Kai Crowe-Getty says Lord Nelson, one of Charlottesville’s most successful party-rock bands over the last 10 years, isn’t breaking up. But the group he fronts isn’t so much together, either. “Lord Nelson has been hitting the road hard for the last decade, and that’s been a wonderful experience,” Crowe-Getty says. “This is the first time […]
Kai Crowe-Getty says Lord Nelson, one of Charlottesville’s most successful party-rock bands over the last 10 years, isn’t breaking up. But the group he fronts isn’t so much together, either. “Lord Nelson has been hitting the road hard for the last decade, and that’s been a wonderful experience,” Crowe-Getty says. “This is the first time […]
Virginia’s own Nick Smith returns bigger on his New South Tour. The Kents Store native—who’s become one of Nashville’s most modern country artists—has developed a following for his catchy songs that combine pop, R&B, and country sensibilities with the flashing lights and high energy of city living. This genre-collapsing performer covers topics relating to life, […]
Charlottesville Opera’s second summer production, The Pirates of Penzance, unfolds in a pitch-perfect comedy of errors featuring sentimental swashbucklers, ineffectual police officers, and deeply dutiful young lovers. A technicality threatens to upend Frederic’s newfound freedom, catching the young man in a tug of war of loyalties that sets him both at odds and in league […]
The Virginia Theatre Festival keeps rolling with The Heart Sellers, a deeply moving play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh. Set in 1973 in the wake of the Hart–Celler Act’s abolition of immigration quotas in America, two 20-something immigrant women meet by chance in a grocery store on Thanksgiving night. The women spend an evening […]
As a cynical 50-something who is more likely to win the Mega Millions than be impressed by a folk rock supergroup that he’s never listened to before, I have to admit I was quickly won over by Fantastic Cat. I was predisposed to poo-poo whatever the band was serving up. I disliked the dopey name […]
Bringing hot, hot heat from the Arizona desert, the one-man band that is Bob Log III comes to town for a shredding party. Diligently traveling the globe since 1996, clad in his trademark motorcycle helmet and tight, tight jumpsuit, this blues-punk performer channels the sound of the Mississippi Delta mixed with alt-rock undertones through a […]
The Heifetz International Music Institute performs Anthems from America & Abroad, celebrating Independence Day with some fine fiddling and classically inspired ensemble music fit for the Fourth of July. Guests are invited to bring blankets and picnic lunches to enjoy on the grassy pavilion yard during this uniquely innovative and expressive concert. The afternoon is […]
In “Joan Mitchell: Uncovering 100 Years” at The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, there’s a 1960 photo of the painter emphatically gesturing while standing in front of a large-scale canvas by Adolph Gottlieb. Mitchell seems comfortable in conversation with her art-world friends, hinting at the relationship she had with mid-20th-century galleries […]
Wednesday 7/2 – Sunday 8/17 McGuffey Art Center presents a collection of summer shows covering lepidoptera, nostalgia, and the human form. In the Sarah B. Smith Gallery, Deborah Davis’ “Drawn to Light” offers a collection of moth portraits in acrylic on canvas, capturing subjects observed at the artist’s home in southern Albemarle County. In the […]
The 51st Virginia Theatre Festival opens with Into the Woods, directed and choreographed by UVA alum and VTF veteran Matthew Steffens. The Tony Award-winning fan-favorite musical follows fairy tale characters including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and others in a show exploring the costs of happily ever after. With a cast that combines Broadway talents […]