“A migrant is perpetually unfinished. Instead of a living embodiment of one’s place of origin, a person is a work of art constantly in revision,” says David Cuatlacuatl, one of the artists participating in Aesthetics of Undocumentedness. The two-day symposium and exhibition highlights the kaleidoscope of ways individuals experience and are affected by undocumentedness. Day […]
Illiterate Light is all about subverting expectations. The Virginia-based duo of singer-guitarist Jeff Gorman and drummer Jake Cochran is gearing up to release its most ambitious album yet, Sunburned, a masterful record full of rich keyboard, programmed percussion, and anthemic choruses. The latest single, “Fuck LA,” is a melancholy, homesick song that features a real […]
Singer-songwriter Jordan Tice combines witty, well-crafted songs with deft fingerstyle and flatpicking guitar. When not performing solo, Tice can be found working the guitar for acoustic bluegrass quartet Hawktail, and as a sideman for Dave Rawlings, Andrew Marlin (Mandolin Orange), Yola, Tony Trischka, and actor/comedian Steve Martin. His fifth solo record, Motivational Speakeasy, features stripped-down […]
Minneapolis-based quartet Night Moves returned from the COVID-forced break with unfinished business. The band’s new EP, The Redaction, is a short, melancholic listen packed with big pop hooks and American twang. The EP, which marks an evolution for the band, opens with “Fallacy Actually,” a “dense cosmic romp” full of layered synth, high harmonica, and […]
Botanical Fare’s Drag Bingo is a game night like no other. Come ready to play multiple rounds to win merch, gift cards, and more. Hosts Chicki Parm and Cake Pop! (right) serve realness and keep the party rolling, while the café serves up the vegan eats. Take a break between games to watch a dazzling […]
Mary Alice Hostetter understood the power of words and stories very early on. Her new book, Plain: A Memoir of Mennonite Girlhood, chronicles her journey to define an authentic self amid a rigid religious upbringing in a Mennonite farm family. Over the course of the book, Hostetter leaves behind the fields and fences of her […]
Return of SROs? After replacing school resource officers with unarmed safety coaches, Albemarle County Public Schools is considering bringing police back into Albemarle High School, in response to parents’ complaints about fights, truancy, vaping, sexual assault, and other student misconduct. “Working with the police department to hire and assign a highly effective, well-trained school resource […]
Stand-up comedian Brian Regan is known for his mirthful routines that tackle mundane, everyday events like how to cook Pop-Tarts, visits to the doctor, and the refrigerator’s meat drawer. Regan embodies his jokes with a big physicality that includes plenty of funny facial expressions, and fills the entire theater. The “comedian’s comedian” hosted his second […]
The Lua Project blends multiple music styles from different continents and centuries into one cohesive sound. Deeming themselves “cultural pollinators,” the band sings about contemporary themes of family, work, and loss, while drawing on elements of Son Mexicano, Appalachian song forms, Jewish and Eastern European tonalities, baroque melodies, and Scotch-Irish narrative storytelling. The performance accompanies […]
Enjoy a sophisticated afternoon at the opera with The Met Livein HD screening of Fedora. The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Umberto Giordano’s breathtaking drama is full of arresting arias, magnificent melodies, and charged confrontations. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva stars as Fedora, a 19th-century Russian princess who falls in love with her fiancé’s murderer. Maestro Marco Armiliato […]