Friday 6/1 Take me to the river Hailing from New Jersey, the eight-piece ensemble River City Extension is larger than the sum of its parts. Led by frontman Joe Michelini’s “evocative, intensely personal songwriting,” the group drives home banjo-inflected roots rock with a healthy balance of thrashy jam. Its new album, Don’t Let the Sun […]
Up for swapsies Hit up the second Cville Swaps on Sunday, June 3, bearing any homegrown, homemade, or foraged-for items and get some in return. Loot includes baked goods, jam, pickles, granola, eggs, pasta, sausages, fruit, veggies, perennials, seeds, and homebrews. You’ll find out the time and place when you RSVP to cvilleswaps@gmail.com and tell […]
Saturday & Sunday 5/26-27 Street cred No matter what city you live in, you’ve always got friends on “Sesame Street.” In the latest staging of sunny day philosophy, Elmo and crew explore the limitless power of imagination. 1-2-3 Imagine sends Ernie out on the high seas, Elmo to the African rainforest, and Bert gets deep […]
Summertime and the brunching is yummy We all know that Mondays mean fiesta bowls and Thursdays mean turkey meatloaf at Eppie’s, but did we remember that come summer, Sundays mean brunch? Through September, from 10am to 3pm, order at the counter and then grab a seat inside or out for tasty eats like biscuits and […]
Wednesday 5/16 Gentle man Musical jack-of-all-trades Jonathan Wilson is an adept performer with an innate ability to conceptualize soundscapes with depth and soulfulness. A student of old school musical values, Wilson has worked with legends Elvis Costello and Jackson Browne, as well as contemporary artists like Dawes and Erykah Badu. His debut solo album Gentle […]
Teresa Sullivan presides over her second Final Exercises as UVA president this weekend. (Photo by Dan Addison/UVA Public Affairs) As her second academic year at UVA comes to a close, we talked with University President Teresa Sullivan about new leadership, budget struggles, and what graduates face as they head out into the world. What’s changed […]
Wine then beer, in the clear Hunter Smith, marketing manager of his family’s Afton Mountain Vineyards, is changing his poison of choice —at least in terms of his career. He’s putting his brewing diploma from Siebel Institute of Technology to work and opening Champion Brewing Company at 310 Avon St. (at the foot of the Belmont […]
JUMP TO: A Q&A with Teresa Sullivan "What I’ll miss:" Grads share their favorite local spots "The tension is tangible:" A finals week diary Top jocks: Star athletes from 2011-12 A family affair: Father and son walk the Lawn together Construction ahead: What’s happening on Grounds this summer News of the year Start saving: Finance […]
Tom Christensen (Photo by John Robinson) Tom Christensen Leesburg, Virginia Drama/American Studies Some of my fondest memories from the past four years involve driving out to Four County Players in Barboursville for rehearsals, working with passionate actors at Live Arts, performing with some of my best friends in UVA’s Culbreth Theatre, and fine-tuning auditions late […]
A student hunger strike aimed at pushing UVA to adopt a living wage for employees and contracted workers attracted national attention in February, but failed to bring about the change activists were seeking. (Photo by John Robinson) UVA made headlines around the country more than once in the past year —and the spotlight wasn’t […]