Acoustic guitar and mandolin player Flynn Cohen makes original music that’s both experimental and traditional. Drawing from a range of techniques and influences, including flatpicking, strumming, Irish, and old-time music, Cohen pushes against convention with a mastery of many styles. When he’s not playing solo, Cohen tours with award-winning folk band Low Lily, and Irish […]
Suit up for an off the hook night of individual jamming together at Pro Re Nata’s Silent Disco. Dancers can groove out on their own terms using wireless headphones that feature different music channels and adjustable volume. Switch between a live DJ, oldies and country, 2000s throwbacks, and electronic dance, to find the rhythm that’s […]
Settle in and order extra popcorn, because the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring clocks in at just under four hours. Peter Jackson’s fantasy classic is back for a special screening to ring in the new year. Follow along as Frodo and the fellowship battle terrifying orcs and […]
Rebecca Berlin joins county school board Rebecca Berlin is the newest member of the Albemarle County School Board. On December 15, the board unanimously voted to appoint Berlin to the White Hall Magisterial District seat. Berlin replaced longtime board member David Oberg, who represented the district for seven years. In October, Oberg announced he was […]
By Paul Rosenberg with illustrations by Anson Stevens-Bollen Since its founding in 1976, Project Censored has been focused on stories—like Watergate before the 1972 election—that aren’t censored in the authoritarian government sense, but in a broader, expanded sense reflective of what a functioning democracy should be, censorship defined as “the suppression of information, whether purposeful […]
Richmond removes final Confederate statue Richmond removed its statue of A.P. Hill on December 12—the last of the Confederate monuments owned by the city to come down. Just before 10am, a crane lifted the bronze statue, located in the middle of a busy intersection, off its pedestal and onto a flatbed truck. The monument was […]
Sarah White’s Country Christmas Show returns for a festive evening filled with twinkling lights, decorated trees, delicious cookies, and, of course, honky-tonk tunes. The Virginia-based singer-songwriter began her career in the late ’90s, and has since performed with Merle Haggard, Justin Townes Earle, Earl Scruggs, and Dave Matthews Band. For her Christmas show, she brings […]
Welcome in the New Year with some good vibes at indie folk duo David Wax Museum’s Golden Hour, a rejuvenating and restorative live music experience. Listeners are invited to wear blindfolds during the unique concert, which features no stage, no applause, and no distractions. The musicians play a variety of instruments as they weave their […]
Get an early start on your New Year’s resolution to read more, and pick up a copy of Virginia-based author Ivelisse Housman’s debut young adult novel, Unseelie. The first in a swoony, high-energy duology, Unseelie follows two sisters on a magical journey of love, discovery, and acceptance. Housman’s writing is inspired by her own lived […]
By Samantha Federico The live music scene is better than it’s been in the last few years, and 2022 felt like a new era for music creators, with area artists being no exception. Fewer songs are being inspired by the pandemic, and it’s back to existential quests to wring something meaningful out of this world, […]