does this trusted system work for me in a typical week?
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Recent blog posts
- Translation of EphesiansJanuary 29, 2020This is the complete translation of the Apostle Paul's Letter to the Ephesians for the series Lift Your Eyes: Reflections on Ephesians.
- Reading Ephesians (Ephesians 6:21–24)January 22, 2020Paul's closing greeting in Ephesians is a good opportunity to summarise what the letter is all about and to remember why it's worth reading and reflecting on it.
- Prayer: the heart of evangelism (Ephesians 6:17–20)January 15, 2020One of the best things we can pray for is that the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ will go out to the world, both through us and through others.
- The importance of being a struggling Christian (Ephesians 6:14–16)January 8, 2020Do you ever feel like the Christian life is a struggle? Struggling is normal for Christians. In fact, it's not just normal. Christians should be struggling!
- Stand your ground (Ephesians 6:10–13)January 1, 2020It's easy to ignore the spiritual realities of life. But Paul reminds us we should live our ordinary, everyday lives in light of spiritual realities.
- The gospel for the boss (Ephesians 6:9)December 25, 2019Authority implies responsibility. Christians, who have a heavenly Lord and Saviour, have a special reason to be responsible in the way we use our authority.
- The gospel: beyond freedom (Ephesians 6:5–8)December 18, 2019What do you do if you find yourself in a situation of limited economic freedom? Paul shows how that situation can be transformed by the gospel.
- The gospel and fatherhood (Ephesians 6:4)December 11, 2019Fathers: Do you sometimes wish your children were born with an instruction manual? Being a dad is a big responsibility. Paul here provides valuable direction.
- Paul the Apostle does children's ministry (Ephesians 6:1–3)December 4, 2019Children's ministry is important. Paul's short instruction to children is deeply soaked in theology, biblical theology, and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
- The gospel and marriage part 2: Husbands (Ephesians 5:25–33)November 27, 2019The gospel of Jesus Christ teaches husbands to take initiative to love and give themselves to their wives. This radical teaching involves both actions and attitudes.
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Thursday August 18, 2011 2:15 pm
Amateur hacker takes credit for cracking BART police Web site
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Smartphones, Internet
BART's troubles with Anonymous hackers continued Wednesday with the apparent hacking of a BART Police Officers Association website and ensuing publication of private data belonging to more than 100 BART police officers.
A Pastebin posting of data obtained in what appears to have been a "serious security breach" of BARTpoa.com, according to Sophos' NakedSecurity blog, includes the names, home addresses, email addresses, and passwords belonging to officers employed by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).
And the latest attack on BART may have been done by a self-proclaimed first-time hacker.
Late Wednesday, Twitter accounts associated with Anonymous and the campaign against BART began pointing to a purportedly leaked Internet Relay Chat log in which a user called "Lamaline_5mg" claimed to have broken into the BARTpoa.com database, acting alone and using an SQL injection tool, a common means of network intrusion:
"[08/17/11 11:18] Lamaline_5mg I don't want the media to know anything about the hackers.
[08/17/11 11:19] n0pants in what sense?
[08/17/11 11:19] Lamaline_5mg I am not a hacker. This is my first attack.
[08/17/11 11:19] n0pants ohwow
[08/17/11 11:19] n0pants that's pretty newsworthy too
[08/17/11 11:19] Lamaline_5mg I just got pissed about what bart did and learned a lot about Microsoft SQLi.
[08/17/11 11:19] n0pants u cover yr ass?
[08/17/11 11:20] Lamaline_5mg Sure I do."
BART has come under fire from free speech advocates and drawn the ire of the loose collective of online hackers and activists known as Anonymous for shutting down cell phone service during a protest last week over the shooting death of 45-year-old Charles Blair Hill by BART police in July.
The transit authority has claimed it shut down cell service for public safety reasons, attempting to prevent protest organizers from communicating and organizing via mobile devices in the face of disruptive and potentially dangerous gatherings at San Francisco underground stations.
But critics of the cell service shutdown say BART lacks the authority to cut off such communications and have attacked the legal rationale espoused by BART spokespeople for doing so.
On Sunday, hackers broke into the mybart.org website, defacing some pages and posting mybart.org user data online. Earlier this week, Anonymous helped organize a street protest that resulted in BART authorities and the SFPD shutting down four downtown San Francisco BART and Muni stations for a few hours.
"These people are criminals and we're going to forward this information to the FBI," Jesse Sekhon, BART's union president, told SFGate.com after the BARTpoa.com data was posted. "These people need to be brought to justice. They can't be terrorizing people."
But it remained unclear late on Wednesday just who was behind the latest attack on BART. The leaked chat log may or may not point to the real perpetrator, given the unreliability of such anonymous exchanges.
However, the person or person behind @AnonyOps, the Twitter account which has spearheaded the Anonymous operation against BART, certainly attempted to distance itself from the BARTpoa.com hack, tweeting:
"FYI, No one claimed responsibility for the hack. Some random joe joined a channel and released the data to the press."
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Link Anatomy - Understanding The Value Of A LinkBlog Post: March 30, 2011
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Football has been played in Latvia since the start of the 20th century. The first recorded match took place in 1906 during a sports festival held in Riga by the local Keizarmežs sporting union.
The first football clubs were established in 1907 and 1908 by British and German expatriates in the capital, while the first Latvian club in Riga, Amatieris, were formed in 1910. The game became popular in Liepaja too, where FC Olimpija were founded in 1909. By February 1910 the conditions were right for a Riga Football League to be created, and this body ran competitions between 1910 and 1915.
Latvia gained independence after the First World War, and in June 1921 the Latvian Football Union (Latvijas Futbola Savieniba – LFS) was set up. The LFS organised a national championship until 1927, when the Virslīga (Premier League) came into being. However, a national cup competition, the Latvia Cup, was only instituted ten years later, with 78 teams participating.
Latvia became a member of FIFA in 1922. The national side's first match was a friendly against Estonia that year, which ended in a 1-1 draw. The side then took part in the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924. Four years later, the LFF proposed instituting a Baltic Cup for the national teams of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The first such tournament was staged in Tallinn, Estonia, that same year, and won by Latvia. The nation's footballers also appeared in the 1938 FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament, winning twice against Lithuania but losing their decisive game to Austria.
After Latvia was occupied by the USSR in 1940 almost all football clubs were disbanded. The next year, however, a Soviet Latvia championship was initiated … yet almost immediately interrupted as Germany declared war on the USSR. During the resulting German occupation from 1942 to 1944, teams played in the Latvian championship using their old names. However, the 1944 season had to be halted because of a Red Army offensive, and soon Latvia was again incorporated into the USSR.
Between 1945 and 1991 the championship of Soviet Latvia was a feature of the country's sporting calendar. The formula of the competition changed several times until the A Klase was founded in 1963. As many as three Latvian clubs would also be involved each year in the championship of the USSR. With Latvia regaining independence in August 1991, the newly established Latvian Football Federation (Latvijas Futbola Federäcija – LFF) decided to reorganise its competitions within the Virslīga from 1992. The same year Latvia became a member of UEFA.
However, it was the national side's success in reaching the 2004 UEFA European Championship final round that earned widespread recognition for Latvian soccer. A squad coached by Aleksandrs Starkovs and featuring players such as Māris Verpakovskis, Aleksandrs Koļinko, Marians Pahars and Igors Stepanovs not only outlasted Poland and Hungary in their qualifying group to finish second behind Sweden; they then defeated Turkey 3-2 on aggregate in a play-off to get to Portugal. Although the team proved unable to win a group-stage game at UEFA EURO 2004, their achievements had put Latvia firmly on the footballing map.
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Former Azzaro Creative Director Vanessa Seward has collaborated with French label A.P.C. on a capsule collection for fall. The 15-piece collection includes dresses and a variety of separates. Prices range from $515 for a printed silk shirt to $810 for a lamé tunic. Seward became known during her time at Azzaro for her distinctive take on 1970s glamour, and it's a cool factor she has brought to this collaboration.
"I started out by choosing couture fabrics which could relate to my style," Seward said, "but it was important to keep the collection simple and well cut in the spirit of A.P.C."
Seward, along with A.P.C. founder Jean Touitou, sourced fabrics from the archives of Swiss textile company Soieries Abraham, one of the main fabric suppliers to designers Cristóbal Balenciaga and Yves Saint Laurent. Seward had worked within the archives during her time at Yves Saint Laurent, when she worked under Tom Ford.
"The gold lamé chiffon is a new fabric as before lamés would tend to be thicker and scratch," Seward said of one of the fabrics she chose for the collaboration. "As for the prints, they have such beautiful archives it was difficult to choose. We decided on a navy print and created a red one with them. The brocade came from a vintage 1960s [Jean] Patou dress I had, and when I showed it to them we realized it came from their archives."
The designer hopes women will mix and match these pieces with what they already own.
"I attended the cocktail launch in Paris and loved seeing how each client would personalize the pieces—for example, wear the lamé shirt with her own grey faded jeans and a vintage Chanel dark brown tweed jacket," she said.
Working with A.P.C.'s Jean Touitou proved to be a learning experience for Seward, which isn't surprising given that even Kanye West has sought out Touitou's fashion advice. Seward says, "I was amazed at Jean's knowledge in every stage...from the fabrics…to the details of fit, he has very high standards in regard to production. I also admired his sharp editing of the collection."
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Hello my name is mitchell biggs and i have a hugeeee problem with blender 2.63. I am trying to make a shooter game and i have a basic character with basic rigging and i have a couple questions.
One question i have is does it matter what kind of key frame you use for the animation? and also when i make the animation and then i go to the logic tab of my character what should i have highlighted? just the bones? or character and bones? and also when i go to the logic tab i make a sensor (keyboard) a controller (and) and an actuator (action) i type the name of the animation into the dope sheet thing (under actions<actuators<logic tab) then i put the starting frame and the ending frame. and i hit play, the game animation doesn't work when i click the key i chose!!!!!! some one PLEASEEE help me this is very stressfull.
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Bank of America posted a gain in market share for Bay Area deposits during fiscal 2012, keeping the No. 1 spot it holds in the region, primarily at the expense of the No. 2 bank in the nine-county region, San Francisco-based Wells Fargo Bank.
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Wells Fargo had 20 percent of the deposits in the Bay Area at the end of June, down from the 21.9 percent deposit market share in June 2011.
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The remainder of the top 10 in the Bay Area consisted of San Francisco-based First Republic Bank, which gained share to reach 3.7 percent; San Francisco-based Bank of the West which slipped to 3.3 percent; San Francisco-based Union Bank, unchanged at 2.3 percent; Comerica Bank which gained share to 1.9 percent; and US Bank, which lost share to 1.7 percent.
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At the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United States has consistently placed special emphasis on the protection and promotion of the freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association, because we understand that these fundamental freedoms are essential to facilitating the exercise of other universal rights.
As activity in the economic, social, and the political realms gravitates from the offline world to the online world, we have an additional responsibility to ensure that human rights and fundamental freedoms are not eroded simply because they are being exercised in the digital realm. The United States is committed to the principle that the same rights that people have offline must also be protected in the online world.
Last week, I had the chance to spend time with the Internet Freedom Fellows, six young human rights activists, each of whom is working in his or her own way to promote and defend freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and association, and all other human rights on the Internet. The Internet Freedom Fellows (IFF) program is funded by the State Department's Innovation Fund and the U.S. Mission in Geneva, and was designed to follow up on Secretary Clinton's pledge to find innovative ways to promote the use of the Internet in support of human rights. The 2012 Fellows are: Dlshad Othman (Syria), Pranesh Prakash (India), Koundjoro Gabriel Kambou (Burkina Faso), Sopheap Chak (Cambodia), Andres Azpurua (Venezuela), and Emin Milli (Azerbaijan).
The fellows' visit to Geneva coincided with a moment when the Human Rights Council is seized with these issues: The United States and a cross regional group of countries consisting of Brazil, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Turkey have joined with Sweden to present a resolution on the Promotion, Protection and Enjoyment of Human Rights on the Internet. If adopted later this session, this landmark text will mark the first time the Council has substantively addressed the issue of human rights online in a resolution.
As the global community has watched during the past 18 months, individuals across the Middle East, North Africa and beyond have taken to both physical town squares and virtual spaces to express their legitimate aspirations and demand democracy. The Internet has become an essential medium through which journalists, activists, and citizens connect and share information in ways that are changing their societies.
One of this year's fellows is Dlshad Othman, a Syrian activist and IT engineer who has put his own life in danger to assist his fellow Syrian citizen journalists. Sitting next to me at a UN press conference, Dlshad explained how he helps provide Syrians with digital security resources so that they can communicate online freely and securely despite Assad's "electronic army," with its active online censorship and surveillance. Although he cannot currently return to his country, Dlshad is focused on making it possible for the world to hear the voices of people inside Syria. "This is actually the only way that we have at this time, since there isn't any media on the ground."
As the Representative of the United States to the Human Rights Council, I am inspired by these fellows and the courage they've displayed in using the digital realm to advocate for the human rights of their fellow citizens. I will recall their stories and experiences as I work to promote these fundamental freedoms in the Human Rights Council.
Philippe A. in Portugal writes:
Ok, all right, I am still with you and for the Defense of our values!!! But I recommend, of course, good eyes, because a lot of different Governments, with different values can hide a lot of Freedom (I known the mistakes we can commit with others with false smiles)!!!
Patrick in Maryland writes:
The Internet is like the ocean.
No one owns it. But they do have laws at sea.
Dishad O. writes:
It was honor to be part from this program :) thanks for US mission thanks Ambassador.
LP O'Neil in Washington, D.C. writes:
Preserve and protect internet freedom for all.
Observe cyber security techniques and avoid excessive e-mail.


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Video: Love letter to New Orleans
CNN Travel staff • Updated 15th June 2017
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Like you, a lot of us are bummed about not making it (once again) to New Orleans for Mardi Gras.
That's why we got New Orleans native Judd Harris and his band
Visible From Space
to send us a little Fat Tuesday love, courtesy of the band's new music video, "If You Axe Me (A Love Letter to New Orleans)."
New Orleans never looked so good in a video that, filmed in November at multiple locations across the city, plays out like the most enticing Big Easy travel promo we've seen in a while.
"The song is a musical allusion to one of the most quintessential New Orleans and Mardi Gras songs, 'They All Ask'd For You,' by the Meters," says Harris, who fronts the New York-based Visible From Space. "I had written it years before while in New York and missing home, but we recorded it after Katrina because it became incredibly important to me to communicate my love for my hometown."
The song includes a lyric about shoes that might help travelers avoid one of the city's most venerable, if comic, hustles.
"Take it from the lyrics of the song -- if someone approaches you on Bourbon Street and bets you they can tell you where you got your shoes, don't take the bet," advises Harris. "Or tell them you've got them on your feet on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana ... and expect some money."
Like any local, Harris has his favorite hometown haunts for live music.
"The beauty of New Orleans is that you can walk into almost any club in the city and it'll be cookin,'" says Harris. "That said, my favorite venues are Snug Harbor and Tipitina's -- preferably the original location Uptown. Preservation Hall is also a classic."
Visible From Space
will perform next on Feb. 16 at Ulysses Folk House, 58 Stone St., New York; +1 212 482 0400;
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