A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park is a complex kaleidoscope of a book that explores Korean history and diasporic identity, the nature of reality and dreams, and the drive (and dry spells) that are inherent in creative and political work. The book offers an imagined history that overlaps with […]
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park is a complex kaleidoscope of a book that explores Korean history and diasporic identity, the nature of reality and dreams, and the drive (and dry spells) that are inherent in creative and political work. The book offers an imagined history that overlaps with […]
The University of Virginia has many storied traditions. One, that of the Virginia gentleman, contributed to UVA being the last public university—aside from military institutions—to allow women. Spurred by a lawsuit, the school admitted its first class of female students in 1970. Gail Burrell Gerry was a member of that class of 367 women, and […]
Terry Thorsen is a self-described technologist and co-founder of ChartIQ, a Charlottesville-based charting provider for the financial services industry. Seeking to apply his experience from the tech sector to more creative endeavors, Thorsen recently wrote The Germans Have a Word for It, a speculative fiction novel that will be published this month. His debut book […]
The McGill/McHale Trio formed in 2014 when brothers Anthony and Demarre McGill—clarinetist and flutist, respectively—were joined by pianist Michael McHale to perform at Bowling Green University in Ohio. Since then, the acclaimed artists—Anthony was the New York Philharmonic’s first Black principal musician and a social activist who won the Avery Fisher Prize in 2020—have combined […]
Built on a base of rock, Latin jazz, and Americana music, Richmond’s Brookhouse blends a bilingual body of work carried by driving rhythms and sultry strings. Featuring a mix of acoustic and electric songs, English and Spanish lyrics, and earnest, mysterious songwriting, the band celebrates a mission to demonstrate that we all contain multitudes. See […]
Nicole Mitchell has sown the seeds of inventive music across the country through time in Chicago’s jazz scene, teaching in southern California and Pittsburgh, and now as a member of the University of Virginia’s music faculty. She splits time between Charlottesville and rural North Carolina, but harbors a desire to enliven central Virginia’s creative music […]
If gazing into the boundless night sky prompts existential questions—“Where does it all come from? What does it all mean?”—you’ll want to open UVA Astronomy Professor Kelsey Johnson’s latest book. In Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos, Johnson doesn’t necessarily answer all the cosmic quandaries that confound us, but […]
Learn how Colonial culinary tastes were shaped and American cuisine started to define itself at the screening of James Hemings: Ghost in America’s Kitchen. This 2022 documentary explores the life, contributions, and eventual erasure of perhaps the most influential American chef of all time. Credited with introducing staples such as ice cream, French fries, and […]
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Todd Dulaney and Amber Bullock, former winner of BET’s “Sunday Best,” headline the Black History Month Gospel Concert. Chicago native Dulaney was drafted by the New York Mets at age 18, but left professional baseball behind to serve the Lord through singing. With four albums to his credit, Dulaney is a Stellar Award […]
Three Notch’d Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble presents its Saint Valentine’s Day program, If Music Be the Food of Love, at three regional venues. Celebrating love in its varied forms, these vocal and instrumental chamber works offer passionate laments, transcendent airs, and joyous dances. Blending Italian pastoral drama with songs from the British Isles, the […]