The Piedmont Virginian is in Cville today to attend the 15th annual Festival of the Book. As Robert Vaughan– Director of the Virginia Foundation of the Humanities– said yesterday evening: “Is there any town in the country that has more readers, or writers, actually?” Run almost entirely by volunteers, this festival is one of the finest literary events we’ve attended worldwide. One word about “Another Music: An Evening with Rita Dove and Boyd Tinsley”: stunning. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove launched her new book, Sonata Mulattica, on stage at the Paramount Theater yesterday with Boyd Tinsley, violinist from the Dave Matthews Band.

In town today? Head to the Omni for a stellar line-up of events.

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