ARTS Pick: The Addams Family
Sure, they’re altogether ooky, but can Gomez and Morticia carry a tune? Find out this weekend when the Albemarle High School Players bring The Addams Family musical to the stage. […]
Historic lens: Gundars Osvalds rediscovers the Vinegar Hill neighborhood
Last summer, life-long photographer and Maryland-based software engineer Gundars Osvalds decided to hunt through his basement for old family pictures—and found a mystery. “In the last 12 years, I’ve taken […]
Out of The Garage: Local creatives team up to launch music video site
Sam Bush wanted to take what was cool about The Garage, the improbably small music venue in downtown Charlottesville for which he books acts, and smear it all over the […]
ARTS Pick: Up the Chain
While Up the Chain has existed in various forms with a rotating cast of Philadelphia’s finest young hired guns since 2009, the one constant at the band’s core has been […]
Album reviews: Ivan & Alyosha, Josh Garrels, Danny Schmidt
Ivan & Alyosha It’s All Just Pretend/Dualtone Records “If freedom is where we are standing/Something is desperately wrong.” This line from the opener “Something Is Wrong” sets the tone for […]
ARTS Pick: Langhorne Slim
After breaking into Rolling Stone magazine’s top 10 editor’s picks for 2004 with his song “Electric Love Letter,” Langhorne Slim went on to build a solid fanbase through relentless touring […]
Dream life: Fielding Pierce Biggs’ glamorous runway celebration
Fielding Pierce Biggs was 12 years old when he got his first dress form mannequin. He picked it out while on a family trip to St. Louis and began draping […]
ARTS Pick: John Lilly
Long lauded as a lighthearted Hank Williams, award-winning singer-songwriter John Lilly strums original country compositions on acoustic guitar and mandolin that would satisfy any folk lover’s Americana thirst. Chicago-born and […]
Film review: True Story tells it a bit too straight
There is a sliding scale of effectiveness for movies based on true stories. At the upper end are films like Lawrence of Arabia, Goodfellas or City of God, where gifted […]
ARTS Pick: The Firebird
Immerse yourself in the classic dance spectacle story of The Firebird in a special adapted production by Charlottesville Ballet featuring 20 professional local dancers and over 50 area students. Originally choreographed […]