Pick: The Magnetic Fields
A way with numbers: Cult phenomenon The Magnetic Fields have been breaking the mold for three decades with records like 69 Love Songs, consisting of tracks that range from 27 […]
Galleries: April
In the paint For Kris Bowmaster, a painting is more than a single moment, captured on canvas. It’s a place to go. An event. A happening. Over 25 years ago, […]
In brief: Montpelier breaks promise, and more
Promise broken The Montpelier Foundation board has revoked its promise to share governance of the historic property with descendants of the over 300 enslaved laborers who lived and worked there. […]
Pick: Popeye
I yam what I yam: He’s strong to the finich, ’cause he eats his spinach, he’s Popeye the Sailor Man. Most of us know the spinach-eating, stovepipe-forearmed sailor from the […]
Pick: Wordplay
Think fast: If you (like us here at C-VILLE) have been religiously solving the daily Wordle, you’ll enjoy flexing your vocab and trivia skills at Wordplay, Charlottesville’s original live game […]
Pick: Leif Vollebekk
Songs for the taking: “Anything that I wouldn’t ever want to tell anyone—I just put it on the record,” says Canadian indie-folk musician Leif Vollebekk about his latest album, New […]
Pick: Joe Troop
For the record: Having grown up as an openly gay man in the South, musician and activist Joe Troop is familiar with controversy. The bluegrass player has been threatened and […]
Pick: The Moth
Gather ‘round: A cowboy, a UVA professor, and an astronaut walk into a bar…or something like that. You never know who you’ll meet at The Moth, a live storytelling showcase […]
Pick: Railroad Earth
Return to rock: Americana quintet Railroad Earth has been performing bluegrass with rock ‘n’ roll spirit for over 20 years. The band’s upcoming album, All For The Song, marks both […]
Figuring it out
By Matt Dhillon In February, Saul Kaplan marked both his 93rd birthday and the release of a new book of artwork. The self-published Sketches: Faces of Life & Love highlights […]