The Wilson brothers invite you to join their family for an evening of high-energy favorites and song sharing among friends at the annual holiday showcase Sons of Bill & Friends Christmas Party. When it comes to love and rockin’ harmony, there’s no place like home for these road warriors and their longtime pals. Monday 12/23. $16-18, 9pm. […]
The Wilson brothers invite you to join their family for an evening of high-energy favorites and song sharing among friends at the annual holiday showcase Sons of Bill & Friends Christmas Party. When it comes to love and rockin’ harmony, there’s no place like home for these road warriors and their longtime pals. Monday 12/23. $16-18, 9pm. […]
American Hustle is, in some circles, being touted as a masterpiece. It’s easy to see why. Good cast (Christian Bale, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner). Respected director (David O. Russell, who had a major hit with Cooper and Lawrence and Silver Linings Playbook). And crime in the 1970s: Wide ties! Bad hair! Good music! […]
“When I was 3, my parents took me to see The Nutcracker, and I remember telling them, ‘I want to be the Sugar Plum Fairy,’” said Caitlin Lennon. “They were like ‘O.K., sure, we’ll sign you up for ballet classes.’ But in my mind I thought, ‘No, I’m gonna do that. I’ll take classes for a […]
At 7:30 sharp on a recent Monday evening, Michael Slon, conductor of The Oratorio Society of Virginia, took his place before the chorus. “Deep breath in, blow it out,” Slon said, and the Municipal Arts Center on Fifth Street filled with the sound of 83 sopranos, altos, tenors, baritones, and basses, warming up for their weekly […]
Even before founding his own group Inner Rhythm in 1990, Robert Jospé never couched himself in one particular style. Marrying different ethno-musical elements such as Latin percussion, Caribbean dance, and traditional bebop and swing, his singular percussive voice snatches aspects from the ordered chaos of Brazilian polyrhythm, ’40s big band, and the feverish heat of […]
It starts with a gentle lurch, an easy sway, and a slow build out of the Los Angeles switch yard. The Costal Starlight is making its run up the coast to Seattle again. And there she sits, in a window seat, camera in hand, poised to capture the scenes flickering by as the train rushes over […]
Sarah White and Sian Richards are the All-New Acorn Sisters, and bedecked in glittery angel wings and party dresses, full of holiday cheer and biting wit, they bring you the 10th annual Sarah White Country Christmas. Jim Waive & the Young Divorcees perform a variety of down-home country tunes, and the Acorn Sisters frequently join […]
While most of us are keeping pace with the holiday bustle, country music superstar Wynonna is taking herself out of the madness this year. “I’m not doin’ it,” she said. “I’m just not. Not after what I’ve been through this past year.” In addition to the rigors of touring, recording, and reality TV appearances, she’s […]
Fine lines “Pottery has a negative connotation in a lot of worlds,” Randy Bill, the founder of City Clay, said. “But as far as I know, clay is just a material; it’s what you do with it.” Because UVA doesn’t teach pottery as a fine art, serious practitioners of the skill have been drawn to […]
On a weeknight in late November, local filmmaker Brian Wimer gathered a large group together at the Al-Hamraa restaurant in the Ix Building to share his vision for the future of the space. The Ix is a large complex south of Downtown which has housed dozens of business and art projects since the original Frank Ix […]