ARTS Pick: Travis Elliott
Local club fixture Travis Elliott has a new album entitled Get In Love, and he’s making a holiday celebration of its release with his friends, who are also a talented […]
ARTS Pick: A Very Electric Christmas
Combining puppetry and dance with dazzling visual effects, Lightwire Theater’s A Very Electric Christmas takes the audience through a neon tale of family, friendship and hope. The production’s creative team […]
LIVING Picks: Week of November 22-28
FAMILY Holiday open house Sunday, November 26 Get into the holiday spirit by ogling the decorations as you stroll through the first floor of Monticello. Don’t forget to stop by […]
LIVING Picks: November 15-21
FAMILY Archaeology Lab sneak peek Saturday, November 18 Children and their parents can see Monticello’s Archaeology Lab close up, work with artifacts and learn how archaeologists piece together history. $12 […]
ARTS Pick: The Can-Do Attitude
Is there anything left to be said about life, death, food, money and love? Local folk-punk band The Can-Do Attitude thinks there’s always something new and delightfully weird to discover, […]
ARTS Pick: The Miho Hazama Big Band
To put the big into The Miho Hazama Big Band, Tokyo-born, New York-based jazz innovator Hazama assembled an 18-piece tribute to her idol Thelonious Monk in celebration of the 100th […]
ARTS Pick: Yerma
Billie Piper has earned critical raves, an Olivier award for Best Actress, and she’s performed two sold-out runs at London’s Young Vic in the lead role of Yerma, written by […]
ARTS Pick: Hiroya Tsukamoto
In a small town in the heart of Japan, 13-year-old Hiroya Tsukamoto discovered the banjo and taught himself to play bluegrass tunes for his dad, who was a fan of […]
In brief: Emmet Street revival, guerrilla knitters and suing reporters
Emmet Street revival The vacant lot on the corner of Barracks Road and Emmet Street that once housed an Exxon station is finally seeing signs of life. Coran Capshaw’s Riverbend […]
Spotlight on the Virginia Film Festival
The Virginia Film Festival, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year from November 9-12, chose a topic at the forefront of many people’s minds—both locally and nationally—with its Race in […]