May 9th, 2013
RICHMOND – First designed by Thomas Jefferson to resemble a Roman temple, the Virginia State Capitol marked the beginning of the American tradition of modeling government buildings on Roman and Greek temples. Apparently, it was good enough for Spielberg to shoot Lincoln. Our State Capitol is among the buildings surveyed in 10 BUILDINGS THAT CHANGED [...]
December 13th, 2012
‘Lincoln’ leads Washington DC Area film critics nominations, ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ wins | ‘Les Misérables’ also had a strong showing in the nominations View the Interview with Rita McClenny, the woman behind Lincoln – Click Here [HitFix] The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association announced its list of nominees for the 2012 film awards [...]
December 12th, 2012
I grew up believing that Richmond was really nothing special. Nothing more than a city still bloodstained from the Civil War. A breeding ground for big businesses like Phillip Morris, or DuPont. At least there’s professional baseball, was always a consoling thought. And lots of free literature, like BOOMER. I wonder if anyone with half [...]
October 4th, 2012
Q&A Rita McClenny, the woman behind Lincoln INTERVIEWED BY RAY McALLISTER The woman behind Lincoln? Wasn’t that Mary Todd Lincoln? Or if you’re talking about the film Lincoln, wasn’t that historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, whose book, Team of Rivals, the movie was based on? Perhaps, but here’s a vote for Rita McClenny, now interim president [...]
October 1st, 2012
October 1st, 2012
Ukrop’s from 1969-1992
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