After my final interview with Dave Kannensohn, he called me at my office to let me know he forgot to mention something. (That kind of thing happens to people his age.) The name Eubie Blake, he says. Huh? Eubie Blake, he says. Eubie Blake was a pianist who was born to former slaves in 1883. […]
Emma Rathbone won’t allow herself to fall into the wormholes of expectant authorhood. She won’t refresh her book’s Amazon page to check whether its bestseller rank has changed (steady at #219,146), read too much into whether it’s a hard- or softcover release (soft), or check to see if new reviews have popped up on the […]
On September 11, a new fair will feature waitstaff olympics, a barbeque cookoff and lotsa bands.
The celebrated magazine’s managing editor took his own life Friday.
Plus, a look inside this week’s paper.
Plus, a local blog throws a music and art fest at the Southern in September
What kind of arts projects is Charlottesville trying to float with small donations at Kickstarter.com?
As you leave the Virginia Center for Creative Arts in Amherst, you pass a sign that reads “Welcome to the Real World.” Of course, the real world can be a place where artists struggle to make ends meet, or juggle equal commitments to making art and making ends meet. A show that opens September 10 […]
Willie Nelson’s contributions to the American musical canon are so great that he could’ve ululated naked Saturday at the Charlottesville Pavilion