Pick: Masterchef

Joy of cooking: Are you a great cook and a fierce competitor? Can you handle having your culinary creations judged down to the smallest leaf of parsley? The immersive stage […]

Pick: Every Brilliant Thing

Center stage: Live Arts welcomes audiences back inside the theater with Every Brilliant Thing, a story about depression that’s both deeply touching and laugh-out-loud funny. After his mother attempts suicide, […]

Pick: The Four Seasons

Going for Baroque: For its 11th season, the ensemble Three Notch’d Road tackles Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, as well as a sampling of his solo pieces, using […]

Pick: Asha Greer

About Asha: A quote on Asha Greer’s website reads, “Consider the purpose of life as living.” This says as much about Greer’s artistry as it does about her deeply spiritual […]

Pick: The O’Malley Gambit

Women’s world: Girls rule in Charlottesville Playwrights Collective’s presentation of The O’Malley Gambit. Local playwright Kate Monaghan weaves drama, power, and feminism into the story of a meeting between Ireland’s […]

House call

By Kristin O’Donoghue Virginia’s House of Delegates plays a vital role in the state’s lawmaking—the chamber’s 100 representatives are responsible for both originating legislation and voting on the state Senate’s […]

Pick: Stray Fossa

Jam packed: As kids, brothers Nick and Will Evans teamed up with their friend Zach Blount to write music. The three reconnected in 2018, moving to Charlottesville to build a […]

Pick: O’Keeffe!

O’ yeah: You may recognize Georgia O’Keeffe’s close-up paintings of flowers, but how much do you know about her as a person? The artist comes to life in Lucinda McDermott’s […]

In brief

Botanical garden plans move forward   City Council unanimously approved the lease of city park land to the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont at Monday’s meeting, a significant step forward […]