This ain’t no party. This ain’t no intro. Here’s what’s happening:
- Recognize this mug? That’s Jesse Dukes, who we featured in Open Studio in this week’s C-VILLE. Dukes talks mainly about his reporting and radio storytelling in the interview, but he’s a narrative-first fellow when it comes to music, too. Dukes’ band, The Raquellos, recently released its debut album on the locally focused label Record Theory. You can download the nine-song album, Teeth of the Wind, for free at RecordTheory.com.
- Dukes’ bandmate, Kristin Adolfson, designed the art for Teeth of the Wind and produced a limited run of letterpress CD cases at the Virginia Arts of the Book Center. Adolfson is one artist among many with works in the VABC’s annual Raucous Auction, slated for this Friday at the Ix Building. The auction is free of charge, but the works up for grabs are worth what cash you can scrape together to support a worthy organization. Charlottesville has become quite a destination for gifted printmakers and paper-based artists; VABC makes sure those skills (among many, many others) are encouraged.
- On November 23, students in the UVA Dance Program and the Engineering School will unveil a collaborative performance featuring crutches, braces and devices designed by E-school students to encourage mobility among the physically handicapped.A press release from the UVA Drama Department says that "choreographers will restrict their dancers’ movements, representing mobility challenges faced by a paraplegic person, an amputee, or someone with legs damaged by polio." The performance will take place at Helms Theatre at 8pm, and is free of charge.
- Tomorrow night, DBB Plays Cups, Andrew Cedermark, and Your Spirit Animal in the Unreal City (featuring former Love Tentacle Drip Society member Max Dreyer) will play at Random Row Books, on West Main Street. I can’t help but think this is the ideal venue for DBB Plays Cups—a large space without a precise address, featuring a band with no web presence save this site. Let the mystery move you there, people.
