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Karri Peifer
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Kira Rider
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“ H a m i lt o n ”
S2 RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH ♦ Sunday, September 8, 2019 • • •
Joan Marcus
Heirs of JosepHine n. Hopper/Artists rigHts society
Richmond Times-Dispatch this fall will create publicity for the ex- Drawing on the lyric “Get in the
hibit, and said he expects the exhibit to weeds, look for the seeds of / Hamil-
In Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-win- drive people who have never set foot in ton’s misdeeds” from the song “Wash- The Virginia
ning “Hamilton: An American Musi- the museum before, particularly young ington On Your Side,” the exhibit will Museum of
cal,” Virginia’s Founding Fathers get a people, to come and check it out. feature articles from a Jeffersonian Fine Arts
mixed portrayal. While George Wash- Rasmussen and staff picked 10 songs newspaper in which the business of plans to
ington employs the “10-dollar Found- from the musical that depict important Jefferson’s investigation into Hamil- create a
ing Father” and refers to him as his political episodes between Hamilton ton’s finances is laid across the pages. room that
right-hand man, Thomas Jefferson and and the Virginians; museum-goers will For the closing song “Who Lives, replicates the
James Madison work tirelessly in the work their way through each one, en- Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story,” Ras- one depicted
play’s second act to dismantle Hamil- gaging with historical artifacts that re- mussen said visitors can learn about in Edward
ton’s financial system and legacy. late to the song and learning just how the history of remembrance and why Hopper’s
In a new exhibition opening Oct. 19 accurate Miranda’s musical is. the play’s Virginians were much more “Western
at the Virginia Museum of History & For “The Room Where It Happens,” well-known until the release of Ron Motel” as part
Culture, visitors will get the chance to a critical song in Act Two where a bar- Chernow’s book “Alexander Hamilton” of its exhibit
explore those historical characters in gain struck between Hamilton, Jeffer- and Miranda’s play. this fall.
“Founding Frenemies: Hamilton and son and Madison yields the placement “For us not to tell the Hamilton
the Virginians.” of the nation’s capitol in Washington, story, we’re leaving a huge gap in
Exhibit curator William Rasmussen D.C., Rasmussen said the exhibit will our coverage of Virginia’s Founding
said the traveling version of “Hamil- show period maps of the plans for the MUSEUMS, Page S6
Museums dows or motels. It’s not a stretch
to say hotels and motels liter-
From Page S4 ally frame some of the works for
which this important artist is
Fathers, because you can’t tell best known.”
the story of any of them ... if you In addition to viewing the ex-
don’t know Hamilton,” Rasmus- hibition, which also features 35
sen said. “He’s the elephant in works by other artists related
the room. You’re ignoring if you to the theme of hotels and mo-
don’t tell his story. It’s so impor- tels, viewers can more deeply
tant to the understanding of the engage by spending a night at
era in American history that we the museum in a room designed
in Virginia have always cherished to replicate the one depicted in
HEIRS OF JOSEPHINE N. HOPPER/ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY the most — the era of the Found- “Western Motel.”
Edward Hopper’s “Rooms for Tourists” ing Fathers.” Even if you’re not familiar with
“Founding Frenemies: Ham- Hopper, Mazow said the exhibit
ilton and the Virginians” will be will be an opportunity to learn
on display daily from 10 a.m. to about an artist’s process. With
5 p.m. from Oct. 19 until Feb. 2. both Hopper’s initial drawings
VMFA celebrates “Edward Hop- and the finished paintings, view-
per and the American Hotel” ers will be able to see his decision
The Virginia Museum of Fine process regarding things such
Arts will showcase more than as the gender of the subject, or
60 Edward Hopper paintings, whether or not to add a staircase
drawings and sketches in “Ed- into the painting.
ward Hopper and the American “They are simply gorgeous pic-
Hotel,” opening Oct. 26. tures,” Mazow said. “They are
Leo Mazow, the exhibit’s cu- pictures of America on the go, on
rator, said the exhibit is the first the road. ... They really show the
of its kind in highlighting the beauty and wow factor of some
importance of hotels and mo- of the most common vernacular
tels and being on the road to the structures. And hotels, being on
Hopper canon. the road, that feeling when you
Mazow said the exhibit will walk into a place that you know
put the works — some extremely others have stayed in but has
well-known, such as Hopper’s been cleaned and prepared just
S6 RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH ♦ Sunday, September 8, 2019 • • •
BY CATHERINE BROWN
Special correspondent
Kimberly Witham
Kimberly Wheaton “The Hardest Hue to Hold,” an exhibit featuring the photography of Kimberly Witham
Exhuberant Springtime and a floral installation by Rhea Calpeno, will run through Nov. 1 at The Highpoint.
FRANKIE SLAUGHTER BENJAMIN FREY
Overflowing A New Perspective
JOAN ELLIOTT
Bloom
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Art Europe and North America; Virginia
Hickey, who highlights Earth’s beauty In September and October, the Pe-
Bowman, who creates atmospheric
skylines and landscapes, and Fred
From Page S10 through oil, watercolor, and porce- tersburg Area Arts League displays Lisaius, who focuses on botanicals.
lain paintings; and Beverly Jane, who the work of La Milpa owner Mar- glavekocengallery.com
still-life painting and has been de- depicts the fall of light and shadow tin Gonzalez, who uses the Mexican
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scribed in Wired magazine as “Mar- on buildings in the Fan. Popotillo technique of producing art
tha Stewart Roadkill mashups [that] uptowngalleryrichmond.com/ with colored straw to depict nature. Beginning Nov. 5, The Visual Arts
put a fly in the design-porn soup.” paalart.org Center of Richmond will present
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Calpeno uses locally sourced flow- the work of artists-in-residence Lily
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ers, hand-dyed silk, and copper to Through Oct. 18, The Reynolds Cox-Richard and Michael Demps, in-
S12 RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH ♦ Sunday, September 8, 2019 • • •
create impermanent sculptures that Gallery presents “Infinity Fields,” by “Land, Sea, & Sky: Explorations spired by their walks along the James
are both wild and cultivated. thehigh- Joan Elliott, who received her BFA in in Collage, Print, and Stitch” opens River. www.visarts.org/exhibitions/
pointrichmond.com painting from VCU and has taught Sept. 20 at the Crossroads Art Center,
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for more than 25 years at the VMFA’s with works by Jan Hodges, who con-
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Studio School. Elliott brings together veys the essence of nature. On Nov. 15 and 16, 1708 Gallery’s
In the ink drawings by Bizhan the lushness of nature with architec- crossroadsartcenter.com InLight Festival brings art to nature
Khodabandeh of James Moffitt’s se- tural geometric patterns seen during with a free, public exhibition of con-
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rial comic “The Art of the Little Red her travels in Europe. temporary light-based artworks at
Fish,” depictions of animals become The gallery also presents work by From Oct. 30 to Dec. 20, the Wein- Chimborazo Park. www.1708gallery.
political allegory — in this case, in- Alison Hall, who became interested in stein JCC presents “Lynn Goldstein: org/inlight/about.html
spired by the 1979 Islamic Revolution the repetitive patterning in 13th-cen- Process.” An award-winning art-
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in Iran. On view at Artspace through tury Italian art and architecture when ist who exhibits worldwide, Gold-
Sept. 22. artspacegallery.org/ studying abroad in Corciano, Italy. stein uses texture, light, shadow, Nude bodies, clothed bodies. Sa-
In “Blind Arcade,” UVA alum Matt and color to express the emo- cred bodies, secular bodies. For mil-
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Kleberg displays abstract paintings tional experience of being in na- lennia, when artists haven’t been
Beginning this month, the Uptown inspired by “little architectural mo- ture. weinsteinjcc.org/cultural-arts/ depicting nature, they have dedicated
Gallery exhibits the work of Ellen ments” the artist encounters in Brook- sara-d-november-gallery their talents to capturing the human
Wakefield, whose impressionistic lyn. Artist and writer Ray Kass exhibits body in its varied forms.
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acrylics evoke the grace and strength a series of paintings that evoke the es- VCUarts Art Foundation and
of trees; Joyce Satterwhite, who sence of the natural world beginning From Nov. 1 to 23, Glavé Kocen Graphic Design adjunct faculty
paints landscapes and cityscapes of Nov. 1. reynoldsgallery.com Gallery presents the works of Rich ART, Page S14
Art
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JOAN MARCUS
BY JOAN TUPPONCE
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BY HOLLY PRESTIDGE gifted musicians ages 8 to 19 in Eng- Symphony associate conductor and
Richmond Times-Dispatch land in 1963. the current music director for the Steven Smith, then
The year 2020 also marks the Baltimore Symphony and the Sao the music director
Next year is shaping up to be fete- 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Open- of the Richmond
filled for Richmond’s classical music birthday, and arts organizations all ing night features a performance of Symphony,
lovers. around town are hosting celebratory Stravinsky’s “The Firebird: Suite,” conducted a
For starters, dozens of the world’s performances. as well as pieces from Brahms and rehearsal at the
best young violinists will descend But there’s a lot happening in the Zemlinsky, and it features the Rich- Carpenter Theatre in
upon Richmond in May for the meantime, starting with the Rich- mond Symphony Chorus. The night the Dominion Energy
Menuhin Competition, an interna- mond Symphony kicking off its sea- also includes Paganini’s Violin Con- Center in March.
tional showcase of young musicians son in September without a director certo No. 1 with former Menuhin Smith left in May
for which an international host city as it searches for someone to replace Competition finalist and Paganini after nine seasons.
is chosen each year. Think the Olym- Steven Smith, who left in May. Violin Competition winner Inmo The symphony kicks
pics, but for violinists instead of ath- Specifically, six guest conductors Yang. off its new season in
letes. The competition pays tribute — five of them candidates for the job The remaining five guest conduc- September without
to the late Yehudi Menuhin, a New — will take to the stage throughout tors who each hope to make linger- a director.
York City-born violin prodigy who the season, which begins Sept. 21 ing impressions — and potentially
went on to open a violin school for with Marin Alsop, former Richmond secure the job — include Roderick
Cox in October; Ankush Kumar
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BY HAYS DAVIS of the highlights ahead. performers. On Oct. 20, the Altria 16, while the Broadberry’s full slate
Special correspondent The weather should still be Theater will present ’70s Classic includes Bob Mould (Sept. 25) and
comfortable outside for the band Soul featuring The Whispers, The Seattle legends Mudhoney (Oct. 7).
As the fall season approaches, Bastille at Virginia Credit Union Spinners, Harold Melvin’s Blue The Tin Pan will feature Loudon
the region’s concert schedules Live! at Richmond Raceway on Notes and more. Wainwright III (Oct. 11), soul/gos-
suggest new budget consider- Sept. 28. Don’t miss a day of the On the schedule at Dominion pel singer Oleta Adams (Nov. 1)
ations. For instance, turning once Richmond Folk Festival (Oct. 11- Energy Center is Gordon Light- and blues/rock guitarist Eric Gales
more to last year’s sweaters and 13), with Cajun greats Beausoleil foot (Oct. 2), progressive rockers (Nov. 10). Coming to the Univer-
jackets frees up clothing money avec Michael Doucet, honky-tonk/ Dream Theater (Oct. 6) and the sity of Richmond’s Modlin Center
that can go toward concert tickets. country artist Dale Watson and pop/rock hits of Goo Goo Dolls for the Arts are Lucinda Williams
And with that sense of guilt-free blues players Super Chikan & the (Nov. 19). Look for Robyn Hitch- and Buick 6 (Sept. 25) and Leo
joy in mind, here’s a look at a few Fighting Cocks among the many cock at Capital Ale House on Nov. Kottke (Nov. 10).
S22 RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH ♦ Sunday, September 8, 2019 • • •
bonds with a displaced Sudanese three alienated individuals who con- 2020); “A Single Prayer,” playwright K that examines how a North Carolina
“lost boy” (Oct. 11-Nov. 2). Next up nect through an online retailer’s ship- Jenkins’ portrait of a teenager trying mother must decide whether to bake
will be “The Glass Menagerie,” Ten- ping warehouse in New Mexico (April to find her place in a confusing world a cake for the wedding of her daugh-
nessee Williams’ iconic portrait of a 3-April 25), and “Bloody, Bloody An- (March 2020); and “The Club,” a new ter to another woman (Feb. 12-March
dysfunctional Southern family (Jan. drew Jackson,” a biographical por- musical that celebrates the world of 7); “Sugar in Our Wounds,” the story
17-Feb. 8). trait, warts and all, of the country’s cabaret (May 2020). of a young man’s persistence — and
“It’s about lonely and disenfran- seventh president being co-produced Richmond Triangle Players will brush with romance — on a plan-
chised people, and today we’re even with TheatreLAB (July 17-Aug. 22). bring six plays covering the depth tation during the Civil War (April
more cut off from society,” said Carol Firehouse Theatre Project launches and breadth of LGBTQ theater to the 1-April 25); “A New Brain,” the comic
Piersol, 5th Wall’s artistic director, its 26th main stage theater season, al- Robert B. Moss Theatre in Scott’s Ad- musical about a composer whose
who hopes modern audiences will ready in progress, with the theme “A dition beginning with “Falsettos,” an brain runs amok when he suffers a
notice the connection between the Season of Risk,” beginning with di- award-winning musical that follows medical emergency (May 14-May 30);
play’s reclusive characters and the rector Tawnya Pettiford-Wates’ stag- the travails of Marvin, a neurotic gay and “Head Over Heels,” a laugh-out-
isolation that is so often a part of our ing of “Passing Strange,” the Tony man juggling a wife, lover, teenage loud love story set to the music of the
modern digital era. Award-winning mash-up of rock son, family psychiatrist and lesbian iconic ’80s all-female band The Go-
“In this day and age, social media concert music and African Ameri- neighbors (Sept. 4-Oct. 5). Go’s (June 17-July 8).
takes the place of social interaction, can coming-of-age story. Firehouse The RTP season continues with Virginia Rep opens its new season
and those people in the play were in will also present “Lombardi,” Eric Si- “The Rocky Horror Show,” Rich- on the November Theatre’s Arenstein
their own world,” Piersol says. “And monson’s deft, incisive portrait of the ard O’Brien’s crowd-pleasing musi- Stage with “A Gentleman’s Guide to
they, especially Laura, weren’t able famous Green Bay Packers football cal cult classic (Oct. 17-26); “Times Love & Murder,” the bawdy tale of a
to function with real people. The coach featuring Ken Moretti in the Square Angel,” the story of a bitter commoner who will stop at nothing
to rise to the lofty peerage position Theaters
of earl (Sept. 27-Oct. 20); “Rodg-
Cadence Theatre Company
ers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” a
musical version of the classic fairy Theatre Gym at Virginia Rep,
tale based on the 2013 Broadway 114 W. Broad St.
charmer (Nov. 29-Jan. 5); “Fences,” (804) 233-4894;
playwright August Wilson’s Tony www.cadencetheatre.org
and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama
about a black baseball player de- Chamberlayne Actors Theatre
nied a spot in the major leagues 319 N. Wilkinson Road, Henrico
who takes out his frustration on his (804) 262-9760;
ballplayer son (Feb. 7-March 1); “A www.cattheatre.com
Doll’s House Part 2,” Lucas Hnath’s
imagining of what happens after Firehouse Theatre Project
Nora Helmer slams the door be- 1609 W. Broad St.
hind her in the famous final scene
of Ibsen’s 1879 masterwork (April (804) 355-2001;
10-May 3); and “Chicago,” Kander & www.firehousetheatre.org
Ebb’s dazzling dance musical about HATTheatre
two murderesses vying for the spot- 1124 Westbriar Drive, Henrico
light in the 1920s (June 26-Aug. 9).
Cadence Theatre Company kicks 2003, ALEXA WELCH EDLUND/TIMES-DISPATCH (804) 343-6364; www.hattheatre.org
off the first of three season offer- Swift Creek Mill Theatre is celebrating its 54th season.
Quill Theatre
ings in partnership with Virginia Rep
(804) 340-0115
with “13,” a musical drama about relationship [of] two very different HATTheatre currently has two
the social and personal challenges brothers coming together during shows scheduled for the season with www.quilltheatre.org
faced by a New York City child of di- very unlikely circumstances. Each “In Love We Trust,” a theatrical trib- Richmond Triangle Players
vorce transplanted to a sleepy Indi- man desperately needs something, ute to the spirit and impact of pop
ana town (Oct. 26-Nov. 17). and throughout the course of the music (Dec. 6-Dec. 14), and “The 1300 Altamont Ave.
Cadence then follows up with play we witness a shift in power, Atheist,” Ronan Noone’s study of a (804) 346-8113; www.rtriangle.org
“Small Mouth Sounds,” playwright revealing the universality of the cynical news reporter and his im- Swift Creek Mill Theatre
Bess Wohl’s look at how six strang- human experience.” probable climb up the journalism
ers embarking on a backwoods si- Swift Creek Mill Theatre launches ladder (March 6-20). 17401 Jefferson Davis Highway,
lent retreat grapple with the human its 54th season with “Holmes and Chamberlayne Actors Theatre South Chesterfield
need to converse and connect Watson,” playwright Jeffrey Hatch- kicks off its 56th season with “Art of (804) 748-5203;
(March 7-March 29); and “True er’s look at how the famous detec- Murder,” the study of husband-and- www.swiftcreekmill.com
West,” the late Sam Shepard’s Pulit- tive’s assistant must contend with wife painters tempted to kill an art
Sarah FerguSon
Richmond Ballet
mond Ballet will hold its first residence at the Firehouse
performance of the studio Theatre, will present the 21st
series at its Canal Street loca- annual YES! Dance Festival
tion with an old favorite and on Dec. 20 and 21. Through
a world premiere. the festival, a showcase of
“Ancient Airs and Dances,” contemporary choreogra-
the first piece Winslett cho- phers and dance compa-
reographed for the profes- nies, K Dance has introduced
sional company, explores the more than 140 choreogra-
phases of relationships. phers and performers to the
That performance will be Richmond area. Developed
paired with a world premiere by Artistic Director Kaye
ballet by Ma Cong, who Weinstein Gary, the produc-
began his dance career at the tion has featured guest artists
Beijing Dance Academy and from Dance Magazine’s “25
has created several other in- to Watch,” a list of up-and-
novative works for Richmond coming artists featured in the
Ballet. magazine’s January issue.
From Dec. 13 to 23, Rich- www.kdance.org
mond Ballet will perform
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its 40th “Nutcracker” set by
Winslett. “The Nutcracker” For those who prefer don-
has become a fan favorite ning their own dance shoes
and a holiday tradition for to sitting in a theater seat, the
many in Richmond. RVA Salsa Bachata Founda-
New York Times dance tion is hosting the RVA Salsa
critic Alastair Macaulay once Bachata Congress at the
wrote, “Stoner Winslett’s Delta Hotel by Marriott from
staging [of The Nutcracker] Sept. 6 to 8.
for Richmond Ballet was so Attendees will enjoy cho-
satisfying all round … that DOUG HAYES reographed dance perfor-
I formed an ideal version of Starr Foster Dance mances and opportunities to
America in which every state participate in workshops for
in the Union has at least one works, including three pre- ❖❖❖ reographer Kara Robertson dancers of all levels.
local production that’s this mieres choreographed by On Sept. 27, the Mod- of the modern-dance com- www.rvasalsa.com
The 12 women to be depicted her husband in 1656 and was Printer / Williamsburg yielded a high patient lay leader / smyth County
as bronze statues in “Voices an astute and skillful leader. Rind (c. 1740 - Sept. 25, 1774) survival rate. Copenhaver (Aug. 29, 1868 -
from the Garden — The Vir- exemplifies Colonial business- Dec. 18, 1940), who like her
ginia Women’s Monument” women and was appointed by family served the Lutheran
S2 Richmond Times-dispaTch ♦ Sunday, March 24, 2019 • • •
A native of Richmond, Laura Lafayette is CEO of the Richmond Association of Realtors. As a leader of the Maggie Walker Com-
munity Land Trust and other regional initiatives, she links housing to critical issues such as education and workforce development.
A native of Williamsburg, Christy Coleman came to Richmond in 2008. As CEO of the American Civil War Museum,
she has broadened the dialogue and storytelling about race and history in Richmond and the South.
CONGRATULATIONS!
CHERYL MARIN
Dominion Energy
Women veterans, plan now to attend the 2019 Virginia Women Veterans Summit, May 16-17 in Hampton. For more information and to
register, please visit dvs.virginia.gov
S8 RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH ♦ Sunday, March 24, 2019 • • •
A native of Nashville, Tenn., Lisa Sims came to Richmond in 1998. As executive director of Venture Richmond, she
unites business and community leaders to highlight the city — particularly downtown — as a destination.
A letter to myself
I hope these thoughts will inspire and for you. world around us better.
represent the feelings of other women: Normal for you is also knowing that You have believed in setting high goals.
the way to achieve success requires It has been said by friends that you
Dear Pam, hard work and building teams of more never sleep — since finally after em-
When you were 4, you didn’t love accomplished persons than yourself. bracing technology, your emails hit
wearing bangs and were told that plaids, You read obituaries not just in The their inboxes at 2 and 3 a.m.
stripes and flowers didn’t go together. Times-Dispatch but in The New York You have told friends that they must
How is it they all became your signa- Times — so that you have a better un- have a very understanding and strong
ture even if it was unusual? Maybe it still derstanding of what people have ac- supporter in a partner — like you have
is. But of course, we know it’s normal complished or sacrificed to make the in Major.
You were once inspired by the Let them know you care. Send went on a fundraising call that you important rule of all.
saying, “If there’s one thing we emails or texts — perhaps things thought would be successful? The Affectionately,
all need to stop doing, it’s waiting you have read during the day. person across the table said, “Do Pam
around for someone else to show Drop off flowers or notes and just you know what I think of this pro-
up and change our lives.” The leave them on their doorsteps. posal?” He looked at you, tore it P.S. I want to say how grate-
best way to do this is to look in Say “I love you” and give them up and tossed it in the trash can. ful and humbled I am. I will keep
the mirror and say: “Have I done hugs. Have lunches with them You were mortified and your working for the arts community
the best I can do?” even if you must work to get a legs got weak. But you got up, and the commonwealth I love. I
Pam, it is very important to date. Forgive those who hurt you. went to the water pitcher, got a know I cannot do it without you.
have friends. Maya Angelou said, If you are to become a leader, drink, turned around and said I can have a vision, but without
“Try to be a rainbow in some- then you must convince others thank you. You went right to the a voice, I am nothing. Winston
one’s cloud.” to believe in what you are doing. car and cried. It was a powerful Churchill once said, “We make a
You must work hard to have If they say no, then smile and say lesson not to be forgotten. living by what we get. We make a
friends because they have many thank you. Remember to always do as life by what we give.” Thank you
choices besides you. Remember when you once you say you will. That is the most for giving me a strong voice.
A native of New York, Pamela Reynolds came to Richmond in the mid-1970s. She is a longtime patron of the arts
whose advocacy has elevated the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Ballet and many other cultural institutions.
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A native of Hampton and Yorktown, Kelli Lemon came to Richmond in 1992. She is a social entrepreneur, consultant
and radio personality whose efforts include the Urban Hang Suite social cafe and the “Coffee with Strangers” podcast.
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A native of Long Island, N.Y., Nancy Thomas came to Richmond in 1976 as a college student. As president of
Retail Merchants and a former small-business owner, she promotes community support of local business.
Flowers that
make every
occasion a
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A native of Pittsylvania County, Cynthia “Cheryl” Marin came to Richmond in 2016. The Air Force veteran was among
the military’s first female engineers to work on fighter jets and spacecraft, and she now works for Dominion Energy.
Peace activist Marii Hasegawa, shown at her home in 1968, was born in Japan
in 1918. She came to the U.S. as an infant and, during World War II, was sent to
a Japanese internment camp. In the 1960s, she moved to Richmond. She was a
leader of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and helped
establish the Richmond Peace Education Center. She died in 2012.
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A native of Petersburg whose family is from India, Lakshmi Challa is founder of the Challa Law Group that focuses on
immigration law. Her pro bono efforts include assisting immigrant victims of violence who seek freedom in America.
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A native of Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., Heidi Abbott came to Richmond in 1984. She is an attorney with Hunton An-
drews Kurth, and her civic engagement has touched on education, community development and violence prevention.
This September 1953 image shows Dorothy Davis (front), who was elected
mayor of the Virginia town of Washington in 1950. Davis was the first female
mayor in the eastern United States and the youngest (age 28) in the country.
The Rappahannock County town also had an all-female Town Council. Davis’ run
for mayor started as a joke – until she defeated her male opponents.
HEART
It takes light
*If the yellow from the
line to the left, sun about 8
representing minutes to
the corona’s reach Earth.
thickness,
were to scale,
it would be 17 Less than
times longer
than it is here.
OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM 5%
of the stars
in the Milky
Way are
The sun is a star — a hot ball of glowing gases — in the center of brighter or
our solar system. Its gravity holds the entire solar system to- more mas-
sive than
gether, keeping everything in its orbit. The sun is by far the larg- the sun.
18 million
miles* est object in the solar system, making up 99.8% of its mass.
Without the sun’s energy, there would be no life on Earth.
IMPACT
Interactions
TRANSITION REGION CORONA between the
sun and Earth
ANATOMY SOLAR ATMOSPHERE ROTATION drive the sea-
CONVECTION
Photosphere: The sun sons, ocean
INTERNAL ZONE 35 days 31 days currents,
STRUCTURE does not have a solid sur-
PHOTO- weather,
RADIATIVE face. The visible layer is 28 days
Core: This is the SPHERE climate,
CORONA
ZONE
called the photosphere.
central region of CORE 26 days radiation
This is where the sun’s
the sun where belts and
energy is released as 25 days auroras.
nuclear reactions light.
consume hydro- Equator
CHROMOSPHERE
gen to form helium. Chromosphere: As hy-
drogen burns offoff,, the chro-
Radiative zone: This
zone extends from the
core to the convection
mosphere emits a reddish
glow that can be seen only dur-
NASA
93
zone. In this zone, energy from
the core is carried outward by photons
ing a total solar eclipse.
Transition region: This is a thin, irregu-
The sun rotates, but it moves at a million
much slower pace than the Earth.
before being absorbed by gas molecules. lar layer of the sun’s atmosphere that
separates the chromosphere from the
Since the sun is a ball of gas with no
solid form, different regions rotate
miles
Convection zone: This is the outer-
corona. at different rates. At the equator, the (1 astronomical unit)
most layer of the sun’s interior. In this
zone, energy moves toward the surface Corona: This is the sun’s outer atmo- sun spins once about every 25 days,
through convection currents of heated sphere. It appears as white plumes of ion- but at its poles it rotates once about
and cooled gas. ized gas that flow outward into space. every 35 days. THE SUN
Diameter
864,337.2
TEMPERATURE SOLAR ACTIVITY miles
The electric currents in Star type
Photosphere the sun generate power- Yellow dwarf
Radiative zone ful magnetic fields that
10,000 F 3.5 million F extend out into space. Surface
These forces are con- temperature
Corona
Core stantly moving, which 10,000 F
2-5 million F
27 million F creates what is known as Composition
Convective zone solar activity. This includes Hydrogen,
Chromosphere phenomena such as sunspots, helium
3.5 million F - 10,000 F - solar flares, coronal mass ejections
10,000 F NASA
36,000 F (CME), prominences and solar wind.
EARTH
(Find details on solar activity on Page C2.)
Diameter
ENERGY — The sun generates its energy by nuclear fusion of 7,917.6 miles
hydrogen into helium. It sends different kinds of energy to Earth: (109.2 times
infrared radiation, visible light and ultraviolet light. Infrared waves SOLAR CYCLE smaller than
have less energy, while ultraviolet waves have more energy. the sun)
The sun doesn’t behave the same way all the time. It goes
through cycles of high and low activity that repeat ap- If the sun
More energy Ultraviolet light proximately every 11 years. A solar minimum refers to a were as tall
period of several Earth years when the sun’s activity is as a typical
Visible light front door,
lowest. During the solar maximum, activity on the sun and
Less energy Infrared radiation the effects of space weather on Earth are high. Earth would
be the size of
a nickel.
a CME.
PHOTOSPHERE
250 miles
124,000
miles
SOLAR ACTIVITY
Learn more about the
types of phenomena
produced by the sun
and how they can
affect the Earth.
RADIATIVE ZONE
INSCIENCE, PAGE C2
233,000
miles
KIRA RIDER/
TIMES-DISPATCH
CORE
86,000
miles
NASA
C2 Saturday, November 16, 2019 • • • Richmond Times-Dispatch
Solar
ACTIVITY
Getty Images/NASA
Getty Images
Auroras are an example of the
impact of space weather.
A solar prominence is a large, bright
feature anchored to the sun’s surface
that extends outward. It forms in about Effects on other bodies
a day, and stable prominences may last
Earth isn’t the only place affected by
for several months. Scientists are still
solar wind. Unless protected by an
researching how and why prominences
atmosphere or magnetic field, the par-
are formed.
ticles and radiation from solar wind can
affect the surface of celestial bodies.
Asteroid: An asteroid has no protection
around it, so solar wind can easily dam-
age its surface. The incoming particles
can kick material off into space.
Moon: Because the moon’s atmosphere
is so thin, solar wind hits its surface di-
rectly with just a little bit of deflection.
Solar wind is a stream of electrically This deposits ingredients that could
charged gas and particles that blows make water.
outward from the sun in all directions. Mars: When solar wind crashes into
It carries the sun’s magnetic field out Mars’ atmosphere, the energy creates
through the solar system. Solar wind is NASA a layer of electrified particles called an
weak compared with the wind on Earth, The 11-year span of a solar cycle is shown, as it progresses from solar minimum to ionopause. This helps shield the surface
but it is much faster. Its speed is typi- maximum and back to minimum. of the planet.
cally measured at 1-2 million mph.
Jupiter: Jupiter’s magnetic field is simi-
Solar cycles have had number assignments since 1755 when extensive recording of solar sun- lar to Earth’s, but much larger. It creates
spot activity began. The way to differentiate between cycles is to look at the sun’s polarity. Ac- a bubble that directs solar wind around
cording to Hale’s Polarity Law, sunspots switch polarities from one solar cycle to the next. the planet.
We are currently experiencing a solar minimum as the sun is switching from Solar Cycle 24 to
Solar Cycle 25. It is normal for solar cycles to mix at their boundaries. So far this year, sunspots
likely belonging to Cycle 25 have been reported. These were interspersed with a similar number
of Cycle 24 spots. On Nov. 5, there was a small solar flare that originated from a sunspot with
opposite polarity from Cycle 24, meaning it belongs to Cycle 25.
Coronal holes appear as large, dark According to the Science Museum of Virginia, we are still officially in Solar Cycle 24. Cycle 25
areas on the sun’s corona. They are asso- is expected to begin in the coming months. Low solar activity will most likely continue for at
ciated with open magnetic field lines that least another year.
allow a continuous outflow of solar wind. Based on the number of sunspots that formed during Cycle 24, scientists considered it a weak NASA
Coronal holes are often found at the sun’s one. Scientists believe it is likely the next cycle will be weak as well. Cycle 25 is expected to An artist’s concept shows a solar
poles and can last for weeks to months. reach its maximum between 2023 and 2026. storm approaching Mars.
Sources: NASA, NOAA, UCAR, How Stuff Works, space.com, spaceweather.com, Science Museum of Virginia Kira Rider/Times-DIspatch