Photo politico
In an election year that focuses the public's attention on the White House's future, a well-known political figure will speak today at 4 p.m. in Old Cabell Hall at an exhibit that sheds light on the White House's past.
Former Secretary of State James Baker III will speak as an introduction to the "Time and Photography" traveling exhibit opening at the Miller Center of Public Affairs Monday.
"The Miller Center invited [Baker] to come do a talk to inaugurate the exhibit and to kick off the 25th anniversary of the Miller Center," Center Communications Director Margaret Edwards said.
Baker was secretary of state under the Bush administration.
The title of Baker's forum will be "Making History: A View from Inside the White House."
The talk will emphasize the inner workings of the White House and "the central role of the chief of staff," Edwards said.
The exhibit will showcase presidential photographs from Franklin D. Roosevelt through Clinton, which have all been previously published in Time magazine.
The exhibit will be supplemented with commentary by Hugh Sidey, a former Time magazine contributor and Life magazine White House correspondent.
The exhibit will be on display at the Center through March 25, at which point it will move to the libraries of former presidents Johnson, Bush and Reagan.
New Orleans jazz
A musical import from down south could provide some much-needed heat for snow-beleaguered Charlottesville tonight.
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will perform tonight at 8 p.m. at the Charlottesville Performing Arts Center.
The band is composed of several well- known musicians.
"They are from New Orleans and have been playing for over 50 years," University Union Program Advisor Steve Mendenhall said. "They are also a well known tourist attraction there."
The band, composed of a trumpet, trombone, violin, drums, bass, piano, banjo and clarinet, plays New Orleans-style jazz, which has a bit slower tempo than other jazz forms but has a clear melody, according to the band's Web site. Since the band is based on improvisation, the songs they play are based largely on the audience's mood and size.
During the past 25 years the band has performed across the United States in such places as Carnegie Hall in New York and Symphony Hall in Boston.
The Band has recorded seven albums since 1977, the most recent of which was 1996's "In the Sweet Bye and Bye."
Tickets, on sale at Newcomb Hall, are $16 for non-students and $6 for students.
Compiled by Christa Dierksheide
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