View the world from the unique perspectives of kids and teens at Light House Studio’s Annual Youth Film Festival. A celebration of the art of storytelling, the fest supports the org’s annual budget and offers a look at short films created by student filmmakers in the past year. Previous selections range from a ghastly zombie […]
View the world from the unique perspectives of kids and teens at Light House Studio’s Annual Youth Film Festival. A celebration of the art of storytelling, the fest supports the org’s annual budget and offers a look at short films created by student filmmakers in the past year. Previous selections range from a ghastly zombie […]
From the throes of loss, heartbreak, and chaos, singer-songwriter Noah Cyrus released her debut record, The Hardest Part. Miley’s sister draws influence from country soul and acoustic pop, like the sparsely instrumented and jarringly lyrically “I Burned LA Down,” and the heartbreaking piano waltz “My Side of the Bed.” Cyrus is joined by Death Cab […]
“Minds are different and healing them is likewise so,” writes Kay Redfield Jamison in her latest book, Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind. She adds, “It is the healer’s order to restore the mind to soundness: to repair and mend it, to pry it from disease, to reassemble.” These are the seeds from […]
Since 2013, the City of Charlottesville has officially recognized the third Saturday of September as Cville Sabroso Day. This year, more than 4,000 people are expected in Washington Park for the annual Cville Sabroso Festival, central Virginia’s largest annual Latin American music, dance, and culture gathering. That will break the event’s previous attendance record, according […]
Step into a world of sawdust and swinging axes at the Devils Backbone’s Lumberjack Classic, two days of extreme timbersports, live music, food vendors, and family-friendly fun. Lumberjill Hanna Quigley is one of the competitors who’ll be racing to start her chainsaw and notch some wood in disciplines like underhand chop (imagine chopping through a […]
Nothing’s as it seems when illusionist Jason Bishop hits the stage. The award-winning performer wows audiences with his original magic, grand illusions, agile sleight of hand—where’d that goldfish come from?—and wry wit. Bishop is joined onstage by his lead assistant Kim for a set that incorporates audience participation, costume changes, rockin’ songs, and close-up magic […]
Peruse parcels and packets of tiny pages at the first Charlottesville Zine Fest. The zines, created by area writers and artists, include everything from artwork, stories, poems, lists, instructions, recipes, or reviews. Among the featured zines are “Wild Altar,” a mycelial web of ideas, perspectives, and relationships in conversation with place and community, “Sonder Scratches,” […]
Israeli director Guy Nattiv’s new drama Golda isn’t a comprehensive biography of Israeli prime minister Golda Meir. Instead, it focuses on Israel’s 19-day Yom Kippur War in October 1973 and its aftermath. Although the film hits some sporadic high notes, it doesn’t maintain a level of quality or emotional intensity. In wraparound sequences, Meir (Helen […]
For a week and half every September, the sounds of sweet strings, alluring woodwinds, and elegant piano fill the air when the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival comes to town. Now in its 24th year, the festival is helmed by co-founders and artistic directors Raphael Bell and Tim Summers. The dynamic duo curate festivals with impressive […]
Modern beats meet classical virtuosity in Black Violin, a hip-hop duo from Fort Lauderdale. Classically trained musicians Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus met in high school, and got their start covering hip-hop songs on their violins in local clubs. The act has since worked with a variety of names, from Kanye West to Tom Petty, […]