Remember the good ol’ days of drive-in movies—basking in the warm summer air, holding your portable radio close, munching on hot buttered popcorn and Raisinets? The Ix Flix summer film series captures that old-time feeling. This week’s sunset screening is Everything Everywhere All at Once, so pack your chairs, blankets,and pillows, grab a bite from […]
Remember the good ol’ days of drive-in movies—basking in the warm summer air, holding your portable radio close, munching on hot buttered popcorn and Raisinets? The Ix Flix summer film series captures that old-time feeling. This week’s sunset screening is Everything Everywhere All at Once, so pack your chairs, blankets,and pillows, grab a bite from […]
Fourth Fest Fireworks June 30 | A crawfish boil, wine, craft beer, live music by Southwater Trio. Fireworks at 9pm. Mount Ida Tasting Room & Taphouse, 5931 Blenheim Rd., Charlottesville. mountidareserve.com Boar’s Head Summer Celebration Series June 30-July 3 | Drive-in movies, live music, swimming, and BBQ picnics. Fireworks on July 2 at dusk. Boar’s […]
If you haven’t been to a Bebe Gunn drag show, what are you waiting for? The queen regularly rocks stages all across Charlottesville, and wows audiences with her dazzling dance moves and impressive routines. Catch her performing brunch shows at Common House on June 24 and South and Central on June 25, and don’t miss […]
When the Shenandoah National Park was established in 1935, people living and working the land in the Blue Ridge Mountains were forced from their homes due to eminent domain. The late playwright Dr. John T. Glick worked as a physician for some of these families, and heard their stories firsthard. His play, Can’t Feel at […]
Charlottesville Opera kicks off its summer season with four performances of Frank Loesser’s classic Broadway hit Guys and Dolls. The Tony Award-winning musical follows a pair of New York City gamblers, a missionary, and a showgirl on a high-stakes game of love. Keith Phares, Elise Quagliata, Chauncey Packer, and Cree Carrico perform beloved songs like […]
American bluegrass band Nickel Creek first performed together as children at a pizza parlor in San Diego in 1989. The trio of mandolinist Chris Thile, violinist Sara Watkins, and guitarist Sean Watkins has since released seven albums, won a Grammy, and been credited with helping revolutionize folk and roots music. The Celebrants is the band’s […]
Some say the world will end in fire (thanks, Canada), / Some say in ice (running through the wireless veins of Chat GPT). / From what I’ve tasted of CODE PURPLE haze / I’d say we’ll all go down ablaze. / But if we dodge existential dread / And visit the Botanical Garden of the […]
Director Lesley Chilcott’s three-part Netflix series Arnold has a subject so famous and ubiquitous that a first name is all the title requires. Arnold Schwarzenegger has lived an epic life, carving out his mythic existence with success in multiple arenas. In this series his biography is presented strictly by-the-numbers in a creatively unambitious documentary about […]
Likening their artistic collaboration to dancing the tango—following, giving, and then stepping back, Michelle Gagliano and Beatrix Ost decided to call their venture “Symbiotic Tango.” Chroma Projects is currently showing a selection of Gagliano/Ost works that give us a taste of what the collaboration looks like. A more extensive “Symbiotic Tango” show will be presented […]
Under the mononym L’Rain, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek performs music rooted in R&B, jazz, noise, and pop. Her sophomore album, Fatigue, blends hauntingly delicate vocals with an array of keyboard and synth, and incorporates manipulated samples and voice memos in the production. The record “is an exploration of the simultaneity of human emotions … […]