amminal returns to The Stage at WTJU as part of the Third Rail music series. The psych-folk space-rock band embraces the mundane in songs that explore the transcendent effect of nature. Formed in 2021, the group has been guided by the inspiring tug of the natural world in life and art. amminal EP, released in […]
amminal returns to The Stage at WTJU as part of the Third Rail music series. The psych-folk space-rock band embraces the mundane in songs that explore the transcendent effect of nature. Formed in 2021, the group has been guided by the inspiring tug of the natural world in life and art. amminal EP, released in […]
Virginia Theatre Festival’s season takes a mad twist with the wonderfully weird stage adaptation of the black comedy film Little Shop of Horrors. In the sci-fi story, a flower shopkeeper named Seymour discovers a plant thirsty for blood while he schemes to win over his love interest, Audrey. The new succulent breed presents itself as […]
Ting Pavilion, July 19 On its face, it seems awfully early in the evening to lose it for the kind of rock ’n’ roll you’ll get out of Shagwüf. Then again, with that Fridays after Five offer (um, free), you can’t exactly complain about it either. A mainstay of local music stages, the self-proclaimed “sweet […]
Ting Pavilion, July 17 Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird has been in a few noteworthy bands and has released or joined in on more records than we have space to discuss here. The singer and songwriter first came to fame collaborating with swing band Squirrel Nut Zippers in the late 1990s and went on to put […]
“Poetry allows you to preserve a certain moment, a certain place. It’s giving voice to something that otherwise I would just carry around mutely,” says poet Annie Woodford, author of Where You Come From Is Gone and winner of the Weatherford Award for Best Books about Appalachia. “Then, when you think about economic systems or […]
On view through July 25, New City Arts presents “Around the Table: Political play, agency, gamification, and other things we can learn from board games,” an exhibition curated by Chandler Jennings. A Spring 2024 New City Arts Research Residency recipient, Jennings used his residency to continue developing a prototype of his own tabletop game, Conxensus: […]
Inspired by Le Philtre, premiered at the Paris Opera in 1831, The Elixir of Love uncorks a romantic drama in the Italian countryside. The contemporary libretto is written by Felice Romani and stars a cheap bottle of red wine as the agent to activate affection. Nemorino, roused by the wine and blinded by love, boldly […]
Experience the magic of Shakespeare at the Ruins, set among the historic remains of Governor James Barbour’s mansion, designed by Thomas Jefferson and destroyed by fire in 1884. Following a short hiatus due to wear and tear, the summer tradition (launched in 1990) returns with a performance of The Comedy of Errors, a collaboration between […]
Get your dreamy, vintage groove on in tribute to pop queen Lana Del Rey at the Lust for Lana Dance Party, a rave-inspired evening for the coquette set. The soiree revolves around Del Rey’s Lust For Life album, released in 2017, and the promotional tour that followed. Baltimore sound and visual artist Amy Reid provides […]
By Thomas Crone arts@c-ville.com For Michael Franti and his band Spearhead, summers are about touring across America. Churning out smiley hits like “Say Hey (I Love You)” and “The Sound of Sunshine Going Down,” the singer, musician, and documentarian says he typically performs about 60 shows timed to coincide with outdoor amphitheater opportunities, mixed with […]