Billy F. Gibbons and the BFGs
Friday 2/7, The Paramount Theater The voice and blues-riffin’, trademark long beard-wagglin’ leader of Texas rock trio ZZ Top, Billy F. Gibbons hits the stage backed by the BFGs, Mike […]
A.D. Carson drops groundbreaking composition with open access publisher
Clemson University was proud of its doctoral student. It was 2017, and the university announced the achievement with fanfare: A.D. Carson had produced an original piece of music as his […]
February Exhibitions
February 7–March 21 Second Street Gallery presents two new exhibitions from artists with local ties engaging the overlap of abstraction and figuration. In the Main Gallery, “Liminal” offers mixed-media works […]
Free as a bird now
Drive-By Truckers: Southern Rock Opera Revisited Tuesday 2/4, The Jefferson Theater Released in 2001, Drive-By Truckers’ Southern Rock Opera stands as a committed piece of Lynyrd Skynyrd fan fiction. The […]
Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes
Follow the beats of a life lived on stages and screens across the world with Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes. This solo show takes audiences through the ages and […]
“Alice in Wonderland”
Celebrate a very merry un-un-birthday with a show marking 110 years of Alice in Wonderland on screen. Originally premiering in January 1915, this silent version of the classic Lewis Carroll […]
The Mingus Awareness Project
Jazz compositions and charity coalesce in The Mingus Awareness Project. Since 2007, the project has provided opportunities for musicians to perform new arrangements of works by the venerated bassist, bandleader, […]
The Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia
Romeo and Juliet February 8 Old Cabell Hall, February 9 Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center Celebrating its 50th season, the Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia is […]
Ruffin Gallery group show brings art alums together
The work of former University of Virginia students comes together in “A Continuous Storyline: Four Decades of UVA Painters” at the school’s Ruffin Gallery. In curating the show, UVA Professor […]
“Grace & Glorie”
Combine the arc of personal growth with a fish-out-of-water story, and add the tension and humor of an odd-couple narrative, and you’ll have something similar to Grace & Glorie. Performed […]