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12:57 pm
Fri May 11, 2012

Physicist Giovanna Scarel

What is a photon?  Solid state physicist Dr. Giovanna Scarel explains photons and why such tiny things are intriguing.

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The Spark
11:50 am
Fri May 11, 2012

Glassblower Minh Martin

Glassblower Minh Martin works as part of the Waynesboro artisan collective, South River Studios.

The Spark
12:06 pm
Fri May 4, 2012

The Head of The Hook

Hawes Spencer

We meet Hawes Spencer, the founder and editor of fearless Charlottesville indy newspaper The Hook.

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The Spark
12:05 pm
Fri May 4, 2012

Portrait Photographer Fran Fevrier

Fran Fevrier creates "images out of the ordinary" in Lexington, Staunton and surrounding areas.

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The Spark
11:56 am
Fri May 4, 2012

Essay: Classroom Time for Daydreaming

A fantasy scene (by Soviet artist Ivan Bilibin)

Trisha Brown Leweke says maybe Steve Jobs or J.K. Rowling wouldn't have grown up so imaginative if they were schooled in a No Child Left Behind curriculum.  She values daydreaming and she feels that an overemphasis on standardized test scores blunts students' creativity. 

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The Spark
12:36 pm
Fri April 27, 2012

Essay: His Goofy Clothes Shouted Self-Assurance

In pants like that, he had to be completely self-assured.  Jenna Joseph recalls transferring into an area high school and seeing a peer whose merry rejection of youth fashion trends was endearing.

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