We know what it’s like. Sometimes even the thought of frying an egg (free range and local or not) is too much for your tired brain. It’s then that you turn to the telephone and instant grub gratification. And why not? Interesting delivery options abound around here, beyond basic pizza. Here are nine such dishes […]
Art Upstairs Gallery 112 W. Main St. Tuesday-Sunday, noon-5pm. 923-3900. Through November 1: “Patron Art Show: Everyone’s a Winner,” works by multiple artists. BozArt 211 W. Main St. Wednesday-Thursday, 3-9pm; Friday-Saturday, noon-9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 296-3919. www.bozartgallery.com. Through November 1: Graphite drawings of portraits, stills and landscapes by Michele Price. The Bridge/Progressive Arts Initiative 209 Monticello […]
What are you working on currently? Invisible Hand is in the process of finishing a full-length album at White Star Studios in Louisa. Another project of mine, Great Dads, is focusing on total catharsis. In addition to sharing his love of the New York Times Crossword application on his iPhone, local musician Adam Smith also […]
We’re 41 weeks into this year-long archive search, and with this issue the theme is musical entertainment. First, what has become the perennial question of which music venues will survive: We asked that last week with the shuttering of Is, just as we pondered it 12 years ago, as Trax started to unravel. Then, the […]
Those high notes don’t just hit themselves! If you’re at a football game and you feel like taking your jacket off, you can just…take it off. Unless you’re in UVA’s Cavalier Marching Band, in which case you wait until you’re told to take your jacket off. Built on the principle of coordinated movement—all hats on […]
When photographer Ashley Twiggs hung out with the Cavalier Marching Band before and during the October 10 homecoming game against Indiana
Duncan, who in his youth spent time after school being tutored in a Chicago church basement through a program his mother ran, said teaching programs should be the most important at universities.
What are you working on these days? I’ve been transitioning from a production company for documentaries and local commercials to work as a freelance cinematographer. I’m also working on, alongside my wife [Mendy St. Ours] and [local actor] Chris Baumer, a screenplay from each of our pens—and gearing up to produce them ourselves into motion […]
“If music be the food of love, play on,” says Orsino in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, a local production of which we praised in 2007 for its direction, musical numbers and actors—one of whom happens to be the subject of this week’s cover story. Local thespian Clinton Johnston is directing the Four County Players in Othello […]
What were you doing just before we called? I’m in the process of cooking breakfast before rehearsals. What are you working on these days? I am about to go teach in Mexico and work with some Mexican dancers to make a dance piece that will be part of the two-week dance extravaganza for the opening […]