University of Virginia MFA program ranks third in 2010
It’s a delicate science, ranking MFA programs. Thankfully, Poets & Writers handled all the work, and UVA’s creative writing program fares well among others
D’yer Mak’er? What about Dyer and Millner?
Jamie Dyer said he’d be at Miller’s early—at least an hour or so before the Hogwaller Rambler’s Tuesday night gig with guitarist Jamal Millner. When I got there, Dyer was nowhere to be found. “What time does the music start tonight?” I asked the bartender. Jamal Millner and Jamie Dyer cover a few decades […]
Johnny Gilmore
One week after a performance with the jazz trio that bears his name, longtime local drummer Johnny Gilmore died after a fire broke out in the home that Gilmore shared with his father, Curtis. Three days after his death, musicians, family and friends gathered at Fry’s Spring Beach Club to honor the musician’s life with […]
Grisham and Sabato in Boomer Life Magazine
Also, a Girl Talk profile from GQ and Peter Traub’s new sound installation at Ruffin Gallery
C-VILLE Minute: Your weekend preview [VIDEO]
No need to be crass, no need to be cruel. Here’s what’s happening Friday through Sunday around Charlottesville
Hey, Charlottesville: Where are all the girl bands? [VIDEO]
The Vivian Girls, Erin McKeown and Lauren Hoffman prompt me to ask: Where my girls at?
The art of the spoof: Tom Lehrer, Jeffrey Lewis and more
In the world of the spoof, who reigns supreme? The Lonely Island? The "Scary Movie" writers? Yankovic?
Metallica; John Paul Jones Arena; Sunday, October 17
From lead guitarist Kirk Hammett’s firestorm leads on “Creeping Death” to the apocalypse thrash of “One,” very little has changed about the four horsemen of Los Angeles metal since 1981—save a few hard habits and a bassist or two. But any longtime, capital-“M” Metal-head should’ve been struck by two changes during the invigorating headbanger’s ball […]
Beat the Beatles, Corey Harris and Gordon Avenue Library
Also, a Warren Craghead event at Ruffin Gallery, giving to public radio, and giving it to rock critics
Annette Bening cancels Virginia Film Fest appearance
Festival programming not affected; Bening recently had to cancel a stage performance of "Medea" for a family health emergency