Jane Dunlap Sathe

Charlottesville

Features Editor and Writer at The Daily Progress

Features editor/writer, The Daily Progress. Wake Forest Demon Deacon. Classical music, arts. Cats, dogs, grace, hope, ministry. She/her. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦♒️

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Fireworks return to Charlottesville skies this July Fourth

6 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Jane Dunlap Sathe

Fourth of July fireworks are coming back to Charlottesville. The Cville Spectacular plans to bring an 18-minute fireworks display back to Carter Mountain just south of the city to celebrate the nation's 249th birthday. It will also be building support from local governments, the business community and local fireworks fans in hopes of keeping the rockets' red glare bright for future Independence Day celebrations after Carter Mountain went without a pop or a bang for two years in a row.
Your weekend top 5: Festivals, flowers and Fridays After Five

1 week ago | dailyprogress.com | Jane Dunlap Sathe

If it's springtime in Central Virginia, there's simply no excuse to be bored. Festivals are serving up homemade cider and homegrown flowers. More musical options are heading outdoors. And while the temperatures will keep swinging from hot to cold for a little while longer, summer will be here before we know it. There's so much to do this time of year that pacing yourself can be a challenge, so building in downtime is a good idea.
This year's Tom Tom Festival focuses on 'evolving the way we think, learn and lead'

1 week ago | dailyprogress.com | Jane Dunlap Sathe

Long after the workshops, concerts and parties are over, Charlottesville's Tom Tom Festival will continue to play the long game of keeping community conversations, and the shared benefits they can bring, active throughout the year. The 13th annual festival, which begins this week, is diving into its "Evolve" theme with conference events exploring a new civic futures topic on Wednesday and returning topics of technology on Thursday, entrepreneurship on Friday and wellness on Saturday.
Grace notes of hope nourishing Melissa Etheridge in latest tour

1 week ago | newsadvance.com | Jane Dunlap Sathe

Melissa Etheridge finds plenty of reason for hope these days. The foundation she created to help find solutions to opioid addiction is energized by promising research possibilities. The women she met at the Kansas prison featured in her 2024 documentary and live album are maintaining the momentum to live inspired lives. And there's always new music.
Grace notes of hope nourishing Melissa Etheridge in latest tour

1 week ago | dailyprogress.com | Jane Dunlap Sathe

Melissa Etheridge finds plenty of reason for hope these days. The foundation she created to help find solutions to opioid addiction is energized by promising research possibilities. The women she met at the Kansas prison featured in her 2024 documentary and live album are maintaining the momentum to live inspired lives. And there's always new music.
Jeffersonland Chorus offers new class to help men find their voices

1 week ago | dailyprogress.com | Jane Dunlap Sathe

Gentlemen, do you sing with the car radio on your way to work or belt out a tune or two in the shower, but turn down every request to join a choir? Here’s your chance to gain the confidence you need to sing proudly in public. Starting Monday evening, Charlottesville’s Jeffersonland Chorus will be presenting its “Ready, Set, SING!” class, which is designed to help men of all ages shake off the notion that singing somehow isn’t manly and step into the spotlight.
Cowboy Junkies on 4 decades in music: 'We love playing, and that feeds us'

1 week ago | dailyprogress.com | Jane Dunlap Sathe

Deep bonds of family, friendship and a shared love of music have kept Cowboy Junkies in the studio and on the road together for four decades, and the band’s current tour is offering fans plenty of moments for reflection and admiration. Members of the Canadian quartet are doing some reflecting of their own, even while they’re busy selling out shows.
Your weekend top 5: Music that delights and makes a difference

2 weeks ago | dailyprogress.com | Jane Dunlap Sathe

Jazz, rap and country fans rejoice: This weekend is all about you. Charlottesville venues will be serving up a wide variety of musical choices and opportunities, several of which will help causes both local and global. If you're in the mood to hear something great and do something good, make yourself right at home. You've come to the right place.
Revitalized Virginia Student Film Festival putting 'raw talent' on big screen

3 weeks ago | dailyprogress.com | Jane Dunlap Sathe

When filmmaker Ansh Pathapadu saw original films unfolding on the massive screen at Charlottesville's Paramount Theater in November during the Virginia Film Festival, he started allowing his own dreams more room to grow. "There was this feeling of an actual movie premiere, and I wanted to create that feeling for student films," Pathapadu, president of the Virginia Student Film Festival, told The Daily Progress.
UVa student leaves 'The Voice,' but her new single awaits fans

3 weeks ago | roanoke.com | Jane Dunlap Sathe

CHARLOTTESVILLE — The bad news is that Simone Marijic has sung her final song as a competitor on "The Voice." The good news is that fans haven't heard the last of her versatile soprano sound. Marijic has released her first single. The 21-year-old University of Virginia student sang a nuanced rendition of "She Used to Be Mine" from Sara Bareilles' musical "Waitress" in Monday's knockout round on the NBC vocal competition series.