If gazing into the boundless night sky prompts existential questions—“Where does it all come from? What does it all mean?”—you’ll want to open UVA Astronomy Professor Kelsey Johnson’s latest book. In Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos, Johnson doesn’t necessarily answer all the cosmic quandaries that confound us, but […]
If gazing into the boundless night sky prompts existential questions—“Where does it all come from? What does it all mean?”—you’ll want to open UVA Astronomy Professor Kelsey Johnson’s latest book. In Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos, Johnson doesn’t necessarily answer all the cosmic quandaries that confound us, but […]
Learn how Colonial culinary tastes were shaped and American cuisine started to define itself at the screening of James Hemings: Ghost in America’s Kitchen. This 2022 documentary explores the life, contributions, and eventual erasure of perhaps the most influential American chef of all time. Credited with introducing staples such as ice cream, French fries, and […]
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Todd Dulaney and Amber Bullock, former winner of BET’s “Sunday Best,” headline the Black History Month Gospel Concert. Chicago native Dulaney was drafted by the New York Mets at age 18, but left professional baseball behind to serve the Lord through singing. With four albums to his credit, Dulaney is a Stellar Award […]
Three Notch’d Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble presents its Saint Valentine’s Day program, If Music Be the Food of Love, at three regional venues. Celebrating love in its varied forms, these vocal and instrumental chamber works offer passionate laments, transcendent airs, and joyous dances. Blending Italian pastoral drama with songs from the British Isles, the […]
Friday 2/14, Fry’s Spring Beach Club Got any clothing in your wardrobe with musical notes on it? How about a handkerchief you like wearing around your neck? A partner who loves to try new things? No plans for Valentine’s Day? If you’ve answered yes to any or all of the above, this event could be […]
Aiyana Straughn will be challenged to take audiences from a Manhattan playground to a Crimean battleground in the Virginia premiere of Jackie Drury’s Marys Seacole, a play based on the real-life story of a Jamaican-born nurse who cared for British soldiers during the Crimean War. Staged at Live Arts February 14 through March 2, the […]
Again this year, C-VILLE asked readers to capture the beauty, agony, or mystery of love—in just 17 syllables. They signed, sealed, and delivered haikus that both broke our hearts and put them back together. Here’s our winner and 10 runners-up. Happy Valentine’s Day! FIRST PLACE The wise wind sighs, timeTo soar, sweetest butterfly;I’ll never let […]
New Jersey’s most famous slacker-stoners roll up for a smokin’ spoken-word show with Jay and Silent Bob: The Aural Sects Tour. Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith have appeared as the eponymous ne’er-do-well duo in eight films over the past 30 years, but this live show gives them a chance to shed their on-screen personas and […]
Grammy Award winner and purveyor of mountain music, Steep Canyon Rangers builds off traditional bluegrass to bring its Americana sounds to the stage. Hailing from the Appalachian and Piedmont regions of North Carolina, the group honed its songwriting craft through 14 studio records—including three collaborative albums with actor and banjo aficionado Steve Martin. Additional collaborations […]
Riding radio waves and stacking the stage with diverse acts, the WTJU Folk Marathon returns with lively local sounds. Evening and Saturday live performances include sets from regional acts Red & the Romantics (pictured), Scuffletown, Buzzard Hollow Boys, Richelle Claiborne & Friends, Please Don’t Tell, BRIMS, and Mama Tried, among others. You can listen online […]