The Rivanna Roots concert series is back, with exciting outdoor shows from local acts on the banks of the river, rain or shine. Adam’s Plastic Pond brings folk ballads and modern R&B to bear in its guitar-forward brand of rock, infused with alt-country and pop inflections. The Jen Tal Band offers a genre-surveying set influenced […]
The Rivanna Roots concert series is back, with exciting outdoor shows from local acts on the banks of the river, rain or shine. Adam’s Plastic Pond brings folk ballads and modern R&B to bear in its guitar-forward brand of rock, infused with alt-country and pop inflections. The Jen Tal Band offers a genre-surveying set influenced […]
Thursday 5/16, The Paramount Theater For many rock musicians, the idea of being in a cover band is about as low as you can sink: You’re running through someone else’s songs over and over, impersonating their look while aping their playing style, and, worst of all, there’s the potential for disappointing audiences so familiar with […]
Claire Boyer “The Scarecrow,” Mountainside Studios Charlottesville resident Claire Boyer went viral after humming along to the drone of a fan on TikTok. “Kitchen Fan Lullaby” has since amassed nearly 14 million streams on Spotify and garnered Boyer a following of more than 200,000 on the music platform. Now she invites listeners on an eerie […]
A special kind of satisfaction can be found in making something useful. As one of the oldest human crafts, pottery still employs techniques that have changed very little from those used thousands of years ago. Ever since City Clay opened in the Silk Mills Building, I’ve wanted to take a class there. This spring, I […]
This isn’t your classic dad rock, it’s MomFest! Celebrate Mother’s Day weekend with a lineup of mom musicians, including 7th Grade Girl Fight, Holly Renee Allen, Another Mother, Heavy Flow, The Hot Mamas, Lora Kelley, and Devon Sproule. The afternoon features everything from indie rock and folky Americana, to swingy pop punk, singer-songwriter fare, and […]
Founded in the year 2000 by a group of musicians, dancers, and teachers, The Blue Ridge Irish Music School has fostered creative expression through the Celtic cultural traditions of music, dance, and song for more than two decades. Now, it’s getting the proverbial band back together for the BRIMS 25th Anniversary Reunion Concert. Current and […]
More than 100 performers from DMR Adventures come together with graduating seniors, regional artists, and Broadway talents for Broadway at The Paramount, a celebration of arts education that showcases unforgettable acts. Drawing from the most memorable moments featured in DMR Adventures’ latest season, this fusion of song, dance, and stagecraft offers selections from Elf, Shrek, […]
Lincoln Michel’s new novel, Metallic Realms, is a skillful send-up of science fiction fandom and writing group dynamics, set in contemporary Brooklyn. Crafted as a book within a book, readers meet the members of a sci-fi writing group known as Orb 4 who are struggling to get along, pay rent, and work on a series […]
Visitors to The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia are greeted by a tangle of painted trout suspended in a wash of green background, rising from floor to ceiling. The imagery invites them into the first-floor gallery, where they’ll find “O’ Powa O’ Meng: The Art and Legacy of Jody Folwell,” a […]
The L.A.-based World Ballet Company presents a visually stunning new production based on the classic novel The Great Gatsby. Featuring lavish sets and costumes, multimedia effects, and amazing acrobatics, the performance puts the narrative of wealth, romance, and tragedy tied to the American dream to an original score of jazz-inspired arrangements reminiscent of the Roaring […]