Martha Woodroof

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The Spark
11:40 am
Fri November 16, 2012

Leni Lets her HAIR Down

Adventurous "foodie" Leni Soresen recalls all sorts of zany times --including nude stage scenes in the 60's production of "Hair". 

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The Spark
9:15 am
Thu November 15, 2012

Lifetime Motorcyclist Wayne Hensley

What do you do when the Hells Angels* and the Chicago Outlaws break into a bar fight all around you?  Um... leave.

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The Spark
11:23 am
Fri November 9, 2012

John Kovac's Harps

On The Spark from WMRA: John Kovac plays the harp  and makes them as well --sometimes out of surprising materials.  

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The Spark
11:20 am
Fri November 9, 2012

Web Extra from The Spark: Beth Neville

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The Spark
4:34 pm
Thu November 8, 2012

April Sedeen: Artist and Doodle-ist

On The Spark from WMRA: April Sedeen is a serious artist who also doodles daily. 

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The Spark
3:00 pm
Thu November 8, 2012

Giving Villagers A School

On The Spark from WMRA: Beth Neville fell in love with San Mateo Ixtatán, a  Chuj-Maya speaking town in the most mountainous part of Guatemala. The Charlottesville-based non-profit which Beth started helped the town get its first high school. 

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The Spark
12:41 pm
Fri November 2, 2012

SoLace Studios Artist Barb Polin

Barb Polin left corporate America to wander her way into creating thriving SoLace Studios in Elkton. 

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The Spark
12:18 pm
Fri November 2, 2012

Robot Expert's "EaSiEE as Pi" Project

Charlottesville’s Susan Skalak, who’s run printer-producing robots for IBM and taught mechanical engineering at the University of Virginia, has gone back to elementary school --on a mission she’s calling EaSiEE as Pi. 

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The Spark (Fri noon)
12:16 pm
Fri November 2, 2012

Look! A Queen Bee!

A talk with Norman Southerly about his bees. WMRA's Martha Woodroof has a close encounter with the queen bee. 

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The Spark
5:17 pm
Thu October 25, 2012

"The Girl Who Died Most Mysteriously" Producers

In a graveyard (of course) the Howdyshell brothers Mike and Chris bracket "dead girl" character Allie Toro.

A spooky participatory stage show playing on the pre-Halloween weekend at Harrisonburg’s Court Square Theater even has its own "app." We meet producers Mike Howdyshell and his younger brother, Chris. 

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