Saddle up for The Wild Caldonia Rodeo, a sensual, burlesque play from Nu Rodeo Caldonia, a queer BIPOC production team and artist collective from Richmond. Set in Virginia City, Nevada, and inspired by a few historical people and events, the rodeo features an enticing blend of singing, theater, and, of course, the art of the […]
Charlottesville’s Boxed Lunch performed its first show as a band at Holly’s Diner in 2019. A few years and an EP later, the group returns to the diner for a late-night set. The band, which includes Justin Storer, Joel Streeter, Emily Gardiner, and Zack Beamer, combines melodic songwriting, killer harmonies, and skilled musical chops for […]
SROs may return to Albemarle schools After replacing school resource officers with unarmed safety coaches, Albemarle County Public Schools has requested funding to hire a single SRO, in response to parents’ complaints about fights, truancy, vaping, sexual assault, and other student misconduct at Albemarle High School. The school division’s $257.3 million draft budget request includes […]
By Giulia Silverstein One year after overwhelmingly voting to end the honor system policy that immediately expels students who are found guilty of lying, cheating, or stealing, UVA students voted March 2 to once again allow the University Honor Committee to throw out those who break the rules. According to Virginia magazine, the vote is […]
A classical masterpiece is updated with stunning modernity in Orpheus and Erica: A Deaf Opera. The culmination of a years-long collaboration between Victory Hall Opera and a team of deaf theater practitioners, Orpheus and Erica sees a young couple battling illness and fertility tempt fate by using modern medicine. The clever production weaves together Italian […]
Wind your way into the theater for a special Labyrinth movie party. Subtitles and animated cues make it easy to sing along and belt out your favorite lines (“You have no power over me!”) as Sarah, played by Jennifer Connelly, journeys through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered to rescue her baby brother from David Bowie […]
“The Gathering series is all about building community … it’s a call to look inwards and find what matters,” says Carbon Leaf frontman Barry Privett. The Richmond, Virginia, faves recently released the second volume in a four-part series that finds the long-running quintet returning to its acoustic roots. Gathering Vol. 2: The Hunting Ground is […]
boygenius The Record One of the most anticipated albums of 2023, thus far, surely must be boygenius’ The Record. The band, which formed in 2018, is composed of Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, and Phoebe Bridgers. Prior to meeting in 2016, Dacus and Baker had released a few EPs and albums, while Bridgers was relatively new […]
Share in the joy of music with the Oratorio Society of Virginia at Together in Song, a day-long choral workshop and concert. Begin by flexing your vocal chops in a three-hour workshop with conductor and music director Michael Slon. Participants rehearse works by American composers, including Aaron Copland’s “At the River” and Keith McCutchen’s arrangement […]
Renowned sextet Dervish has been playing its traditional Irish tunes to international audiences—including in Latvia and Lithuania, and for visitors to the Great Wall of China—for over 30 years. Frontwoman Cathy Jordan leads the band in lively renditions of songs and jigs that marry technical mastery of multiple instruments, including jovial whistle, animated accordion, and […]