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 The deadline is Friday, Oct. 30, to nominate an arts organization for the Arts Build Communities Awards, to be given out Jan. 27 in Richmond.

Virginians for the Arts, an advocacy group, created the prize to honor organizations that “best demonstrate the ability to enhance the community, lift our spirits and build a better quality of life.”

Enter the show of 'film decors' by the Quay brothers with trepidation, for you will soon be charmed and confounded. This new exhibition on Old Dominion University's campus will stop you in your tracks and make you feel out of your wits. Think of it as a Halloween outing for the strong at heart. It's deeply scary, kid you not.

NORFOLK The Virginia Stage Company promised "a bold, new staging" of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet." It has delivered - brilliantly.

NORFOLK Deep in the innards of the Scope complex, strange creatures are creeping about singing songs in an off-key register. In their livelier moments they're doing the Necronomicon. That, in case you are alive, is a zombie dance that is meant to be performed by the dead. It is somewhat akin to the Time Warp in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

NORFOLK Juliet is home, anxiously awaiting Romeo. The two are just wed but haven’t consummated their marriage. And she is crazy in love. She sits down, turns on her computer, opens her video software and begins to speak into the camera. “Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds!”

NORFOLK Three classical musicians, three movements, three days before show time. The sounds coming from their instruments during Monday’s rehearsal moved through many moods, from warm and heartfelt to edgy and aggravated. The music somewhat reflected the musicians’ feelings as they labored over a brand new piece of music.

Creative Conversations. It's people who care about the arts, discussing how the arts are good for business or schools or just as a kind of soul food.
Creative Conversations is a program started in 2004 by Americans for the
Arts, a support group. The panel discussions take place nationwide in October, which is National Arts and Humanities Month.

To Edward Bleiberg, Egyptians who lived 5,000 years ago are as familiar as his next-door neighbors. He knows the games they played, the food they grew and ate, the clothing they wore, how they fixed their hair, what their jobs were like.

By Lee Teply
Correspondent
In a pair of distinctly different pieces, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra showed off a range of talents in its concert Saturday evening at Chrysler Hall. From the technical demands of a recent showpiece to the varied accompanying duties of a 19th century choral masterpiece, the musicians met every need.