Pick: Artisans Studio Tour
Into the art: Peruse gracefully thrown pottery, delicately crafted jewelry, and beautifully blown glass, just some of the offerings at the annual central Virginia Artisans Studio Tour. Forty-six creatives in […]
In brief: City under new management
Under new management Charlottesville announced that Marc Woolley will become the city’s next interim city manager. Woolley has spent the last four years as the business administrator of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. […]
In brief: Election stunts, Boyles moves on
Governor’s race torch stunt fans flames locally Five young people wearing identical white shirts, glasses, and baseball caps, holding tiki torches, standing in a straight line in front of Glenn […]
Pick: Electric Cello Show
Going electric: With an intriguing electric cello and a loop pedal, Brianna Tam’s one-woman Electric Cello Show is a captivating, non-classical performance. Tam plays standing up, using the improvisatory […]
Pick: Little Pharma
Healing words: Doctor and medical ethicist Laura Kolbe’s debut poetry collection Little Pharma is an intimate journey through the cold and impersonal side of medicine, but one that ultimately crescendos […]
Pick: Bass and Beethoven
Ace of bass: Feeling strung out? Relax with some strings: This weekend, you can bask in the mellow, sultry, resonant reverberations of the double bass with soloist Peter Spaar and […]
Galleries: November
November Shows Artisans Studio Tour Various locations in central Virginia. Local artisans are opening their studios for two days of self-guided tours. Featuring ceramic, fiber, jewelry, wood, glass, and metal […]
Pick: Poe for Your Problems
Poe knows: Darkly funny with a dash of the macabre, Catherine Baab-Muguira’s debut book, Poe for Your Problems, depicts Edgar Allan Poe as a self-help guru. Baab-Muguira walks readers through […]
Pick: Witch’s Ball
Magic gathering: Halloweekend fun awaits at the Witch’s Ball, a late-night soirée full of occult oddities and chilling curiosities. Ships in the Night celebrates a new album, Latent Powers, along […]
Pick: A Most Beautiful Thing
Oar stories: During the ’90s on Chicago’s West Side, Arshay Cooper became captain of the first all-Black high school rowing team, an experience he claims saved his life. A Most […]