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525,600 issues with 'Rent'

By Meg McEvoy | December 1, 2005

Having been a high school theater geek once, Rent holds a special place in my heart. This young suburbanite owes her initiation into the world of bohemia to Rent; I got my budding adult education to the tune of "Seasons of Love." So, when I heard my beloved rock opera was being turned into a movie, I found occasion to climb up on my shaky, teenaged soapbox again and decry the commercialism, the historical disrespect, even the immorality of such a venture. "Making Rent into a movie?!" I yelped.

Let's All Go to the Theater

By Meg McEvoy | November 3, 2005

If you've ever created anything -- a painting, a piece of music, a short story, heck, even a popsicle stick cabin complete with a marshmallow family -- you've got an idea about the artistic process.

The Art of Dining

By Meg McEvoy | October 20, 2005

Dining out well is always a bit of a challenge. Dining out on one of Charlottesville's busiest weekends with your parents, your friends' parents and chatty-but-cheap Aunt Thelma in tow can be an outright marathon.

Less crowded, not less tasty

By Meg McEvoy | October 20, 2005

Uh oh. You mean you haven't had dinner reservations for Family Weekend at a chic steakhouse or nouveau American cafe since, oh, four weeks ago?

From the Editor

By Meg McEvoy | September 1, 2005

We've reached a consensus (a small one) around the office and have found this to be a universal truth: For every situation in life, there's a Beatles song.

student jazz is swingin'

By Meg McEvoy | March 31, 2005

There's something in the air on the Corner. At a certain time in late evening, when darkness has enveloped the shops and restaurants, walk the uneven brick sidewalk past the cobbled drive next to Michael's Bistro.

From the Editor

By Meg McEvoy | March 24, 2005

There's a now commonly-used phrase in the Newcomb basement, coined by former Cavalier Daily Editor-in-Chief Chris Wilson, about what writing should strive towards: density over verbosity.

Spectrum Theater: Who are they anyway?

By Meg McEvoy | February 24, 2005

Spectrum Theater does most of its work in the shadows. To many students, Spectrum might be nothing more than that little phrase at the bottom of the myriad fliers for shows like The Vagina Monologues, Voices of the Class or, currently, Dido and Aeneas.

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